Year: 2025

Joshua Brown faces a stern test in the Matamata Cup on Saturday. He is pictured winning last year at Te Arapa. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Lance Gussey is hoping to put a last-start disappointment behind him when Joshua Brown lines up in the Listed Team Wealleans Matamata Cup (1600m) on Saturday. Gussey trains and part-owns the Dalghar gelding, whose rise through the ranks during the winter months culminated in an impressive victory in the Listed Opunake Cup (1400m) at New Plymouth in July. That performance earned Joshua Brown a…

Trav winning Saturday’s Group 2 Auckland Cup (3200m) at Ellerslie. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Kiwi jockey Masa Hashizume will step onto the Flemington turf for the first time this weekend when he attempts to qualify Bulls gelding Trav for next month’s Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m). The 29-year-old hoop partnered the Raymond Connors-trained six-year-old to a memorable victory in the Group 2 Auckland Cup (3200m) at Ellerslie in March, and the Manawatu horseman has stuck with Hashizume ever since. The pair have recorded two fourth placings in their two…

Rosetown Princess will contest the Russell & Yvonne Green Memorial (2000m) at Matamata on Saturday. Photo: Race Images Darrell Hollinshead has two strong chances at Matamata to continue the good run of recent form of his boutique stable. The Te Awamutu trainer produced Bak Da Angel to score last weekend at Te Rapa where stablemate Digger also placed and Rosetown Princess and Ramblin’ Rose will represent the team on Saturday. Russell & Yvonne Green Memorial (2000m) contender Rosetown Princess has been in good touch this preparation and was an open…

Melody Belle was a classy type that had success in group races. Picture: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) It will be a full-circle moment for Te Akau Racing at The Valley on Friday night when Lyrics ‘N’ Song, a daughter of their former multiple Group One winner Melody Belle, makes her debut. Raced by New Zealand syndicator Fortuna, Melody Belle won 19 races for former Te Akau trainers Stephen Autridge and Jamie Richards, including 14 at Group One level. She accrued more than $4 million in prize-money and was…

What Turnbull Stakes Day 2025 Where Flemington Racecourse – 448 Epsom Rd, Flemington VIC 3031 When Saturday, October 4, 2025 First Race 12:25pm AEST Visit Dabble Group 1 racing returns to Flemington on Saturday afternoon with the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) the headline event on the day. Known as “Moving Day”, there should be no excuses for fancied runners throughout the program, with the rail out 9m the entire circuit and the track expected to remain a Good 4 all day. The first event is set to jump at…