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What Sapphire Coast Races Where Sapphire Coast Turf Club – 1695 Sapphire Coast Dr, Wallagoot NSW 2550 When Sunday, February 2, 2025 First Race 1:06pm AEDT Visit Dabble Country racing returns to Sapphire Coast Turf Club on Sunday afternoon, with an ultra-competitive eight-part program lined up for Bega Showcase Cup (1600m) Day. The $80,000 feature has attracted a capacity field of 16, and with only light rainfall expected across the weekend, participants can expect the surface to be rated somewhere in the Soft range for race-day. The rail is placed…

Inkaruna ridden by Daniel Moor wins the Chairman’s Stakes at Sandown Lakeside Racecourse. (Photo by George Sal/Racing Photos) Inkaruna and Sword Of Legacy (+260) have fought out a very tight finish in the Group 3 Chairman’s Stakes at Sandown on Saturday afternoon, with the former getting her nose down on the line to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. The Anthony & Sam Freedman-trained filly became the fifth debutant since 2011 to claim the Chairman’s Stakes. The daughter of I Am Invincible had only been seen at the jumpouts…

The Playwright after winning the Group 3 Widden Stakes. Photo: Bradleyphotos.com.au The Playwright ($4.00) has proven the best of the fillies in the Group 3 Widden Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill on Saturday afternoon, fending off the fast finishing Tempted ($3.40) and Snitzel Miss ($3.70) in the shadows of the post to claim the $250,000 prize. It was another superb front-running ride to secure victory, with Regan Bayliss sending the daughter of Written By straight to the top after jumping well from barrier three. The Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained filly…

Blitzburg winning the 2025 Group 3 Canonbury Stakes. Photo: Bradleyphotos.com.au The Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou-trained Blitzburg ($4.80) has claimed a dominant victory in the Group 3 Canonbury Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill on Saturday afternoon, with Tyler Schiller making every post a winner aboard the son of Snitzel in the two-year-old feature. The pair pinged the lids from barrier two and never looked in any danger of fending off his fellow colts and geldings, producing a slashing turn-of-speed to take full advantage of on-speed track conditions. The favoured pair of…

Return To Conquer (inside) keeps his perfect record intact in the Colin Jillings 2YO Classic. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Te Akau Racing’s million-dollar colt Return To Conquer delivered again in Saturday’s Group 3 Colin Jillings 2YO Classic (1200m) at Ellerslie, improving his unblemished record to four trials and two raceday appearances. The son of Snitzel was bought by David Ellis for $1.3 million as a yearling on the Gold Coast in January of last year. He built up plenty of pre-debut hype with three impressive trial wins between August…

James McDonald and Lady Laguna proved too slick in the 2024 Group 3 Southern Cross Stakes. Photo: Bradleyphotos.com.au Feature racing returns to Rosehill on Saturday February 1, 2025, where the path to the Group 1 Golden Slipper (1200m) will become clearer at the end of the day. The juveniles on display in the Group 3 Canonbury Stakes (1100m) and Group 3 Widden Stakes (1100m), whilst the open-age feature, the Group 3 Southern Cross Stakes (1200m) has attracted a small but quality field. If you are chasing free replays of the…

Vagrant ridden by Beau Mertens winning the 2024 Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes at Caulfield. (Photo by Pat Scala/Racing Photos) Racing returns to the Lakeside circuit at Sandown on Saturday, February 1, 2025 with plenty of quality horse flesh littered throughout the card. From the Group 3 Chairman’s Stakes (1000m), to the Group 3 Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes (1200m), if you are chasing free replays of the Sandown races today, then look no further! Free Sandown Race Replays – February 1, 2025 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Race…

My Wish gives Luke Ferraris his most important Hong Kong win. Photo: HKJC Bristling with emotion, Luke Ferraris has jubilated in My Wish’s Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) triumph for trainer Mark Newnham at Sha Tin on Friday, prompting the young South African to reflect on Sweet Orange’s success in the same race in 2012. Trained by Ferraris’ father David, Sweet Orange’s victory 13 seasons ago remains one of Ferraris’ most vivid memories from his childhood in Hong Kong. Now 23, Ferraris joined his father – who saddled 461 winners…

Chancheng Glory becomes a Group 3 winner. Photo: HKJC Chancheng Glory (130lb) posted the biggest win of his career on Friday afternoon in the HK$4.2 million Group 3 Centenary Vase Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin. Placed at Group 2 and Group 3 level before Friday, Mor Spirit gelding Chancheng Glory was tenacious from barrier nine in denying Winning Dragon (115lb) and Ensued (125lb) at odds of +600 with , clocking a time of 1:46.67 under Hugh Bowman for trainer Francis Lui. “I was fortunate to get the opportunity to ride…

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