Month: August 2024

What Belmont Races Where Belmont Racecourse – Saintly Entrance, Burswood WA 6100 When Saturday, August 3, 2024 First Race 12:29pm AWST Visit Dabble Belmont will host a very competitive nine-race program this Saturday afternoon, with racing set to kick off at 12:29pm AWST. The track was rated as a Soft 7 at the time of acceptances, and it is tipped to stay in that range. The rail will be pushed out to the +6m position for the entire circuit, so the track should play favourably to on-speed runners. Best Bet…

What Doomben Races Where Doomben Racecourse – 75 Hampden St, Ascot QLD 4007 When Saturday, August 3, 2024 First Race 11:38am AEST Visit Dabble Racing returns to Doomben this Saturday afternoon as the Brisbane Racing Club hosts a very competitive nine-race program. The track was rated as a Soft 5 at the time of acceptances, but with no rain forecast for the rest of the week, a Good 4 surface is expected for the whole meeting. The rail will be pushed out to the +4.5m position for the entire circuit,…

Mark Twain during his exhibition gallop at Tauranga on Wednesday. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Mark Twain took the first step in a long road leading to the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) with an exhibition gallop between races at Tauranga on Wednesday. The son of Shocking earned his place in the iconic November feature with victory in the Listed Roy Higgins (2600m) in March, with his first public appearance off a spell pleasing co-trainer Roger James. “I was very happy with the way he worked and the way he…

Stakes winner Collect Your Cash will continue his racing career in Sydney. Photo: Monica Toretto Stakes winner Collect Your Cash will continue his racing career in Australia after recently being purchased out of former trainer Shankar Muniandy’s Wingatui barn by leading Sydney trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott. The son of Rageese was bred by Windsor Park Stud and was offered through their ‘Racing, Racing and Beer’ South Island Sale as a yearling in 2022 where he was purchased by Ben Kwok, under his Lionrock Bloodstock banner, for $15,000. He…

Divine Essence winning at Tauranga on Wednesday. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Moira and Kieran Murdoch completed the racing season in winning fashion, with Divine Essence scoring her maiden victory at Tauranga on Wednesday. Only lightly raced for a rising five-year-old, Divine Essence was having her fifth raceday start and second under the Murdoch’s care, with her most recent effort finishing back in the field on the Cambridge Synthetic. The mare looked to have gained clear improvement from the fresh-up run when trialling well in the heavy conditions at Avondale…

Ngakau Hailey winning aboard Bell Time Potae at Tauranga on Wednesday. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Lenny Winters has recorded two wins apiece in the last two seasons, and he left it to the last possible moment to equal that tally this term. The Kumeu trainer had been winless heading into the final day of the season at Tauranga on Wednesday, but he was hopeful of getting on the board with his two representatives. Bell Time Potae was the first to jump, where he was taken straight to the front…

Group 2 winner, Antino. Photo: Grant Peters Smart galloper Antino is building towards a return to the racetrack with an early season Group One target high on the agenda. The Tony Gollan-trained gelding has had a short break after contesting three races across the Queensland Winter Carnival, with a strong win in the Group 2 Victory Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm back in May the highlight in a campaign which culminated in a luckless 12th in the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m). “He raced in the worst part of the…

Jason Collett lifts Manaal (outside) to Group 1 success in the ATC Sires Produce Stakes. Photo: RacingNSW Michael Freedman has announced that his Group 1-winning filly, Manaal, will compete against her own age group at the start of next season. The Group 2 Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on August 24 is likely to be her spring debut. “There are options. The Princess Series is the obvious one with the Furious, the Tea Rose and the Flight, but there’s also the option of having a look at the Run…