Cup Carnival

Up-and-coming Japanese stayer Meisho Dontaku has further strengthened the overseas contingent in this year’s 150th Melbourne Cup after connections paid the additional late nomination fee. The 2010 Melbourne Cup nominations closed last Tuesday, but the VRC will accept late nominations for the 150th anniversary of the world’s richest handicap up…

Connections of rising gelding Shootoff have this spring’s prestigious Victoria Derby pencilled in as the main target for the promising young runner. Shootoff, a son of Duelled, showed real potential last start when the two-year-old claimed a classy three-quarter length victory in the Chifley Handicap (1550m) at Kensington, Randwick. His…

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,…