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Reigning champ Gold Trip will be out to deny Ireland's Vauban and Absurde in the Melbourne Cup. (Con Chronis/AAP PHOTOS) Willie Mullins would love nothing more than to mark the 30-year anniversary of Vintage Crop's famous Melbourne Cup breakthrough with his own triumph in the race that stops a nation. And the legendary Irish trainer believes he has…

Three-time Melbourne Cup winner Damien Oliver is facing last-minute heartbreak for his farewell to the 3200m classic on Tuesday. Alenquer's trainer Mike Moroney is in a race against time to have the $61 chance ready after a veterinary's discovery following trackwork on Sunday morning. The stable advised Racing Victoria stewards that the gelding…

Ridden by retiring champion Damien Oliver, Kalapour led from start to finish in the 2500m group three contest at Flemington on Saturday to book a spot in the race that stops a nation (Tuesday 5pm NZT). The victory meant heartbreak for Taranaki trainer Allan Sharrock and his star galloper Ladies Man who ran a disappointing sixth in the Archer and…

Ben Melham has gone close to winning the Caulfield Cup and even though he is booked to ride Gold Trip is none the wiser as to whether the horse will run. The track condition on Saturday will be key to whether Gold Trip runs in the Group 1 Handicap over 2400m in which he has 58.5kg and is the current $5.00 favourite with online…

Jamie Kah will ride Valiant King in the Caulfield Cup. Jockey Jamie Kah will need to overcome more than 80 years of history to win Saturday's Caulfield Cup on a horse she has never ridden. Velocity in 1941 was the last horse to win a Caulfield Cup from barrier one. Kah's mount, Irish stayer Valiant King, came up with the inside gate in Wednesday's…

Hugh Bowman is back in Sydney this weekend, but he will return to Hong Kong next month. Picture Getty Images Globe-trotting jockey Hugh Bowman returns to action in Sydney on Saturday, but he'll manage a busy schedule in the lead up to riding in Hong Kong races on September 10. Bowman is contracted to ride in Hong Kong for another 12 months but is…

Godolphin galloper Vilana has been the subject of a "massive betting move" in the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap, validating the earlier thoughts of star jockey James McDonald. Vilana was $41 when Racenet published a story on Wednesday morning, quoting McDonald suggesting that Vilana was a much better chance than the betting odds at the time…

Hezashocka leads a five-horse wagering war for the Caulfield Cup-qualifying Listed $300000 Mornington Cup (2400m) on Saturday. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr-trained galloper, who ran fourth behind star international Dubai Honour in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes last start at Randwick, has attracted 23 per cent of all TAB win bets on the…

Chris Waller's racing manager Charlie Duckworth has identified three of the stable's Hawkesbury team on Saturday he believes are horses punters should take note of heading into the winter months. The stable will have multiple runners in one of the feature races of the day, the $200000 Group 3 Hawkesbury Gold Cup (1600m) and Duckworth declared there…

Hall of Fame trainer Chris Waller believes Shinzo, Lazzago and Militarize give him a very real opportunity to finally win the $5m Golden Slipper (1200m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Waller has trained 143 career Group 1 winners but success in the world's richest two-year-old race has eluded him so far. But the champion trainer has a strong…

It's also another great chance to enter the free-to-play Hollywoodbets Punters' Challenge with a bonus jackpot of R465000 up for grabs if you select all the winners on the card. A must-be-won prize of R5000 will be shared amongst the top 20 on the leaderboard. Entries close 5 minutes before the start of the first race. Debuting in Hong Kong in an…

Francis Lui Kin-wai got what he wished for and Yoshito Yahagi laid out an altogether unsurprising plan of attack for Panthalassa at Thursday morning's Longines Hong Kong International Races barrier draw at Sha Tin. Lui had his hopes set on a gate from four to seven for his superstar Golden Sixty pre-draw and he got just that, with the reigning…

Former Hawke's Bay jockey Michael Dee and Durston, winners of the Caulfield Cup on October 15. Now he goes for the double, booked for Lunar Flare in Tuesday's Melbourne Cup. Photo / Getty Images Hawke's Bay could hold two of New Zealand's more significant hopes in the 2022 Melbourne Cup, the three minutes and 20 seconds gallop that stops two…

Caulfield Cup winner Durston has been ruled out of the Melbourne Cup after failing a mandatory scan, leaving champion WA jockey Damien Oliver without a ride in the race that stops the nation. Racing Victoria announced on Thursday their vets believed Durston was unsuitable to race in the $8 million Melbourne Cup (3200m) after CT scans indicated the…

Ethan Brown says riding a Group 1 winner is good but to ride the winner of one of the features would take it to the next level. Brown rides in the Caulfield Cup for the first time on Saturdays when he partners with Godolphin galloper Alegron in the 2400m Group 1 handicap. The jockey has three Group 1 victories to his credit, all for Ciaron Maher…

Kerrin McEvoy is looking to become the second jockey this century to ride the Epsom-Metropolitan double when he partners Hinged and Durston. Picture: Getty Images Champion jockey Kerrin McEvoy can claim the rare and coveted Epsom-Metropolitan Group 1 double with favoured duo Hinged and Durston at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Hinged heads TAB fixed…

Trainer Chris Waller has nearly half the field for Saturday's The Metropolitan (2400m) at Randwick, supplying seven of the 15 runners that accepted on Tuesday morning. The champion horseman has taken the race out three times, including in back-to-back years with Patrick Erin (2018) and Come Play With Me (2019). Classy grey Benaud wasn't included in…

Surefire has drawn barrier 13 for The Metropolitan. Picture: Mark Evans - Getty Images Trainer Chris Waller nearly makes up half the field for Saturday's The Metropolitan (2400m) at Randwick having seven of the 15 which accepted on Tuesday morning. The champion horseman has taken out the race three times, including in back-to-back years with…

James Mcdonald joked that he may have locked in his Melbourne Cup ride too early after Durston took out the Newcastle Cup. Success in the Group 3 race over 2300m on Friday followed Durston's win in the Listed Wyong Cup (2100m) on September 2. McDonald earlier in the week announced he was riding Loft in the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at…

Arapaho has been the early firmer with Ladbrokes.com.au for the feature race at Newcastle on Friday, the Newcastle Cup (2300m). The Bjorn Baker trained galloper has been up a while but is holding his form very nicely and should be suited up in trip. He has the one that has been backed early, into $6 from $8.50. Favourite for the race is Victorian…

A masterful James McDonald ride has given Chris Waller his eighth Wyong Gold Cup (2100m) as Durston raced away with the $200000 prize. The seven-year-old by Sea The Moon couldn't beat a runner home last start at Randwick in the Premier's Cup (2000m) when leading, but McDonald rode the well-supported stayer more conservatively in Friday's Listed…

Mark Zahra guides Illation to victory at Morphettville. Picture: Atkins Photography Mick Price is dreaming big after the scintillating display of Illation in Saturday's Listed Nitschke Stakes at Morphettville, putting the Cox Plate at the top of the wishlist. The three-year-old son of So You Think couldn't have been more impressive in his second…

Race 10: The John O'Shea-trained Quantico has stamped himself as a real star of the future with a slashing victory in the Listed MSS Security Sprint (1200m). Winner at five of his first nine starts at home in Sydney, the five-year-old son of I Am Invincible savaged the line to score comprehensively at his first experience up the straight. The…

He walked away happy when Exultant copped gate 14 for last year's Group One Hong Kong Vase so it was never going to take much to please Tony Cruz at Thursday morning's barrier draw at Sha Tin. And with the five-time Group One winner facing only six rivals as he bids to become the first local horse to win the 2400m contest twice, Cruz expects things…