New Zealand trainer Emma-Lee Browne says she may keep fellow trainer Natalie Young to strapping duties after the win of Monarch Chimes at Sandown. Browne has been staying with Young and Trent Busuttin at their Cranbourne stable on her return to Australia with Monarch Chimes. Monarch Chimes competed in the… Read More »
Leading jumper Wells has shown he is on target to win a fourth Grand National Steeplechase with his victory at Bendigo. The Kathryn Durden-trained jumper is set to run in the Crisp Steeplechase at Sandown on August 5 before the Grand National Steeplechase at Ballarat a fortnight later following his… Read More »
Rising optimism in the Baie Des Iles camp has been mirrored by punters as momentum builds around Katie Walsh’s mount in the Grand National. Walsh will be teaming up with her husband, trainer Ross O’Sullivan, and is confident the seven-year-old mare can give a bold account in the Aintree spectacular… Read More »
View the results and finishing positions for Sunday’s (20/8/2017) Grand National Steeplechase. Results: Grand National Steeplechase results: 1st: 2. Wells2nd: 7. Over The Yardarm3rd: 5. Bold Zamour4th: 3. Dormello Mo — Just Horse Racing (@justhorseracing) August 20, 2017
View the field and barriers for the 2017 Grand National Steeplechase. Grand National Steeplechase will be run on Sunday 20th August at Ballarat racecourse. Time: 4:45PM Distance: 4500m Have Your Say: Who do you think will win the Grand National Steeplechase? – Leave a comment below No Horse Trainer Jockey… Read More »
A six race program has been set down for Ballarat on Sunday, all of which are jumps races. The weather is fine, the track is heavy (10) and the rail is out eleven metres from the 600m-Winning Post; True for the remainder. BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS at… Read More »
With two feature jumps wins already this season, 10-year-old gelding Wells heads to Ballarat striving to win a third Grand National Steeplechase. The $350,000 Grand National Steeple (4500m) headlines a six-race jumps program on Sunday and the Kathryn Durden-trained Wells will attempt to join Bashboy as the only three-time winners… Read More »
The Grand National Steeplechase headlines the all-jumps program at Ballarat. Six races have been programmed for Sunday’s meeting with a strong array of nominations spread across all races. Wells, aiming for a third win in the Grand National Steeplechase (4500m), is the headline horse of the 14 nominations, which have… Read More »
View the nominations for the 2017 Grand National Steeplechase. The Grand National Steeplechase will be run on Sunday 20th August at Ballarat racecourse. Horse 1 ABEBE (NZ) 2 BOLD ZAMOUR (NZ) 3 DORMELLO MO (FR) 4 EARTHBOUND 5 ENTIRELY PERFECT (NZ) 6 HORNETS’ NEST (GB) 7 I’LL’AVA’ALF (NZ) 8 KING OF… Read More »
A crack at a record-equalling third Grand National Steeplechase win is on the horizon for 10-year-old Wells. But first the gelding will try to claim a breakthrough win in the Crisp Steeplechase at Sandown. The Kathryn Durden-trained Wells headlines nominations for Sunday’s $125,000 Crisp Steeplechase (3900m), a traditional lead-up to… Read More »
One of Victoria’s top jumpers will continue his preparation for a feature steeplechase win with a run on the flat at Flemington. While all eyes are on Warrnambool this week with key jumps races over the three-day meeting, last year’s Grand National Steeplechase winner Wells will line up on Saturday… Read More »
Visiting Irish jumps jockey Katie Walsh has endured a tough day at the office. The sister of last year’s Grand National Steeplechase winner Ruby, Walsh failed to complete the course in three of her four rides at Ballarat on Sunday. Brought out to captain a team of Irish jockeys made… Read More »
A cracking card of racing has been assembled for Ballarat this Sunday, where it is Grand National Steeplechase Day. The weather forecast is for showers, the track is heavy (10) and the rail is in the true position the entire circuit. BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS at Sportsbet.com.au… Read More »
Richard Laming is 12 months ahead with Refectory after the Irish-bred galloper recorded a tough victory at Moonee Valley. Laming has a jumps career in mind for Refectory and in particular the Grand National Steeplechase. After a fighting win at Sandown on August 7, Refectory again showed his toughness to… Read More »
Irish rider Katie Walsh remembers her first trip to Australia well and is hoping her second is just as lucrative. The 31-year-old is a star attraction at Sunday’s Ballarat meeting which features six jumps races including the Grand National Steeplechase. In 2008 Walsh joined Nina Carberry, Shane Jackson and Alain… Read More »
Irish jumps jockey Katie Walsh will be out to emulate her brother Ruby with victory in the Grand National Steeplechase at Ballarat. Walsh, who has arrived in Australia, will ride the Patrick Ryan-trained I’ll’ava’alf in Sunday’s race won last year by her brother on Bashboy. She will also captain an… Read More »
Warrnambool is on standby to host the Grand National Steeplechase if more wet weather hits Ballarat. Racing Victoria will make the call on Friday whether to transfer Sunday’s meeting. Six jumps races will be run with visiting Irish jockey Katie Walsh, the sister of last year’s winning jockey Ruby Walsh,… Read More »
A wet winter has forced the two-day Ballarat jumps festival into one “super” day of jumping. The meeting on Saturday week has been transferred to Horsham in country Victoria to be a flat program with the two programmed jumps races switched to the following day at Ballarat. Six jumps races,… Read More »
Ballarat won’t host another race meeting until its inaugural jumps festival next month with another program transferred. Racing Victoria announced on Wednesday that next Thursday’s Ballarat meeting had been moved to Warrnambool. Two other scheduled meetings for the track in the past three weeks were also transferred. “While it is… Read More »
Katie Walsh is to follow in the footsteps of her elder brother, Ruby Walsh, and represent Ireland at Ballarat’s inaugural two-day jumps racing festival. Walsh will be part of the Irish team in a four-race Australia-versus-Ireland challenge at the meeting in August. She won the 2015 Irish Grand National and… Read More »
