Grand Promenade is a 6 year old bay gelding. Grand Promenade is trained by C Maher & D Eustace, at Ballarat and owned by Limerick Lane (Mgr: G T Ryan), J Ribot De Bresac, J Carnavas, John Foote Bloodstock Pty Ltd (Mgr: J L Foote), A J Gorey, Sunday Knight Read more…
Floating Artist form is available here. Owned by Seymour Bloodstock, D I Hollyman, Grand Parkview Stud, F J Welsford, Mrs S J Welsford, G J P Van Ameyden, Encore Mission, T C Eddy, W J Ford, W R J Gabbert, P D Rossdale, J M Simmons, Ms S M Fitzgerald, Read more…
One of the reasons the Melbourne Cup has become such an ingrained part of New Zealand culture is the great success our horses have enjoyed in the race. Since its inception in 1861, 43 New Zealand-bred horses have won the Melbourne Cup including 33 of the past 55 winners. What Read more…
Go for Gin Sex Stallion Foaled April 18, 1991 Died March 8, 2022 (aged 30) Country United States Who owned Go for Gin? Go for Gin was bred in Kentucky by Pamela Darmstadt duPont, owned by William J. Condren and Joseph Cornacchia, and trained by Nick Zito. In addition to Read more…
Deaths in the horse racing industry. The Melbourne Cup, our national day of drinking and gambling, remains particularly deadly. Seven horses have lost their lives across the last eight Cups from 2013-2020. Do horses die at the Melbourne Cup? Melbourne Cup 2022 will run with greater scrutiny than ever before, Read more…
Which Horse is Scratched in the Melbourne Cup? Point Nepean and Lunar Flare were scratched were scratched from the 2022 Melbourne Cup. Are there any Scratchings in the Melbourne Cup 2022? A field of 22 horses will run in the 2022 Melbourne Cup and two late scratchings mean some changes Read more…
Rather than earn a salary, a jockey receives a “mounting fee” (often $50-$110) for each race, riding sometimes eight races per day. The real money for jockeys comes from prize money, if they can ride a horse to finish first, second or third in a race and earn part of Read more…
Verry Elleegant. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the public crowd was limited to 10,000 vaccinated attendees. Also, all horses are required fully CT scan to permit run the Melbourne Cup. The race was won by Verry Elleegant, ridden by James McDonald and trained by Chris Waller. Which horse won the Read more…
Gold Trip has won the 2022 Melbourne Cup with a late surge, flying past long-time leader Knights Order. It’s a Melbourne Cup win for Ciaron Maher, with Western Australian jockey Mark Zahra on board the $21 outsider in just its second career triumph. What horse won the Melbourne Cup 2022? Read more…
Melbourne Cup Saddlecloth Statistics Numbers 4 and 12 are the most successful boasting 11 wins. Did Number 4 win the Melbourne Cup? The 2022 Melbourne Cup has been won by Gold Trip, ridden by Mark Zahra. Emissary came in second, with High Emocean charging home in third. Overwhelming favourite Deauville Read more…