Month: September 2022

What Black Heart Bart Stakes Day Where Belmont Park Racecourse – Saintly Entrance, Burswood WA 6100 When Saturday, September 24, 2022 First Race 12:19pm AWST Visit Ladbrokes It is Black Heart Bart Stakes Day at Belmont on Saturday afternoon where a nine-race program is scheduled for the metropolitan meeting in Perth. With persistent rain forecast for the area on Saturday, we expect to be racing on at least a Soft 7, with rail coming out 9m for the entire circuit. The first race is set to go at 12:19pm AWST,…

What Morphettville Parks Races Where Morphettville Racecourse – 79 Morphett Rd, Morphettville SA 5043 When Saturday, September 24, 2022 First Race 12:27pm ACST Visit Ladbrokes The Parks track at Morphettville is set to play host to an extremely competitive card on Saturday afternoon, and HorseBetting’s South Australian form analyst is confident he can steer you into a couple of winners. With rain earlier in the week in Adelaide, the track has come up as a Soft 6, while the rail is out 9m from the 1000m to the winning post…

Chris Waller’s superstar sprinter Nature Strip is back in his stable in peak condition after his comfortable victory in the Shorts at Randwick. Picture: Steve Hart. Look out, Everest competitors – Nature Strip is well and truly on track to defend his crown. That was Chris Waller’s ominous message after the champion sprinter returned to his stable in fine condition on Wednesday. The seven-year-old is back from a few days of well-earned rest after his typically classy victory in the Shorts at Randwick on Saturday. The world’s best sprinter is…

Ellsberg, pictured winning at Rosehill, is a $3.10 chance in the Shannon Stakes. (Pic: by Martin King/Sportpix) Ellsberg might’ve finished sixth in the Theo Marks Stakes, but Gerald Ryan took some encouragement out of that heading into the Shannon Stakes at Rosehill this Saturday. The five-year-old performed well, but just couldn’t find clear running on the straight last start in the Group 2 feature over 1300m. The horse with $967,600 to his name and six wins from 20 starts is the $3.10 favourite with Ladbrokes. Ryan is confident he can…

Nature Strip on his way to claiming The Shorts. Photo: Steve Hart He might have achieved everything his connections ever dreamed about, but Nature Strip’s trainer Chris Waller feels the superstar sprinter has two more Everests left in him. The seven-year-old is the best short-distance horse in the world, has won nine Group 1 titles and turns eight in November. There is nothing more for him to prove. But part-owner Rod Lyons said the evergreen veteran, under master trainer Waller, could finish his remarkable career with three Everest titles. Already…

Rhonda Cole, stable foreman for Darwin trainer and husband Phil Cole, with Faith And Love before the six-year-old mare stepped out to win her final race before retirement at Winton in central west Queensland on Saturday. The winning ways of Darwin trainer Phil Cole in Queensland have continued after he landed a winning double at the North Gregory Turf Club’s meeting at Winton on Saturday. It was also a significant occasion for the Northern Territory stable with six-year-old mare Faith And Love saluting in her final race before enjoying retirement…

Vincent Ho drives Circuit Elite clear. Buoyed by a Happy Valley double on Wednesday night (September 21), Tony Cruz is eagerly anticipating the return of stable star California Spangle for a campaign-defining run in the Group 3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (September 25). Cruz was elated at Circuit Elite’s effort to land the Class 5 Tai Hang Handicap (1800m) under Vincent Ho after the grey accelerated past his rivals near the 700m mark, sweeping to a two-length margin before Street Scream’s tough victory under Matthew…