Horse Racing: Grand Annual Steeplechase

View the results and replay for the 2021 Grand Annual Steeplechase. The Grand Annual Steeplechase was raced at Warrnambool racecourse on 6/5/2021. *Existing customers only. 2nd Racing bet. Excl SA & WA. T's & C's apply. Gamble responsibly.

WINNING FEELING: Liam Hoy and Symon Wilde celebrate Gold Medals' remarkable victory in the Grand Annual Steeplechase. Picture: Chris Doheny Vic Douglas trained three Waterfront by Lyndoch Living Grand Annual Steeplechase winners and never shed a tear. But the waterworks came before his son, jockey Clayton, crossed the finished line aboard champion…

Jockey William McCarthy celebrates after Heberite won the 150th running of the Grand Annual Steeplechase in May. The prizemoney will increase by $50000 in 2023. Warrnambool's time-honoured Grand Annual Steeplechase will have a $50000 prizemoney hike in 2023 with the feature jumps race at the famous May Racing Carnival worth $400000. The Grand…

View the final field and barriers for the 2019 Grand Annual Steeplechase. The Grand Annual Steeplechase will be run on Thursday 2nd May at Warrnambool racecourse. Time: 2:30PM Distance: 5500m Have Your Say: Who do you think will win the Grand Annual Steeplechase? - Comment below WATCH THIS RACE LIVE AT*Existing customers only. 2nd Racing bet. Excl…

It has been a bucket list item for many a racing fan and the team involved at Punt Drunk embarked on the three-hour journey down the highway to live it up at all three days of the Warrnambool May Racing Carnival. From arriving in Warrnambool in freezing cold conditions and sideways rain, to thunderstorms at 7am on Wangoom Handicap Day, to the 5000+…

After a week of playing on his'home deck' at Warrnambool, Aaron Purcell will make the trip to Sandown looking for another city win. The Warrnambool May Carnival was completed on Thursday where Purcell saddled 11 runners over the three days, coming home with two winners along a third-place finish in the feature race of the meeting, the Grand Annual…

It would not be Warrnambool if trainer Eric Musgrove did not win a jumps race at the May Carnival. Musgrove has been coming to the three-day Carnival for more than 40 years and has won the feature jumps races - the Grand Annual Steeplechase, Brierly Steeplechase and Galleywood Hurdle - on numerous occasions. With a new breed of trainer now coming…

Trainer Ciaron Maher looks set for another big day at Warrnambool on Thursday. Photo: Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images. There's been a solid push for one at longer odds in the $400000 Grand Annual Steeplechase at Warrnambool on the final day of the 2023 May Racing Carnival. Victoria's champion trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace will saddle up two…

Punters expected trainer Ciaron Maher to collect a seventh Grand Annual Steeplechase but it was not the one they expected. Stern Idol was sent out the $1.85 favourite in Thursday's 5500m marathon but was pulled-up prior to the last obstacle by jockey Steven Pateman. Instead, it was left to stablemate Rockstar Ronnie, who led throughout to give…

Declan Maher knows only too well what is required to win Australia's longest race, Warrnambool's Grand Annual Steeplechase. A round table discussion between those involved in Stern Idol has led the jumper to the Grand Annual Steeplechase at Warrnambool. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained former French jumper had been entered for the Brierly…

Confidence lost, everything lost. It is what punters say, but it can also transfer over to horses and have an effect on their careers. Trainer Dane Smith has had to rebuild the confidence of San Remo following a fall in the Grand Annual Steeplechase at Warrnambool last year. After two wins to start the 2023 jumps season, San Remo is back at the…

View the nominations for the 2023 Grand Annual Steeplechase. The Grand Annual Steeplechase be run on Thursday, 4 May 2023 at Warrnambool racecourse. *Existing customers only. 2nd Racing bet. Excl SA & WA. T's & C's apply. Gamble responsibly.

Dual purpose jockey Clayton Douglas has been attending the Warrnambool May carnival for as long as he can remember. His father Vic trained three winners of the Grand Annual Steeplechase (Hoki 1995-96, Miracle Star 2000) while Clayton's first ride in the 5500m marathon resulted in victory aboard the Symon Wilde-trained Gold Medals in 2018. They ran…

Victorian jumps racing has received a welcomed injection of prize money for the upcoming 2023 season, with the Grand Annual Steeplechase and Grand National Steeplechase now worth $400000 apiece. Racing Victoria released the 2023 jumps racing program on Tuesday, announcing that $5 million in prize money will be up for grabs across 19 jumps…

The Warrnambool Racing Carnival has provided record turnover while a crowd of over 29000 attended the three-day meeting. Wagering over the three days eclipsed $67 million for the first time, which was an increase of 6.9% on the meeting's 2021 figure. The Warrnambool Racing Club recorded 29048 patrons across the three days, with record membership of…

Police are "confident" someone in the community will be able to help them after thousands of beer cans were cruelly stolen from a Victorian racing club over the Anzac Day long weekend. The theft occurred between 5pm on April 23 and 9.30am on April 26 when three shipping containers on the south side of the Warrnambool Racing Club were broken into on…

The Grand Annual Steeplechase is a steeplechase race held at Warrnambool Racecourse in Victoria each year. The Grand Annual Steeplechase is run over 5500m, making it the longest horse race run in Australia. The Grand Annual Steeplechase boasts a total prize pool of $350000 and is run under handicap conditions (Minimum Weight 66kg). The Grand Annual…

Bit Of A Lad may not have the longevity at the May Three-Day Carnival that Gold Medals has, but the way he is shaping he will have the opportunity to bypass that galloper. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained seven-year-old will be lining-up for the fifth year at the Warrnambool Carnival, chasing a second win in the Brierly Steeplechase on…

Police are "confident" someone in the community will be able to help them after thousands of beer cans were cruelly stolen from a Victorian racing club over the Anzac Day long weekend. The theft occurred between 5pm on April 23 and 9.30am on April 26 when three shipping containers on the south side of the Warrnambool Racing Club were broken into on…

This Thursday marks four weeks until the Warrnambool May Racing Carnival and D-day is looming regarding whether Gold Medals makes a historic 10th appearance at the jumps extravaganza. Trainer Symon Wilde will in the next week get serious with the 12-year-old's work to determine whether he attempts to defend his Grand Annual Steeplechase crown. The…

LEGENDARY: Warrnambool Racing Club historian Mark McNamara with the silver cup won by Mossbank in 1909. Picture: Chris Doheny A field of 10 horses jumped at the starting line for the 1909 Grand Annual Steeplechase. Just three of them, led by David Kelly's Mossbank, greeted the judge at the winning post after surviving just over nine hellish minutes…

Jockey Shane Jackson will return to the saddle for one ride in Thursday's Grand Annual Steeplechase. Picture: Colleen Petch Footballers would equate jockey Shane Jackson's task with coming out of retirement for a Grand Final. Jackson retired from race riding after the Jericho Cup meeting in November last year but has decided to return to the saddle…

As a Warrnambool stalwart, trainer Aaron Purcell is always looking forward to the annual Three-Day Carnival in the seaside town each May. The Grand Annual Steeplechase is the feature of the Carnival and Purcell, as a former winner with Ginolad in 2008, would love nothing more than to add another trophy to his cabinet. Purcell has recently returned…

Symon Wilde would like nothing more than to see Gold Medals bow out of racing with a third Grand Annual Steeplechase success. Trainer Symon Wilde toyed with the idea of running Gold Medals in the Australian Steeplechase after his heroic win in Warrnambool's Grand Annual Steeplechase. But Wilde has decided on a long-range plan of trying to win a…

It's all one way traffic with Ladbrokes.com.au when it comes to the Grand Annual Steeplechase (5500m) this afternoon at Warrnambool. Vanguard won a thrilling edition of the Brierly on Tuesday and looks extremely well suited up in trip, and the big tick is the bottomless track. He is favourite at $1.75 and holds around 60% of money invested on the…

Bit Of A Lad has tightened into $3.90 favouritism for this year's Grand Annual Steeplechase with TAB after finishing second in today's Brierly Steeplechase. Odds-on favourite Flying Agent was as impressive as the market expected in Tuesday's feature, however, will not be starting in this year's Grand Annual. Yensir ($4.40) has seen a significant…

The Warrnambool Racing Club is working hard to keep a pest from being a factor at next month's traditional May Carnival. The three-day carnival in the first week of May is a test for all that attend. Horses, riders, stable staff, track workers and punters themselves are thoroughly tested during the carnival, which culminates with Australia's…

C'MON: Punters cheer hoop Clayton Doulgas on in his first Grand Annual Steeplechase on Thursday. Picture: Morgan Hancock SONJA Douglas couldn't watch as her son Clayton rode in his first Grand Annual Steeplechase at the famed Warrnambool May carnival on Thursday. Her nerves increased as the Mornington-based jockey pushed Gold Medals towards the…

Australia's longest race, the Grand Annual Steeplechase, is the preferred option for Budd Fox Trainer Henry Dwyer will let the weather decide which race his jumper Budd Fox will run in over the final two days of the Warrnambool Three-Day Carnival. Budd Fox was entered for Tuesday's Brierly Steeplechase (3450m) but was not among final acceptors on…

Race 7 - Grand Annual Steeplechase - 5550m Is this the last time we will see the two old war horses, Zed Em and Gold Medals, duke it out in the Grand Annual? Can the winner of that battle fight off the emerging youngsters? Fascinating race, it's going to be a fantastic watch! #1 Zed Em Previous winner of this race, who is an all-time fav of mine.…

Footballers would equate jockey Shane Jackson's task with coming out of retirement for a Grand Final. Jackson retired from race riding after the Jericho Cup meeting in November last year but has decided to return to the saddle once more to ride Bit Of A Lad, part-owned by Brisbane Lions legend Jonathan Brown, in Thursday's Grand Annual Steeplechase…