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Frankel Stayer Wins G3 Queen Elizabeth
The Melbourne Cup came up a bit quickly this year for progressive Frankel stayer Pinhole (GB), who had a hard luck story in the Group II Moonee Valley Cup two weeks ago, but he made amends in decisive fashion at Flemington on Saturday winning the $300,000 Group III VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2600m).
What a carnival it's been, and it draws to a close with a star-studded Champions Day at fabulous Flemington and while two of the three Champions races border on the predictable thanks to superstar mares Autumn Glow and Tempted, the third promises an epic Cox Plate rematch!
Southern Highlands Thoroughbred Week is Out of the Gate!
Celebrating 140 years of racing and thoroughbred culture, Southern Highlands Thoroughbred Week presented by GROW Southern Highlands will span three weekends, from 19th November to 6th December.
$1m Golden Gift Goes To Castelvecchio Colt Act Up
With the form through the Listed MRC Debutant Stakes coming to the fore earlier in the day with winner Soldi recording his second black type win in as many starts, stablemate Act Up who finished had fourth in the Debutant headed to Sydney to win the $1m Listed ATC Golden Gift (1100m).
Breeding To Win - 2026 G1 VRC Champions Stakes
It's a Cox Plate rematch in the G1 Champions Stakes and Flemington was a Soft 5 on Oaks Day with the odd shower persisting until Saturday, but that's when the forecast turns a little ugly as Cosmic Crusader seeks to cement his place as the 'Best from the West' since Northerly.
Ever So Close for $2.2m Zoustar Mare
The four day Flemington Cup Carnival has been a showcase for expensive seven figure yearling purchases with G1 victories for The Next Episode ($2.8m) and Autumn Glow ($1.8m), plus a G3 victory for Lady Catalina ($1.8m) and on Saturday we very nearly saw $2.2m Zoustar mare Plaintiff add her name to the list.