Winx would start favourite in my fantasy Cox Plate field
Champion Winx is a surprisingly short-priced $3.2 favourite in the market framed by Rob Waterhouse for my fantasy 'Field Of Dreams Cox Plate'.
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Cox Plate a sell-out as Winx tries for three-peat
The popularity of Winx has Moonee Valley a sell out for Saturday's Cox Plate four days out from when she attempts to make history and join Kingston Town as three-time winner of Australia's weight-for-age Championship.
'As she came up the straight you could have heard a pin drop'
Racing's traditional veil is darkness, but the torch lights of the Gen Y iPhone salute give the game away. It's 21st century star has a 21st century way of being recorded for history.
Grey Lion back to go one better in the Geelong Cup
Matt Cumani could throw Grey Lion back into the Melbourne Cup mix should go one better than last year in Wednesday's Geelong Cup.
Canberra trainers hoping for Melbourne Cup double
Maryore has joined Joe Ible's stable and the six-year-old mare is chasing success on Melbourne Cup day.
Winx has rivals running scared... or for second
Winx has tested the relevance of Australia's weight-for-age championship with her sheer dominance, leaving her with only eight rivals in the weakest Cox Plate this century.
Winx could break Black Caviar's record in same Royal Ascot race
Winx could break Black Caviar's 25-race winning streak at Royal Ascot in the same event in which Australia's unbeaten mare scrambled to victory as European officials put the finishing touches on a three-country program to woo connections.
McEvoy hopes Hey Doc can surprise favourite in Manikato
Vega Magic looks the horse to beat in the group 1 Manikato Stakes, the highlight of Friday night's opening of the two-day Cox Plate Carnival at Moonee Valley.
'Dazed' Bowman trying to ensure Winx ride
Star jockey Hugh Bowman is so concerned about not getting suspended to ensure he rides Winx in Saturday's Cox Plate, Simon Marshall believes he should not take another ride until the weekend.
Winx is the best David Hayes has seen
Champion trainer David Hayes admits that he and his father's two finest racehorses, Dulcify and Better Loosen Up, would fall short of all-conquering Winx, who on Saturday is attempting a third Cox Plate.
Winx gets barrier six for Cox Plate
Champion mare Winx will jump from barrier six against eight rivals when she looks to make history on Saturday by winning her third Cox Plate in a row, attempting to match the feat of the legendary Kingston Town.
Winx's Cox Plate not full of rivals
Moonee Valley chief executive Michael Browell declared the standards of the Cox Plate will not be compromise to have more rivals for Winx as she looks for a third Cox Plate on Saturday.
'You can't compare horses … But Winx hasn't beaten nothing good, has she?'
The long-time stable foreman for Tommy Smith says you can never compare but isn't convinced the mighty mare is better than Kingston Town.
Winx's entourage tips 100 for tilt at third Cox Plate
Even as the expectation and her entourage has grown, the excitement around Winx remains the same for owner Debbie Kepitis as her champion mare attempts to win a third Cox Plate on Saturday.
Connolly banned for two years for involvement with con man
One of the most intriguing racing scandals in recent decades took another turn on Monday when former Ciaron Maher racing manager Ben Connolly was suspended for two years by the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board.
Winx poised to have another start in Melbourne
Champion race mare Winx is primed to give the VRC a second public relations coup this spring after trainer Chris Waller put a start in the s rich $2 million Emirates Stakes on the fourth day of the Melbourne Cup carnival back in her schedule..
Williams defends Mallyon, Weir blasts riders and Symons says WFA Cup plan shelved
The fall out from an incident packed Caulfield Cup has not subsided, with leading owner Lloyd Williams scotching claims that his outsider Sir Isaac Newton was ridden as a pacemaker to set the race up for favourite Johannes Vermeer and champion trainer Darren Weir expressing his anger at leading riders Craig Williams and Damian Lane for their race tactics on his two well-backed contenders Amelie's Star and Humidor.
Visiting Euopean stayers won't be venturing to Geelong
This year's $300,000 Geelong Cup will be without any of the imports that have arrived in Australia in the past month.
Winx the banker to end the long-shot pattern
Champion mare Winx will start the shortest-priced Cox Plate favourite since Phar Lap as she attempts to emulate Kingston Town as a three-time winner of the Australasian weight-for-age championship at Moonee Valley on Saturday.
Canberra trainer's Gaze set on Kathy O'Hara for Cup
It'll take more than a 10-meeting suspension to knock jockey Kathy O'Hara off Single Gaze for the Melbourne Cup.
Beefy sprint ace In Her Time ready to shine in the Manikato
Newcastle trainer Ben Smith has learnt to live with In Her Time putting on weight between runs and heading into Friday night's Manikato Stakes clash with Vega Magic and Chautauqua it has only added to his confidence.
Caulfield Cup win set to open doors for Parish
Cory Parish might not be the first jockey, everyone thought of when looking for a rider, but he now has a Caulfield Cup, it should change and be the boost his career needed.
Hayes thinks of Boom Time in Japan
David Hayes is eyeing the Melbourne Cup with Boom Time before a possible Japan Cup start where the Caulfield Cup winner would run for a $US2 million bonus.
More boom times coming for Hayes and his cup winner
Invitations to this year's $6 million Japan Cup have been extended to world champion Australian race mare, Winx, as well as Saturday's shock Caulfield Cup winner, Boom Time.
Winx odds-on to emulate Kingston Town's feats in Cox Plate
Champion mare Winx will start the shortest-priced Cox Plate favourite since Phar Lap.
Lady Gai shines amid turmoil of beaten Sydney fancies
The twinkle was well and truly back in the eye of Gai Waterhouse and the staying power of Nick Moraitis continued on Saturday.
O'Brien's Australian raiders could help set new benchmark
Johannes Vermeer couldn't quite do it for Aidan O'Brien on Saturday, when the son of Galileo could only manage third in the Caulfield Cup.
Global Glamour could live up to name after Tristarc win
Global Glamour heading overseas while Snitty Kitty surprises the trainer with speedy improvement and victory at Caulfield
Snitty Kitty steps out of shadows and into Caulfield spotlight
Snitty Kitty's trainer Henry Dwyer was so concerned the $180,000 horse was a dud he took her to the trials at Wangaratta so the owners would not watch her.
The Canberra horse carrying the hopes of the nation's capital
She carried the field to the line in the Caulfield Cup, now Single Gaze will carry Canberra's hopes in the Melbourne Cup.