Month: June 2024

Molly Bloom will contest the Group 1 Queensland Oaks (2200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Photo: Race Images South Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott believe their Group 1-winning filly Molly Bloom is in peak condition for one final flourish for their Matamata stable in Saturday’s Group 1 Queensland Oaks (2200m) at Eagle Farm. The daughter of Ace High has been an outstanding flagbearer this season for Wexford Stables, who bought her for $150,000 as a yearling at Karaka in 2022. Molly Bloom has turned that into more than $500,000 with…

Vague will be one of two runners for Leonard Stewart in Sunday’s Waimate Cup (1600m). Photo: Race Images South Veteran Timaru trainer Leonard Stewart is set to feature prominently at his local meeting on Sunday, with 11 runners entered across the nine-race programme at Phar Lap Raceway. Stewart, who will celebrate his 92nd birthday later this month, has just over 20 horses in work and almost half of them will race on Waimate Cup Day. That bumper contingent includes a two-pronged attack on the $30,000 Dunstan Horse Feeds Waimate Cup…

Malt Time will contest the Bream Bay Sprint (1400m) at Ruakaka on Saturday. Photo: Trish Dunell Multiple Group 1 placegetter Malt Time heads to New Zealand’s northernmost racecourse as the best-performed runner at Saturday’s Ruakaka meeting, and co-trainer Shaun Clotworthy sees no reason not to expect a performance matching her credentials in the Bream Bay Sprint (1400m). Malt Time has won four of her 27 career starts, headed by the Listed Legacy Lodge Sprint (1200m) at Te Rapa in November of 2022. The daughter of Adelaide has gone winless in…

Copartner Prance makes it four in a row. Marching relentlessly towards a seventh Hong Kong jockeys’ championship, Zac Purton hopes Copartner Prance can enhance an impressive season with a fifth consecutive victory when Francis Lui’s sprinter tackles the Class 2 Lung Mun Road Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin on Saturday (8 June). With only 10 meetings remaining in the 2023/24 season, Purton has speared to a 34-win lead – 111 to 77 – over nearest pursuer Karis Teetan, but the trainers’ championship is delicately poised with Pierre Ng (61) holding…

What Swan Hill Cup Day 2024 Where Swan Hill Jockey Club – 17 Gray St, Swan Hill VIC 3585 When Sunday, June 9, 2024 First Race 11:40am AEST Visit Dabble The Swan Hill Cup will headline the final day of the June Carnival, with a massive nine-race card set down for decision this Sunday afternoon. Although the Swan Hill track is rated as a Soft 5 on Friday, there is no rain forecast for the weekend, so it is expected that the meeting will take place on a Good surface.…

What Darwin Races Where Fannie Bay Racecourse – Dick Ward Dr, Fannie Bay NT 0820 When Saturday, June 8, 2024 First Race 1:54pm ACST Visit Dabble A total of 57 horses have accepted for Saturday’s six-event program at Fannie Bay, with the feature being a Benchmark 76 over 1100m for the speedy types who are eyeing the Palmerston Sprint during the Darwin Cup Carnival. With the dry season in full swing, and sunny conditions are forecasted for Saturday with a top temperature of 29C. The rail will be in the…