Champion To Parade Before Cup
The Victoria Racing Club (VRC) has announced that Australia’s staying superstar, Makybe Diva, will return to Flemington on Lexus Melbourne Cup Day
28th October 2020
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The Victoria Racing Club (VRC) has announced that Australia’s staying superstar, Makybe Diva, will return to Flemington on Lexus Melbourne Cup Day
Last year’s Epsom Derby winner Anthony Van Dyck (Galileo-Believe’n’succeed, by Exceed and Excel) has been given the top weight of 58.5kg for the 2020 Gr1 Melbourne Cup
Joining defending champion Vow and Declare from the Danny O’Brien stable is one of the country’s most exciting horses in Russian Camelot
A 25 percent share in Caulfield and Melbourne Cups prospect Mustajeer has been sold to Richard Pegum for A$320,000 through the Inglis Digital Online Sale platform.
Aidan O’Brien’s elite stayer Kew Gardens will be asked to carry 58kg if he chooses to contest the $8 million Lexus Melbourne Cup
McCloud bounded to a seven-length victory on outsider Colonus in the 1942 race on what remains the wettest Melbourne Cup day ever recorded
Early bird punters nearly missed the first worm this morning when Tellytrack only started the television broadcast of the Melbourne Cup after 400 meters of the race had already been run
Victoria will welcome its 250th internationally-trained competitor in the 25-year history of the Spring Racing Carnival
The crucial quarantine issues facing a wealth of horses imported from Europe to contest the Melbourne Cup, among other spring carnival features, are unlikely to be resolved until next week
It is no mean feat to win at feature level from 1400m to 2400m, but My Best Shot proved equal to the task and set himself up for East Cape Horse Of The Year honours – and maybe a Hollywoodbets Durban July supplementary entry?
An investigation into betting patterns, both locally and internationally, has been launched by the National Horseracing Authority
The highly anticipated first race on the revamped Hollywoodbets Greyville polytrack on Wednesday was well received by stakeholders, but was not without its drama
Cape lightweight Morne Winnaar has come a long way since being plucked from near ignominy by former Cape champion trainer Joey Ramsden over twenty years ago
