Horse Racing News
Draw key as Miss Hellfire pursues Hot Danish Stakes
Connections of Miss Hellfire are banking on an inside barrier draw to help her turn the tables on last start conqueror Olentia when the pair clash again in the Hot Danish Stakes at Rosehill. Having her first start for Annabel Neasham and Rob Archibald, Miss Hellfire got back to last from a wide...
Former Jockey Relishes training triumph in Burgess Queen Stakes
Ryan Hill took a punt and he was handsomely rewarded when London’s Image won the Listed Burgess Queen Stakes (1400m) at Ascot on Wednesday. In a nail-biting finish, London’s Image led from barrier to post and withstood the surging finishes of runner-up Ron’s Finalflutter and third placegetter, Flower Of Gold. London’s Image’s shock...
Dolan and Laxon cruising to 2024 Melbourne Cup success
A chance meeting on a Melbourne Cup cruise has afforded Sheila Laxon and Robbie Dolan victory in Australia’s greatest race. A former contestant on The Voice, Dolan was aboard a P & O cruise two years ago when he met Laxon, a Melbourne Cup ambassador, who had the prized trophy and was...
Dolan scores 2024 Melbourne Cup blowout on Knightâs Choice
A once part-time jockey who flirted with a career as a musician added his name to the Melbourne Cup honour roll when he engineered one of the great upsets in the history of the great race. Ireland’s Robbie Dolan partnered betting sites $91 chance Knight’s Choice to a thrilling win in...
Lindsay Park Stars in the Maribyrnong Plate
Ben, Will and JD Hayes started Melbourne Cup Day with a career first when Tycoon Star lead home a stable trifecta in the $200,000 Maribyrnong Plate. The Lindsay Park trainers produced the Written Tycoon colt to win the Group 3 event on debut, defeating stablemates Bacash and Shining Smile. It was not the first...
Storm Boy to continue career in Europe
Storm Boy appears to have run his last race in Australia with owners Coolmore announcing he will continue his career overseas. The high-class colt, who finished third as favourite in the Golden Slipper, will join the powerful Aidan O’Brien team at Ballydoyle with a view to competing in some of Euorpean racing’s biggest...
Brilliant Berry ride gets Gringotts home in The Big Dance
A confident ride by Tommy Berry has helped pull off a long-range plan with promising miler Gringotts, who has overcome an outside draw to post a resounding win in the $3 million Big Dance at Randwick. The five-year-old qualified for the Melbourne Cup Day feature by taking out the Tamworth Cup in...
Garachico scores longshot Melbourne Cup day win
Young Ballarat-based trainer Dominic Sutton showed his prowess with stayers when Garachico took out the ‘second’ staying race on Melbourne Cup Day. The Australian Heritage Cup (2800m) at Flemington on Tuesday was the race Sutton had aimed Garachico at since taking over the gelding’s training earlier this year. Garachico ran third in last year’s...
Winona Costin out for family breakthrough in the Melbourne Cup
Jockey Winona Costin has a long family association with the Melbourne Cup. One of four female jockeys riding in Australia’s greatest race at Flemington on Tuesday, Costin is hoping to break the families ‘duck’ in the 3200m handicap. Costin’s great-grandfather on her father’s side Larry Wiggins rode Akbar into second place in the...
Ciaron Maher Interprets Melbourne Cup fairytale
Ciaron Maher scored one of the most emotional wins of his career on Derby Day, but it would be taken to a new level if he can win Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup with one member of his stable in particular. The champion trainer has four runners in the Melbourne Cup 2024, including Interpretation,...