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De Armas to Back Up in G1 VRC Oaks
New Zealand-bred filly De Armas is set to back up in Thursday’s Gr.1 Victoria Oaks (2500m) at Flemington following her dominant win in the Gr.2 Wakeful Stakes (2000m) at the Melbourne track on Derby Day.
Aspiring Jockeys Help New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Support Apprentices
New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) is calling for expressions of interest from aspiring jockeys and trainers looking to support a new apprentice in 2027.
Wootton Bassett Colt Wins $3m G1 Victoria Derby
Champion trainer Chris Waller and champion jockey James McDonald enjoyed a G1 double at Flemington on Saturday with two special horses in the Hermitage Thoroughbreds colours and the first of them to salute was classy Wootton Bassett (GB) colt Stormy Marco, who won the $3million Group I VRC Victoria Derby (2500m).
$2.8mSnitzel Colt Beats $2.7m Snitzel Colt to Win G1 Coolmore
Naysayers looking to highlight the lack of success of expensive yearlings have been silenced in emphatic fashion at Flemington on Saturday when the two highest priced Snitzel colts sold in 2025 fought out the finish of the $2million Group I VRC Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m).
Justify Sprinter Delivers Derby Day Double for Lindsay Park
The Lindsay Park team started the Flemington carnival with a bang posting their second stakes-winner on Derby Day with Ndola, whose sire Justify produced exciting 2YO colt Haffner to win the Group I Breeders’ Cup Turf Juvenile Colts (1m) at Keeneland on Friday.
2026 Melbourne Cup Barrier Draw
The Melbourne Cup field has been chopping and changing at a rapid rate in recent days with some high profile withdrawals due to pre-race scan issues and a pesky hoof abcess ruling out Joseph O’Brien’s big hope Defiantly, so this is the final top 24 and likely favourite Point of Law (GB) will jump from gate 9.