Month: August 2024

What Goulburn Races Where Goulburn Race Club – Racecourse Dr, Goulburn NSW 2580 When Sunday, August 25, 2024 First Race 12:30pm AEST Visit Dabble The $200,000 Goulburn Cup (1400m) headlines the action on Sunday afternoon, with a terrific eight-race program set for decision. The rail is in the true position the entire way around, and with nothing but sunny skies predicted in the lead-up, punters can expect a pristine Good 4 surface for race-day. The opening event at Goulburn Race Club is scheduled to get underway at 12:30pm local time.…

Evaporate wins stylishly in the Artalia Handicap at Moonee Valley. Photo: Bruno Cannatelli New Zealand-bred gelding Evaporate kept his unbeaten three-year-old record intact in style in Saturday’s A$150,000 Airitalia Handicap (1523m) at Moonee Valley. The son of Per Incanto has always been held in high regard by trainers Ben, Will and JD Hayes, who threw him in at the deep end for his raceday debut in the Group 3 Chairman’s Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield in February. He finished fourth in that event, followed by a second at Ballarat, an eighth…

Medatsu with his second successive victory in Saturday’s Andrew Wisemantel Handicap (1600m) at Randwick. Photo: Bruno Cannatelli Chris Waller is looking forward to stepping Medatsu up in distance after the emerging four-year-old collected his second successive victory in Saturday’s A$160,000 Andrew Wisemantel Handicap (1600m) at Randwick. The New Zealand-bred son of Staphanos began his career in the Cambridge stable of Clinton Isdale, for whom he placed in three of his four starts including the Listed Ryder Stakes (1200m) as a late-season juvenile. Medatsu was a first-up winner for Waller at…

Joliestar winning the 2023 Thousand Guineas. (Photo by Pat Scala/Racing Photos) Joliestar may have punched her ticket into The Everest after she demolished her rivals in the Group 3 Show County Quality first-up at Randwick on Saturday. The Chris Waller-trained mare was well-backed in the lead-up to her fresh run, following two impressive trials, which saw her jump as the +150 favourite with online bookmakers. The daughter of Zoustar was given a top ride by James McDonald, as she settled midfield off the fence and was kept out of trouble…

Silver Shadow Stakes winner Ameena. (Photo by George Sal/Racing Photos) The Anthony & Sam Freedman-trained Ameena ($4.80) has come with a withering burst to claim the Group 2 Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m) in a grandstand finish at Randwick on Saturday afternoon. The daughter of Tassort put the writing on the wall last preparation, contesting some of the best two-year-old races across the nation, including a luckless effort in the Group 2 Percy Sykes Stakes (1200m) before being tipped out for a spell. She returned on the back of two strong…

Top mare Bonny Lass returns in winning fashion taking out Saturday’s Group 2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m) at Te Rapa. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Previously a stakes winner at the ages of two, three, four and five, Bonny Lass kicked off her six-year-old season on a perfect note when she defeated a star-studded field in Saturday’s Group 2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m) at Te Rapa. The high-class daughter of Super Easy has taken her connections on a special ride over the last few seasons, beginning with a victory in the Group…

Eliyass winning the Group 3 2024 Premier’s Cup. Photo: RacingNSW Eliyass (+120) has returned to the racetrack with a tough win in the Group 3 Premier’s Cup for the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott yard, holding off the fast-finishing Touristic (+550) in the final stages of the race. Tim Clark settled the race favourite in the box seat behind the leaders, Canberra Legend (+850) and Cleveland (+800), but once the field hit the home turn, Clark extricated off the fence to make his run. It took the son of Le…