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Cups double hero Jamie Melham has the Melbourne Cup ride on Future History, 26th in the ballot for a field of 24. If he gets in, she chases back-to-back Cups.
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The VRC Derby headlines Saturday at Flemington, but the Coolmore Stud Stakes is the deeper race: a full field of 14 over 1200m, with trainer Chris Waller's St Gotthard dropping from 1400m in first-time blinkers. His older brother Switzerland won the Coolmore.
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Saint George is out of the Melbourne Cup after failing the mandatory CT scan and will be spelled for the spring. The Euphrates rises to 24th in the order of entry.
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Flemington flew the Cup to London to land Robbie Williams for Cup day. The VRC got 60 minutes with the singer and the trophy in his Mayfair suite.
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NZ racing: Trainer Tony Pike presses Intan towards black type this summer after she beat Thunder In Motion at Taupo, starting in Saturday's Tauranga three-year-old sprint.
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Racing WA TV has all seven races from Northam today on 7plus. The card runs on a Good 4 with the rail out just 2m the entire circuit. First race is the 360 Farm and Regional Maiden over 2200m, jumping 4:47pm AEDT.
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Cormier shares $4.80 favouritism for Saturday's Victoria Derby and owns the only single-digit barrier in the market's top three: gate three, Jamie Mott up.
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The Auckland Cup at Alexandra Park drops from a 3200m stand to a 2700m mobile for New Year's Eve. One of NZ's two biggest pacing races stops being a staying test, and the door opens for younger pacers and mares who would never have looked at the old trip.
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Royce Simmons' dementia charity is aligned with Golden Eagle favourite Sheza Alibi at Randwick on Saturday. A Sheza Alibi win pays $525,000, a full research program.
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Bannered ($4.20) won R7, the Liquor Barons (Rs0ly). Belmont Park results, Wednesday 28 October: 7 races. Longest-priced winner: Empire Of Rome ($10.00) in R6.
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Pink Dogwood ($13.00) won R4, the DrinkWise Mdn Plate. Eagle Farm results, Wednesday 28 October: 7 races. Longest-priced winner: Weekend Artist ($19.00) in R5.
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She's A Splinter won impressively at Belmont Park and trainer Josh Brown is pointing the three-year-old at the Burgess Queen Stakes, calling her "obviously above just an average filly". One Belmont Park win has put a stakes race on the table.
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Andrew Gluyas sends Churchill Rose to Saturday's Wakeful Stakes at Flemington on her gallant Hill Smith second, with an Oaks nomination to follow on Friday.
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So You Are ($3.60) won R8, the Ladbrokes Bendigo Cup. Bendigo results, Wednesday 28 October: 9 races. Longest-priced winner: Itsukushima ($9.00) in R5.
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Lady Shenandoah is $2.30 favourite for the Empire Rose Stakes and drew barrier 8 of 11, midfield with cover. Surfin' Bird, the $4.20 second pick, draws outside her in 9. Salty Pearl holds the rail in 1. Drawn by the VRC at Flemington today.
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Victoria Derby favourites drew opposite ends: Cormier ($4.40) barrier 3, Stormy Marco ($4.60) barrier 16, True Rebel ($8.50) barrier 17, Murshidi widest in 18. The long 2500m run to the turn means the wide gates cost less than they look. Drawn by the VRC at Flemington today.
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Grahame Begg sends Kyneton maiden winner Blue Dream straight to Saturday's Group 3 The Vanity at Flemington, chasing black type for Yulong homebred before a spell.
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So You Are won the Bendigo Cup this afternoon, and a 1.5kg penalty for that win would drop Hopewell Rock from 24th to 25th in the Melbourne Cup order of entry. TAB trading boss David Beirne says punters are heavily invested in Hopewell Rock in Cup futures.
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She's An Artist ($2.70) wins Warwick Farm R6 over 1200m by 2 lengths from Hillier ($4.20). Phearson ($41.00) third.
SOFT5. Time 1:09.81. Bounced back from 5th of 14 at Rosehill on 10 Oct. Zac Lloyd rode for Ciaron Maher.
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