Month: February 2024

Les Bridge’s Celestial Legend delivered a powerful late surge to claim a stylish victory in the 2024 Hobartville Stakes at Rosehill Gardens. 2024 Hobartville Stakes winner Celestial Legend could be Group 1 Randwick Guineas bound. Photo: Steve Hart. The Dundeel colt, improving on his fifth-place finish at Randwick, showcased his potential in the $400,000 Group 2 race. With jockey Kerrin McEvoy timing his run perfectly, Celestial Legend ($8.50) surged to the lead with 150m remaining, securing a commanding 1.89-length victory. Bridge expressed his high regard for Celestial Legend, comparing him…

Clinton McDonald‘s airborne filly Hayasugi defied her underdog status to etch her name in racing history, becoming only the second filly ever to sweep the Blue Diamond series and capture the prestigious Group 1 $2 million Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) after her lead-up wins in the fillies’ Preview and Prelude races. 2024 Blue Diamond Stakes winner Hayasugi was too good taking out the rare series’ treble. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos. Hayasugi’s victory echoed the feat of Midnight Fever in 1987, solidifying her place among racing’s elite. Dismissed by many at…

Revolutionary Miss ridden by Michael Dee wins the Catanach’s Jewellers Mannerism Stakes at Caulfield Racecourse on February 24, 2024 in Caulfield, Australia. (Photo by Reg Ryan/Racing Photos) Revolutionary Miss (+500) has continued her resurgence this campaign chalking up her fourth win of the preparation in the Group 3 Mannerism Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday afternoon. Michael Dee elected to take all luck out of the equation from stall eight on Saturday, gliding forward to sit outside the leader throughout the 1400m contest. It turned out to be a winning…

Romantic Warrior fends off Luxembourg to claim Group 1 Hong Kong Cup. Setting the scene for the first showdown between the two most recent winners of the Hong Kong Derby (2000m), James McDonald concedes Voyage Bubble represents a serious challenge for Hong Kong’s ruling middle-distance champion Romantic Warrior in the Group 1 Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. In the unique position of having ridden Sunday’s two leading combatants to Group 1 victory at their most recent starts, McDonald has telling faith in Romantic Warrior as…

Savaglee bolts past Poetic Champion to claim the Group 3 Matamata Slipper (1200m) at Matamata on Saturday. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) A fruitless summer saw Savaglee slip under the radar in this season’s two-year-old crop, but that all changed with a brilliant upset victory in Saturday’s Group 3 Matamata Slipper (1200m) on his home track. The blue-blooded colt is by Savabeel out of Glee, who is a full-sister to the dam of Orchestral and a three-quarter-sister to the dam of Daffodil. Savaglee was bought by The Oaks Stud for…

Queman ridden by Harry Coffey wins the Sportsbet Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield Racecourse on February 24, 2024 in Caulfield, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Racing Photos) Queman (+1600) produced a late burst to secure victory in the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday afternoon, giving Shane & Cassie Oxlade their first Group 1 success as a training partnership. The Adelaide based galloper has continued to improve throughout the preparation, with this being his fourth win at start five of the campaign, slowly creeping through the grades to culminate…

Ashvin Goindasamy drives Saint Alice to victory in the Listed Kaimai Stakes (2000m) at Matamata. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Underrated mare Saint Alice added valuable winning black type to her blossoming career record when she took out the Listed Kaimai Stakes (2000m) in a blanket finish. The Peter and Dawn Williams-prepared six-year-old looks to have come of age in her current campaign with a win at Tauranga over 1600m two starts back followed by a gritty run for third in the Group 3 Taranaki Cup (1800m) earlier in the…

What Ballarat Races Where Ballarat Turf Club – 240 Kennedys Rd, Miners Rest VIC 3352 When Sunday, February 25, 2023 First Race 1:30pm AEDT Visit Dabble Ballarat Turf Club is the venue for one of the two meetings in Victoria on Sunday afternoon, and with a competitive eight-race meeting awaiting, hopefully a winner or two can be found. With a perfect summer day forecast, the track should remain a Good 4, and with the rail out 1m from the 400m to the winning post, a perfect track awaits. Action from…

What Pinjarra Classic Day Where Pinjarra Park – Racecourse Rd, Pinjarra WA 6208 When Sunday, February 25, 2024 First Race 12:56pm AWST Visit Dabble The Listed Pinjarra Classic will headline the 10-race program at Pinjarra Park this Sunday afternoon. With warm weather forecast across the weekend, we expect the track will remain in the Good range from the start to the end of the meeting. The rail will go back into the True position, with the opening race scheduled to jump at 12:56pm AWST. Pinjarra Classic Tip: Red Fifty Three…

Captured By Love strides clear in the Group 2 Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) under Opie Bosson. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) All roads now lead to the Group 1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) for Captured By Love, after the talented juvenile maintained her unbeaten status in the Group 2 Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (1200m). Local powerhouse stable Te Akau Racing have been victorious in the last two editions of the Breeders’ with Zourion (2023) and Maven Belle (2022) and headed to Matamata on Saturday with a top chance of scoring a three-peat.…