Lasqueti Spirit has produced one of the modern-day upsets of the Australian turf with her VRC Oaks win at Flemington. Ridden a heady race by Sydney jockey Brenton Avdulla, Lasqueti …
Melbourne Cup winner Almandin could race again this Spring with owner Lloyd Williams giving strong consideration of running him in Saturday weeks Zipping Classic. Lloyd Williams said he will monitor …
Rageese has booked himself a trip to Perth following a significant win at Flemington. Victory in the Group Three L’Oreal Paris Stakes on Thursday was important for the four-year-old’s future …
Mihany has given David Hayes a milestone Melbourne Cup carnival victory with an all-the-way win at Flemington. In taking out the 3AW Talking Melbourne Mile on Thursday, Mihany gave Hayes …
The absence of Winx gives five of the horses who finished behind her in the Cox Plate the chance to shine in a $2 million Group One race at Flemington. …
A year on from her greatest success, Michelle Payne was back in the winner’s enclosure at Flemington. Payne won last year’s Melbourne Cup on Prince Of Penzance and a year …
Trainer Matthew Dale’s belief Fell Swoop will be suited to straight-track racing at Flemington will put to the test for the first time when the sprinter chases a Group One …
Anthony Cummings admits Yankee Rose is a major stumbling block in his bid for a first VRC Oaks win, but stranger things have happened. And the trainer has more than …
In a welcome turnaround from last year’s triple-figure upset, punters have not had to work as hard to find Melbourne Cup winner Almandin. Almandin started at $11, a turnaround from …
” My major problem now is that, at 76, is it possible for me to catch Bart? ‘If you’re having this press conference with me and I’m 98, it will …
He’s the man who has made winning Melbourne Cups his personal crusade for more than 30 years. And finally Lloyd Williams was there to see it happen. Usually Williams spends …
Finishing second in the Melbourne Cup has only whetted the appetite of Hong Kong-based jockey Joao Moreira. Riding in his third Melbourne Cup, Moreira went under by a long head …
For many years, Lloyd Williams has supported the Australasian breeding industry in his quest to win more Melbourne Cups than anyone else. Those days are gone. In the field of …
Despite not having a ride in this year’s Melbourne Cup, Michelle Payne still has cause for celebration after brother-in-law Kerrin McEvoy won the race on Almandin. Payne made history when …
A part-owner of Melbourne Cup runner-up Heartbreak City hopes to one day return and collect victory in the coveted race. Aidan Shiels, on his his first trip for the Cup, …
Robert Hickmott has drawn on owner Lloyd Williams’s six decades of racing experience to train Almandin to win the Melbourne Cup. Hickmott became Williams’s head trainer in 2009 and prepared …
HOW THE JOCKEYS RATED THEIR MELBOURNE CUP RIDES Kerrin McEvoy (Almandin) 1st : “Gee, he travelled well. How lucky am I?, the elation’s unreal. He’s been well prepared by (owner) …
ALMANDIN’S MELBOURNE CUP WIN * The seven-year-old gelding won the Melbourne Cup at his 12th start. It was Almandin’s fifth career win. BREEDING * Out of four-time champion German stallion …
