Month: June 2024

Imptee winning at Riccarton last Saturday. Photo: Race Images South Trainer Danny Crozier has lofty ambitions with Imptee next season following his debut win in the Bain McCall Memorial Two-Year-Old (1000m) at Riccarton on Saturday, however, overseas interest may curtail those plans. The son of Impending jumped well and was prominent throughout, showing his class in the concluding stages when running out a three-length victor over the Robbie Patterson-trained Read About, with a further 1.5 lengths back to Ten Shillings in third. Crozier was rapt to get the win, particularly…

What Hawkesbury Races Where Hawkesbury Race Club – 1 Racecourse Rd, Clarendon NSW 2756 When Tuesday, June 25, 2024 First Race 12:50pm AEST Visit Dabble Provincial racing in NSW heads to Hawkesbury on Tuesday afternoon, with a competitive seven-race program set for decision. The rail is out +5m between the 1100m to 450m markers, while the remainder is in the true position the rest of the way around. The track is rated a Heavy 8 at the time of acceptances; however, with the forecast suggesting a drying course in the…

Catherinenz winning at Riccarton Park on Saturday. Photo: Race Images South Robbie Patterson has one final box to tick in a phenomenal season for his Taranaki stable, and the win of Catherinenz at Riccarton Park on Saturday brought him within touching distance. Patterson surpassed a prior personal best of 20 wins by some margin last term, picking up 50 wins and just shy of $950,000 in stakes earnings. His goal last August was to reach the million-dollar mark while replicating the half-century, and with $2.1million recorded and 48 winners with…

Warmonger ridden by Blake Shinn takes out the Group 1 Queensland Derby at Eagle Farm. Photo: Darren Winningham Co-trainer Mick Price has already outlined a spring plan for Group 1 Queensland Derby (2400m) winner Warmonger, with the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) set as the gelding’s main target. Price mentioned that the OTI Racing-owned three-year-old would also be entered for the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m), although he expressed doubts about the horse’s readiness for the demanding 3200-metre race at this stage of his career. “I’m not sure he’s mature…

Mr Brightside winning the 2023 Group 1 Memsie Stakes. (Photo by Pat Scala/Racing Photos) Mr Brightside will not be pursuing a third consecutive win in the Group 2 PB Lawrence Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield in August. Co-trainer Ben Hayes mentioned that the rising seven-year-old gelding had returned to work after gaining 41 kilograms during his spell. He will start stepping up to even time in his work next week. “We’ll miss the Lawrence Stakes this year. We just wanted to give him some more time,” Hayes, who trains with his…

Foxy Frida has been retired. (Pat Scala/Racing Photos) Group 3 winner Foxy Frida has been retired. The daughter of Woodside Park stallion Foxwedge had a commendable career with 36 starts, securing ten wins, including her notable victory in last year’s Group 3 RS Lee Stakes (1600m). Her impressive record also features eight seconds and a third, amassing $1,448,095 in prize-money earnings. The six-year-old mare’s last race saw her finish second in the Magic Millions National Classic (1600m) at Eagle Farm on June 8. Trainer Andrew Noblet considered entering her in…

Jasmine Fawcett riding Casino Princess to victory in Saturday’s Listed Tauranga Classic (1400m). Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) While there may only be five weeks left in the current 2023/24 racing year, jockey Jasmine Fawcett wants to take every opportunity she can as she closes in on her goal of riding seventy winners for the season. Fawcett currently sits ninth on the National Jockey’s Premiership with 63 wins, seven more than she achieved last season which was her best since kicking off her career back in 2016. Her current tally…