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What Randwick Guineas Day 2025 Where Royal Randwick Racecourse When Saturday, March 8, 2025 First Race 12:20pm AEDT Visit Dabble Group 1 action returns to Royal Randwick on Saturday afternoon, with a bumper 10-race program set for decision. The three-year-olds take centre stage in the Group 1 Randwick Guineas (1600m), while the Group 1 Canterbury Stakes (1300m) has attracted a quality field of 12 set to do battle for the $750,000 prize. The rail moves out +3m the entire circuit for the meeting, and although the track is rated a…

What All-Star Mile Day 2025 Where Flemington Racecourse – Melbourne, Victoria When Saturday, March 1, 2025 First Race 12:05pm AEDT Visit Dabble The All-Star Mile (1600m) and Newmarket Handicap (1200m) headline one of Melbourne’s premier Group 1 racedays this Saturday at Flemington. Clear skies and a top of 32 degrees are forecast, and with the rail out 5m for the entire circuit, it will be pristine conditions both above and on the ground. The first of 10 races on All-Star Mile Day 2025 commences at 12:05pm AEDT. Race 1: Cirka…

Ryan Moore drives Beauty Alliance clear. Champion jockey Ryan Moore crowned a short-term Hong Kong riding stint in style at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, departing with a double which propelled John Size to the top of the 2024/25 trainers’ championship. Moore and Size combined with Golden Rise and Beauty Alliance, leaving Moore with four wins and five placings from 26 rides across a three-meeting cameo, while Size vaulted to the top of the trainers’ standings with 36 wins for the campaign – the same as David Hayes – but…

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…