It wouldn’t be a Melbourne Spring Carnival at Flemington without the Cummings name coming to the fore and at this year’s opening day it was Anthony who took the limelight with Fiveandahalfstar winning the day’s $1.5million feature, the Group 1 VRC Victoria Derby (2500m).
Team Williams galloper Fawkner heads towards next week’s $1million Group 1 VRC Emirates Stakes in devastating form after getting within a whisker of Flemington’s twenty-year-old 1400m track record when winning the Group 3 VRC tab.com.au Stakes today.
Caulfield horseman Colin Little would be one of the few trainers smiling if his runner drew a wide gate on a rain-affected surface at Saturday’s Derby day meeting at Flemington.
Moe trainer Peter Gelagotis goes into this Saturday's Victoria Derby brimming with confidence after his contender Hvasstan produced what the trainer described as "top quality" work in his final preparatory gallop this morning.
Mick Price trained three-year-old Hunger won out in a competitive renewal of the $100,000 Inglis Trophy over 1400m at Sale in Victoria on Sunday as part of the $5million Inglis Race Series.
Stephen Theodore unveiled an exciting juvenile colt in today’s $250,000 Inglis Banner (1000m) at Moonee Valley, with Crack A Roadie finishing best to take out the valuable two-year-old Inglis Race Series event.
The first Black Type event at Moonee Valley on Cox Plate eve was the Listed MVRC Crockett Stakes with victory going to lightly raced Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) filly Angelic Light.
When Oratorio sires a stakes-winner in Western Australia we tend to assume it's Australian bred Oratorio, but in the case of Miss Solis it was Irish bred Oratorio (IRE).
Well placed three-year-old Red Excitement collected his second $50,000 Inglis Race Series Bonus this year when he won today’s One Com Inglis Bonus 3YO Handicap over 1600m at Gosford
Trainer Kelly Schweida has Group 1 ambitions for lightly raced three-year-old Better Than Ready, which lowered Randwick’s 1200m track record to 1:08.19 in the Listed ATC Brian Crowley Stakes in Sydney on Saturday.
Improving gallopers Howmuchdoyouloveme and Hvasstan will aim for Group 1 Spring Carnival riches at different ends of the distance spectrum over the coming weeks after scoring at Group 2 and Group 3 level respectively at Caulfield on Saturday.
Thanks goes to all sponsors, guests and volunteers who supported the Charity Boxing Challenge that was held on Saturday 6 October at Inglis, Newmarket following Epsom Super Saturday.
The oldest Caulfield Cup field in the race's 134-year history will line up on Saturday, after eight-year-old veteran Alcopop and seven-year-old Moudre were granted spots in the field.
Villa Verde made an impressive debut in the Listed MRC Inglis Debutants Stakes in Melbourne on Wednesday, drawing comparisons with Regimental Gal by her trainer Shaun Dwyer.
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