Horse Racing: Champions Mile

Team Hayes' star miler Mr Brightside has firmed into favouritism to beat Fangirl in their rematch at Flemington on Saturday in the Group 1 $3 million Champions Mile (1600m). Earlier in the spring Chris Waller's brilliant Sebring mare Fangirl was too strong for Mr Brightside when easily accounting for him with a barnstorming 2.67 length victory at…

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We have expert betting tips for the Kennedy Champions Mile at Flemington on Saturday, which features three runners out of the Cox Plate. We have a runner-by-runner betting guide available for the Kennedy Champions Mile, which includes the likes of Mr Brightside, Alligator Blood, and Fangirl. It's always an interesting race, and punters have come…

The Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will and J D Hayes would like a little luck to go their way in what has been a frustrating week at Flemington. After Mr Brightside was touched out in the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley, the Hayes boys have suffered narrow losses with Apulia and Crosshaven earlier in Melbourne Cup week. "With a bit of luck, we could be…

Fangirl holds the call with Ladbrokes.com.au for the Champions Mile (1600m) this Saturday at Flemington. The Chris Waller trained mare, like several in the race, comes through the Cox Plate where she was luckless behind Romantic Warrior and looks extremely well suited back to the mile. She is favourite at $2.50. Mr Brightside is on the second line…

Alligator Blood is set to make one more appearance this spring, with training partnership of Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott yet to decide whether it will be the Champions Mile, a race he won last year, or the Champions Stakes at Flemington on November 11. Waterhouse confirmed that the talented gelding would be competing on Championship Day, leaving…

Will Zac Purton and Beauty Generation be celebrating after Sunday's Champions Mile? Will Sunday's Champions Mile be the last time Hong Kong punters see star performer Beauty Generation? Beauty Generation is one of 10 entries for the Champions Mile. The John Moore -trained galloper will attempt to win the Group I event for the third straight…

Sha Tin: FWD Champions Mile (Group 1) 1m, 3yo+ Beauty Generation enjoyed nothing more strenuous than the equivalent of a morning workout to repeat last year's success, coming home a length and a half clear of Singapore Sling, and in the process beating Hong Kong records for the highest career prize-money, and the biggest winning sequence in a…

Golden Sixty: created history by retaining his Champions Mile crown Golden Sixty became Hong Kong's highest earner in history by dominantly retaining the Group 1 FWD Champions Mile on Sunday. California Spangle was given a soft time in front but the 2-5 favourite travelled ominously well throughout under Vincent Ho and picked off that rival easily…

Already enjoying a tremendous start to the season, Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott will launch a three-pronged attack on the richest race of the Sydney summer. The Tulloch Lodge training duo saddle up two last start winners in Riodini and Dajraan, along with the under-rated Surf Dancer in Saturday's $2 million The Ingham (1600m) at Randwick. Bott…

Jockey Michael Dee has had the golden touch this spring but he will be recognised as a deity if he can lift Dalasan to his maiden Group 1 win in Saturday's Champions Mile at Flemington. The hoop has already produced some magic to salute in the Caulfield Cup aboard Durston at $18 and then collect the Victoria Derby with Manzoice at $21 but Dalasan…

With a different jockey and riding plan, Adrian Bott has every bit of confidence Surf Dancer will be thereabouts at the finish in The Gong at Kembla Grange on Saturday. This means the six-year-old's odds of $15 with online bookmakers could offer good value for punters after his gallant fourth - under Regan Bayliss - last start in The Big Dance at…

Versatile galloper Private Eye can round out a remarkable preparation with a second career Group 1 with the Joseph Pride-trained talent opening favourite for Saturday's Champions Mile (1600m) at Flemington. Private Eye has announced himself as one of the most exciting horses in the country this preparation and can highlight his rise in the $3m…

A drop back in trip has provided Alligator Blood a second Group 1 win of the Melbourne Spring Carnival. Leading throughout over the 1600m of the Champions Mile at Flemington on Saturday, Alligator Blood confirmed his status as one of Australia's best milers. A winner of the Group 1 Australian Guineas as a three-year-old, the now six-year-old spent…

The Champions Mile has undergone a transformation that just may give Godolphin galloper Cascadian his chance to finally win a feature Group 11600m race at Flemington. Previously a handicap and known as the Cantala Stakes and run on the opening day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival, the race has been rebadged as the Champions Mile, shifted to the final…

News Corp form analyst Glenn McFarlane looks at the chances of every runner in Saturday's $3m Group 1 Champions Mile (1600m) at Flemington. 1. KOLDING (1) - $71 Trainer: Chris Waller Jockey: Damien Oliver GLENN SAYS: Group 1 winner who hasn't saluted since April last year. His two runs this campaign have hardly inspired confidence, especially a…

A big spring could be about to get even bigger for Annabel Neasham, who has feature race chances in two states on Saturday including a pair of in-form horses in the Five Diamonds. In just her third season as a trainer, Neasham has been represented in many of the major races this spring, winning the Epsom Handicap with Top Ranked and saddling up…

There is class everywhere you look in the field of 11 accepted for the Group 1 Champions Mile at Flemington on Saturday afternoon. Nine of the 11 runners have earned connections over $1 million in prizemoney, and with $3 million on offer on Saturday, it looks set to be a must-watch event. Having taken out the Nature Strip Stakes on October 29,…

NSW trainer Tracey Bartley had his eyes set on winning the Golden Eagle but when the gelding failed to make the final field, he switched his attention to Melbourne. Kiss Sum heads to the Group 1 Champions Mile (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday after he was an emergency in the $10 million Golden Eagle at Rosehill last Saturday. While the prize money…

His trainers have long thought he would stretch beyond a mile and Ellsberg will get an opportunity to prove them right when he contests the inaugural staging of the $2 million Five Diamonds at Rosehill. The entire is a Group 1 winner up to 1600m having dead-heated for first with Top Ranked in last month's Epsom Handicap at Randwick over a circuit…

Progressive galloper Visinari is a short priced favourite with Ladbrokes.com.au for the Paris Lane Stakes (1400m) this Saturday at Flemington. The Price/Kent trained import resumes after a fruitful Winter prep and resumes, potentially with eyes towards the Champions Mile on Cup Week. He gets J Kah fresh and finds a winnable kick off point,…