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Can the roughie from the West roll Winx?
THE COX PLATE looks like a walk in the park for mighty mare Winx. But, BRIAN MELDRUM has found a longshot that might just steal her thunder. More »
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Why you need to weigh up the weights, then wait
THE MELBOURNE CUP weights are out and BRIAN MELDRUM has some advice for those punters wanting to snap up the long odds. More »
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Winx and Wells both warrior winners
ONE was grinding it out over the steeplechase course at Ballarat, the other was making up a ton of lost ground at Randwick. BRIAN MELDRUM looks at Winx and Wells and how their hearts make all the difference More »
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Why wonder horse Winx was able to win
LIKE SO MANY thousands of other race followers BRIAN MELDRUM watched in wonder as Winx won from nowhere. More »
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Wells heads for Grand National Steeple glory
IT’S A GREAT DAY for the jumps at Ballarat and BRIAN MELDRUM focuses on the winning ways of Wells, the cast-off who has cashed in. More »
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I’ll give you the tip, they can’t beat Winx
AFTER 17 WINS in a row Winx looks unbeatable in the Cox Plate and her lead-up races. BRIAN MELDRUM reckons she is a certainty for her third Cox in a row, but there is one rival that could suddenly emerge from left field. More »
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He was truly the greatest
BRIAN MELDRUM has watched many thousands of races but there is one race and one horse that live on in his memory above all others More »
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Back the jumpers to beat the boredom
FOR a while there, jumps racing looked to be doomed but as BRIAN MELDRUM reports it’s now back in fine shape: THANK HEAVENS for jumps racing! Bailed up inside with a cold for most of the week, and fed up with having to watch hour after hour, day after day of m... More »
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The Everest: a mountain or just a molehill?
BRIAN MELDRUM analyses past form and warns that big money does not always produce prestige races: ONCE UPON A TIME it was common practice for the racing press and the stewards to meet up in the race club’s committee room after a race meeting, to get a co... More »
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A Weird “fluke” landed the Cup
How big a part can luck play when there is $3.8 million riding on a race? BRIAN MELDRUM looks at how good fortune favoured the Prince: The Oxford Dictionary describes a fluke as being “an unlikely chance occurrence, especially a surprising piece of luck”. Now,... More »