Author: Editor BOAY

Premier Racing at The Meadows tonight features G3 Launching Pad finalist Dusty Bourbski aiming to win for the fourth time in his last five starts in a Grade 5 525m race. Group finalists Aston Lavinia and Torpedo Tears, plus Aratuza Bale, clash in a Mixed 4/5 600m race, while the consistent Daph’s Zac and G2 Horsham Cup runner-up Americano Miss headline a Mixed 3/4 525m event. Promising chasers Romina Bale and Set Me Free duel in a 525m Restricted Win race, while Fabriola Zero v Ms. Mighty Mouse v Fabriola…

‘Ultimate warrior’ Yozo Bale finally cracked a Group 2 Geelong Gold Cup (520m) tonight at his third attempt! One of six ‘local’ finalists in the $50,000 to-the-winner event, Yozo Bale ($5.10) – trained at Anakie by Correy Grenfell – stalked early leader Aston Merit ($5.00) throughout before finishing strongly to score by two and a half lengths in a slick 29.69sec – only three lengths off the track record. The heavily backed Substantial ($3.50F) was a further three-quarters of a length away third in completing a ‘Geelong region’ trifecta. Yozo…

Potential megastar Wow She’s Fast will headline a star-studded Victorian representation in Saturday night’s TAB Million Dollar Chase city qualifiers, being held at Wentworth Park in Sydney. Trained by Kel and Jackie Greenough, Wow She’s Fast continued the sensational start to her career at Sandown Park last Thursday night when brilliantly winning the Group 3 Launching Pad final in a blistering 28.93sec. Once again living up to the most optimistic of names, Wow She’s Fast became the fastest female ever at Sandown, with the $150,000 winner’s purse boosting her prizemoney…

The Western Festival of Racing continues tonight with fastest heat winner Kysaiah looking to claim his first Group-race success in the $50,000 to-the-winner G2 Geelong Gold Cup Final. Dual G2 country cup champion Yozo Bale, along with G3 Country Championship runner-up Aston Merit and recent G2 Shepparton Cup winner Substantial, are also big chances. G1 Australian Cup finalists Titan Blazer and Orlando clash in the $10,000 winner-take-all Gary Brett Memorial Match Race, while multiple G1 champions Gypsy Wyong and Jarick Bale headline the $6,300 to-the-winner Cup Night Distance. G1 Melbourne…

It seems only bad luck can prevent Robert Camilleri winning the rich Group 3 Nowra Puppy Classic (520m) for the second time in four years on Saturday afternoon, with odds-on favourite Rio Bhodi. Camilleri won the Classic with $17 outsider Zipping Leroy in 2019, and also finished a close third in last year’s final with Overflow Lisa, targeting the event due to partner Deb Coleman’s long association with Nowra, prior to relocating to Victoria. “It means a lot to Deb, because she worked at Nowra for twenty-odd years and her…

Premier Racing at Sandown Park this evening features G3 winner and Sandown Park 595-metre track record holder Collinda Patty in the Alf Goldburg OAM Memorial, but G1 finalist Fernando’s Quest and G1 placegetter Orca will both challenge strongly. Wigram Road, Jefferson County and Studley are lining up in a competitive $12,000 to-the-winner GOTBA Cup, while Subtle Art, Master Avenger, G3 finalist Hadouken and G1 placegetter Carry On Angel are contesting the ANZAC Appeal Cup. The promising Who Told Shorty v G3 finalist Rapaki Rocks, G3 winner Love The City v…

Champion ‘old stager’ Yozo Bale is having an incredible third consecutive crack at the $74,800 Group 2 Geelong Gold Cup final (520m) – Race 8, 9.27pm – on Friday night. The ‘country cups king’, which turned four in late March, is not only the equal Cup favourite. He will also be ‘the sentimental bloke’ – at his 93rd start – in the $50,000 to-the-winner event. He’s won 30 races (with 28 seconds and six thirds) – including the 2020 G2 Bendigo Cup and 2020 G2 Ballarat Cup – and $330,101…

Will it be a case of third time lucky in the $74,800 Group 2 Geelong Gold Cup Final (520m) this Friday night for veteran country cups specialist Yozo Bale? The Geelong Gold Cup, offering a $50,000 winner’s purse, is the third leg of Greyhound Racing Victoria’s Western Festival of Racing, which will see more than $700,000 in prizemoney distributed. Click HERE  for TAB’s latest Geelong Gold Cup Final market Yozo Bale, trained locally at Anakie by young star Correy Grenfell, will incredibly be making his third appearance in the Geelong…

Superbly-bred youngster Madigan will take aim at his second feature maiden in four days on Wednesday night at Ballarat, when he lines up in the $11,600 Vic Bred Maiden final over 450m (Race 1 at 6.55pm). Trained by multiple Group 1-winning owner/breeder Harry Manolitsis, Madigan is backing up after running third to boom prospect Aston Exceed in Bendigo’s prestigious Gold Rush Maiden final on Easter Sunday. A June ’20 son of Barcia Bale and multiple Group finalist Elevated, Madigan debuted in the heats of the Gold Rush series, where he…