Posts tagged Rite Of Passage
Rewilding heads St Leger acceptors
Sep 6th
It used to be said that the fittest horse wins the Guineas, the luckiest horse wins the Derby and the best horse wins the St Leger. However, this year’s renewal of the Ladbrokes St Leger, at Doncaster on Saturday, is likely to put even more of a premium of stamina with heavy rain forecast for [...]
Weights announced for Melbourne Cup
Sep 1st
Rite Of Passage, the market leader for the Melbourne Cup, will have to prove himself the hard way at Flemington on November 2nd. Dermot Weld’s gelding (pictured right), who beat Age Of Aquarius, has been allotted 57kg (which equates to 9st) for the two-mile handicap. Only one horse has carried more to win Australia’s most [...]
Big overseas challenge for Melbourne Cup
Aug 4th
The Victoria Racing Club are pushing the boat out for this year’s Melbourne Cup and the overseas challengers are clamouring for a ticket. This is the 150th running of the famous two-mile handicap – commonly billed in Australia as “the race that stops a nation” – and when the entries closed, with 45 foreign-trained horses, [...]
Rite Of Passage wins Gold Cup
Jun 17th
Rite Of Passage, who was last seen finishing third in a hurdle race at the Cheltenham Festival, gave Dermot Weld a first win in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot. To read the full blog: http://blogs.bettor.com/Precious-win-for-Rite-Of-Passage-in-Gold-Cup-a12878
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