It is now ranked alongside the Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate as one of the main lead up races to the Melbourne Cup and on Wednesday, a cracking field will …

Race 6 – 9:15PM Sportingbet Manikato Stakes (1200 METRES) Of $750,000.1st $450,000, 2nd $135,000, 3rd $67,500, 4th $33,750, 5th $18,750, 6th $15,000, 7th $15,000, 8th $15,000 GROUP 1 Standard Weight …

Maluckyday, considered one of the best of the local hopes in the Melbourne Cup, will first get the chance to topple the internationals at Geelong on Wednesday. Maluckyday, the 2010 …

Big-race genius Craig Williams has supplied the tip of the spring so far with his praise for Cox Plate “war horse” Green Moon. “If I wanted to go to war …

Steve Farley will play his ace card of the spring when he puts blinkers on Sincero in Saturday’s Cox Plate. Farley has been waiting all campaign to use the gear …

Three-year-old Pierro remains the $4 favourite for Saturday’s Cox Plate at Moonee Valley in which he jumps from barrier seven. The Gai Waterhouse-trained colt suffered his first defeat in the …

Cox Plate favourite Pierro will jump from barrier seven in the capacity 14-horse field for Saturday’s Cox Plate at Moonee Valley. Pierro is one of a trio of three-year-olds in …

Race 4 – Sportingbet Cox Plate (2040 METRES) Of $3,000,000.1st $1,800,000, 2nd $440,000, 3rd $220,000, 4th $130,000, 5th $110,000, 6th $100,000, 7th $100,000, 8th $100,000 GROUP 1 Standard Weight for …

Race 6 – 3:20PM Mr Paparazzi.com Geelong Classic (2200 METRES) Of $120,000.1st $72,000, 2nd $21,600, 3rd $10,800, 4th $5,400, 5th $3,000, 6th $2,400, 7th $2,400, 8th $2,400 LISTED Set Weights …

Race 8 – 4:40PM BC3 Thoroughbreds Black Pearl (1200 METRES) Of $100,000.1st $60,000, 2nd $18,000, 3rd $9,000, 4th $4,500, 5th $2,500, 6th $1,200, 7th $1,200, 8th $1,200, 9th $1,200, 10th …

Race 7 – 4:00PM Centrebet Geelong Cup (2400 METRES) Of $300,000.1st $180,000, 2nd $54,000, 3rd $27,000, 4th $13,500, 5th $7,500, 6th $6,000, 7th $6,000, 8th $6,000 GROUP 3 Handicap, Minimum …

The two highest-profile colts in Australia. Neck and neck with 200 metres to run. In the nation’s best weight-for-age race. That’s the scenario All Too Hard’s co-trainer Wayne Hawkes would …

For all the practical reasons, Wednesday’s Geelong Cup is of vital importance to Australia’s biggest racing event. Other than that, it could easily be mistaken for the feature race on …

Despite getting an additional one kilogram penalty, French super stayer Dunaden remains the $6.00 favourite with online bookmaker sportsbet for 2012 Melbourne Cup, but like last year’s result, Red Cadeaux …

French galloper Brigantin is the subject of a Melbourne Cup betting plunge with Sportingbet Australia as punters continue to back the Andre Fabre trained horse to win the Flemington feature …

The internationals again appear to be the pick of the bunch for this year’s Geelong Cup, with French raider Brigantin the best supported horse in the race by punters, in …

Pierro remains favourite but has continued to drift on the eve of the Cox Plate, out from $3.50 to $3.60 with online bookmaker sportsbet. Once as short as $1.85 before …

Last year’s Melbourne Cup winner Dunaden will carry 59 kilograms in this year’s race after being penalised one kilogram for his Caulfield Cup win. Racing Victoria’s chief handicapper Greg Carpenter …