Month: April 2023

What Doomben Races Where Doomben Racecourse – 75 Hampden St, Ascot QLD 4007 When Saturday, April 22, 2023 First Race 11:33am AEST Visit Ladbrokes This Saturday, the Brisbane Racing Club will host a highly competitive nine-race card from 11:57pm AEST. The track is currently rated a Soft 5, but with no rain expected on Tuesday or Wednesday, we anticipate racing on a Good surface for the duration of the program. The rail will be pushed out to the +10.5m after racing in the +5.5m on Saturday, so we expect the…

What Mornington Races Where Mornington Racecourse – 320 Racecourse Rd, Mornington VIC 3931 When Saturday, April 22, 2023 First Race 12:15pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes It is Mornington Cup Day on Saturday afternoon as metropolitan racing in Victoria heads down the Peninsula for a competitive nine-race program. The Listed Mornington Cup headlines proceedings, while the Listed Hareeba Stakes has attracted a strong field of sprinters. Perfect weather is set to greet punters and competitors, so we expect to be racing on a Good 4, and the rail sticks in the true…

What Ascot Races Where Ascot Racecourse – 71 Grandstand Rd, Ascot WA 6104 When Saturday, April 22, 2023 First Race 11:49am AWST Visit Ladbrokes The Western Australian Turf Club will host a competitive nine-race card this Saturday afternoon, highlighted by the Listed Sheila Gwynne Classic for fillies and mares. With warm weather and no rain on the forecast for Friday and Saturday, we expect to be racing on a perfect Good 4 surface. The rail will go out to the +5m position for the entire circuit, with racing set to…

What Auraria Stakes Day 2023 Where Morphettville Racecourse – 79 Morphett Rd, Morphettville SA 5043 When Saturday, April 15, 2023 First Race 11:32am ACDT Visit Ladbrokes Racing returns to Morphettville on Saturday afternoon with the Adelaide Autumn Carnival quickly approaching. We have three Listed races and the Group 3 RN Irwin Stakes to sink our teeth into, with eight of the 10 races on the Parks tracks and two of the black-type events held on the course proper. Despite the track coming up a Soft 5, we expect to be…

Pierre Ng has impressed through his debut season. Pierre Ng will chase a notable piece of history when Duke Wai lines up in the HK$20 million Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) at Sha Tin. The son of former trainer Peter Ng, Pierre is looking to etch his name on the race’s honour roll which features five wins to his father from two horses, Mystic (1985 & 1986) and Quicken Away (1989-1991), with the latter’s trio of wins a record in the race. “Quicken Away was a special horse, he…

Platinum Invador winning the Group 2 Auckland Cup (3200m).. Photo: Kirstin Ledington It’s like comparing chalk and cheese but Manawatu trainer Lisa Latta is hoping Platinum Invador can emulate her former Group 3 Canterbury Gold Cup (2000m) winner Authentic Paddy in Saturday’s feature at Riccarton. Authentic Paddy was a big, imposing frontrunner who dominated his rivals from the outset to score a narrow but deserved win in the 2016 event on his way to winning a Group 1 Zabeel Classic (2000m) before his retirement. Seven-year-old Redwood gelding Platinum Invador comes…

Jade Hampson steers The Maggstar (right) to a dead-heat with Mothereens at Sandown. She may have dead-hated for first, but to have success in her first race in Melbourne on Wednesday was justifiably a thrill for Darwin apprentice Jade Hampson. The 19-year-old was representing the Northern Territory in Heat 6 of the National Apprentice Race Series and headed to Victoria after a winning treble at Alice Springs on Monday. Two races were scheduled on the Sandown Hillside course where apprentices from each state – except for NSW – picked up…

Barend Vorster steers Savatoxl to victory in The Goodwood at Morphettville in 2021. (Picture: Atkins Photography) Savatoxl, arguably the best horse to emanate from the Northern Territory, makes his long-awaited return to Alice Springs on Saturday. The son of Kuroshio, winner of The Goodwood (1200m) at Group 1 level at Morphettville in May 2021, will line up in the third race – a 1200m weight-for-age event – at Pioneer Park on Day 3 of the Cup Carnival. Red Centre trainer Will Savage, who is also a part-owner of the seven-year-old…

Golden Boom is ready to return to the winner’s circle at Doomben this Saturday. (Picture: RaceQ Facebook) Closing the card at Doomben this Saturday is the Mick Dittman Plate over 1110m, which is always a competitive contest that draws a strong field. End Assembly returns to the track for the Currie stable after an 18-week spell and will be looking to keep his unbeaten record intact. The gelding has won three from three, including his last start in Listed company at Eagle Farm. “He is a really nice horse, obviously…