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Geelong Cup moves and shakes its reputation
The Geelong Cup once had a shaky reputation, but it's changing its ways.
The Geelong Cup once had a shaky reputation, but it's changing its ways.
A malfunction with the reflected image of the photo finish at Warwick Farm saw the judge change his decision for third in the #theraces Handicap on Wednesday.
The Australian Turf Club is set to change the Warwick Stakes to the Winx Stakes to honour the wonder mare when it is run as a group 1 for the first time next year.
Geelong Cup winner Vengeur Masque hopes for a penalty to make Melbourne Cup.
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Team Winx is big business for the top end of town, so much so that the popularity of Chris Waller and Hugh Bowman is now rivalling the marketability of some NRL and cricket stars on the back of their horse's soaring fame.
Jane Chapple-Hyam and Michelle Payne have experienced the 100-1 upsets in the biggest races in two counties before, but if they can combine with raider Kaspersky to beat Winx in Saturday's Cox Plate it would be an even bigger shock.
A brutally honest Dwayne Dunn insists any Cox Plate jockey who thinks they can beat Winx is delusional.
The man who helped deliver Jarryd Hayne to the Titans and convinced Ash Taylor to stay on the glitter strip, Tony Mestrov, is set to be appointed as the new chief executive officer of Greyhound Racing NSW.
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'.
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.
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.
Matt Cumani could throw Grey Lion back into the Melbourne Cup mix should go one better than last year in Wednesday's Geelong Cup.
Maryore has joined Joe Ible's stable and the six-year-old mare is chasing success on Melbourne Cup day.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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..
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.
This year's $300,000 Geelong Cup will be without any of the imports that have arrived in Australia in the past month.
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.
It'll take more than a 10-meeting suspension to knock jockey Kathy O'Hara off Single Gaze for the Melbourne Cup.
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.