The Saab Hasan-trained Shoreham is the horse attracting early interest in Sportingbet.com.au’s market for Wednesday’s Group 3 Sportingbet Geelong Cup. BONUS: Sign-up to Sportingbet.com.au via this link Deposit $30 BET with $130! Shoreham is a $9 sixth favourite at Sportingbet, but has attracted the top two biggest bets in early betting. “Someone was… Read More »
Race 7 – 4:00PM Sportingbet Powered By William Hill Geelong Cup (2400 METRES) Of $300,000.1st $180,000, 2nd $54,000, 3rd $27,000, 4th $13,500, 5th $7,500, 6th $6,000, 7th $6,000, 8th $6,000 GROUP 3 Handicap, Minimum Weight 54kg, Apprentices cannot claim. Field Limit: 17 + 4 EM BONUS BET: Sign-up to Sportsbet.com.au… Read More »
All-conquering trainer Chris Waller will turn his talents to resurrecting the career of import Brigantin who makes his Sydney debut at Canterbury on Saturday. The former French galloper has been out of luck since his arrival in Australia in the spring of last year. His third in the 2012 Geelong… Read More »
Imported stayer Caravan Rolls On will remain in Australia and join the team of Danny O’Brien after scoring a convincing win in the Sandown Cup at Caulfield. Caravan Rolls On, who is owned by Qatar Bloodstock headed by Sheikh Fahad Al Thani, made easy work of Saturday’s Listed 3200m event… Read More »
The Peter Moody-trained Ibicenco has firmed from $101 into $61 for the Melbourne Cup with Betstar following a brave win in the Geelong Cup on Wednesday. [include file=”inpost_adrotator.php”] The Geelong Cup has recently become a solid form guide for the race that stops a nation, with Americain (2010) and… Read More »
The Geelong Cup has been a guide to the chances of the European raiders in the Melbourne Cup in recent years but only one has taken up the challenge on Wednesday. Forgotten Voice, who missed a start in Saturday’s Caulfield Cup as the first emergency, is the dominant favourite for… Read More »
Race 7 – 4:00PM Sportingbet Geelong Cup (2400 METRES) Of $300,000.1st $180,000, 2nd $54,000, 3rd $27,000, 4th $13,500, 5th $7,500, 6th $6,000, 7th $6,000, 8th $6,000 GROUP 3 Handicap, Minimum Weight 54.5kg, Weight Raised 0.5kg, Apprentices cannot claim.Field Limit: 17 + 4 EM Form Guide [include file=”inpost_adrotator.php”] No Horse… Read More »
Nick Hall produced a brilliant ride to win Saturday’s Caulfield Cup but his handling in an earlier race is likely to cost him the chance of winning the Cox Plate. Hall, who partnered Fawkner to victory in Saturday’s $2.5 million Caulfield Cup, was slapped with a 10-meeting careless riding suspension… Read More »
Leading jockey Glen Boss will appeal a ban which rules him out of the Cox Plate ride on Puissance De Lune. In a dramatic sequel to the Caulfield Cup on Saturday, stewards hit Boss with a 12-meeting suspension for careless riding meaning he will miss the ride on the leading… Read More »
The four Caulfield Cup emergencies including first reserve Forgotten Voice are among 26 nominations for next Wednesday’s $300,000 Group Three Geelong Cup. The Geelong Cup (2400m) has become a strong guide to the Melbourne Cup with internationals Media Puzzle (2002), Americain (2010) and Dunaden (2011) completing the double. Along with… Read More »
Americain will make his 2013 southern hemisphere breeding season debut at Swettenham Stud, the famous thoroughbred nursery which boasts a rich association with modern-day Melbourne Cup winners. The 2010 Melbourne Cup hero and the hardluck tale of the 2011 edition, Americain has already started stallion duties at the famed United… Read More »
Autumn options remain open for English horse Gatewood who has adapted well to his new surroundings at Chris Waller’s Sydney stable. The Geelong Cup winner has been in Australia since the spring, attracting as much attention for failing to make the Melbourne Cup field as for his Geelong Cup win…. Read More »
The most important thing trainer Chris Waller learned from this year’s Melbourne Cup is that he really wants to win it. The performance of fourth-placed Kelinni ignited the fire for Waller who until then had been a minor player with less competitive runners. Whether it be Gatewood, who arrives at… Read More »
Imported stayer Ibicenco will go to his new Australian home with a more impressive CV than the one he arrived in Melbourne with following his win in the Listed Sandown Cup (3200m). Ibicenco came to Melbourne as the least performed of English trainer Luca Cumani’s touring quartet, but ended up… Read More »
French stayer Brigantin won’t take any further part in the Melbourne spring after suffering a minor leg injury during trackwork on Tuesday. It was the latest blow for his connections who had hoped to run him in the Melbourne Cup, only for the entire to fail to make the final… Read More »
Winning the Melbourne Cup is an experience that will stay with Nick Moraitis forever. Winning a second is something he finds hard to imagine. In 1997, Might And Power won the race in a heart-stopping finish that tricked Greg Hall on runner-up Doriemus into a premature victory salute. Jim Cassidy… Read More »
The doubt surrounding a Melbourne Cup start for imported galloper Green Moon has eased after the horse came through a searching gallop at Moonee Valley on Friday. Owner Lloyd Williams issued a provisional all clear after the workout for Green Moon, whose Cup prospects took a battering in last weekend’s… Read More »
Permit will figure in a gear change for Saturday’s Lexus Stakes when he lines up as one of two Chris Waller-trained stayers chasing a Melbourne Cup berth at Flemington. Waller has last-start Group One Metropolitan runner-up Kelinni in the Lexus (2500m) along with Permit who will have ear muffs re-applied… Read More »
This race won’t be remembered for the greatness of the win. It will be rememberd for a couple reasons: It was the closest finish in Cup history and the fact that nine of the first ten horses across the line originally started their career overseas, another example of how this… Read More »
The Melbourne Cup dream is still alive for the English galloper Gatewood. But his owner Terry Henderson is more hopeful of running in the 2013 edition than next Tuesday at Flemington. The victim of bad luck and a desire to beat the handicapper in his quest for a Cup start,… Read More »
