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Melbourne Cup order of entry: Valiant King withdrawn, full list of entries, Kalapour gets last spot in the race
The field for the Melbourne Cup is all but set after Damien Oliver steered Kalapour to victory in the Group 3 Lexus Archer Stakes (2500m) at Flemington on Derby Day.
The result means the Kris Lees-trained stayer has clinched the last spot available in the race, with connections having until 4.30pm to decide whether or not to run.
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Early to the track are friends and Victoria Racing Club members Joy Erskine, Brenda Nugent and Michelle Rodeh.
They attend Derby Day every year and have been coming for about 20 years.
"We come all the time during the year between Caulfield, Moonee Valley and Flemington" Erskine says. "It's just nice to be out and about frocked up and just having a…
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The 2023 Melbourne Cup is almost upon us, with the final field to be revealed this Saturday afternoon (November 4).
The order of entry for the'race that stops a nation' is determined by the weights assigned to each runner by a handicapper. The bigger the weight, the more likely the horse is to make the final field.
As it stands, 32 horses remain in…
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Strong international spring entries
International representation is expected for the
Caulfield Cup
and Cox Plate after the closing of nominations for the two Group 1 races.
A total of 175 horses, 24 from overseas, were entered for the Caulfield Cup when nominations close on Tuesday while there was 178, 17 internationally, entered for the Cox Plate.
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Michael Dee aboard Manzoice (light blue) nailed Sharp N Smart in the Victoria Derby last year. Picture: Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images
The Bendigo Golden Mile race day has been kind to Michael Dee in the past, a record the jockey wants to replicate, albeit from afar in Sydney.
Dee, the winner of three of the past four Golden Miles, on Saturday will…
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Nature Strip and Durston headline Chris Waller’s autumn carnival team
Champion sprinter Nature Strip and Caulfield Cup winner Durston will spearhead trainer Chris Waller's all-star team for the Sydney autumn carnival.
Reigning Horse of the Year Nature Strip is a rising nine-year-old but earned the ranking of world's best sprinter in 2022 with his Group 1 wins in the TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) at Royal Randwick and the…
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Champion sprinter Nature Strip will attempt to win a fourth win consecutive TJ Smith Stakes during The Championships in the autumn. Picture: Getty Images
Champion sprinter Nature Strip and Caulfield Cup winner Durston will spearhead trainer Chris Waller's all-star team for the Sydney autumn carnival.
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Winter is beginning to wind down and that means spring racing is just around the corner.
The one race that gets everybody talking is of course the Melbourne Cup, with a total of $8 million in prizemoney and millions of fans across the country tuning in for'the race that stops the nation'.
Last year, Verry Elleegant proved too strong for its rivals,…
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Champion WA jockey Damien Oliver left without Melbourne Cup ride after Caulfield Cup winner Durston withdrawn
Caulfield Cup winner Durston has been ruled out of the Melbourne Cup after failing a mandatory scan, leaving champion WA jockey Damien Oliver without a ride in the race that stops the nation.
Racing Victoria announced on Thursday their vets believed Durston was unsuitable to race in the $8 million Melbourne Cup (3200m) after CT scans indicated the…
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CT scan rules out Melbourne Cup 2022 contender
Caulfield Cup winner Durston has been ruled out of the Melbourne Cup after a'grey area' showed up in a CT scan taken on the stayer.
As part of Racing Victoria's requirement for all
Melbourne Cup
contenders, Durston underwent a scan at Werribee last Friday.
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Durston scratched: Melbourne Cup loses Caulfield Cup winner as racing legend Damien Oliver misses out on Flemington ride
Racing legend Damien Oliver has lost his
Melbourne Cup
ride after Caulfield Cup winner Durston was scratched from next Tuesday's $8 million race at Flemington.
Trainer Chris Waller announced the seven-year-old gelding had been ruled out by Racing Victoria due to a'grey area' and a small lesion in his left hind leg.
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Chris Waller confirms new rider for Durston in Melbourne Cup
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Hall Of Famer Damien Oliver will get the chance to chase a fourth Melbourne Cup after winning the race to pilot Caulfield Cup hero Durston on the first Tuesday in November at Flemington.
Trainer Chris Waller confirmed Oliver has been locked…
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No jockey ‘locked in’ for Durston in the Melbourne Cup
Champion Hong Kong-based rider Zac Purton is one of several jockeys in the mix to pilot Caulfield Cup winner Durston in the Melbourne Cup at Flemington next month, however trainer Chris Waller has declared "nothing is locked in yet".
Purton has put his hat in the ring to pilot Waller's second Caulfield Cup winner
after earlier this month declaring…
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Melbourne Cup penalty for Durston after Caulfield Cup win
Caulfield Cup winner Durston has been penalised 2kg for his win in Saturday's staying feature.
Racing Victoria head of handicapping David Hegan on Monday afternoon announced the penalty, which takes the Chris Waller-trained import's
Melbourne Cup weight
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The seven-year-old son of Sea The Stars carried 51.5kg to a short-neck win over…
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Chris Waller's chances of landing successive Melbourne Cups have improved dramatically after Durston claimed the Caulfield Cup for the all-conquering trainer.
Durston firmed from $51 to the third tier of Melbourne Cup betting at $15 after landing the first leg of Australian racing's famous spring double.
In a surprise result that unfolded after…
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Durston has enjoyed plenty of success since moving to Australia
Victory for Durston in the prestigious Caulfield Cup provided Highclere Racing with one of the biggest winners in the syndicate's 30-year history - and it came following a "phenomenal recovery" from key setbacks.
The son of Sea The Moon was bought by Highclere as a two-year-old maiden…
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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…
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Chris Waller will flex his muscle at Randwick's traditional spring meeting and could have the favourites in each of the three group 1s on Saturday, which may turn into ladies' day for the premier stable.
The champion trainer has swept the October long weekend majors before, in 2019, when he also won the Turnbull Stakes in Melbourne to achieve the…
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The first shipment of international horses for the
Melbourne Spring Carnival
are due to arrive on Tuesday night.
El Bodegon and My Oberon are joining the Chris Waller and Annabel Neasham stables respectively to prepare for the
Cox Plate at Moonee Valley
on October 22 while
Rodrigo Diaz, trained by David Simcock, is set to run in the
Melbourne Cup…
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Cups penalties for two of last weekend's winners
Durston has been allocated a 1.5kg penalties for both the Melbourne Cup and Caulfield Cup
Two of last weekend's Group 3 winners will have to carry 1.5kg more than initially allocated in this year's major Cups races after being issued penalties by Racing Victoria's head of handicapping David Hegan.
Friday's Newcastle Cup (2300m) winner Durston and…
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Durston lands the Newcastle Cup
James Mcdonald joked that he may have locked in his Melbourne Cup ride too early after Durston took out the
Newcastle Cup.
Success in the Group 3 race over 2300m on Friday followed Durston's win in the Listed Wyong Cup (2100m) on September 2.
McDonald earlier in the week announced he was riding Loft in the
Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at…
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