Just Horse Racing News
One way traffic in Geelong Cup betting
By Michael Nicholls It has been one-way traffic for tomorrow’s Geelong Cup with Gallic Chieftain a well backed favourite. Gallic Chieftain has firmed slightly from $3.30 into $3.20, but holds the most money with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au. The Darren Weir ... Read More »
Craig Williams to ride Wall Of Fire in Cup
By AAP Craig Williams has confirmed he will ride English horse Wall Of Fire in his bid for an elusive Melbourne Cup win. Williams made his decision after partnering Wall Of Fire in a gallop at the Werribee quarantine centre ... Read More »
Craig Williams secures Melbourne Cup ride
By Michael Nicholls Craig Williams has secured the ride on one of the top international prospects in the 2017 Melbourne Cup set to be run at Flemington on November 7. Williams partnered with Wall Of Fire in a canter on ... Read More »
Vega Magic favourite for G1 Manikato
By AAP Vega Magic is a clear favourite to win his third Group One race this year against high-quality opposition in the $1 million Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley. A field of 11 has been declared for Friday night’s feature ... Read More »
Home track city debuts for Joe Pride duo
By AAP With Destiny’s Kiss taking a well-deserved rest after his latest stakes win at Randwick, trainer Joe Pride will look to some of his lesser performed stablemates to step up. The nine-year-old Destiny’s Kiss signed off a 10-race campaign ... Read More »
Belated return for Saint Patricks Day
By AAP Promising three-year-old Saint Patricks Day will make a belated return to racing at Doomben but trainer Chris Munce has yet to decide whether to keep him to his own age group. Munce has entered Saint Patricks Day in ... Read More »
Key international suffers serious injury
By Michael Nicholls It’s been reported this morning that yet another key international could be ruled out of the Melbourne Spring Carnival after suffering a leg injury during trackwork at Werribee. The Hugo Palmer-trained Mask Of Time has reportedly suffered ... Read More »
Winx goes alone in Cox Plate track gallop
By AAP Hugh Bowman has put Cox Plate favourite Winx through her paces in a solo gallop in preparation for a history-making tilt at the weight-for-age race. Winx was first out onto the Moonee Valley course at Tuesday morning’s public ... Read More »
Multiple G1 winner Alinghi dies aged 16
By AAP Multiple Group One winner Alinghi has died at Arrowfield Stud while giving birth to a foal which also did not survive. The winner of the 2004 Blue Diamond stakes, the Lee Freedman-trained Alinghi was Australia’s champion three-year-old filly ... Read More »
Heathcote to start Hopfgarten in Sydney
By AAP For the past six years, Brisbane trainer Robert Heathcote has spent this week in Melbourne preparing Buffering for the Manikato Stakes. But with the champion sprinter now retired, Heathcote is free on Friday night and will turn his ... Read More »
