Railings receives 2kg Melbourne Cup penalty
Caulfield Cup winner Railings has received a 2 kg penalty for the 2005 Melbourne Cup from Racing Victoria Chief Handicapper Greg Carpenter on Monday. The John Hawkes trained Railings had already earned a 1kg penalty following his win in the Group 1 Metropolitan at Randwick on October 1. Railings has now ensured himself of a Melbourne Cup start with his victory on Saturday. The penalty moves him up from equal 22nd in the order of entry to equal 7th.
McEvoy to ride Falcon in Cup
Craig Williams has been dumped from Leica Falcon with Melbourne Cup winning jockey Kerrin McEvoy snapped up by connections after the Godolphin stable decided to abandon their Melbourne Spring Carnival campaign. No.2 rider for the Godolphin stable, McEvoy has been booked to ride the four-year-old by Nothin Leica Dane who has raced three times in Melbourne for two wins. Craig Williams has been aboard in his three previous Melbourne starts, including the Group II Winning Edge Stakes at Caulfield a...
Godolphin scrap Melbourne Cup plans
In a sensation, the Godolphin stable has pulled the pin on a Melbourne Cup assault with their foreign raiders and are in the process of packing up and heading home from their quarantine base at Sandown. After walking the track at Geelong, it's been decided to pack up and head home with the track too firm for Fantastic Love in Wednesday's Geelong Cup. It has been yet another fruitless venture to Melbourne for Godolphin. One of the worlds biggest stables has been sending horses to Australia for 10...
Fallon offered Diamond Melbourne Cup ride
Trainer Brian Ellison has offered champion jockey Keiren Fallon the mount aboard Carte Diamond in the Melbourne Cup at Flemington on Nov.1. Betting on the 2005 Melbourne Cup has Dual Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva the $4-75 favourite. Jockey Weichong Marwing, who rode the entire in the Caulfield Cup on Saturday is already committed to riding Greys Inn in the Melbourne Cup. Fallon said on Sunday a hit and run visit to Melbourne for the Cup would depend on whether leading Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien...
Railings gives Hawkes first Caulfield Cup win
Leading Sydney trainer John Hawkes won his first Caulfield Cup yesterday when his Zabeel gelding Railings stormed home to pick up the Japanese outsider Eye Popper and Mummify in the shadows of the post. Railings travelled midfield on the fence with jockey Greg Childs easing off the paint at the 800 metres mark to put himself into a striking position. Childs said, "He jumped out ok. I went across to the inside and got in behind Kerrin McEvoy's mount and my horse overraced a bit actually, a little...
Caulfield and Melbourne Cup hopes determined tod...
Jockey Dan Nikolic will find out today if he will partner the Lee Freedman trained Mummify in tomorrow's Caulfield Cup. Nikolic successfully had his appeal against a 17 meeting suspension incurred in last Saturday's Caulfield Guineas adjourned yesterday until next Tuesday afternoon. However, Nikolic will again front the Racing Appeals Tribunal today over his handling of Activation at Flemington last month. Nikolic was found guilty by stewards of failing to take all reasonable and permissible measures...
Callow Back for Cox Plate
Victorian jockey Noel Callow had his seven-day suspension, incurred for his ride aboard Stratum in the Caulfield Guineas last week, reduced by a day on appeal. Callow's successful appeal to the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board means the leading hoop will now return to the saddle on Cox Plate Day. Callow was originally suspended on Caulfield Guineas day for causing interference to the eventual winner God's Own on the home turn.
Fight Your Corner scratched from Caulfield Cup
Fight Your Corner from the Godolphin stable has been scratched from Saturday's $2.5 million Caulfield Cup. The British raider will also miss the Melbourne Cup after he was found to be lame with a tendon injury. The John Morrisey trained Queensland Derby winner Lachlan River will now take his place in the Caulfield Cup field after initially being named as first emergency for the Saturday's big race when the Melbourne Racing Club announced the Caulfield Cup field yesterday. Steven King will take...
Melbourne Cup winning jockey outed
Two time Melbourne Cup winning jockey Glen Boss was yesterday suspended by Racing Victoria Stewards for seven days at Caulfield. The premier Group 1 jockey in Australia will now miss the Caulfield Cup meeting on Saturday where he was to ride Wild Iris for trainer Sydney Guy Walter. Boss was suspended for shifting ground in the straight after winning the Evan Evans Cup aboard Eltonjohn trained by another Melbourne Cup winner in Lee Freedman. With his seven day penalty starting immediately, Boss...
El Segundo clear top pick for Caulfield Cup
The Colin Little trained El Segundo is the clear cut favourite for the $2.5 million Caulfield Cup on Saturday after drawing favourably in gate 4. The barrier draw for the Caulfield Cup to be run over 2400m at Caulfield on Saturday is listed below: Caulfield Cup barrier draw No Horse Barrier Trainer Jockey Weight 1 Mummify 20 Lee Freedman D Nikolic 57.0 2 Razkalla (USA) 18 Saeed Bin Suroor N Rawiller 55.0 3 Fight Your Corner (GB) 2 Saeed Bin Suroor K McEvoy 54.5 4 Eye Popper (JPN) 9 Izumi Shimizu...