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Foreign Powers In Melbourne Cup
Joseph O’Brien, who won the Melbourne Cup with Rekindling in 2017, will saddle four runners in the 158th edition of ‘the race that stops a nation’
Joseph O’Brien, who won the Melbourne Cup with Rekindling in 2017, will saddle four runners in the 158th edition of ‘the race that stops a nation’
We didn’t win but I’ll cherish that day for the rest of my life, says trainer
The thrill of having a Melbourne Cup runner is something most of us would give our eyeteeth for
Youth dominated the A$6 million Gr1 Melbourne Cup run over 3200m at Flemington on Tuesday when the youngest trainer in the race saddled the youngest horse, a full brother to Summerhill stallion Golden Sword, to score a sensational victory
The final field has been declared for Australia’s most famous race, the $6 million Gr1 Melbourne Cup to be run over 3200m at Flemington tomorrow
The loss of Admire Rakti and Araldo in the 2014 Melbourne Cup has added fuel to animal welfare debate and despite both parties claiming to have horses’ best interests at heart, we seem more interested in fighting each other, than fighting for the horse.
The R1 million Gr1 Douglas Whyte Stakes Grade is the opening leg of the projected R15 million Pick 6 pool at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday
A Cape jockey has told of the enormous relief and the burden lifted from his shoulders on Friday after two well-known racing men took the cudgels up on his behalf some months ago to defend the father of four against an NHRA charge
A Pick 6 carryover of R2 million is set to take the exotic pool to R15 million, while the World Pool Gr3 Gold Cup sees a Quartet carryover of R1 million and a likely pool of R5 million