Month: March 2023

What Echuca Cup Day 2023 Where Echuca Racecourse – Cr Scott Rd and Murray Valley Hwy, Echuca VIC 3564 When Sunday, March 12, 2022 First Race 12:50pm AEDT Visit Ladbrokes The Echuca Cup is the feature event on Sunday afternoon as racing heads to Echuca Racecourse, where an eight-race program is set down for judgement. Perfect conditions are set to greet punters on the weekend with the track coming up a Good 4, while the rail sticks to the true position. The action kicks off at 12:50pm AEDT for the…

Ethereal Star will contest the Group 1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) at Pukekohe on Saturday.. Photo: Trish Dunell Andrew Forsman will be hoping gifted two-year-old Ethereal Star can deliver a winning top-flight lead on Saturday for her older stablemate Mustang Valley to follow. The Cambridge trainer will be represented by the youngster in the Group 1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) at Pukekohe while four-year-old mare Mustang Valley will take her place the Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m) at Rosehill. Ethereal Star has both impressed and pleasantly surprised connections this season with her…

It is a wide-open edition of the Group 1 $600,000 Coolmore Classic (1500m) in Sydney on Saturday following the early withdrawal of the Chris Waller-trained favourite Zougotcha. Annavisto is narrow favourite to win Sydney’s 2023 Coolmore Classic this weekend. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos. Waller’s Flight Stakes winning filly from the spring was originally the best fancied of the final acceptors for the Coolmore Classic field, but the team has opted to keep her to her own age with a run in the Group 2 Phar Lap Stakes (1500m) on the…

I Wish I Win will contest the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday Photo credit: Bruno Cannatelli An enduring association is riding the crest of a wave with a four-year-old who continues to exceed all expectations. Waikato Stud principal Mark Chittick and multiple Group One-winning trainer Peter Moody have mixed business with pleasure for decades and their latest success story is one from left field. A Golden Eagle (1500m) winner I Wish I Win had to overcome early adversity to fulfil his destiny and ranks as a…

What Black Opal Stakes Day Where Thoroughbred Park – 1 Randwick Rd, Lyneham ACT 2602 When Sunday, March 12, 2023 First Race 1:05pm AEDT Visit Ladbrokes Racing heads to Canberra on Sunday afternoon for a competitive nine-race program headlined by the $200,000 Black Opal Stakes – the final chance for the two-year-olds to gain entry into next Saturday’s Group 1 Golden Slipper. We’ve also got the Listed National Sprint over 1400m with $150,000 in prizemoney up for grabs. The track is currently listed as a Soft 5, although we do…

Group 1’s, NRL and test cricket, throw in the AFL starting next week and the team at Punt Drunk are more up-and-about than a young colt seeing a filly in the mounting yard. Buckle up, there’s a long weekend in Melbourne, the time-honoured Newmarket Handicap at Flemington on Saturday, as well as Coolmore Classic at Rosehill, and Adelaide Cup on Monday. It is sure to be another cracking weekend on the punt and an even better one for a few coldies! End Assembly tests positive to cocaine! Once you thought…

What Alice Springs Races Where Pioneer Park Racecourse – Stuart Hwy, Connellan NT 0870 When Saturday, March 11, 2023 First Race 1:32pm ACST Visit Ladbrokes After a two-week break, it’s full steam ahead for the Alice Springs Turf Club as its gears up for its annual Cup Carnival starting April 8. There will be racing every weekend in the Red Centre from now until April 30, with Pioneer Park hosting nine meetings. Up to 61 acceptors will feature on Saturday in what shapes as a terrific seven-race card. Since 0.4mm…