Author: Editor BOAY

Wheel And Go is clearly the fastest qualifier for Thursday night’s Group 3 Carnival Chase (600m) at Albion Park; however the move from box one to five has dented trainer Tim Britton’s confidence. After being beaten favourite in a G1 Sandown Cup heat, Wheel And Go dropped back in distance for the Carnival Chase heats, where he made an impressive Brisbane debut, enhancing his imposing record from box one. Wheel And Go started $3 favourite in the first of four heats and utilised his inside draw in a dominant all-the-way…

If Photo Man can make a triumphant return to The Meadows on Saturday night, it would be almost as satisfying – and every bit as emotional – for Gavin Clifton as his Group 1 Topgun victory last November. Clifton says it’s a miracle – worthy of a movie script – that Photo Man is racing at all after the once-in-a-lifetime sprinter was struck down by a mystery illness. “He’s lucky to be here,” said Clifton, who owns and trains Photo Man in partnership with cousin David McKenzie. “When I was…

Boom youngster Alpha Zulu will lead an imposing – in both quality and quantity – Victorian contingent into Thursday night’s heats of the Group 2 Flying Amy Classic (520m) at Albion Park. A total of 15 Vics will contest the seven Flying Amy heats, the final of which is worth $150,000 to-the-winner, while 12 Victorian middle distance performers have also ventured north for the G3 Carnival Chase heats (600m). Alpha Zulu is trained by Jason Thompson, who’s certainly no stranger to feature race success in Queensland, having won the G1…

“Cloudy with a chance of Meatball” is the weather report for Sandown Park on Thursday night. Apologies for the ‘dad joke’, but Meatball Molly (Box 4) is a serious chance in the $15,250 GOTBA Karen Leek Memorial (515m) – Race 4, 7.07pm. Meatball Molly is named after English mixed martial artist Molly McCann who, in her early years as an MMA fighter in the UFC, earned the nickname “Meatball Molly” supporting herself by working at Subway. Meatball Molly – the canine version – may ‘eat fresh’, but it’s debatable a six-inch…

Still over the (Alfie) ‘Moon’ after celebrating her first official Group victory on Sandown Cup night, Jess Hopkins is set to maintain the rage in Thursday night’s $15,250 Judy Hayley Memorial (515m). Hopkins will return to Sandown Park with two finalists in the 12th staging of the Judy Hayley Memorial (race 3, 6.48pm), run in honour of the 2001 Melbourne Cup-winning trainer, who sadly passed away in 2012. Riding the crest of a feature race wave, Junction Village-based Hopkins boasts the class runner in the $10,000 to-the-winner feature, which is…

Coursing ‘new kid on the block’ Rock Me Rocco reigned supreme over 2022 Waterloo Cup ‘king’ He’s No Slouch in the $1265 to-the-winner Western Saws Cup at Lang Lang on Sunday. Trained by Donna Dean at nearby Nyora – around 10 minutes from ‘McDonalds Track’ – Rock Me Rocco signalled he could be a major player in the 150th Waterloo Cup in August. Rock Me Rocco (Oct ’20 Barcia Bale x Dora’s Hand) was contesting only his third coursing event, having won the Elgas Maiden Dog – also at Lang…