Author: Editor BOAY

The Watchdog is tipping a ‘whirlwind’ win for Jason Thompson’s Typhoon Sammy (Box 8) in tonight’s $47,000 to-the-winner Group 2 Taylor’s Palace Hotel Horsham Cup Final. Typhoon Sammy is the reigning Group 2 Traralgon Cup champion and he has won 25 races from 38 starts, including five of his past seven. He’s also the Bendigo 425m track record holder (23.28sec). Click HERE  for TAB’s latest Horsham Cup Final market A $2.50 favourite in TAB’s market, Typhoon Sammy (27.22sec) was the slowest of the six heat winners last Friday but “deserves…

The first feature event of the Western Festival of Racing takes place tonight with G2 Traralgon Cup winner Typhoon Sammy headlining the $47,000 to-the-winner G2 Horsham Cup Final. The promising Old News and G1 National Derby finalists Boston Garden and Zara’s Ivan are big chances as well. Pink Diamond finalist Gypsy Yankee and G2 Launceston Cup winner Hill Top Jack highlight the Horsham Cup Consolation, while Big Alfie, My Mate Tip and Dream Wizard contest the Jan Wilson Memorial. G3 placegetter Paddy’s Marvel and G3 winner Aston Flame feature in…

Michelle Mallia says exciting young sprinter Matt’s Hope will have a special weapon in his corner in Saturday night’s Shepparton Classic final (450m) in passionate part-owner Matt Field. Michelle generously gifted Matt, who was born with spina bifida, a share in the aptly-named Matt’s Hope (March ’19 Cosmic Rumble x Hope’s Thunder), which she bred in partnership with Bradley Debono. “Matty absolutely loves the dogs and he was dealt a tough hand in life,” Mallia explained. “So when Matt’s Hope broke in so good, I gave Matt 25 per cent…

Potential topliners Amron Boy – victorious in 29.07 seconds last Sunday – and Kelsey Bale – triumphant in three of her five races – clash in a 515m Mixed 6/7 Final as part of Premier Racing at Sandown Park tonight. Saturday night’s G1 Australian Cup runner-up Paddy Wants Pats faces dual G3 winner Barooga Smoke and G2 placegetter Werina Express in a 515m Free For All. G3 winner and Sandown Park 595m track record holder Collinda Patty lines up against Invictus Jaxson and G2 Geelong Gold Cup winner Weblec Jet…

Typhoon Sammy may have been the ‘slowest’ of the six Taylor’s Palace Hotel Horsham Cup heat winners, but the perfectly drawn Group 2 Traralgon Cup hero is set to start favourite in Friday night’s $47,000 to-the-winner Group 2 final. After being beaten as favourite in a heat of the Group 1 Australian Cup, Typhoon Sammy – trained by champion three-time Horsham Cup winner Jason Thompson – made his Horsham debut in last Friday’s heats where he dug deep in a gutsy 27.22sec victory, boosting his imposing strike rate to 25…

Big-barrelled Wonwondah sprinter Crackerjack Keg epitomises the proverbial “great white hope” as he ‘gloves up’ for the Group 2 Taylor’s Palace Hotel Horsham Cup (485m) on Friday night. Trained by stalwarts of the sport, Patricia and Cliff Smith – just 25km out of Horsham – Crackerjack Keg ‘shapes up’ to some ‘heavyweights’ as he chases a $47,000 ‘title belt’. The ‘gangly’ Crackerjack Keg – which receives his racing moniker due to generous 35kg proportions – will come out of the ‘white corner’ (Box 3) and is a $26.00 outsider to claim…

G2 Bendigo Cup winner and Warragul 400m track record holder Paua Of Buddy is expected to boost his strike rate to 11 wins from 15 starts in a Mixed 4/5 450m race at Ballarat tonight. In one of the most intriguing tussles on the card, kennelmates Hannele Bale and Balbina Bale (won three straight) face Jen Jumbo Prawn in a Grade 5 450m event. 2021 G1 Silver Chief placegetter Papi Go Fast stands out in a Mixed 4/5 350m race at Traralgon this evening, while G2 Bendigo Cup finalist Perfect…

Potential ‘superstar’ Devine Empress was the ‘leader of the pack’ in last night’s Shepparton Matchmakers heats (450m). Prepared by 19-year-old prodigy Kayla Cottrell, Devine Empress ($1.70F) defeated Runaway Miss ($5.00) by 0.2L in 24.96sec (Best). The G2 Laurels finalist registered her eighth win from 12 starts and remained unbeaten in four starts over 450m at Shepparton. She also knocked around four lengths off her previous PB. “She’s still immature and does a few things wrong. But I’m sure she’ll work it out.” “At the start of her career, she was…

Daniel Pell will never forget Australian Cup night, 2022. Pell, 44, and mother Bev, celebrated a popular Group breakthrough when homebred pocket rocket Love The City flew home to record a thrilling victory in the G3 Country Championship final (525m), the race that launched Aston Rupee to superstardom last year. In unforgettable circumstances for the Toolleen-based Pells, just one race earlier, Red Reactor, a Fernando Bale x Subconscious litter brother to Love The City, ran second in the G3 GRV Vic Bred Maiden final (525m). “It was a ripper of…