Welcome to what is now my 12th Melbourne Cup preview I’ve posted, previously on TheProfits website and now on the RacingWorldwide website! I love the International fields and the task of finding the winner in this race. Gone is the trend of the low weight Melbourne Cup winner sneaking in with 51.5kg as an international 3YO. Infact, there are none this year after the sensational scratching last week of the one time favourite. Without a Fight (56.5kg), Gold Trip (57.5kg), Verry Elleegant (57kg) and Twilight Payment (55.5kg) have won the past 4 cups. The highest weight this year will be Vauban with just 55kg! That tells you we have a compressed handicap format this year with little between the lowest rated and the highest rated in the race. Have a great day on the punt and good luck!

International runners have dominated the Cox Plate in recent years winning four of the past five races. Romantic Warrior was able to get the job done last year as the international runner in the race and we come up with another international favourite this year with Prognosis. Drew Patchell has taken a look at what it takes to win the Cox Plate according to the Timeform ratings and also looked at each individual international runner for the race. If you are looking for the runner-by-runner form you will need to scroll past a fair bit of preamble, but I assure you it’s worth reading!

It’s Caulfield Cup time again and this year the 2024 Caulfield Cup has just the one ‘International’ runner. That is of course a lie, with almost half the field being born overseas, but for the pure argument sake, the Japanese horse Warp Speed, is indeed the only horse that has flown into the country within…
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International runners have dominated the Melbourne Cup in recent years. Gold Trip was able to get the job done last year and starts second favourite this year. Drew Patchell has taken a look at what it takes to win the Melbourne Cup according to the Timeform ratings and also looked at each individual international runner for the race.

International runners have dominated the Cox Plate in recent years winning three of the past four races. Anamoe was able to get the job done last year but El Bodegon did go close off a low Timeform rating beaten half a length on the day. Drew Patchell has taken a look at what it takes to win the Cox Plate according to the Timeform ratings and also looked at each individual international runner for the race.

The Caulfield Cup signals the start of the real Spring racing carnival in my mind down in Victoria. We really get to see what is under the hood of all the internationals with core goals of the Cox Plate or Melbourne Cup. In recent years, the goal was to find a horse with a Timeform rating higher than 117 that is well enough weighted and maps well in the race. Durston blew that all away last year with the lowest Timeform rating to win the race this century. Before we get into the form, let’s see what it actually takes to win the Caulfield Cup on the Timeform ratings scale and then relate it to the form.

The nominations are in for the 2023 Caulfield Cup and Drew Patchell has taken a look at what it takes to win the Caulfield Cup according to the Timeform ratings and also looked at each individual international runner nominated for the race. What it takes to win or place in the Caulfield Cup the past…
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International runners have dominated the Cox Plate in recent years winning three of the past four races. Anamoe was able to get the job done last month but El Bodegon did go close off a low Timeform rating beaten half a length on the day. The nominations are in for the 2023 Cox Plate and…
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Welcome to what is now my 10th Melbourne Cup preview I’ve posted, previously on TheProfits website and now on the RacingWorldwide website! I love the International fields and the task of finding the winner in this race. This year we have had a late scratching of the 2nd favourite Loft which has installed Deauville Legend…
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Racing heads to Meydan for the 2022 Dubai World Cup night. Horses from all over the world gather to compete with the main chances coming from the UK, Japan, Hong Kong and of course Dubai. This is one of my favourite event days of the year. Dubai always provides quality racing and no bullshit. I…
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