Racing 12 October 2024 New Melbourne Cup path for Auckland Cup winner Auckland Thoroughbred Racing (ATR) has partnered with the Victoria Racing Club (VRC) to establish a new path towards the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) for the winner of the Gr.2 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m). Racing 15 August 2024 Century up for Ritchie/Murray partnership “It was really cool for us to be on course and enjoy that, it was something special." Racing 21 March 2024 Firm deck to confirm in-form stayer’s Cup bid “We won’t be asking him to run in a lead-up race and he’ll go straight into the Sydney Cup.” Racing 09 March 2024 Mahrajaan completes rare Cup double "He’s the best two-mile stayer in the country by a mile. He’ll just stay all day." Racing 08 March 2024 Aquacade targets a different Cup Day feature “She won at Group Two level last season, so what we really want to try to do with her is get that elusive Group One win." Racing 08 March 2024 Sharrock hands Ellerslie debut to leading southern jockey "He’ll run the trip right out and he has only 52 kilos on his back. I think he’ll beat more home than will beat him home, put it that way.” Racing 05 March 2024 Aegon secures All-Star Mile Wildcard “I am thrilled to get a spot. We were running short of options and there wasn’t a lot else on the radar for him in New Zealand." Racing 05 March 2024 Fuller hoping history repeats in Auckland Cup “He has come through it well, he has been working really well, we are very pleased with him. It seems like he is peaking at the right time.” Racing 28 February 2024 Trust In You preparing for Cup tilt “The way he races, he is quite a relaxed horse, he should go well in that.”
