Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We have backed and tipped the last three winners of the Cup, two of them one out and Verry Elleegant in three. It’s a far more difficult race to predict this year due to the warped and somewhat weird handicapping. So we will try it in four. Here they are in order. Montefilia Without a […]
By Brad Waters, Gilbert Gardiner, Glenn McFarlane UK stayer Deauville Legend is set to take a tighter stranglehold on Melbourne Cup favouritism after Saturday’s barrier draw for Tuesday’s $8m showpiece. Deauville Legend is a dominant $3.80 favourite in TAB’s latest Melbourne Cup market after the draw, standing alone as the only runner under $10 in […]
It’s a complete moral, a complete and utter moral. Shane Ciurleo declared Deauville past the post in the Cup Them’s fighting words from Shane Ciurleo, the form man who came to fame and made his reputation by working with Ben Currie in the first iteration of his career. Many attributed much of Currie’s success as […]
Caulfield Cup winner Durston is out of the Melbourne Cup after failing his mandatory pre-race scan. The imaging revealed a “grey area” in his left hind leg, with specialists unable to determine whether it is “old or new or whether it is even something to be concerned about”. The withdrawal leaves legendary jockey Damien Oliver […]
Pull your pants up RJ. Buy yourself a pair of covered shoes too. And tell that bloke to stop walking like a chicken, before he lays an egg. Ronald Johnson – unsung champion trainer in the Hay region, weight loss guru, madman, and Brown Rice influencer – claims to know the winner of the Melbourne […]
Edward Cummings will spend Tuesday afternoon contemplating running his Melbourne Cup hopeful Duais in Saturday’s Empire Rose Stakes over 1600m. Duais worked at Flemington on Tuesday morning and her recovery from that piece of work will help determine if the three-day back-up is the right path. “We haven’t made a decision yet,” Cummings explained. “The […]
There have been only six female Cup winners in the past 50 years, including Makybe Diva who won 3 times. The others were Jezabeel, Ethereal, Verry Elleegant, Empire Rose and Let’s Elope. Just six horses aged 7 have won it in the last half century: Verry Ellegant, Makybe Diva, Vintage Crop, Almandin, Rogan Josh and […]
Without looking, name 5 of the top 10 horses in the betting market for the Melbourne Cup. I bet you can’t. How sad is that? Once upon a time we pored over the Cup form and the markets for months leading into the race. Not any more. There is just 3 weeks and 5 days […]
Most people wouldn’t even know Gunstock’s name, which is no surprise because the lightly raced Mick Price and Michael Kent trained 4-year-old has had only six starts, and won just two of them, a maiden at Cranbourne, and last year’s Group 3 Norman Robinson at Caulfield. Don’t be deceived by his seemingly light race record […]
The Hayes boys have inherited great stables and facilities out at the modern day incarnation of Lindsay Park, and the full brothers are bred to be champion horse trainers, being by Colin out of David, so they have some great advantages in racing life that are the envy of many and admired by all. They […]
