Year: 2025

Daniel Nakhle with his Group 3 King’s Plate (1200m) contender Crocetti. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Slot holder Daniel Nakhle has a key chance for the locals in Saturday’s $3.5 million NZB Kiwi (1500m), but his focus will also lie much earlier on the card on Champions Day, with his star sprinter Crocetti contesting the Group 3 King’s Plate (1200m). The Auckland businessman is the breeder-owner of Zacinto gelding, the Group 1-winning three-year-old who earned his stripes at four with an emphatic last-gasp victory over Alabama Lass in the Group…

Odds Bookmakers News Field Past Winners Wenona Girl Quality Group Three Betting Guide Date: Saturday, March 8, 2025 Location: Randwick Racecourse – Sydney, New South Wales Prize Money: $250,000 Distance: 1200m The Wenona Girl Quality is a Group 3 race for mares aged four and older, run over 1200m under quality handicap conditions at Randwick. Introduced in 2006, the Wenona Girl Quality was upgraded from Listed to Group 3 status in 2014. The race is named after champion mare Wenona Girl, a Hall of Fame inductee who won 27 races…

Sethito will be one of Wexford’s four runners in Saturday’s $3.5 million The NZB Kiwi (1500m) at Ellerslie. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Wexford Stables’ long-held plan for an all-out assault on The NZB Kiwi (1500m) at Ellerslie has come to fruition, with a quartet of in-form contenders to do battle on Saturday. Trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott will be represented by Checkmate, Sought After, Sethito and Hankee Alpha in the inaugural running of the $3.5 million Champions’ Day feature. “It’s certainly been a massive team effort and at…

Pep Torque will return to the races at New Plymouth in Saturday’s The Multi Ethnic – Africa (1600m). Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) Evergreen galloper Pep Torque will return to the races after more than a year off the scene at New Plymouth on Saturday. An 11-year-old by Nadeem, Pep Torque has been an incredibly consistent campaigner for trainer and part-owner Kirsty Lawrence, collecting 10 wins and 24 minor placings, and accumulating more than $328,000 in stakes earnings. He earned a deserved stakes victory when winning the 2022…

Penman will carry Go Racing’s silks in Saturday’s $3.5 million The NZB Kiwi (1500m) at Ellerslie. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) New Zealand-based syndicator Go Racing are looking forward to a bumper day of racing on Saturday, where they will be represented in feature races on both sides of the Tasman. On Champions Day at Ellerslie, they have a leading prospect in the Group 2 Auckland Cup (3200m) courtesy of the Chris Waller-trained Tajanis, who has been in a purple patch of form in Sydney. The five-year-old son of Australia…

Odds Bookmakers News Field Past Winners Todman Stakes Group Two Betting Guide Date: Saturday, March 8, 2025 Location: Randwick Racecourse – Sydney, New South Wales Prize Money: $300,000 Distance: 1200m The Todman Stakes is a Group 2 race for two-year-old colts and geldings, run over 1200m under set weights at Royal Randwick. A key lead-up to the Group 1 Golden Slipper (1200m), the Todman Stakes winner gains ballot exemption to the juvenile feature two weeks later. First run as the Todman Slipper Trial in 1973, it was renamed the Todman…

What Magic Millions SA Raceday Where Murray Bridge Racing Club – 342 Brinkley Rd, Murray Bridge South, SA, 5253 When Saturday, March 8, 2025 First Race 12:13pm ACDT Visit Dabble The Magic Millions SA 2YO Classic and Magic Millions 3YO & 4YO Classic will headline the 10-race card at Murray Bridge on Saturday afternoon. Due to warm weather being forecast across the weekend, the track is expected to remain in the Good range after being rated as a Good 4 at acceptance time. The rail will be in the +3m…