Day: 1 June 2023

What Belmont Races Where Belmont Park Racecourse – Saintly Entrance, Burswood WA 6100 When Saturday, June 3, 2023 First Race 10:49am AWST Visit Ladbrokes The Western Australian Turf Club will host a massive 11-race card at Belmont from 10:49am AWST this Saturday, with three races being transferred from the scrapped meeting on Wednesday to this program. The track is currently rated a Soft 6, but with no rain on the forecast for Friday and Saturday, we should see the track improve to a Soft 5 or Good 4 by raceday.…

Carbonados has been sold to the Ben and JD Hayes stable. Photo: Race Images PN Carbonados, the warm favourite for Saturday’s Listed Castletown Stakes (1200m) at Wanganui has been scratched due to his sale to Australia. The Allan Sharrock-trained son of Belardo had been a dominant debut winner on his home track at New Plymouth earlier in the month, where he was the heavily supported favourite on the back of a strong trial win at Foxton. Sharrock said the sale of the stakes-bound two-year-old was bittersweet. “He has been purchased…

Sakura Girl will contest the Group 1 Queensland Oaks (2200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Photo: Trish Dunell When Ross Lao first laid eyes on Sakura Girl at Karaka two years ago, just two words entered his mind – Oaks filly. Business partner Andy Lau shared the same judgement of the daughter of Iffraaj and they went to $260,000 to secure the then juvenile out of Riverrock Farm’s 2021 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale draft under their Upper Bloodstock banner. The Hong Kong pair entrusted her to the…

Fireburn has been scratched from the 2023 Group 1 Queensland Oaks. Photo: Darren Winningham Fireburn, the $3 pre-post favourite for the Group 1 Queensland Oaks, has been scratched from the 2200m event at Eagle Farm. Gary Portelli, the trainer of Fireburn, challenged the Queensland veterinarian’s assessment that caused his stable star to be scratched from Saturday’s Eagle Farm feature. The dual Group 1 winner was a clear favourite with online bookmakers to win the Oaks at three years old and become the first Golden Slipper victor to do so since…

Codigo (outside) winning the Listed Wellesley Stakes (1100m) at Trentham in January.. Photo: Race Images Palmerston North Stephen Marsh has spread his young troops far and wide this weekend with two-year-old representation at Flemington and at both domestic venues. The Cambridge trainer has the unbeaten Codigo in Melbourne for a hit and run mission on Saturday while El Amor will chase black type honours at Wanganui and trial performer Antrim Coast will debut at Avondale. Codigo handled his trans-Tasman crossing like a veteran and Marsh is more than happy with…

Rosehill Gardens hosts the 66th running of the Listed $160,000 Winter Cup on Saturday as part of the Australian Turf Club’s series of winter middle distance and staying events across June. Saturday’s 10-race card has attracted 144 entries with the Listed Winter Cup followed in coming weeks by the Listed $160,000 W J McKell Cup at Rosehill Gardens on June 17 and $150,000 Stayers Cup at Royal Randwick over 2600m on June 24. Sydney’s 12-time premiership winning trainer Chris Waller has a strong hand in Saturday’s feature with three runners…