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• Clinton Payne’s Caulfield Cup tips, runner-by-runner form analysis Yes, Deny Knowledge will cross from the wide draw (barrier 14 if the emergencies come out), but she won’t be as fresh and ...
Some of the best middle-distance and staying horses from across the globe will compete in the $5 million Caulfield Cup, with Gold Trip and Montefilia both confirmed to run.
For many punters across the nation, attention turns to Melbourne this Saturday for the staging of the Caulfield Cup. The time-honoured Group 1 race over 2400m was first run and won in 1879.
Hoo Ya Mal (yellow and white silks) runs second to Montefilia in the Hill Stakes at Rosehill on October 2. Getty However, the recent run of Gai and Adrian, who was so good while they were away ...
Craig Williams has the ride on Soulcombe in the Caulfield Cup, with James McDonald (Francesco Guardi) and Nash Rawiller (Montefilia) to ride the other Waller runners.
Sam Fairgray says 'the timing is right' for in-form Sydney mare Montefilia to contest the Caulfield Cup for a third-successive year after her easy win in the Group 2 Hill Stakes. The Yulong chief ...
The first declarations for the 2023 Caulfield Cup have today been released with 175 horses entered for MRC’s feature event. Trainer Chris Waller, last year’s winner, dominates with 19 nominations, led ...
Multiple group 1 winner Montefilia —one of the best mares of her generation—has been revealed as the latest star attraction cataloged for the Inglis Chairman's Sale. Inglis announced March 2 ...
Payne's mare looked one of the unlucky runners at Caulfield but the silver lining is she has escaped a penalty for the Melbourne Cup. This leaves Montefilia on 55.5kg - but only two mares have carried ...
Montefilia was ridden by Jason Collett, 55.5kg, and was looking impressive in the build up to the Melbourne Cup. Trained by David Payne, the horse had fallen flat in the last Caulfield Cup but ...
Montefilia's run in the Caulfield Cup was also excellent, flashing home after being checked with the fastest last 200m of the race.
Payne's only other runner in the Cup previously was Victoria Derby -winner Ace High (20th) in 2018. He considered tackling the race last year with Montefilia, after she ran fourth in the Caulfield Cup ...