MATRICE STAKES. The ranks of quality three-year-olds in Australia were further dented yesterday when group 1-winning colt Manhattan Rain was retired from racing to stand alongside his half-brother Redoute's Choice at Arrowfield Stud in NSW. The Melbourne Cup has long been lauded as the race that stops a nation and the race which has become ingrained in the Australian culture. More info: Karrakatta Plate.
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Maree Lyndon became the first female to ride in the Melbourne Cup, when she partnered Argonaut Style in 1987, in which she ran second last in the 21 horse field. Matrice Stakes. Click here: Chairmans Stakes. At five in 1938, Seabiscuit would win only six of 11 starts, but his last race that year would be enough to secure Horse of the Year honors.
A full field of 14 was entered on Wednesday for the 136th Preakness on May 21st. Originally a handicap, the Australian Cup became a weight-for-age Group 1 event in 1979 and has remained that way since, except for 1982-86 when it reverted to its original handicap state. Details here: The Bart Cummings. Bet online: Matrice Stakes! The record crowd was 122,736 in 2003. The 1926 running of the Cup was the first time that the 100,000 mark had been passed. Today the record at Flemington is held by the 2006 Victoria Derby when almost 130,000 attended.
Archer, a Sydney "outsider" who drew scant favor in the betting, spread-eagled the field and defeated the favourite, and Victorian champion, Mormon by six lengths. Dismissed by the bookies, Archer took a lot of money away from Melbourne, 'refuelling interstate rivalry' and adding to the excitement of the Cup. The 1940 Big Cap was considered the greatest race in the history of Santa Anita until Johnny Longden's final ride aboard George Royal in the 1966 San Juan Capistrano Handicap. Matrice Stakes. More on Hills Railway Stakes and other race info: AJC Chairmans Handicap.
Matrice Stakes! The David Brideoake-trained 10-year-old Daka's Gem ($21) battled fairly to finish third after a midfield run. Jockey Luke Nolen slipped Typhoon Tracy more rein at the 300 metres with the mare finishing off her rivals with a 21.44 second, last 400 metres, to record a 1-3/4 length win. Matrice Stakes: more info here Victoria Racing Club Stakes.
Online Horse Racing Betting! He was voted Horse of the Year, edging out Seabiscuit. (Note: No Triple Crown winner has ever been denied Horse of the Year in his sophomore year.) Wager here: Sydney Cup.
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Frank Rey's place in history has also been contested. The first pretender who history has created is John Cutts on Archer in 1861 and 1862, the first and second Melbourne Cup. The second pretender who history has created is Peter St. Albans on Briseis in 1876. Neither of these jockeys, however, were Aboriginal, despite the legends that have risen up around them. For a fuller discussion of these points, with references, refer to the Early Years above.
Hills Railway Stakes - Bart Cummings trained Let's Elope to win both the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups in 1991 and by this stage Cummings was training the best in his career. Before the decade was out he would add Saintly (1996) and Rogan Josh (1999) to the list. With 11 Cup victories to his name, if anyone could rightly be called the Cups King, it was James Bartholomew Cummings. Sign up here: Seymour Spring Classic.
Matrice Stakes. Norse Ridge Farm in Ontario had an open house on Sunday December 4 featuring their stallions for 2012, including Perfect Soul who had his first Breeders' Cup winner last month when Perfect Shirl won the Filly and Mare Turf at Churchill Downs. Also out for viewing were Gayego, Not Bourbon, and Rebellion. "In all the preliminary discussion of the match by the experts, it was the vast preponderance of opinion that the Admiral, considered one of the quickest- breaking race horses in training, would hurtle away from it at such terrific speed that Seabiscuit...would be unable to match his pace." Details here: Pinjarra Cup.
In a companion feature for 3-year-old fillies on Saturday, Bloemer Girl could not be overhauled at odds of 13-1 in the 2nd running of the Sweet Life Stakes over 6 1/2 furlongs on Santa Anita’s downhill turf course. Matrice Stakes!
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