Author: Editor BOAY

Potential superstar Wow She’s Fast lived up to what race caller Daniel Hibberd termed “the bravest name in racing” once again on Thursday night, with a scintillating victory in the Group 3 Launching Pad (515m) at Sandown Park. Trained by Jackie Greenough, whose husband Kel won the Launching Pad in 2004 with Legends, Wow She’s Fast clocked an airborne 28.93sec, joining the exclusive sub-29seconds club. Only recently retired superstar course record holder Aston Rupee and 2020 Melbourne Cup winner Hard Style Rico have gone faster. Wow She’s Fast burst onto…

Premier Racing at Sandown Park tonight is highlighted by TAB Phoenix champion Wow She’s Fast contesting the $150,000 to-the-winner G3 Launching Pad Final, but the in-form Dusty Bourbski, G3 winner Plaintiff and Levitation will provide tough competition. G1 winner Idolize faces a tough line-up including Group winners Do It, Barooga Smoke and Robbie Rotten, plus G1 finalist Immunity, in the $25,000 to-the-winner G3 Easter Gift. Good To Go, G1 runner-up Slingshot Jonesy, Set Me Free and Rio Bhodi feature in the $15,000 to-the-winner Runway Final, while Mobile Legend, Kelsey Bale…

Incredibly, the two equal nominal favourites for the Group 2 Geelong Gold Cup (520m) – Compliance and Mepunga Mustang – will match motors in a heat on Friday night. Compliance, trained by Karen Pitt, and Mepunga Mustang, prepared by Jeff Britton, are both at $5.50 in TAB’s ‘All In’ market. Stalking them are Big Opal Rocks (Mario Briganti) and Substantial (Anthony Azzopardi), both at $6.50, in pre-post betting. And TAB’s price assessors also can’t separate Compliance and Mepunga Mustang in their heat – both are quoted at $2.30. Ironically, Big Opal…

Form expert The Watchdog believes Friday night’s heats of the Group 2 Geelong Gold Cup are wide open, boldly predicting, “I think this series is going to throw up a bit of a smoky!” GRV’s historic first Good Friday of racing culminates with six superb heats of the $50,000 to-the-winner Cup, with TAB rating Compliance, runaway winner of the Group 2 Ballarat Cup last Friday night, and Mepunga Mustang joint $5.50 favourites in its ‘All In’ market. However, with the rise in distance from 450m at Ballarat to 520m at…

Champion Pearcedale trainer Jason Thompson is eyeing his second Group 3 Launching Pad (515m) at Sandown Park on Thursday night. Thompson is hopeful terrific tyro Plaintiff (Box 2) obtains the ‘verdict’ in the $150,000 to-the-winner event (Race 8, 8.34pm). He won the race with Buck Forty in 2016. Plaintiff has ‘laid down the law’, being successful at his past five races. The winning streak started when he landed a $25,000 first prize in the G3 GRV Vic Bred Maiden Series, held at The Meadows on G1 Australian Cup night – at…

Shepparton Matchmakers finalist Runaway Miss will be aiming to back-up her victory at Sandown Park last Thursday night in the last race at The Meadows this afternoon. G3 finalists Rapaki Rocks and Hometown Hero highlight their respective races, while Invictus Benson v Shepparton Classic finalist Jungle Panther and Taste The Gold v In A Blue v My Neo v Whiskey Road should be terrific clashes. Unleash Collinda – litter brother of Mr. Audacious – faces Aston Kennett in the first semi-final of the Bendigo Gold Rush Maiden this afternoon. Aston…

Unprecedented hype surrounded the debut of blueblood Aston Exceed in the heats of the prestigious Jarrod Larkin Concreting Bendigo Gold Rush Maiden (425m) last Friday afternoon. Amid reports Aston Exceed had broken in faster than his recently retired superstar half-brother Aston Rupee, the superbly bred son of Fernando Bale and Aston Miley had incredibly been backed to win the Melbourne Cup prior to being seen in action for the first time. Seven heats of the Gold Rush series were held late last week – four on Thursday and three on…

Evergreen veteran Chill Out Webby has gone out on top… Get this – at his 186th start! In emotional scenes, the rising six-year-old (whelped November 13, 2016) saluted at The Meadows on the weekend as a $49.80 bolter. It was his first win since August 9 last year – making it 16 (with 28 seconds and 23 thirds) in all – and his fifth win (with 11 seconds and 10 thirds) from 80 starts over 525m at The Meadows. And his part-owner/trainer, Heathcote-based Julie Chilcott, was quick to call time on…