#Lexus Archer Stakes

There are 30 horses left in contention for next Tuesday's $7.75m Melbourne Cup. A final field of 24 can run. On Thursday, Caulfield Cup winner Durston was ruled out of the Melbourne Cup after failing a scan. On Friday, second favourite Loft was also withdrawn from the race while Makram was another horse ruled unfit to race by Racing Victoria…

Hype builds ahead of Melbourne Cup! | 01:14 Staff Writers from Fox Sports Who is in the 2022 Melbourne Cup field? We'll know for sure on Saturday evening. Caulfield Cup winner Durston's withdrawal on Thursday - and the shock news second favourite Loft is also out of the race - means the eligible field for the $7.75 million Melbourne Cup has been…

Former Hawke's Bay jockey Michael Dee and Durston, winners of the Caulfield Cup on October 15. Now he goes for the double, booked for Lunar Flare in Tuesday's Melbourne Cup. Photo / Getty Images Hawke's Bay could hold two of New Zealand's more significant hopes in the 2022 Melbourne Cup, the three minutes and 20 seconds gallop that stops two…

The Fields have been released for Tuesday's Melbourne Cup day apart from the feature race itself with the final field to be finalised after the running of Saturday's Lexus Archer Stakes. As we have come to expect on Melbourne Cup day the fields are big and even with lots of chances in each of them given punters betting on them plenty of value. The…

IF it's not the greatest day there is since days were invented, it'll do us till Tuesday. That most glorious of race meetings - VRC Derby Day - is upon us once again. A smorgasbord wrapped in an extravaganza of an afternoon, as steeped in history as in prestige, kicking off Australia's grandest week of racing - Flemington's four-day Melbourne Cup…

Hype builds ahead of Melbourne Cup! | 01:14 Fox Sports from Fox Sports The field for the $7.75 million Melbourne Cup has been narrowed down to just 34. A final field of 24 can run in the great race on Tuesday November 1. Saturday's Group 3 Lexus Archer Stakes (2500m) is the last chance for a horse to get into the race. Love Spring racing? Get…

Surefire has been the early firmer with Ladbrokes.com.au for one of the key races at Flemington on Saturday, the Archer Stakes (2500m). The winner of this race gets a free ticket into the Melbourne Cup, but interestingly, Surefire isn't nominated. But, he is favourite, and a well backed favourite, for this Saturday. Opened $4.40 and has been…