Knights Order stamps his claims on the Melbourne Cup in return

Ciaron Maher has won Australia's biggest races but running second in the Geelong Cup, to help Ashrun qualify for the Melbourne Cup, was as rewarding as any. Ashrun was sidelined for more than a 1000 days with a tendon injury, which Melbourne Cup and Cox Plate-winner Maher doubted could be rehabilitated, but three starts back the import moved to the…

Goldman is the early favourite for the Roy Higgins Quality at Flemington on Saturday. Picture: Grant Guy Trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott could boast the top two runners in Melbourne Cup betting after the qualifying $500000 Listed Roy Higgins at Flemington on Saturday. Racing Victoria boosted the Roy Higgins in prizemoney and status recently…

Summer Loving, a daughter of world champion two-year-old sire Exceed And Excel, is set to make a winning debut in the $1m Golden Gift (1100m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. The boom Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained filly has been backed as if unbeatable since markets were framed on Monday. She has firmed from $11 into $4.80…

The results for the 2022 Melbourne Cup are in with the punters' favourite - Gold Trip - storming to victory. 1. Gold Trip (FR) 2. Emissary (GB) 3. High Emocean (NZ) 4. Deauville Legend 5. Realm of Flowers 6. Daqiansweet Junior 7. Smokin' Romans 8. Stockman 9. Knights Order 10. Vow and Declare 11. Arapaho 12. Hoo Ya Mal 13. Without A Fight 14. Grand…

Every jockey, trainer and owner dreams of etching their name into the Melbourne Cup's storied history. For the punters, the Melbourne Cup provides a chance to get behind the best stayers in the business and turn a few dollars into a memorable win. The field for the famed race was locked in on Saturday night and the time to study the form has…

The most improved horse among Australian staying ranks has finally received a ringing Caulfield Cup endorsement from his stable as Smokin' Romans bids for one of the spring's signature races. Master trainer Ciaron Maher concedes Smokin' Romans has confounded him twice in the past month, creating a spring detour that has catapulted the horse into…

The sun has been shining on Caulfield Racecourse on Friday, allaying fears that a recent rain deluge might cause the Caulfield Cup to be postponed, but punters will need to back mudlarks on the sodden track. Despite the rain easing, the amount of water that has fallen in recent days mean the current Heavy 10 rating is unlikely to be upgraded, so…

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 lead-up to the spring major. Descarado ploughed through the ground to beat Harris Tweed and Monaco…

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…

The Caulfield Cup (2400m) this Saturday shapes up to be an intriguing contest, where up and comer Smokin Romans dominates the market in a full field for one of the majors on the calendar. Down below is a speed map, runner preview and $100 betting strategy for the 2022 Caulfield Cup. *Existing customers only. 2nd Racing bet. Excl SA & WA. T's & C's…

Gai Waterhouse goes back to where it all began with Grove Ferry and Sacramento in the Group 1 $750000 The Metropolitan (2400m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. The feature staying race has a special significance for Waterhouse as it provided the trainer with her first Group 1 winner 30 years ago. Then there was Herculian Prince's win in the 2010 The…

Tim Clark wins the Chelmsford Stakes on Knights Order at Royal Randwick. Picture Getty Images Having just returned from London for the farewell of Queen Elizabeth II, racing royalty Gai Waterhouse will turn her focus to winning another Melbourne Cup on Saturday, when she goes to Flemington with Knights Order in the $1 million group one Turnbull…

Gai Waterhouse goes back to where it all began with Grove Ferry and Sacramento in the Group 1 $750000 The Metropolitan (2400m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. The feature staying race has a special significance for Waterhouse as it provided the trainer with her first Group 1 winner 30 years ago. Then there was Herculian Prince's win in the 2010 The…

Lightweight rider Winona Costin will chase a breakthrough Group 1 win in the Metropolitan Gai Waterhouse has won the Metropolitan more times than any other trainer but a victory with Grove Ferry this year would be extra special. Waterhouse has captured the staying feature eight times, once more than her late father T J Smith and double the tally of…

Nine-year-old gelding Eduardo belied a betting drift as he dominated the Concorde Stakes from the outset as he showed his usual speed and then cleared out early in the straight. He thrives on heavy tracks and is again shaping as a legitimate Everest contender. Eight-year-old Zaaki also showed he had lost nothing as he ploughed through the mud to…

This year's Caulfield Cup looms as a very open affair with Turnbull Stakes winner Smokin' Romans occupying favouritism at $4.60. The Maher & Eustace-trained galloper has been rock-solid in early betting after faring well at Wednesday night's barrier draw with gate five. Another key player in Benaud was less fortunate when drawing the extreme…

Still buzzing from her outstanding result in the World All-Star Jockeys' Series in Japan, Rachel King is keen to keep her momentum rolling into the early-season carnival races in Sydney. King participated in the Series over the weekend and after taking an early lead, she went down by a single point to Japan's Mirai Iwata, with superstar jockey…

Still buzzing from her outstanding result in the World All-Star Jockeys' Series in Japan, Rachel King is keen to keep her momentum rolling into the early-season carnival races in Sydney. King participated in the Series over the weekend and after taking an early lead, she went down by a single point to Japan's Mirai Iwata, with superstar jockey…