#Mer De Glace

Maximum Security, the colt disqualified from victory in the Kentucky Derby, returns to the winner's circle Saturday at Belmont Park. Photo courtesy of New York Racing Association Oct. 28 (UPI) -- It was a very good weekend of horse racing for Japan as Lys Gracieux landed the Group 1 Cox Plate in Australia and Almond Eye returned to her dominant…

Japan has claimed a second Caulfield Cup victory in five years with Mer De Glace overcoming a slow start to win in the $5 million race. Like Admire Rakti who won for Tomoyuki Umeda in 2014, Mer De Glace settled back in the field before circling his rivals to score a soft win. Under Damian Lane, Mr De Glace ($8) scored by a length from Vow And…

Champion trainer Chris Waller is firming to win his first Melbourne Cup as Finche assumed favouritism on the eve of Australia's most famous race. Japan's Mer De Glace had been at the top of markets sincedrawing gate two in Saturday's barrier draw but was displaced as favourite by Finche who was backed from $9.50 into $8 and is not $8.50. Along with…

The Caulfield Cup takes place at Caulfield on Saturday. Raced over 2400m under handicap conditions and worth $5 million with winning connections to rake in $3m. Last year, Incentivise won in dominant fashion while Verry Elleegant (2020), Mer De Glace (2019) and Best Solution (2018) are recent winners. See our guide below: Ciaron Maher & David…