Cup Carnival

Promising Singapore-based filly Mexican Rose is heading to Victoria this spring, lured by the riches of the annual Melbourne Cup Carnival at Flemington. Mexican Rose is the latest international contender to have their Spring Carnival campaign confirmed, the second from Singapore in a week following the announcement that Jolie’s Shinju…

The Victoria Racing Club (VRC) has announced they will provide a generous $100,000 bonus to the connections of any horse that wins the Group 3 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2600m) after being balloted out of the 2010 Melbourne Cup final field. Run on Saturday November 6 on Emirates Stakes Day, the…

The $1 million Emirates Stakes (1600m) is a prime target for boom Kiwi mare Wealth Princess, who is still in doubt for this Saturday’s Stradbroke Handicap in Brisbane. The Brent Gillovic-trained four-year-old mare ran an eye-catching third to Set For Fame last Saturday in the Group 2 Dane Ripper Stakes…

Prominent international trainer Saeed bin Suroor of the esteemed Godolphin Stable has a number of impressive horses in work on their way towards a berth in the 2010 Melbourne Cup at Flemington this November. The world renowned Godolphin enjoyed their closest Cup success last year when their horse Crime Scene…

With less than six months until the coveted 2010 Melbourne Cup Carnival, horses likely to be nominated for the feature races throughout the carnival are starting to emerge. The Cup Carnival kicks off on Saturday 30 October with the AAMI Victoria Derby Day. The headline event of the meeting is…

There is less than six months to go before the biggest carnival on the Australian racing carnival kicks off, the coveted Melbourne Cup Carnival in Victoria. Held over a week at the esteemed Flemington Racecourse, the 2010 Cup Carnival features many of the year’s most anticipated and bet on races,…