Victoria Cup
On face value it was just a win.
Brilliant NSW pacer Captains Mistress etched her name into the history books becoming the first mare to win the Group 1 Victoria Cup at Melton on Saturday night.
SEN Victoria Cup night was full of special stories on Saturday, with a breakthrough Group 1 triumph for Bendigo horsewoman Rebecca Morrissey among the highlights after Ijustcantseeit produced a stunning upset in the Mimosa Homes Victoria Trotters Oaks.
Bronte Nieuwenburg has taken a deep dive into Saturday night’s SEN Victoria Cup meeting at Melton, using stats and sectional times to break down the key runners on one of the biggest nights on the Victorian harness racing calendar.
Tim O’Connor has gone deep into the form for the blockbuster Group 1 card at Melton on October 17.
Let the “Million Dollar Chase” begin.
Star driver James Herbertson, race caller Dan Mielicki and form gurus Bronte Nieuwenburg and Tim O’Connor caught up for a special SEN Victoria Cup edition of Burning Questions!
Gareth Hall, Ryan Phelan and Tim O’Connor go race-by-race with their analysis of Saturday night’s SEN Victoria Cup card at Melton.
Dan and Rob preview a huge night of racing at Melton this Saturday, featuring five Group 1s headlined by the SEN Victoria Cup!
Victoria’s second-biggest pacing race of the season, the $250,000 Victoria Cup, takes centre stage at Melton Entertainment Park on Saturday, October 17, with another stellar field set to contest the 2240-metre feature.
Memories of the late great Vin Knight will come flooding back if Kingman can win Saturday night’s Group 1 Victoria Cup at Melton.
Wonder mare Captains Mistress is poised to create history from a perfect barrier draw in Saturday night’s Group 1 SEN Victoria Cup at Melton.
Inter Dominion champion Captains Mistress headlines nominations for the SEN Victoria Cup, with the $250,000 Group 1 feature set to take place at Melton on Saturday, October 17.
Racegoers could be forgiven for feeling a sense of déjà vu at the Geelong Pacing Cup meeting on Saturday night.
The Jason Grimson juggernaut hits Victoria on Saturday night.
Victoria’s Summer of Glory will return in 2027 with a strengthened six-week racing program, a $1 million insured pacers bonus that launches with the SEN Victoria Cup, a new Regional Showdown, and the introduction of the Greg Sugars Medal.
Champion NSW trainer-driver Luke McCarthy is chasing a feature race entrée at Melton before returning next month to try and successfully defend his Victoria Cup title with Kingman.
One of Australia’s best pacers Bay Of Biscay has been sidelined by injury and will miss a string of major targets, starting with the Group 1 Victoria Cup on October 17.
What fascinating and potentially fantastic Victoria Cup we have ahead of us.
Let’s call it the “Leap To Fame-factor” and it will make this Victoria Cup even more important than another Group 1 Grand Circuit race for Captains Mistress.
Victoria Cup winner Kingman is a lock for the IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup.
Emerging star Kingman capped a memorable dual-code double day of delight for owner Mick Harvey with victory in last night’s $250,000 Group 1 Victoria Cup at Melton.
Tim O’Connor has done the form for the blockbuster meeting at Melton Entertainment Park.