McEvoy sprinter breaks Moonee Valley 1200-metre track record, adding a fourth Group 1 to his resume Hey Doc (7 g Duporth – Heyington Honey by General Nediym) became one of those rare horses to win the same Group 1 race three years apart when taking his second Manikato Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) at Moonee Valley... Read More

The WS Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m) will lack its usual amphitheatre-like atmosphere when the race is run at an empty Moonee Valley today. Cox Plate day usually has about 30,000 racegoers with the countdown to the $5 million race producing scenes that are unique in world racing. Crowds get closer to the horses at... Read More

Kiwi mare will join likes of Ajax, Fields Of Omagh, Sunline and Winx if she captures centenary victory Probabeel (Savabeel) will have to emulate some of the greatest horses to have stepped foot onto the Moonee Valley turf if she is to take out the centenary Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m) tomorrow, but history is... Read More

Freedmans’ seven-year-old holds off fellow imports to take out the Geelong Cup Steel Prince (Nathaniel), a horse identified as a three-year-old in Ireland by agent Justin Bahen, will be given his chance to run in a second Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) after downing two more recent European arrivals in the $400,000 Geelong Cup (Gr... Read More

Progeny of Deep Field, Capitalist and Pride Of Dubai all crack $500,000 barrier Demand for high-end bloodstock shows no signs of slowing down after what is believed to be a record price for a two-year-old sold at public auction in Australia was broken twice at the Inglis Ready2Race Sale, an appetite fuelled by Asian buyers... Read More