#Group 1 Turnbull Stakes

The Chosen One will be the only New Zealand-trained runner in this year's Melbourne Cup and will be trying to make up for an unlucky ninth in last year's race. There is likely to be one New Zealand-trained horse and as many as six New Zealand-bred horses in next Tuesday's A$8million Melbourne Cup. The most prestigious handicap race in the southern…

Knights Order winning the Group 1 Sydney Cup earlier in the year. Picture: Mark Evans-Getty Images Knights Order will "take a stack of beating" in Saturday's $5m Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m), Hall of Fame trainer Gai Waterhouse says. Not unlike her first and only Caulfield Cup triumph, in 2010 with Descarado, heavy rain lashed Melbourne in the…

From a $21 winner to now being favourite for the Caulfield Cup, that's the rise of Turnbull Stakes winner Smokin' Romans but can he repeat the effort in a fortnight? FIVE TO FOLLOW SMOKIN' ROMANS (Race 7) How could you not? History says Group 1 Turnbull Stakes winners usually go on with it in the spring and Smokin' Romans, apart from being in the…

Duais is at the top of the markets for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups. Picture: Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images The Melbourne Cup won't be the only multimillion-dollar target for Duais in the spring. The mare's trainer Ed Cummings also has the Japan Cup on the triple Group 1 winner's agenda. Duais is high in betting for the Caulfield and Melbourne…

Caulfield Cup favourite Smokin' Romans has drawn barrier five. Picture: George Sal-Racing Photos via Getty Images Jamie Kah's Caulfield Cup mount Smokin' Romans has drawn perfectly for Saturday's $5m Group 1 to comfortably hold favouritism. Smokin' Romans leapt to the top of Caulfield Cup betting after his last-start win in the Group 1 Turnbull…

Montefilia (centre) finishes fourth in last year's Caulfield Cup behind Incentivise and Nonconformist. Picture by Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images Is Montefilia the forgotten horse of the Caulfield Cup? Owner and breeder Hugh Docherty, from Woonona, certainly reckons so. It's been a plan 12 months in the making to have the Kermadec mare run in…

Ethan Brown has won three Group 1s this year and is riding with confidence. Picture: AAP Confidence could take jockey Ethan Brown a long way in Saturday's Caulfield Cup. Brown will tackle the $5m event during his biggest year in the saddle, which has produced the three Group 1 wins of his career. Brown broke through for his maiden Group 1 win on…

Caulfield will host its biggest raceday of the year this Saturday, with the running of the $5 million Caulfield Cup. The annual lead-in to the Melbourne Cup was introduced in 1879 and has held Group 1 status since 1979. The winning connections will take home $3 million, with Incentivise taking out last year's event. Other past winners include Verry…

The Group 1 Turnbull Stakes takes place at Flemington on Saturday. Raced over 2000 metres at set weights and penalties for the stayers and worth $1 million overall, $600000 of which goes to winning connections. Incentivise won the race last year before going on to claim the Caulfield Cup. See our guide below: Ciaron Maher & David Eustace / Jamie…

Herald Sun form analyst Brad Waters takes an early look at Saturday's huge Turnbull Stakes card at Flemington. BEST BET YEARNING (Race 4, No.1) Yearning charged home when close-up in the Let's Elope Stakes first-up. She'll only be fitter and is well in at the weights. VALUE BET VOW AND DECLARE (Race 6, No.2) Vow And declare showed he was on the way…

Inspirational Girl's Caulfield Cup credentials will be tested in Saturday's Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) at Flemington. Inspirational Girl, who boasts a perfect second-up record (4-4), must go close to winning the $1m feature for prominent Western Australian owner Bob Peters to persist on the Caulfield Cup path. "This will tell us where we are…

Verry Elleegant could miss Sunday's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Picture: Brett Holburt/Racing Photos via Getty Images Verry Elleegant's hopes of securing the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (2400m) could be over before they've began with the champion mare a chance of being balloted out of the group 1 feature. 27 horses remain in the mix for Sunday's…

Verry Elleegant's hopes of securing the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (2400m) could be over before they've began with the champion mare a chance of being balloted out of the group 1 feature. 27 horses remain in the mix for Sunday's showpiece event at Longchamp where the field limit is set at 20. Verry Elleegant's ownership group is expected to pay the…