Leading Scone trainers Greg Bennett and Rod Northam dominate the 24 entries for the local heat of the Country Championships with four nominations apiece. Sunday’s 1400m-race is the second regional qualifier for the $400,000 final in April with the first at Goulburn a day earlier. The Bennett-trained Invienna is the… Read More »
Hawkesbury Race Club will offer a record $1.165 million prize money for its annual Saturday feature meeting. The Hawkesbury Gold Cup and Hawkesbury Guineas will both be boosted by $50,000 to $200,000 for the meeting on April 30. The other Group Three race on the program, the Darley Crown, will… Read More »
South Coast trainer Robert Price has been one of the biggest supporters of the weekly metropolitan races for country horses. And until Jostle was a late scratching last Saturday week he had had a runner in every Highway Handicap run since their introduction in October. The five-year-old kicked out and… Read More »
Over the past few years, Kayla Nisbet hasn’t always been sure the life of a jockey was the one she wanted. But the thrill of riding a winner at Randwick on Saturday reinforced her belief she had chosen the right path. Nisbet brought up her claim-reducing 20th metropolitan victory on… Read More »
The three year old filly is unbeaten in two outings, and Sportsbet.com.au punters believe that the Matthew Dunn trained Madame De Ban can make it three from three when she contests the TAB Highway Handicap (1200m) this Saturday at Randwick. The daughter of Myboycharlie was very impressive last time out… Read More »
Norm Gardner is certain he has the right horse to give apprentice Kayla Nisbet a milestone win at Randwick. Gardner will put Atom Eve to the test under Highway Handicap conditions on Saturday as Nisbet continues an association with the unbeaten filly. Nisbet is back in the racing game after… Read More »
The upcoming long weekend’s racing has presented several options for Danny Williams who has covered the bases with his nominations. The Goulburn trainer has four entries in the Highway Handicap (1300m) at Rosehill on Saturday with Tiger By The Tale his only certain runner. Williams already has a shared win… Read More »
At 24, Tim McIntosh is just starting to make his way as a trainer and has walked away from Randwick a winner from his first metropolitan runner. Star Shaft scraped into the field for Saturday’s Highway Handicap (1100m) as the third emergency and got under punters’ guards as a $26… Read More »
The chance to give Grand Proposal another crack at city racing means trainer Neville Layt will bypass the Snake Gully Cup to run the mare at Rosehill. Grand Proposal won the inaugural Highway Handicap at Randwick on October 17, a ninth race added to Saturday metropolitan programs restricted to country-trained… Read More »
