The Toughest Horses of the Modern Era
Whether it being through the sheer volume of race wins, the ability to maintain an outstanding form line throughout several years of competition, or returning to the winner’s stall after serious injury, Australia has witnessed...
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Melbourne Cup Dream Alive for Dunlop
The retirement and subsequent passing of heroic three-time Melbourne Cup runner-up Red Cadeaux last spring hasn’t stopped British horseman Ed Dunlop from targeting an elusive win in the ‘race that stops a nation’. The gallant...
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Red Cadeaux to retire at Living Legends
Three times Melbourne Cup runner up Red Cadeaux is recovering from fetlock surgery and will be retired to Living Legends to join several other Melbourne Cup heroes. The English stayer had become a favourite with Australian...
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Japan Cup on the agenda for Trip To Paris
Newmarket trainer Ed Dunlop is hopeful that Trip To Paris will recover from a minor leg injury he sustained in the Group 1 $6m Emirates Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington last Tuesday and be fit to head to Japan for the Japan...
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Melbourne Cup hero Red Cadeaux waiting surgery on fractured fetlock
Gallant ten year old Red Cadeaux is waiting surgery at the University Of Melbourne Equine Centre at Werribee after sustaining a fracture to his left fore fetlock joint during the running of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington...
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2015 Melbourne Cup Betting: Fame Game The Worst Result
Leading online bookmaker Ladbrokes has revealed that Fame Game is their worst result in 2015 Melbourne Cup betting markets, but it has been Trip To Paris that has been the best-backed runner in the lead-up to ‘the race that...
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2015 Melbourne Cup Barrier Draw: Fame Game In Gate 12
The 2015 Melbourne Cup barrier draw has been conducted and dominant favourite Fame Game will start from the middle of the field when he jumps from barrier 12 at Flemington on Tuesday afternoon. Fame Game drew the inside barrier...
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2015 Melbourne Cup Field Confirmed
The 2015 Melbourne Cup field has been confirmed and 24 of the best stayers in the world are set to contest the Group 1 event that will be held at Flemington on the first Tuesday of November. Fame Game has been a clear favourite...
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Dunlop Confident Fame Game Is No Melbourne Cup Certainty
Trainer Ed Dunlop is confident that his 2015 Melbourne Cup runners Trip To Paris and Red Cadeaux are no certainties in the $6 million event at Flemington on Tuesday. Fame Game has been easily the best-backed runner in Melbourne...
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Caulfield Cup distance OK for Trip To Paris
The 2400m of Saturday’s Caulfield Cup is well within the winning range of tough English stayer Trip To Paris. Travelling foreman Robin Trevor-Jones for the Ed Dunlop stable rated Trip To Paris better that a $26 chance for the...
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2015 Melbourne Cup Weights Released
The 2015 Melbourne Cup weights have been released and last year’s winner Protectionist and English stayer Snow Sky have both been allocated the top weight of 58 kilograms. Protectionist and Snow Sky were both allocated the top...
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Charlton Rethinks Melbourne Cup Quest
British horseman Roger Charlton is reconsidering a 2015 Melbourne Cup bid with his Goodwood Cup runner-up Quest For More with the galloper entering quarantine in Newmarket this week. Originally Charlton had ruled out a trip down...
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