http://www.millersguide.com.au Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:07:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The early casualties for the Melbourne Spring Carnival continue to mount with one of last year''s star 3YOs Shamoline Warrior the latest to go astray. Trainer Mark Kavanagh has advised Racing Victoria stewards that Shamoline Warrior has a mild tear to a ligament above its sesamoid bone and will be sent ... http://www.millersguide.com.au/?p=1260 Tony Noonan''s promising galloper Kuchinsky has fallen victim to a virus and will not be an acceptor when the first declarations are taken next Tuesday, 7 September for the Emirates Melbourne Cup, BMW Caulfield Cup and Tatts Cox Plate. The Queensland Derby runner-up may be back for other features races late ... http://www.millersguide.com.au/?p=1255 The 2010 Melbourne Cup is now a tempting target for Japanese stayers after the Federal Government gave the all clear to two pre-export quarantime facilities in Japan. This has cleared the hurdle erected by the 2007 equine influenza outbreak both here  and in Japan. The last time any stayers from the land ... http://www.millersguide.com.au/?p=1249 WITH the possibility that Ballarat may lose it''s local public holiday status on the third Wednesday each November, the Club have been forced to move the Cup to a Sunday. This year''s Cup will be contested on Sunday, November 21, which will make it a fitting end to the Victorian Spring ... http://www.millersguide.com.au/?p=1245 IT was that man again at Moonee Valley today where Bart Cummings chalked up another Group 1 victory when So You Think led throughout to claim the W S Cox Plate. If he was in the stables of any other trainer it is doubtful that So You Think would have been ... http://www.millersguide.com.au/?p=1239 Cox Plate rank outsider Sir Slick will have to pass a Veterinary check before he is allowed to take his place in Australia’s weight-for-age title race. Reports from Mornington suggested that the $126 roughie appeared sore in his off fore hoof. Racing Victoria’s chief veterinary surgeon Paul O’Callaghan today travelled to the ... http://www.millersguide.com.au/?p=1236 TWISTED and turned to suit, the facts and figures from past Cox Plate results suggest that Whobegotyou is far from a certainty this year. For a start no horse whose name starts with a W has won a Cox Plate. Whittier ran second twice - 1923 and 1924 and Winfreux was runner-up ... http://www.millersguide.com.au/?p=1227 THE 2009 Melbourne Spring Carnival is looming as one of the best for years after several potential superstars were unearthed in less than half an hour at Caulfield and Rosehill this afternoon. And they were matched by equally impressive performances by a couple of already established topliners. First up was the highly ... http://www.millersguide.com.au/?p=1222 WELL the Poms have regained the Ashes, but in boxing terms it wasn’t a knockout victory, it was a points decision and a hotly disputed one at that. They will be waking up with sore heads this morning after celebrating their win but when they sober up they might consider just ... http://www.millersguide.com.au/?p=1213 A BRILLIANT ride by Craig Williams has seen veteran stayer Ista Kareem score an easy win in the Sydney Cup at Randwick today. From his inside barrier draw, Williams allowed Ista Kareem to settle in the second half of the field while the heavily backed Fuimicino was allowed to stride along ... http://www.millersguide.com.au/?p=1076