Only one part of Skew Wiff’s build-up to the Gr.1 TAB Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham on Saturday has not gone to plan for trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson, and it is a factor beyond their control. The Trentham track was rated a Soft6 on Friday morning, with MetService predicting heavy rain and possible thunderstorms and hail overnight. Any remaining showers are forecast to ease on the morning of the race. “We couldn’t be any happier with the horse, but we’re just a bit worried about that weather forecast,” Walker…
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Wexford tackle Trentham features with small but select team
Wexford Stables are hoping their purple patch of form can continue at Trentham on Saturday where they will line-up three runners in two of the feature events on the card. Sassy Lass will start one of the best backed candidates in the Listed Lincoln Farms Marton Cup (2200m), while Waitak and Grail Seeker will tackle the Gr.1 TAB Telegraph (1200m). Sassy Lass has gone from strength-to-strength in a lengthy campaign that has resulted in four wins from 12 starts since March last year and she heads to Trentham off a…
Holymanz chases another Classic win
Holymanz (NZ) (Almanzor) has not won since last year’s Coastal Classic (1700m) and the Ciaron Maher stable is confident the race can again bring out the best in the gelding. The son of Almanzor will defend his title against six rivals in Saturday’s $300,000 event over the Geelong 1700-metre circuit. Despite not having won in 10 starts since his win under 53kg in the inaugural Coastal Classic, Holymanz is 60kg topweight for a race that does not have the depth of last year’s race. “He’s got to carry a bit of weight, but I think it’s pretty…
Unbeaten Cleo Cat set for toughest challenge yet at Geelong
Jordan Childs returns to the mounting yard on Cleo Cat after winning at Ballarat. (Photo by Reg Ryan/Racing Photos) Unbeaten mare Cleo Cat will aim to extend her winning streak to six when she steps into black-type company for the first time in the Listed Black Pearl Stakes (1200m) at Geelong on Saturday. Trained by Tom Dabernig, the four-year-old has earned her opportunity to tackle higher company following a determined victory against her own sex in Benchmark 78 grade at Ballarat on December 7. “We’re going to give her her…
Loch Eagle set for The Wave on the Gold Coast
Loch Eagle. Photo: Bradleyphotos.com.au Kris Lees is optimistic about Loch Eagle’s chances in the $500,000 The Wave (1800m) at the Gold Coast this Saturday, with the gelding starting as the race favourite with BlondeBet. The seven-time winner comes into the race on the back of a confidence-boosting victory over the same distance at Eagle Farm on December 14, marking his first win since claiming The Ingham (1600m) in December 2023. “He hadn’t won for 12 months, albeit he had been racing in pretty strong company, so he appreciated that drop…
Weather a concern ahead of Skew Wiff’s Group 1 Telegraph tilt
Skew Wiff will contest Saturday’s Group 1 Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) Only one part of Skew Wiff’s build-up to the Group 1 Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham on Saturday has not gone to plan for trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson, and it is a factor beyond their control. The Trentham track was rated a Soft 6 on Friday morning, with MetService predicting heavy rain and possible thunderstorms and hail overnight. Any remaining showers are forecast to ease on the morning of the race.…
Kiwi Dunderdale canters to maiden Malaysia trainers’ premiership
Expatriate New Zealander Simon Dunderdale has claimed his maiden Malaysian trainers’ premiership, celebrating his most successful year based in Kuala Lumpur. The well-travelled Dunderdale, who trained in Turkiye for a decade prior to relocating to the Selangor Turf Club in the Malaysia capital eight years ago, prepared 73 winners in 2024, 26 ahead of his nearest rival HY Cheng. Nick Selvan finished third with 42 winners at a time where the trainers’ line-up at Selangor has an influx of former Kranji-based trainers following the closure of racing in Singapore in…
Clarke’s handy sprinting quartet square off in Darwin
The Gary Clarke-trained Shakattak, with Jarrod Todd in the saddle, takes out the $40,000 Dabble Cup (1300m). Leading Darwin trainer Gary Clarke doesn’t necessarily enjoy seeing stablemates go head to head. With a condensed program during the wet season, which is basically the off-season in the Top End, there are occasions where he has no choice. That’s applicable on Saturday when Clarke’s Doc O’Connor, Patriotic King, Shakattak and Pharoah Magic clash in heat one of the Darwin Turf Club’s Summer Sprint Series over 1100m at BM76 level. All four horses…
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