Month: July 2022

What Echcua Races Where Echuca Racecourse – Scott Rd, Echuca VIC 3564 When Friday, July 29, 2022 First Race 11:55am AEST Visit Ladbrokes A massive nine-race card is scheduled for Echuca Racecourse on Friday afternoon, where punters can sink their teeth into a competitive meeting to round out the working week. With persistent rain throughout Victoria, we will be racing on a track rated a Soft 7, with the rail in the true position for the entire circuit. The first race is set to jump at 11:55am AEST, with the…

Best Of Bordeaux will resume in The Rosebud on August 13. (Lisa Grimm) Following his first official barrier trial for the preparation, Best Of Bordeaux is right where he needs to be according to his trainer, Kacy Fogden. The rising three-year-old is one of the main fancies for September’s Golden Rose (1400m) following a terrific first season in which he won two Group races, before running second to Fireburn in the Group 1 Golden Slipper (1200m). The colt by Snitzel was recently acquired by Coolmore Stud, so he will don…

A police incident has put a halt on Wednesday’s meeting at Doomben. (Photo: Sky Thoroughbred Central) A suspected car thief has caused Doomben’s metropolitan meeting on Wednesday to be delayed as police attempted to get the man off the roof of a neighbouring house block. A number of police officers were on the Doomben track at about the 1000m mark, while two more officers were on the roof with the alleged offender. Sky Racing presenters said there were two young men running along the back straight prior to the start…

The Cox Plate is one of five races to now offer a $1 million bonus. (Racing Photos) Racing Victoria (RV) on Tuesday announced five new $1 million bonuses for its upcoming Spring Carnival. The Cox Plate, Victoria Derby, Empire Rose Stakes, Champions Mile and Champions Sprint are the five races which will see the winner rewarded with an extra $1 million should they win any of the selected bonus events. It has been a busy 2022 for RV, which announced a number of prizemoney increases for its spring features earlier…

Leading Red Centre trainer Lisa Whittle with long-serving Northern Territory jockey Paul Denton during a race meeting at Pioneer Park in Alice Springs. (Nikki Westover Photography) Lisa Whittle landed a double last weekend to claim the Alice Springs trainers’ premiership for the 2021/22 season. For years, Whittle dominated the Red Centre landscape and she seemed to have a mortgage on the premiership before relinquishing the title to Terry Gillett a year ago. For Gillett, a former Alice Springs jockey, it was his first trainers’ premiership. It was the Alice Springs…

Bendigo trainer Kym Hann will start in-form four-year-old mare Swing With Junior in the $40,000 Darwin Corporate Park Cup (1300m) at Fannie Bay in Darwin on Wednesday. After a few near misses during the Darwin Cup Carnival, Bendigo trainer Kym Hann is hoping for a bit more luck with three meetings to go. There have been five meetings since July 2 and the Hann stable has been represented in nine races for one win, four seconds, two thirds and a fourth. An outstanding strike rate, and after arriving in the…