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Foreign Powers In Melbourne Cup
Joseph O’Brien, who won the Melbourne Cup with Rekindling in 2017, will saddle four runners in the 158th edition of ‘the race that stops a nation’
Joseph O’Brien, who won the Melbourne Cup with Rekindling in 2017, will saddle four runners in the 158th edition of ‘the race that stops a nation’
We didn’t win but I’ll cherish that day for the rest of my life, says trainer
The thrill of having a Melbourne Cup runner is something most of us would give our eyeteeth for
Youth dominated the A$6 million Gr1 Melbourne Cup run over 3200m at Flemington on Tuesday when the youngest trainer in the race saddled the youngest horse, a full brother to Summerhill stallion Golden Sword, to score a sensational victory
The final field has been declared for Australia’s most famous race, the $6 million Gr1 Melbourne Cup to be run over 3200m at Flemington tomorrow
The loss of Admire Rakti and Araldo in the 2014 Melbourne Cup has added fuel to animal welfare debate and despite both parties claiming to have horses’ best interests at heart, we seem more interested in fighting each other, than fighting for the horse.
This time last week we were looking forward to the 163rd renewal of the World Sports Betting Cape Town Met
In a new weekly column we look at some of the past weekend’s highlights, and set the fractions with Saturday’s Hollywoodbets Kenilworth WSB Cape Town Met racemeeting
A seasoned racing fan writes that in the zone between 15 and 3 minutes before the official race time, nobody is interested in listening to the personal fancies and various constructions of the presenters’ exotic permutations