Racing News124 Nominations for the 150th Caulfield Cup — and the Melbourne Cup Winner Heads Them
Half Yours leads a $6 million field that has drawn Aidan O’Brien, Willie Mullins and William Haggas. Waller has 18 entries on his own.
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Track AnalysisThe Cox Plate Is Leaving the Valley: What Flemington Does to Australia’s Weight-For-Age Championship
For the first time in its history the Cox Plate will be run somewhere other than Moonee Valley. The track is closed, and the race the Valley built has to work somewhere else.
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Race PreviewsThe Season Starts Here: Winx Stakes Opens the Group 1 Year at Randwick
Saturday, 1400 metres, $1 million — the first Group 1 of the Australian season, and Chris Waller has eight of the fourteen.
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Racing NewsSpicy Martini: The $8,000 Mare Chasing the World's Best Sprinter
From an $8,000 purchase to a $3 million Stradbroke — and now connections want an Everest slot against Ka Ying Rising.
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Race PreviewsMemsie Stakes 2026: Melbourne’s Spring Opens at Caulfield
Saturday 29 August, 1400 metres, Group 1 — the first serious Melbourne mission of the spring, and the traditional launching pad for October.
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Betting EducationTrack Bias, Explained: How to Read a Racing Surface Like a Professional
Rail positions, sectional times and the discipline of judging a bias while the meeting is still running.
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Betting EducationMarket Percentages: The First Number Every Punter Should Learn
What a betting market's percentage actually tells you, and why it's the quickest test of whether a price is fair.
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