Month: March 2025

Verona Rose winning the Group 3 Kembla Grange Classic. Photo: Bradleyphotos.com.au Kerrin McEvoy has guided Verona Rose to a stunning victory in the Group 3 Kembla Grange Classic (1600m) on Friday, as the Gary Portelli-trained filly stormed home from near last to maintain her perfect career record. Despite facing the biggest test of her career, the daughter of Castelvecchio showed an incredible turn of foot to surge between runners late, nailing Inevitable Truth and Brigidine Gal in a thrilling finish at . The $2.30 bookmaker favourite Dominetta looked to have…

Strathalbyn trainer Kym Healy with former Darwin apprentice Emma Lines after they combined to secure victory with He’s Maverick on Alice Springs Cup Day at Pioneer Park last April. After two frustrating days at Kangaroo Island in February, Strathalbyn trainer Kym Healy is hoping for better fortune in Alice Springs with the Cup Carnival starting on Sunday. Healy, who has enjoyed plenty of success in the NT, has 12 runners on deck at Pioneer Park, and it was during the corresponding meeting last year that he landed a winning treble.…

Hugh Bowman has 45 wins for the 2024/25 season. Photo: HKJC Hugh Bowman is optimistic a drop in distance will pave the way for Sky Trust to push for victory in the first section of the Class 3 Cosmos Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Saturday when the gelding squares off with emerging talent Sky Jewellery. Twelfth in the HK$13 million Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) behind Rubylot on 2 March after making a long, sustained gallop from the back straight, Sky Trust drops to 1400m – a trip which…

Our Time winning at Pukekohe on Friday. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Emerging stayer Our Time signed off his first season of racing on a winning note with a tough weight-carrying performance in the Trackside.co.nz (2100m) at Pukekohe on Friday. The well-related son of Time Test had to carry 60kg in the Rating 65 Benchmark event, but his form credentials still saw him jump as a $2.50 favourite in the hands of jockey Kelly Myers. The four-year-old had finished second in the $350,000 Sir Patrick Hogan Karapiro Classic (1600m) at…

Orlov will contest Saturday’s Carpet Maintenance & Cleaning (2040m) at Wanganui. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) Orlov’s last visit to Wanganui produced a black-type placing behind a subsequent Group 1 performer, and the David Haworth-trained gelding has another assignment over that same course and distance in Saturday’s Carpet Maintenance & Cleaning (2040m). Orlov has had five starts at Wanganui for a win and two placings. The win came over that same 2040m trip in a Rating 90 handicap last April, and he returned there in November for a…

Odds Bookmakers News Field Past Winners Maurice McCarten Stakes Group Three Betting Guide Date: Saturday, March 15, 2025 Location: Rosehill Gardens – Sydney, New South Wales Prize Money: $250,000 Distance: 1100m The Maurice McCarten Stakes is a Group 3 sprint over 1100m, run under quality handicap conditions at Rosehill by the Australian Turf Club. First held in 1988, the Maurice McCarten Stakes was initially run over 1200m before shifting to its current distance in 2010. Originally a Listed race from 1993, the Maurice McCarten Stakes was upgraded to Group 3…

Waitak will contest the Group 2 apan Trophy (1600m) at Tauranga on Saturday. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Every race Waitak has run in this season has either been a Group 1 or has been won by a Group 1 performer, but trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott are lowering the bar slightly for Saturday’s Group 2 Japan Trophy (1600m) at Tauranga. Himself the winner of the Group 1 Railway (1200m) last year, Waitak has taken on elite opposition throughout a nine-race preparation this season that has produced a second,…