Month: September 2024

Traffic Warden claims Run To The Rose

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Traffic Warden winning the Group 2 Run To The Rose. Photo: bradleyphotos.com.au Godolphin has continued their excellent record in the Group 2 Run To The Rose (1200m) at Rosehill on Saturday afternoon, with Traffic Warden ($9.00) making it a hat-trick of wins across the last three editions of the three-year-old feature. Following in the footsteps of Cylinder (2023) and In Secret (2022), Traffic Warden was wound up and ready to go on the back of an impressive piece of work at Hawkesbury on August 26, and although the son of…

Sunshine Coast racing preview & best bets | Sunday, September 15

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What Sunshine Coast races Where Sunshine Coast Turf Club – 170 Pierce Ave, Caloundra QLD 4551 When Sunday, September 15, 2024 First Race 1:10pm AEST Visit Dabble Sunshine Coast Turf Club will host a competitive eight-race card this Sunday afternoon. The track was a Soft 6 at the time of acceptances, and it is expected to remain in that range throughout the meeting. The rail will be in its true position, while the Sunshine Coast races are set to start at 1:10pm AEST. Best Bet at Sunshine Coast: Colleagues Colleagues…

Grinzinger Belle causes boilover in Lets Elope Stakes

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Grinzinger Belle ridden by Damian Lane wins the Let’s Elope Stakes at Flemington. (Photo by Pat Scala/Racing Photos) Damian Lane and Danny O’Brien have combined with consistent fresh performer Grinzinger Belle ($15), who caused a boilover in the Group 3 Let’s Elope Stakes at Flemington. The daughter of Shamexpress recorded a victory when first-up in the Group 3 Vanity Stakes at the same track and trip last preparation, and she has replicated that result with a strong front-running performance on Saturday afternoon. Lane took his four-year-old mare straight to the…

Lady Shenandoah breaks maiden in Ming Dynasty Quality

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Lady Shehandoah winning the Group 3 Ming Dynasty Quality. Photo: bradleyphotos.com.au First-up after a 112-day spell and a trip to Queensland, the Chris Waller-trained Lady Shenandoah ($5.00) has stormed over the top to break her maiden status in stylish fashion, claiming the Group 3 Ming Dynasty Quality (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday afternoon. It turned out to be a masterstroke by Sydney’s leading trainer, with the three-year-old filly only needing one barrier trial leading into Saturday, proving far too classy for her rivals despite giving fitness to the well-supported favourite…

Bathurst races free betting preview & tips | September 15, 2024

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What Bathurst Cup Day Where Bathurst Thoroughbred Racing – 55 Eleven Mile Dr, Bathurst NSW 2795 When Sunday, September 15, 2024 First Race 1pm AEST Visit Dabble Country racing heads to Bathurst on Sunday afternoon, with a competitive eight-race program set for decision. The $50,000 Bathurst Cup (1800m) headlines the action, with Big Dance eligibility up for grabs. The rail sits in the true position the entire circuit, and with warm spring conditions forecast throughout the weekend, participants should be racing on a genuine Good 4 surface. The opening event…

Firestorm shines on four-year-old debut

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New Zealand import Firestorm (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) made a perfect start to her four-year-old season with a strong-finishing success in Saturday’s A$160,000 NSW Thoroughbred Breeders Handicap (1500m) at Rosehill. The Benchmark 78 event was the third win of a 14-race career for Firestorm, who had previously shown promise in feature age-group company on both sides of the Tasman. The daughter of Satono Aladdin began her career in the Cambridge stable of Paul Mirabelli, for whom she won on debut in January of 2023 before running sixth in the Gr.3 Taranaki…

Pike and Cartwright combine for another three-year-old feature

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A hard-fought victory by Raziah (NZ) (Niagara0 in Saturday’s Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Canterbury Belle Stakes (1200m) at Riccarton Park provided trainer Tony Pike and jockey Matt Cartwright with a second feature three-year-old success within the space of a week. Pike and Cartwright teamed up seven days earlier at Hastings to take out the Listed El Roca-Sir Colin Meads Trophy (1200m) with all-the-way winner Poetic Champion (NZ) (Super Seth). Saturday’s Canterbury Belle brought a different style of win by Raziah, but it was a similar story of impressive development between…

Flaneur provides Keegan with New Plymouth celebration

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Trainer Pat Keegan was a happy man after pulling the right rein with his gritty gelding Flaneur (NZ) (Highly Recommended) at New Plymouth on Saturday. Keegan, who prepares the five-year-old son of Highly Recommended as one of his three-strong team at Hawera, had pretty much convinced himself to scratch his charge with rain pouring down before the first event on the card making the track extremely heavy for racing. Having second-guessed himself in the past he took the plunge and left the horse in the race, which proved a masterstroke…

Australian stakes success for Fortuna filly

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Bellatrix Star (Star Witness) was among the leading two-year-old fillies in New Zealand last season, and she showed in Saturday’s A$175,000 Listed Cap D’Antibes Stakes (1100m) at Flemington that she has the class to compete on Melbourne’s spring carnival stage. The Cap D’Antibes Stakes was only the second Victorian start for Bellatrix Star, who had kicked off with a late-finishing fifth in the Gr.3 Quezette Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on August 17. As a two-year-old, she won on debut at Wanganui and later added the Gr.2 Eclipse Stakes (1200m) at…

Jon Ol Rocco back in winning groove

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Local trainer Andrew Carston was both relieved and excited for the rest of the spring after Jon Ol Rocco (NZ) (Time Test) returned to winning form in Saturday’s Martin Collins New Zealand Cup Trial (1800m) at Riccarton Park. The Time Test gelding was one of the brightest prospects in the South Island around this time last year, winning three of his first six starts last season including a dead-heat for first in the Timaru Cup (1600m) in December. Carston took a shot at big money in the North Island in…