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However it wasn't as easy as some may have thought as the $1.65 favourite had to fight hard to beat the game Valdemoro ($10) by a neck with Savsbelle ($41) 4-1/2 lengths away third. "She has good staying ability and a good pedigree and when the pace is...
Tags: Michael Rodd, Bart Cummings, VRC Oaks, Mark Kavanagh
Trainer Mark Kavanagh admitted it had been a long night with little sleep, owner Laurence Eales had no sleep at all while jockey Corey Brown was in bed by a sedate 1am. "I'm not in pristine condition," Kavanagh said. "Just like Coke tastes better out...
Tags: Mark Kavanagh, melbourne cup
Papua New Guinea punters have again overwhelmed bookmakers, pubs and hotels to watch and have a flutter on the Melbourne Cup. They are known for their passion for rugby league, but they also love a punt. And, like many Australians, they'll bet on anything...
Tags: melbourne cup, Mark Kavanagh, Crime Scene, local punter, Mourilyan, Australian, South Australia
The Irish-bred four-year-old Shocking (9/1) raced three wide for most of the two-miler but finished too strong for Godolphin's Crime Scene (40/1). Shocking had three-quarters of a length to spare over Crime Scene with the South African-trained Mourilyan...
Tags: melbourne cup, Mark Kavanagh, Flemington, Godolphin
NZ horse wins Flemington's Victoria Derby 31/10/2009 17:28:02 New Zealand horse Monaco Consul has won the lucrative Victoria Derby in style at Flemington in Melbourne. The colt has won going away from Extra Zero and Viking Legend in the $1.5 million...
Tags: New Zealander Monaco Consul, Shamoline Warrior, Victoria Derby, Flemington, melbourne cup, Mark Kavanagh
Kavanagh said it was an opposite situation for him this year as Maldivian had been a forgotten horse and rival jockeys let him dictate the race whereas Whobegotyou, the favourite, is a get-back runner. "I don't think any jockeys in their right mind are...
Tags: Tatts Cox Plate, Michael Rodd, Mark Kavanagh
Maldivian was to contest Saturday's Caulfield Cup on the way to his defence of the Cox Plate the following week but was found to have a tendon tear after trackwork this morning. A statement from Kavanagh said the pair both worked well at Flemington but...
Tags: Cox Plate, Maldivian, Mark Kavanagh
Whobegotyou, who was treated for an abscess on a hoof last week. Trainer Mark Kavanagh confirmed yesterday that Whobegotyou had missed work and would not start in the Wellington Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday as a stepping stone to the group 1 Cadbury...
Tags: Cadbury Guineas, Caulfield, Mark Kavanagh
Trainer Mark Kavanagh is not a Buddhist, but there was a sense of karma about his day at the races on Saturday...That it was the horse who had one of Australia's holy trinity of races snatched away from him last year which delivered Kavanagh the prize,...
Tags: Mark Kavanagh
Might And Power, will try to repeat the former champion's heroics of a decade ago in the $3 million Tatts Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley today. Might And Power, a magnificent front-running stayer, led throughout to win the 1998 Cox Plate, crowning...
Tags: Moonee Valley, Mark Kavanagh, Cox Plate