tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098614436403477498.post-30029058012545704332006-11-15T14:31:00.000-08:002006-11-15T14:39:21.940-08:00<div align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"><strong><a href="http://www.enterbet.com">Caulfield Cup</a></strong></span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"><a href="http://www.enterbet.com">http://www.enterbet.com</a></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span></strong> </div><div align="justify">While Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s Tawqeet attempts Australian racing history in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup, the horse’s trainer David Hayes also chases a first in this part of the world.<br />Having won Sydney’s Group 1 The Metropolitan, Tawqeet returned to Melbourne to win the Group 1 Caulfield Cup and will now attempt to complete an unprecedented treble in next Tuesday’s Emirates Melbourne Cup.<br />Only Redcraze in 1956 came close, winning the The Metropolitan and Caulfield Cup but beaten into second place behind Evening Peal in the Melbourne Cup.<br />David Hayes chases his own slice of history also, attempting to become the first trainer to win Australian racing’s Grand Slam in the one year.<br />Golf and Tennis have their own Grand Slam with four majors and Australian racing has its own with the Golden Slipper, Caulfield Cup, W.S. Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup.<br />Since the introduction into the Australian calendar of the Golden Slipper in 1957, no trainer has managed to prepare the winners of all four races in the one year.<br />But Hayes attempts it next Tuesday having won the Golden Slipper (Miss Finland) and in the last two weeks the Caulfield Cup (Tawqeet) and W.S. Cox Plate (Fields of Omagh).<br />In the Melbourne Cup he will be represented by Tawqeet and Short Pause, while Defining and Jagger are borderline to secure a run.<br />Lee Freedman has come closest to achieving the feat, he didn’t have a runner in the Golden Slipper in 1992 but won the last three legs, the Caulfield Cup with Mannerism, the Cox Plate with Super Impose and Melbourne Cup with Subzero.</div><div align="justify"> </div><ul><li><div align="justify">In fact, only two trainers have won the Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup ... Derby winner: History against Efficient · Horse Racing Coverage </div></li><li><div align="justify">Tawqeet gets points for being the Caulfield Cup winner and Delta Blues was third. ... will carry the most successful weight in Cup history with nine wins</div></li><li><div align="justify">Hayes has history in sights. Email; Print; Normal font; Large font ... year ago created all manner of headlines after missing a start in the Caulfield Cup<br /> </div></li></ul>football bettinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04764354479745848244noreply@blogger.com