Caulfield Cup favourite Glencadam Gold has drawn a wide barrier, giving trainer Mark Kavangh his best chance for a Caulfield Cup win with December Draw.
The unbeaten Pierro headlines the Caulfield Guineas field, and both Damien Ractliffe and Ben Asgari think he can’t be beaten.
Exciting stayers Green Moon, December Draw and Southern Speed highlight the card at this Saturday’s Turnbull Stakes Day.
Caulfield Cup favourite Glencadam Gold has drawn a wide barrier, giving trainer Mark Kavangh his best chance for a Caulfield Cup win with December Draw.
The unbeaten Pierro headlines the Caulfield Guineas field, and both Damien Ractliffe and Ben Asgari think he can’t be beaten.
Exciting stayers Green Moon, December Draw and Southern Speed highlight the card at this Saturday’s Turnbull Stakes Day.
Today’s Turnbull Stakes day is the start of the Melbourne Spring Carnival of Racing. Haven’t been following the form? Never fear, Ben Asgari takes a look ahead to the nine-race card.
With the Melbourne spring racing carnival now in full swing, here’s Ben Asgari’s guide for first-time racegoers. And when you’ve read this, check out Ben’s Cup Day preview.
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The last Group One horse race of 2009 will be run in Perth today, and Ben Asgari reckons it will be third time lucky for Scenic Shot.
Can Zipping make it three Sandown Classics in a row? Our racing writer Ben Asgari previews the final day of the Melbourne spring racing carnival.
Can boom three year-old So You Think follow up his Cox Plate victory with a win in the Emirates Stakes? Ben Asgari previews the final day of the Flemington carnival.
After a shocker of a day on Tuesday, our racing writer Ben Asgari has plans to make amends with his tips for the third day of the Flemington carnival. And he thinks he has the whiff of a good thing in the main race of the day.
Upstart’s racing writer Ben Asgari says this year’s Melbourne Cup looks like a match race between a previous Cup winner trained by Bart Cummings, and a relatively inexperienced contender who has won his last four races.
The Melbourne Cup might stop the nation, but Derby Day remains the ultimate day of racing in the spring carnival, and one of the greatest race days on the planet. Our racing writer Ben Asgari previews the nine-event program.
Will Whobegotyou consolidate his status as Australia’s best horse? Could trainer Bart Cummings follow up his Caulfield Cup quinella with a win for three year-old So You Think? Upstart’s racing writer Ben Asgari previews Australia’s most prestigious weight-for-age contest.
It’s one of the big three races of Melbourne’s Spring Carnival, and this year the result is as hard to predict as Melbourne’s weather. But upstart’s racing writer Ben Asgari believes that Cima de Troimphe will triumph.
It’s been a big week for a number of upstart contributors. Editor Erdem Koc and final-year students Kelly Theobald and Tom Cowie are off to Kuwait to join a study tour for Australian journalism students. And our sports section is ramping up for the summer with new features about Melbourne’s spring carnival and the resurgence of roller derby.
While many uni students are hooked on footy and cricket, Ben Asgari spends every Saturday at the track. With the Melbourne spring racing carnival about to wrap up, here’s his guide for first-timers racegoers.
