Race Overview The Group 1 Kingsford-Smith Cup is a Weight-For-Age race run over 1300m at Eagle Farm in Brisbane. With prizemoney of $700,000, the race is one of the biggest races during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. The winner of the inaugural race in 1964 was Rashlore and the name of the race was the …
Race Overview The Group 1 Doomben Cup is for horses aged 3YO and older and is run under Weight-For-Age conditions at Doomben in Brisbane. Run over 2000m, the $700,000 race is held during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival and is the final Group 1 race at Doomben for the calendar year. The inaugural race was …
Race Overview The Group 1 Doomben 10,000 is widely regarded as one of the premier sprint races in Queensland racing. The Weight-For-Age race is run over 1200m at Doomben in Brisbane as part of the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. Total prizemoney for the race is $1.5 million. The inaugural race was called the Doomben Newmarket …
Proud Takeover Target (pictured above) owner and trainer Joe Janiak understandably gets emotional when he reflects on champion Takeover Target’s fairytale rags to riches story. It’s a story firmly entrenched in racing folklore with the former taxi driver turning a $1,250 purchase into an international racing sensation which accumulated more than $6 million in prizemoney. …
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Legendary racehorse Might And Power was aptly named. The Australian-trained and New Zealand-bred horse died at age 26 following a bout with colic. As a 4YO, Might And Power won the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups in 1997 before returning a year later to capture the Cox Plate. Trained by Jack Denham, Might And Power collected …
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