Walker tests a Derby bid with Truth Or Dare

Mark Walker has Victoria Derby aspirations for Truth Or Dare (NZ) (Vanbrugh) who lines up in the Super Impose Stakes at Flemington. Truth Or Dare will show his trainer whether he is a Victoria Derby proposition when the lightly raced galloper heads to Flemington for a suitable lead up assignment.  The Mark Walker-trained galloper heads to the Listed Super Impose Stakes (1800m) on Saturday with the gelding’s performance to tell the trainer whether or not to press on to the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington on November 2.  The Super Impose Stakes has been a good…

Bott on a Epsom mission with a Royal and a Major

Adrian Bott will saddle up two genuine chances in his bid for a first Epsom Handicap win.Gai Waterhouse shares the Epsom Handicap training record of seven wins with her legendary father Tommy Smith, but her training partner Adrian Bott is yet to taste victory in the feature Randwick mile. The pair will have two runners in Saturday’s renewal, favourite Royal Patronage and the rejuvenated Major Beel (NZ) (Savabeel), with Bott hoping one of them can elevate his name onto the Epsom Handicap (1600m) honour roll. “Gai has obviously got a brilliant record in this race. I’m yet to get…

Darwin Saturday races free betting preview & quaddie | 5/10/24

What Darwin Races Where Fannie Bay Racecourse – Dick Ward Dr, Fannie Bay NT 0820 When Saturday, October 5, 2024 First Race 2:12pm ACST Visit Dabble A total of 55 horses have accepted for the six-event meeting at Darwin on Saturday. It will be mostly sunny on Saturday with a possible shower and a top temperature of 35C. The rail will be in the true position, and Fannie Bay will be a good dirt surface for the meeting commencing at 2:12pm local time. BEST BET: Extreme Emotion Extreme Emotion is…

Leech returns after serving six-month suspension

Long-time NT trainer Dick Leech returns to action at Fannie Bay in Darwin on Saturday after serving a six-month suspension. After serving a six-month suspension, NT trainer Dick Leech makes his return on Saturday during the Darwin meeting at Fannie Bay. Leech was suspended for 12 months by Thoroughbred Racing NT stewards in March when found guilty of injecting Envenomate before the gelding was due to race at Fannie Bay in February. Stewards noticed that Envenomate had a swollen haematoma on the near side jugular vein and after a veterinarian…