Month: January 2023

The $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic (1200m) trophy remained in Queensland with Tony Gollan’s undefeated filly Skirt The Law putting a street on the Sydney raiders at the Gold Coast. Skirt The Law was brilliant off a big break winning the 2023 Magic Millions 2YO Classic for Tony Gollan. Photo: Steve Hart. The Magic Millions Day card was abandoned last Saturday due to heavy rainfall and an unsafe racing surface with the remaining eight events on the program rescheduled to run on Thursday. One of those was the Magic…

Tony Gollan has claimed the Magic Millions 2YO Classic with Skirt The Law Tony Gollan and Ryan Maloney have combined with Skirt The Law to take out the $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic, with both Gollan and Maloney recording their first win in the Gold Coast feature race. The race played out perfectly for the Better Than Ready filly, as she jumped out of the barrier nicely from barrier two and sat in behind the leaders who set a genuine tempo. Maloney just needed some luck and a gap…

What Ascot Races Where Ascot Racecourse – 71 Grandstand Rd, Ascot WA 6104 When Saturday, January 21, 2023 First Race 12:24pm AWST Visit Ladbrokes This Saturday afternoon we will have another nine-race program at Ascot Racecourse, making it 11 straight weeks of racing at Perth’s premier venue. The track is currently rated a Good 4 and should stay in the Good to Firm region with warm weather forecast for Friday and Saturday. The rail will go out to the +8m position for the entire circuit, which seemed to favour on-speed…

Bonny Lass will contest the Group 3 Concorde Handicap (1200m) at Pukekohe on Saturday. Photo: Trish Dunell Bonny Lass will end a frustrating last month for her connections when she lines-up in the Group 3 Concorde Handicap (1200m) at Pukekohe on Saturday. Trainers Graham Richardson and Rogan Norvall were forced to scratch the mare out of the Group 1 Railway (1200m) at Te Rapa on New Year’s Day after she arrived on course with a stone bruise. She subsequently missed the Group 1 Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham but is ready…

Windsor Park Stud graduate Trobriand will contest the Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at Pukekohe on Saturday. Photo Credit: Trish Dunell The Karaka Million twilight meeting at Pukekohe on Saturday is gearing up to being a potentially lucrative night for Windsor Park Stud, with the Cambridge thoroughbred nursery well-represented in the meeting’s two feature races. Unbeaten juvenile Trobriand was bred by the farm and heads the Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) market, while fellow graduates Wild Night, Dynastic, and Wessex will contest the Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m). “I am pretty excited…

What Gawler Races Where Gawler & Barossa Jockey Club – Barnet Rd, Evanston SA 5116 When Saturday, January 21, 2023 First Race 12:17pm ACDT Visit Ladbrokes The Gawler & Barossa Jockey Club is the destination for racing in South Australia on Saturday afternoon with a strong nine-race program scheduled. With a perfect day for racing forecast, we expect to start on a Good 4, with an upgrade to a Good 3 early on in the piece, while the rail comes out 4m from the 800m-400m and then 2m the remainder,…

What Doomben Races Where Doomben Racecourse – 75 Hampden St, Ascot QLD 4007 When Saturday, January 21, 2023 First Race 12:03pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes Racing returns to Doomben Racecourse this Saturday with a very competitive nine-race program. The track is currently rated a Soft 5, but with warm weather expected over Friday and Saturday, we should be in the Good range come race day. The rail will be in the +3.5m position for the entire circuit and we expect it to play fair for most of the day. The first…