2011 Melbourne Cup Before Nominations
Earlier this year Racing Victoria announced that the 2011 Melbourne Cup nominations will close a month later than in previous years. Nominations for the $6.2 million race will now close on Thursday, 1 September. The weights will be released two weeks later than traditionally. The decision was made to bring the Emirates Melbourne Cup nomination deadline closer to the race itself so that the entry list will be more compact and relevant. This will result in a better handicap because the Melbourne...
How to Pick a Melbourne Cup Winner?
Melbourne Cup Day the country's greatest race day with some of Australia's best Thoroughbreds hitting the Flemington turf. There's some great offers on a range of specials and markets including the new Maxidv Gold on the Melbourne Cup. Best Tote Exotics are also available on all races, which mean you're guaranteed the best tote price in the land on your Trifectas, Quinellas, Exactas, and First4s. Also be sure to check out the multi markets available for Cup Day including Win6, Quaddies and special...
Big money on Alcopop
The big money has arrived for Alcopop in Saturday's Caulfield Cup. With his horror draw of Barrier 22, attractive odds are available. Sportingbet once again has you covered this Caulfield cup with a 25% Winner's Bonus on Alcopop, Best Tote Exotics on all Group races, and Best Tote on the Caulfield Quaddie. Along with Alcopop Melbourne Cup winner Shocking has been well backed and is set to start as the Caulfield Cup favourite after a sustained betting move saw him shorten from $7.50 to $5.50 in...
Glen Boss Wins Scobie Breasley Medal
Triple Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Glen Boss won his first Scobie Breasley Medal at last night's 2010 Victorian Thoroughbred Racing Awards. Boss defeated siz-time winner Damien Oliver to claim Victorian racing's highest honour in his first full season since relocating from Sydney in late 2008. The Scobie Breasley Medal is awarded to the most outstanding flat jockey of the season, based on performances at Victoria's metropolitan meetings from 1 August 2009-31 July 2010. Master trainer Bart Cummings...
So You Think and Viewed Top 2009-10 ANZ Classifi...
ANZ Classifications have been released to reflect the best individual performances during the recently concluded racing year in Australia & New Zealand. The highest rating for an individual performance during the season was 122 points achieved by the Bart Cummings trained pair So You Think and Viewed. So You Think won the Group 1 Cox Plate at just his fifth race start and replicated his great performance rating of 122 again in the Group 1 Cantala Stakes over 1600m carrying 53.5kg when second...
The Greatest Melbourne Cup Never Run
Racing Victoria handicapper Greg Carpenter has picked 24 horses for the "The Greatest Melbourne Cup Never Run" digital simulation. Carpenter was asked to select the best 24 winners of the Melbourne Cup for inclusion in the book "The Story of the Melbourne Cup, Australia's Greatest Race" which was recently unveiled at a ceremony in Melbourne. The field is: 1. Phar Lap 2. Carbine 3. Makybe Diva 4. Peter Pan 5. Galilee 6. Poseidon 7. Rising Fast 8. Rain Lover 9. Comic Court 10....
Melbourne Cup 2008 Odds
- Septimus $5.5
- Mad Rush $6
- Efficient $7
- Nom Du Jeu $11
- All The Good $12
- Littorio $13
- Profound Beauty $16
- Honolulu $17
- Master Oreilly $17
- Viewed $21
- Red Ruler $23
- Zipping $26
- Zagreb $26
- Cest La Guerre $31
- Barbaricus $31
- Guillotine $31
- Bauer $35
- Yellowstone $35
- Ice Chariot $41
- Riva San $41
- Boundless $41
- Kibbutz $51
- Sirmione $51
- Baughurst $51
- Dandaad $61
- Newport $61
- Dolphin Jo $61
- Varevees...
Emirates Stakes Odds
Emirates Stakes Horse (Barrier)JockeyTrainerFixed PriceNICONERO (15)B RAWILLERDAVID HAYES10.00WONDERFUL WORLD (10)S W ARNOLDBART CUMMINGS5.50LAD OF THE MANOR (3)K MCEVOYSIMON STOUT26.00UNDUE (12)N RAWILLERSHANE CLARKE31.00SONIC QUEST (2)L NOLENLEE FREEDMAN7.00VALEDICTUM (9)D OLIVERDANNY O'BRIEN21.00ORANGE COUNTY (7)M RODDBRIAN MAYFIELD-SMI35.00SHINZIG (1)C NEWITTMICK PRICE67.00DR NIPANDTUCK (11)V DURICJAMES FRASER51.00LORD OF THE DANCE (14)D HOLLANDMARK LEWIS41.00WEEKEND HUSSLER (13)D NIKOLICROSS...
Efficient wins Melbourne Cup 2007
Efficient has won the 2007 Melbourne Cup, at Flemington racecourse. Only 21 horses started the big race after Gallic, The Fuzz and Maybe Better were all scratched and one of the favourites, Miss Finland was pulled out by her trainer. Mahler made most of the early running alongside with Tungsten Strike, but as the horses came into Flemington's famous straight, a late surge from Efficient edged out the Cup's second favourite Purple Moon. Winning jockey, Michael Rodd said "I just won the Melbourne...
Melbourne Cup lineup
Melbourne CupHorse (Barrier)JockeyTrainerFixed PriceTAWQEET (3)D DUNNDAVID HAYES56.00 BLUE MONDAY (14)N RAWILLERDAVID HAYES36.00BLUTIGEROO (12)L NOLENCOLIN LITTLE26.00GALLIC (24)S W ARNOLDGRAEME ROGERSON18.00RAILINGS (18)G CHILDSROGER JAMES201.00EFFICIENT (10)M RODDGRAEME ROGERSON17.00MAYBE BETTER (7)C BROWNBRIAN MAYFIELD-SMI17.00TUNGSTEN STRIKE (2)DARRYLLHOLLAND AMANDA PERRETT34.00ZIPPING (22)D NIKOLICGRAEME ROGERSON8.50BLACK TOM (21)P A HALLDAVID HAYES201.00MASTER O'REILLY (17)V DURICDANNY O'BRIEN5.00PURPLE...