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What W.A.T.C. Derby Day Where Ascot Racecourse – 71 Grandstand Rd, Ascot WA 6104 When Saturday, April 19, 2025 First Race 11:54am AWST Visit Dabble The Group 2 W.A.T.C. Derby will headline the nine-race card at Ascot this Saturday afternoon, where the opening event is scheduled to jump at 11:54am AEST. The track is expected to remain in the Good 4 range with no rain and perfect weather forecast in the lead-up to the meeting. The rail will move back into its true position for the entire circuit. W.A.T.C. Derby…

What All-Aged Stakes Day 2025 Where Royal Randwick Racecourse When Saturday, April 19, 2025 First Race 11:25am AEST Visit Dabble The Sydney autumn carnival comes to a close at Royal Randwick Racecourse on Saturday afternoon, with the Group 1 All-Aged Stakes (1400m) headlining the action on a stacked 10-part program. The rail moves out +6m from the 1000m marker to winning post, while the remainder is out +5m. Drying conditions leading into the weekend should allow the surface to be upgraded into the Good range prior to the opening event…

What Eagle Farm Races Where Eagle Farm Racecourse – 230 Lancaster Rd, Ascot QLD 4007 When Saturday, April 19, 2025 First Race 10:59am AEST Visit Dabble The Listed Daybreak Lover and Ascot Handicap will headline the 10-race card at Eagle Farm on Saturday afternoon. The track was rated as a Soft 6 at the time of acceptances, but with warm weather forecast in the coming days, it is expected that the track will firm into the Good range by raceday. The rail will be in the +3m position for the…

Giga Kick. (Photo: George Sal – Racing Photos) Dual Group 1-winning sprinter Giga Kick will launch his autumn campaign in The Goodwood (1200m) at Morphettville on May 10, bypassing a return trip to Queensland for the Doomben 10,000. The five-year-old, owned by Jonathan Munz’s Pinecliff Racing, impressed in a 1000-metre jump-out at Balnarring on Wednesday, clocking a slick 59.03s. That performance sealed the decision to head south instead. “We spoke to Jonathan, and it’s too tempting with the minimum weight, so rather than go to the Doomben 10,000, he’s going…

Waltham. (Photo: Bradleyphotos.com.au) Trainer Matthew Smith has the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) in mind for Waltham following the import’s eye-catching second in last Saturday’s Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m). Sent out at $51, the gelding stormed home under Reece Jones to finish three lengths off Arapaho, and Smith believes the result could have been even closer with a cleaner run. “He got chopped out in the last 300 metres. It might have been interesting if he didn’t,” Smith told Racing.com. “That should nearly get him qualified for the Melbourne…

What Mornington Cup Day 2025 Where Mornington Racecourse – 320 Racecourse Rd, Mornington VIC 3931 When Saturday, April 19, 2025 First Race 11:50am AEST Visit Dabble Feature racing in Victoria heads to Mornington Racecourse on Saturday afternoon for a stacked 10-race card commencing at 11:50am AEST. The Listed Mornington Cup (2400m) headlines the program, with the winner set to receive ballot exemption for the 2025 Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m). Mostly clear skies are forecast for race day, with the slight chance of a shower in the second half of…

Kiwi Skyhawk will contest the Gr.3 Trelawney Stud Championship Stakes (2100m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. (Photo: Peter Rubery – Race Images Palmerston North) Stephen Marsh will have numbers on his side on Saturday when he looks to build on his personal best tally of black type winners in a season. The Cambridge trainer has 14 stakes victories to his credit, two behind the Te Akau duo of Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson, and he will be heavy handed in two of the feature contests at Ellerslie. Marsh has Kiwi Skyhawk,…

You Say D’Orsay is among the key contenders for Saturday’s Gr.3 Manco Easter Handicap (1600m) at Ellerslie. (Photo: Kenton Wright – Race Images) Cambridge trainer Chris Wood will head north to Ellerslie on Saturday with a trio of runners, headlined by his in-form gelding You Say D’Orsay, who will be aiming to secure an early easter treat in the Group 3 Easter Handicap (1600m). The four-year-old son of Under The Louvre just went down by a head to Saturday race-rival Sacred Satono over 1300m at Ellerslie a fortnight ago, and…

Chantilly Lace will be one of three runners for Chrissy Bambry at Ellerslie on Saturday. (Photo: Peter Rubery – Race Images Palmerston North) Dubai’s Potiki has inherited all the better qualities of his talented dam and Chrissy Bambry hopes he can follow in her Group Three-winning footsteps at Ellerslie on Saturday. He is the youngest and final foal out of Dubai Belle, a winner of the Group 3 Metric Mile (1600m) in the care of Bambry’s father Tony. The mare passed away only days after Dubai’s Potiki was born, and…

Grail Seeker will have her first Australian test in Saturday’s $1.5 million Group 1 All Aged Stakes (1400m) at Randwick. (Photo: Peter Rubery – Race Images Palmerston North) Grail Seeker has added two Group One victories to her record this season, and she will attempt to make it a third when she heads to Randwick on Saturday to tackle the All Aged Stakes (1400m). The lightly-raced mare has just had three runs this season, winning the Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings last September before doubling up in the…