Month: February 2024

What Sha Tin Races Where Sha Tin Racecourse – Tai Po Rd, Sha Tin District, Hong Kong When Sunday, February 18, 2024 First Race 1pm HKT (4pm AEDT) Visit Dabble Hong Kong racing heads back to Sha Tin on Sunday afternoon for a massive 10-race program. The rail moves out to the C+3 position, and with pristine conditions forecast across the weekend, the track should be rated a genuine Good 4. The opening race is scheduled to get underway at 1pm local time. Best Bet: Global Harmony After failing to…

The punters have spoken, placing Fangirl firmly at the forefront of the Apollo Stakes 2024 at Randwick this Saturday. Multiple Group 1 winning mare Fangirl is the one to beat first-up in the 2024 Apollo Stakes field at Randwick this weekend. Photo: Steve Hart. The five-year-old Sebring mare, trained by the masterful Chris Waller, enters the Group 2 $300,000 Apollo Stakes (1400m) race as the short-priced favourite at $2.25 and firming through Ladbrokes. Fresh off a well-deserved break, Fangirl seeks to build upon her promising record last season, which included…

Comeback galloper Titled strides clear to claim the City of New Plymouth Cup (1800m) on Friday. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) The tireless efforts of co-trainer and part-owner Hollie Wynyard were rewarded at New Plymouth on Friday when comeback galloper Titled took out the City of New Plymouth Cup (1800m). The well-bred son of Exceed and Excel was a $500,000 yearling purchase at Karaka in 2020, and he showed early signs of living up to his pedigree and purchase price with black-type placings as a two and three-year-old.…

What Sale Races Where Sale Turf Club – 1227 Maffra-Sale Rd, Sale VIC 3850 When Sunday, February 18, 2024 First Race 1:20pm AEDT Visit Dabble The Sale Turf Club is set to host a quick-fire meeting on Sunday afternoon with seven races on the card. A perfect summer’s day is forecast, the track is rated a Good 4, and the rail is out 4m for the entire circuit. The action is set to commence at 1:20pm AEDT. Best Bet at Sale: Fioreen Fioreen was a touch unlucky not to win…

No Rain Ever will represent Bill Thurlow in Saturday’s Listed Uncle Remus Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) Bill Thurlow has enjoyed some of his greatest successes at Ellerslie and will return to the Auckland track on Saturday with a promising filly on the rise in No Rain Ever. Thurlow tasted success on the Avondale Cup card when claiming the feature event with special mare Glory Days in 2019, before she went on to claim the Group 1 Auckland Cup (3200m). Aiming for another Ellerslie…

Pep Torque will contest the Wairoa Cup (2100m) on Sunday at Hastings. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) Now 10 years old and with 90 starts under his belt across seven seasons of racing, the remarkable Pep Torque is showing no signs of slowing down. The Nadeem gelding will shoot for the 11th win of his career when he contests Sunday’s Wairoa Cup (2100m) at Hastings. This will be the second Wairoa Cup start for Pep Torque, who ran third behind He No Opilio and Felaar in the 2021…

Trust In You will contest Saturday’s Group 2 Avondale Cup (2400m) at Ellerslie. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) An emerging star of New Zealand’s staying ranks has returned from a short summer break and will shoot for a pair of Group 2 prizes at Ellerslie over the coming weeks. Trust In You began the season with one win to his name from 14 starts and a rating of 62. His rapid rise since then has earned him a position among the favourites for Saturday’s Group 2 Avondale Cup (2400m), along…

Alice Springs trainer Carrol Hunter with her late partner Ken Rogerson, who enjoyed a highly successful training career in New Zealand, Victoria and the NT. After celebrating the life of her late partner Ken Rogerson on Wednesday night, Alice Springs trainer Carrol Hunter is hoping for success at Pioneer Park on Saturday. Desert Lass, a seven-year-old mare, lines up in the Alice Springs Turf Club’s feature race – an open handicap over 1200m – which features last year’s Pioneer Sprint winner, Supreme Attraction. The daughter of Rock Hero, who has…

What Alice Springs Races Where Pioneer Park Racecourse – Stuart Highway, Connellan NT 0870 When Saturday, February 17, 2024 First Race 1:37pm ACST Visit Dabble There will be 53 horses on deck for the six-race meeting at Alice Springs this Saturday, with last year’s Pioneer Sprint winner, Supreme Attraction, lining up in an open handicap over 1200m. Up to 16mm of rain fell in the Red Centre earlier in the week, with hot and sunny conditions predicted for the rest of the week. The rail will be in the true…

The mighty Imperatriz returns to Flemington on Saturday, aiming to extend her dominance and claim her ninth Group 1 victory in the prestigious Black Caviar Lightning 2024. Imperatriz is the one to beat again first-up in Flemington’s 2024 Black Caviar Lightning field. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos. The Kiwi superstar heads a field of eight in the $1 million sprint, with Ladbrokes placing her firmly as the odds-on favorite at $1.90. Fresh from an impressive spring campaign where she conquered Melbourne with four consecutive wins, including Group 1 triumphs in the…