Month: November 2024

Toorak Handicap winner, Antino. Photo: Bruno Cannatelli The Group 1 Champions Mile (1600m) draws together an outstanding field of 13, with nine previous Group 1 winners set to step out in the $3 million feature at Flemington on Saturday afternoon. Five horses can’t be split at the top of the market; however, horse racing bookmakers have installed the Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m) winner Antino as the $5.00 favourite for the event, allowing punters to dictate any moves in early betting. The seven-time Group 1 winning gelding Mr Brightside is…

Via Sistina ridden by James McDonald wins the 2024 Cox Plate at Moonee Valley. (Photo by Pat Scala/Racing Photos) The Group 1 Champions Stakes (2000m) is one of three massive Group 1’s sharing top billing at Flemington on Saturday afternoon, with a quality field of 12 accepted for the $3 million feature. The Chris Waller-trained Via Sistina holds the call with horse racing bookmakers as an almost unbackable $1.65 favourite for the event, and it’s easy to see why, after demolishing her rivals in track record time at Moonee Valley…

Canterbury trainer and jockey Samantha Wynne. Photo: Race Images South New Zealand Cup Week is the highlight of the racing calendar for multi-talented horsewoman Samantha Wynne, and this Saturday, she will partner her own Amberecho in the Listed Pegasus Stakes (1000m). Wynne has been race-riding in the South Island for over a decade with well over 400 winners to her credit, while in recent seasons, she has added another string to her bow, building a team of horses that she trains out of Canterbury. Talented sprinter Amberecho has been a…

Leica Lucy winning at New Plymouth on Wednesday. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) An Oaks path is being tipped for three-year-old filly Leica Lucy following her debut win in the Christmas At The Races Friday 5th December (1400m) at New Plymouth on Wednesday. Favourite Merchant Banker flew the gates and assumed an early lead, while jockey Joe Doyle was able to find the rail three deep with Leica Lucy and follow the speed. The pack swung wide when turning for home on the rain-affected surface, but Doyle elected…

Love Poem will contest Saturday’s Group 1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Love Poem’s progress this preparation earned the gifted filly an earlier than anticipated flight to Christchurch to bolster Stephen Marsh’s hand in the Group 1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton. The daughter of Snitzel put up a compelling argument to join stablemate Kiwi Skyhawk in Saturday’s Al Basti Equiworld Dubai-sponsored Classic and their Cambridge trainer can’t split the pair. “They have both done super jobs, I think it will…

I’munstoppable will be one of four runners for Wexford Stables in Saturday’s Listed Legacy Lodge Sprint (1200m) at Te Rapa. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott are not short of sprinting talent in their Matamata stable, with four runners set to contest Saturday’s Listed Legacy Lodge Sprint (1200m) at Te Rapa. The Waikato racecourse has been a happy hunting ground for each of their quartet, particularly so for Little Bit Of Love, a winner in three of his four starts at the venue in his last…

What Hawkesbury Races Where Hawkesbury Race Club – 1 Racecourse Rd, Clarendon NSW 2756 When Thursday, November 7, 2024 First Race 1pm AEDT Visit Dabble The $200,000 Listed Ladies Day Cup (1500m) headlines the action at Hawkesbury on Thursday afternoon, with a competitive eight-race program set to get underway at 1pm local time. The rail is in the true position the entire circuit, and although light rainfall is forecast for race-day, it shouldn’t affect the current Good 4 rating. Ladies Day Cup Tip: Berkshire Shadow The Ciaron Maher-trained Berkshire Shadow…

What 2024 VRC Oaks Where Flemington Racecourse – Melbourne, Victoria When Thursday, November 7, 2024 Prizemoney $1,000,000 Distance 2500m Conditions Thee-Year-Old Fillies | Set Weights 2023 winner Zardozi (6) | T: James Cummings | J: James McDonald (56kg) Visit Dabble The Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) is the headline act on day three of the 2024 Melbourne Cup Carnival at Flemington. A field of 14 three-year-old fillies will duke it out for the $1 million on offer in Thursday’s time-honoured classic. Will the Wakeful Stakes from Day 1 of the…