#Future Score

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…

Verry Elleegant has won the Melbourne Cup to give trainer Chris Waller his first ever Cup victory after Kiwi jockey James McDonald piloted the horse to a perfect position before she exploded down the final straight to blow the field away. Verry Elleegant was positioned perfectly to make her run down the straight past the grandstand, shooting past…

Group 1 racing continues out west with the running of the Northerly Stakes, while Pakenham will host its standalone Cup day meeting. As usual the Punters Inside Run team have crunched all the form, with host Matt Campbell and form guru Mick Sharkie aligning with their Group 1 thoughts. While bookmaker betr currently has Godolphin galloper Cascading…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters runs the early rule over Saturday's Pakenham Cup card. BEST BET BRAYDEN STAR (Race 1, No.7) Brayden Star ran on hard to score in record time at his Australian debut at Cranbourne. No reason he can't repeat that performance VALUE BET NOT TO BE MIST (Race 6, No.12) Not To Be Mist battled on steadily in heavy ground…

Last start Eclipse Stakes winner Milford is the Ladbrokes.com.au favourite for the feature race at Pakenham on Saturday, the Pakenham Cup (2500m). The Mike Moroney trained gelding was given a peach by Blake Shinn to win last Saturday at Caulfield over 1800m and despite the quick rise to 2500m, he holds the call at $5 in what is a wide open race. He…

Fifth Position will have his first crack at 2500m when he tackles Saturday's Listed Pakenham Cup. Picture: Racing Photos via Getty Images Trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr will try Fifth Position over a new trip at the latest run in a long campaign in Saturday's $300000 Pakenham Cup (2500m). Fifth Position's preparation started with a third…

Find out what the jockeys made of their mounts after the Group 1 $2m Schweppes Sydney Cup (3200m) at Royal Randwick. Rachel King (Knights Order): "He was the nicest horse ever to ride over 3200m and to get one for Gai (Waterhouse) it means a lot definitely. She's been such a huge supporter of mine and being apprentice to her for so long, it's just…

North Melbourne Premiership coach Denis Pagan has won the Victoria Derby with Johnny Get Angry - his first-ever Group 1 contender and the great AFL coach's first runner when he began his training career just six months ago. And, making things even sweeter, Pagan himself owns the gelding, having bought him for just $50000, meaning he will pocket the…

Top bets from Laurie Sainsbury for Saturday It's Cup day at Pakenham on Saturday. Photo: Brett Holburt/Getty Images. Off to Pakenham on Saturday and I'm banking on the track's wide-open spaces benefiting a horse that produced some outstanding closing splits on a much smaller track last start. Tips are listed in AEDT. HIGH'N' DRY (Pakenham) Two runs…