Month: March 2023

Alligator Blood pictured winning the Futurity Stakes at Sandown on February 25. The star gelding is a good-value $11 winning chance for the Doncaster Mile at Randwick on Saturday. Picture: Bruno Cannatelli. Alligator Blood owner Jeff Simpson says his star gelding has already repaid him after overcoming a debilitating “kissing spine” condition ahead of the Doncaster Mile at Randwick on Saturday. The six-year-old gelding is a good-value $11 winning chance across betting sites going into the Group 1 feature worth $4 million. He would not be lining up as a…

Darwin jockey Vanessa Arnott returning to scale after getting the cash at Fannie Bay aboard Eastwood for Top End trainer Tayarn Halter. (Caroline Camilleri/Darwin Photography Professionals) Eastwood, among the best NT sprinters in recent times, will be a noticeable absentee from the Alice Springs Cup Carnival this year. The nine-year-old gelding, who had 29 starts for Darwin trainer Tayarn Halter after arriving from Victoria in mid-2019, retired after finishing fifth in his 50th start at Fannie Bay last September. The son of Bel Espirit suffered an injury thus ending a…

Geelong-based jockey Stan Tsaikos, a regular rider in the Northern Territory over the years, returns to the mounting yard at Pioneer Park in Alice Springs after getting the cash on Bench Press for Red Centre trainer Terry Gillett. He continues to clock up the frequent flyer points, but Geelong-based jockey Stan Tsaikos is once again looking forward to the two big Cup carnivals in the Northern Territory. The Alice Springs Cup Carnival kicks off next Saturday, April 8, followed by the Darwin Cup Carnival starting July 8. There’s also Cup…

What Newcastle Races Where Newcastle Racecourse – 100 Darling St, Broadmeadow NSW 2292 When Thursday, March 30, 2023 First Race 1:10pm AEDT Visit Ladbrokes Racing heads to Newcastle Racecourse on Thursday for a competitive eight-race program headlined by the Provincial-Midway Wildcard. It’s a field of 15 set to stake their claim to the $150,000 on offer, along with a place in the Provincial-Midway Championship final. Conditions are going to be less than ideal, with rain likely to hit the track throughout the week, and it is already listed as a…

Adios is a two-time winner in Hong Kong. Trainer Frankie Lor is hopeful Adios can take advantage of his featherweight impost when he lines up in Wednesday night’s red-hot Class 2 Tung Wan Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin’s eight-race all-dirt fixture. Adios rises in grade tomorrow night with 115lb assigned against proven dirt course performers Campione (131lb), Ka Ying Master (127lb) and Super Win Dragon (120lb), while Computer Patch (135lb), Nervous Witness (134lb) and Astrologer (126lb) also bolster the 12-runner finale. “This time we have a light weight, Karis (Teetan)…

He’s A Doozy (outside) will contest the Group 2 City Of Palmerston North Gold Cup (2000m) at Awapuni on Saturday. Photo: Raec Images Photo Credit: Race Images – Peter Rubery He’s A Doozy has come a long way in the last 12 months and is in the right order to add another feature race title to his burgeoning record on his home track at Awapuni on Saturday. The Lisa Latta-trained son of Zacinto will take aim at the Group 2 City Of Palmerston North Gold Cup (2000m) in his final…

Mark Twain will contest the Group 1 Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick on Saturday. Photo: Race Images Fresh off celebrating one of his biggest successes in his burgeoning training career, Robert Wellwood will head to Randwick on Saturday in a bid to snare more elite-level glory. The Cambridge horseman was home in New Zealand last Saturday when he watched in awe as stable pin-up Prowess comfortably dispatched of her opponents by 3.25 lengths in the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill. “She was superb,” said Wellwood, who trains…