This Saturday the 2010 Melbourne Cup Carnival will kick off at Flemington with Victoria Derby Day featuring an elite nine-race card including the $500,000 Group 1 Myer Classic (1600m). The 2010 Myer Classic final field features 12 star fillies and mares, with Typhoon Tracy the hot favourite currently paying $2.20 through Luxbet. Peter Moody’s reigning…
Randwick trainer Graham Begg’s super sprinter All Silent is back in Australia and preparing for an assault on the 2010 Melbourne Cup Carnival with the $750,000 Group 1 Patinack Farm Classic (1200m) the main aim. Seven-year-old Belong To Me gelding All Silent enjoyed victory in the Patinack Farm Classic last year and will return to…
With Australian quarantine officials currently inspecting facilities in Japan, it now looks likely that the presence of international horses in the 2010 Melbourne Cup final field will be large one for the historic 150th edition this spring. Awaiting the approval of the Miho, Tokyo and Nakayama quarantine amenities are two top Japanese gallopers, Jaguar Mail…
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 will grace Melbourne’s tracks. Reigning…
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 (1400m), but without a win…
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 the $1.5 million Group 1…
