Winter find Cross Talk (NZ) (Keano) will face an important career test when he extends to 1600 metres for the first time in the Listed Rowley Mile at Hawkesbury. Trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, the gelding has won three of his four starts this preparation, culminating in a breakthrough stakes success in the Winter Challenge (1500m) last start. While he has been up and going since May, his runs have been spaced and jockey Tim Clark believes the horse still has plenty more to offer. “He’s going terrific.…
Month: August 2022
Mo’unga ready for title defence
Mo’Unga (NZ) (Savabeel) will bid to join an illustrious group of horses to have claimed back-to-back wins in the Winx Stakes when he resumes in a star-studded renewal of the Group One opener. A final field of 11 was declared on Wednesday highlighted by seven Group One winners, including two of last season’s most promising colts, Anamoe (Street Boss) and Profondo (Deep Impact), and early Caulfield and Melbourne Cup favourite Duais (Shamus Award). Mo’unga claimed the scalp of glamour mare Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed) to win the corresponding race 12…
Henderson’s mare chasing Tarzino start
Carl Henderson is viewing a trip to New Plymouth on Saturday with stakes performer Jodelin Gal (NZ) (Swiss Ace) as a means to a Group One end. The Te Awamutu trainer will run his talented and genuine daughter of Swiss Ace in the Steel & Tube Fortress Fasteners Open (1300m) in the hope a perfect winning outcome will secure a crack at a major prize. Henderson is keen to nail down a berth in the Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings on September 10 with the six-year-old, who has been…
Mr Maestro ready for Valley assignment
Trainer Andrew Forsman expects to see significant improvement from Mr Maestro (NZ) (Savabeel) when he lines-up at The Valley on Saturday. The stakes performer finished fifth in his debut Australian outing at Sandown earlier in the month, but the Cambridge conditioner said the 1200m hit-out would bring on the son of Savabeel. “I was really happy with that run,” Forsman said. “In a sprint home, I thought he was really solid through the line.” Forsman believes his charge will be competitive once he gets over a mile and a 1500m…
Cork primed for New Plymouth
Promising Matamata mare Cork (NZ) (Complacent) may be aimed at some ambitious spring targets if she can run well in Saturday’s ITM Interprovincial Championship (1600m) at New Plymouth. The five-year-old has won three of her nine starts and earned her first black type when finishing second to Helena Baby (NZ) (Guillotine) in the Listed Opunake Cup (1400m) at New Plymouth last month. The horses behind her included Justaskme (NZ) (No Excuse Needed) and Darci La Bella (NZ) (Darci Brahma), and the form was made to look more impressive when Helena…
Group One return for Icebath
Group One performer Icebath (NZ) (Sacred Falls) has trainer Brad Widdup excited ahead of her spring preparation. The daughter of Sacred Falls has returned in great order from her winter spell according to the Hawkesbury conditioner. With the deluge of rain in autumn, Icebath had an interrupted preparation but still managed to post successive placings in the Gr.1 Doncaster Mile (1600m), Gr.1 Queen of the Turf (1600m) and Gr.3 JRA Plate (2000m). While disheartened at the time, Widdup now believes her light workload earlier in the year has paid dividends…
Battle of ‘Waterloo’ begins at Lang Lang
Coursing royalty descends upon Lang Lang, where the time-honoured Waterloo Cup series kicks off on Sunday. It will indeed be a ‘Battle of Waterloo’ as 64 entrants – likely to include last year’s winner, All Inn Billy, and runner-up, Kasemi, start their chase for coursing’s ‘Holy Grail’. National Coursing Association of Victoria’s Heather Villinger has issued the following ‘Notice to Trainers’: The next meeting sees the commencement of the Waterloo Cup for 2022. This will be the 149th anniversary since the Waterloo Cup was first conducted in Victoria. There will…
2022 Winx Stakes betting strategy & preview | Saturday, August 20
What Winx Stakes 2022 Where Royal Randwick – Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031 When Saturday, August 20, 2022 | Race 8 | 3:45pm AEST Prizemoney $750,000 Distance 1400m Status Group 1 Conditions Weight For Age 2021 Winner Mo’unga (12) | T: Annabel Neasham | J: Tommy Berry (58.5kg) Visit Ladbrokes There’s no better feeling than Group 1 fever, and thankfully, it is back on Saturday with the running of the Winx Stakes at Royal Randwick. The first Group 1 of the new racing season has attracted 11 acceptors, with seven…
Hunter happy in Darwin after successful 2021/22 season
Casey Hunter, who hails from Albany in Western Australia, enjoyed a successful 2021/22 season in the saddle in the Northern Territory. She once considered school teaching as a career, but Casey Hunter is booting home winners as a jockey in the Northern Territory and wouldn’t have it any other way. The 28-year-old, who is based in Darwin, has spent the past three years in the NT and she enjoyed a highly successful 2021/22 season, riding 29 winners. That comprised 15 wins at Fannie Bay during the Top End campaign, as…
Rosehill Gardens
Rosehill Gardens is one of Australia’s most prolific racetracks. Located in Sydney, Rosehill plays host to some of the country’s best racing each and every year, with 25 metropolitan meetings held annually. A part of the Australian Turf Club (ATC), Rosehill Gardens hosts autumn and spring feature races, including the Golden Slipper and the $10 million Golden Eagle. Our guide to Rosehill will run you through how to bet, major Rosehill races, Rosehill racing news and tips and much more. Rosehill racing news HorseBetting’s racing writers often write news stories…