Bashboy headlines nominations for Sunday’s Grand National Steeplechase as trainer Cairon Maher strives for successive wins in the jumps feature. Maher prepared Man Of Class to an upset win in the $250,000 Grand National Steeple (4500m) last year and comeback jumper Bashboy is likely to be a short-priced favourite on [...]
The highweight riders will get to strut their stuff on Saturday at Warrnambool thanks to the washouts at Sportinget Park and at this track last weekk. Form Guide Free Blackbook Service Special Offer: $300 Free Bet – Luxbet (Tabcorp owned) Race One: 1 Bashboy Race Two: 2 Megapixel Race Three: [...]
Jumps racing highlights thoroughbred action from Warrnambool on Sunday. The weather is fine, the track is slow/heavy and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit. Form Guide Free Blackbook Service Special Offer: $300 Free Bet – Luxbet (Tabcorp owned) Race One: 2 Calender Of Fools Race [...]
Irish jumps jockey Tom Ryan upstaged local champion Steve Pateman when he completed The Australian Steeplechase-The Australian Hurdle double aboard the Robert Smerdon-trained Kirribilli Gold. Earlier he guided the Bill and Symon Wilde-trained Megapixel to an all-the-way win in the Steeple. Kirribilli Gold had been ridden by Pateman to win [...]
Novice fencer Megapixel gave Warrnambool trainers Bill and Symon Wilde their biggest jumps success when he led all the way to land the Australian Steeplechase at Sandown. The consistent jumper dispelled any doubts about his staying ability when he powered away up the home straight to score by eight lengths [...]
Race 3 – 1:05PM The Australian Steeplechase (3900 METRES) Of $100,000.1st $62,563, 2nd $19,250, 3rd $8,662, 4th $3,850, 5th $1,925, 6th $750, 7th $750, 8th $750, 9th $750, 10th $750, Starter Subsidy $750 Handicap, Minimum Weight 64.5kg, Weight Raised 0.5kg, Eligible riders cannot claim.Track Condition: Slow 7 Time: 4:38.72 Last 600m: 0:39.07 INTERIM RESULTS Finish [...]
Sportingbet Park will host a rare Saturday meeting this weekend. The racing will be run on the Lakeside circuit and the main races are the Australian Hurdle (3400m) and the Australian Steeple (3900m), both worth $100,000. Form Guide Free Blackbook Service Special Offer: $300 Free Bet – Luxbet (Tabcorp owned) [...]
Gavin Bedggood is confident Al Karam can give him his fourth win in The Australian Steeplechase from the last six runnings of the $100,000 event at Sandown on Saturday. Bedggood is entitled to like the prospects of his mount who raced away from Fareer to beat him easily in taking [...]
Tom Ryan will be after more feature jumps race success at Sandown on Saturday when he rides Megapixel in The Australian Steeplechase and Kirribilli Gold in The Australian Hurdle. The 27-year-old Irish jumps jockey was virtually unknown when he landed his first Australian win aboard 50-1 shot Man Of Class [...]
Robert Smerdon made a clean sweep of the three jumps events on the first day of the Warrnambool racing carnival when Fareer won the Brierly Steeplechase. Smerdon combined on Tuesday with Irish jumps jockey Tom Ryan who has ridden in two English Grand Nationals at Aintree. “He’s got a pretty [...]
