CT scan rules out Melbourne Cup 2022 contender

The 2023 Melbourne Cup has been run and won with the Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained Without A Fight completing the Caulfield Cup-Melbourne Cup double for the first time in 22 years. There were a number of standout performances in the race that stops the nation, but just as many head-scratchers as well. Read on for our winners and losers out of…

The field for the Melbourne Cup is all but set after Damien Oliver steered Kalapour to victory in the Group 3 Lexus Archer Stakes (2500m) at Flemington on Derby Day. The result means the Kris Lees-trained stayer has clinched the last spot available in the race, with connections having until 4.30pm to decide whether or not to run. "I'm not sure what…

A pair of French-bred gallopers are fancied by their respective trainers to earn a Golden Ticket into the Melbourne Cup at Flemington this Saturday. The Bart Cummings over 2500m is race seven of the day and scheduled to commence at 3.50pm AEDT (watch it live and free on 7plus). The winner gains a start in the 2023 Melbourne Cup. WATCH THE VIDEO…

Champion sprinter Nature Strip and Caulfield Cup winner Durston will spearhead trainer Chris Waller's all-star team for the Sydney autumn carnival. Reigning Horse of the Year Nature Strip is a rising nine-year-old but earned the ranking of world's best sprinter in 2022 with his Group 1 wins in the TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) at Royal Randwick and the…

Champion sprinter Nature Strip will attempt to win a fourth win consecutive TJ Smith Stakes during The Championships in the autumn. Picture: Getty Images Champion sprinter Nature Strip and Caulfield Cup winner Durston will spearhead trainer Chris Waller's all-star team for the Sydney autumn carnival. Reigning Horse of the Year Nature Strip is a…

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…

Racing legend Damien Oliver has lost his Melbourne Cup ride after Caulfield Cup winner Durston was scratched from next Tuesday's $8 million race at Flemington. Trainer Chris Waller announced the seven-year-old gelding had been ruled out by Racing Victoria due to a'grey area' and a small lesion in his left hind leg. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Durston…

Kirsten Rausing bred Caulfield Cup winner Durston. Picture: Alan Crowhurst-Getty Images One of the world's richest people - the breeder of Caulfield Cup winner Durston - has questioned the status of the Melbourne Cup as one of the world's great races. Kirsten Rausing, who Forbes currently lists as the world's 206th richest person with a net worth…

Damien Oliver can hardly believe it's been two decades since his most emotional triumph in the saddle. The legendary jockey produced iconic images when he pointed skyward aboard Media Puzzle, having piloted the Dermot Weld-trained gelding to victory in the 2002 Melbourne Cup. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Caulfield Cup winner slapped with huge weight…

Durston is the third favourite for the Melbourne Cup. Picture: Brett Holburt-Racing Photos via Getty Images Hall Of Famer Damien Oliver will get the chance to chase a fourth Melbourne Cup after winning the race to pilot Caulfield Cup hero Durston on the first Tuesday in November at Flemington. Trainer Chris Waller confirmed Oliver has been locked…

Champion Hong Kong-based rider Zac Purton is one of several jockeys in the mix to pilot Caulfield Cup winner Durston in the Melbourne Cup at Flemington next month, however trainer Chris Waller has declared "nothing is locked in yet". Purton has put his hat in the ring to pilot Waller's second Caulfield Cup winner after earlier this month declaring…

Caulfield Cup winner Durston has been penalised 2kg for his win in Saturday's staying feature. Racing Victoria head of handicapping David Hegan on Monday afternoon announced the penalty, which takes the Chris Waller-trained import's Melbourne Cup weight to 53.5kg. The seven-year-old son of Sea The Stars carried 51.5kg to a short-neck win over…

Chris Waller's chances of landing successive Melbourne Cups have improved dramatically after Durston claimed the Caulfield Cup for the all-conquering trainer. Durston firmed from $51 to the third tier of Melbourne Cup betting at $15 after landing the first leg of Australian racing's famous spring double. In a surprise result that unfolded after…

Durston has enjoyed plenty of success since moving to Australia Victory for Durston in the prestigious Caulfield Cup provided Highclere Racing with one of the biggest winners in the syndicate's 30-year history - and it came following a "phenomenal recovery" from key setbacks. The son of Sea The Moon was bought by Highclere as a two-year-old maiden…

Durston has claimed a historic win the 2022 Caulfield Cup. In pristine conditions after days of tumultuous weather, the outsider who was a late entrant into the race has claimed the honours. The Chris Waller trained runner produced a stunning run to get over the top of second placed Gold Trip, Knights Order and Montefilia. Durston becomes the first…

Jockey Andrew Adkins will partner with Carif in The Metropolitan at Randwick for the first time, although the jockey has a good understanding of the stayer. Adkins has ridden the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained galloper in trackwork several time and after partnering Carif in a gallop on Tuesday morning said the gelding was ready to go for Saturday's…

The first shipment of international horses for the Melbourne Spring Carnival are due to arrive on Tuesday night. El Bodegon and My Oberon are joining the Chris Waller and Annabel Neasham stables respectively to prepare for the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley on October 22 while Rodrigo Diaz, trained by David Simcock, is set to run in the Melbourne Cup…

Durston has been allocated a 1.5kg penalties for both the Melbourne Cup and Caulfield Cup Two of last weekend's Group 3 winners will have to carry 1.5kg more than initially allocated in this year's major Cups races after being issued penalties by Racing Victoria's head of handicapping David Hegan. Friday's Newcastle Cup (2300m) winner Durston and…

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…

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…

Champion trainer Chris Waller will have four runners in Australia's great race, the Melbourne Cup Chris Waller was looking for excuses not to run Verry Elleegant in a second Melbourne Cup and apart from the weight, could not find one. Verry Elleegant is one of four horses from the Waller stable in Tuesday's Melbourne Cup at Flemington, joined by…

Embattled horse trainer Darren Weir's million-dollar racing winnings are under scrutiny as police investigate alleged'corrupt betting outcomes'. Victoria Police are assessing alleged conduct, which may have corrupted the outcome of races last year when Weir had multiple wins, The Herald Sun reported. Weir trained 10 Group 1 winners last year and…

The mandatory CT scans of all Melbourne Cup runners has claimed Caulfield Cup winner Durston. Racing Victoria announced on Thursday that the Chris Waller-trained star has been ruled out of the Melbourne Cup after a CT scan indicated a heightened risk of injury. "In accordance with the conditions of the race, Durston was presented at the University…