VICTORIA HANDICAP. To withdraw a horse from a race before it starts. Trainers usually scratch horses due to adverse track conditions or a horse’s poor health. A veterinarian can scratch a horse at any time. What Saving Racehorses Taught Me About Starting Over, Facing Fear and Finding My Inner Cowgirl by Lynn Reardon. This is an enjoyable read about racehorses and the people who give them a second chance after they have become too slow, too old, or too injured for the track. More info: Hobartville Stakes.
Check here for other online gambling relates sites and info: Great Horse Racing
Seventeen horses contested the first Melbourne Cup on Thursday 7 November 1861, racing for the modest prize of 710 gold sovereigns (£710) cash and a hand-beaten gold watch, winner takes all. The prize was not, as some have suggested, the largest purse up to that time. Victoria Handicap. Click here: Tattersalls Cup. TIM Martin has urged punters to forgive Scouting Wide's shocker last Saturday ahead of tomorrow's Group Three Newcastle Gold Cup (2300m).
Trainer John O'Shea is happy with Caulfield and Melbourne Cups prospect Zabrasive going into Underwood Stakes. BETTOWIN writes, "I've never seen anything like this before. Usually at this point in the prep season we're seeing several battles develop but this year it's been more of an exhibition season than a prep season. Uess you're a big fan of Uncle Mo or The Factor or Premier Pegasus, you've got a golden opportunity to cash a big ticket this year on the Derby." Details here: Kingston Town Classic. Bet online: Victoria Handicap! Those numbers to the immediate left of each horse's running lines in the Daily Racing Form are great tools...if you know how to use them. Are they the "be all and end all" to the handicapping process? Of course not, no one factor is, but I'll tell you this, correct utilization of them can be extremely rewarding.
Melbourne and Sydney are the heart of big thoroughbred horse racing in Oz, the 3 premier events being the Caulfield Cup, the Cox Plate and of course the biggest one of them all, the Melbourne Cup which is held annually on the first Tuesday in November, at the Flemington Racetrack. Money added to the purse of a race either by the racing association, a breeding or other fund, or by the amount paid by owners in nomination, eligibility, entry, and starting fees. Victoria Handicap. More on Up And Coming Stakes and other race info: Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
Victoria Handicap! It's now Kentucky Derby 2010 prep season! Get to know the contenders by following the Kentucky Derby prep races, such as the: Santa Anita Derby, Wood Memorial, Illinois Derby, Blue Grass Stakes and Arkansas Derby. Following the allocation of weights, the owner of each horse must on four occasions before the race in November, declare the horse as an acceptor and pay a fee. Victoria Handicap: more info here Belgravia Stks.
Online Horse Racing Betting! Poseidon won the 1906 Melbourne Cup for trainer Ike Earnshaw, etching his name as the only horse to win the Caulfield Cup, Melbourne Cup, AJC and VRC Derby in the one season. In 1910, leviathan bookmaker Sol Green would win the Melbourne Cup with the first imported horse in Comedy King. Wager here: online horse racing betting.
Hayes believes the Lightning Stakes winner can bounce back from the disappointment of his unplaced run in the Group William Reid Stakes (1200m) when he returns to straight racing at Flemington on Saturday. Inquire here: Fairetha Stakes.
More information on Research Stakes.
Established in 1971 by racing organizations in Britain, France, Germany, and Italy to classify select stakes races outside North America. Collectively called "pattern races." Equivalent to American graded races. Always denoted with Arabic numerals 1, 2, or 3. Capitalized when used in race title (the Group 1 Epsom Derby). See "graded race."
Up And Coming Stakes - Veteran jockey Patrick Valenzuela, who was thrown to the turf following the start of yesterday’s $75,000 added Sweet Life Stakes, appeared to be uninjured following a post race examination, but was forced to take off of his nine mounts Sunday as a result of the mishap. Sign up here: Raconteur Stks.
Victoria Handicap. "He's a stallion we need in this part of the world without a doubt." The David Hayes-trained Extra Zero got home hard from back in the field to finish in second spot with Viking Legend fighting on gamely after hitting the front at the top of the straight to finish in third. The market - The winner Griffon started favourite and had some late support firming from $3.60 to $3.30 while Welkom Gold was the best backed in the race and tightened from $5 to $4.60. Details here: Bribie Handicap.
The 2001 edition was won by New Zealand mare Ethereal, trained by Sheila Laxon, the first woman to formally train a Melbourne Cup winner. She also won the Caulfield Cup, a 2,400 metre race also held in Melbourne, and therefore has won the "Cups Double". Victoria Handicap!
Hawkesbury Gold Cup |
Bletchingly Stakes |
RS Crawford Stks |
Morphettville Guineas |
W H Wylie Handicap |
Kingston Town Stakes |
Check the following link for related online gambling info: Australian Thoroughbred Racing