From Brookton to the big smoke, Holly Nottle is making headlines as one of the nation’s finest racing talents.
Hayden King
Ninja put himself amongst potential slot runners for The Everest with a dashing return victory in the Group 2 $300,000 Missile Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday.
Connections have been left with an eleventh-hour scramble to find replacement riders for Saturday’s Listed $125,000 Belmont Newmarket (1200m) meeting with Chris Parnham ruled out after a fall.
As has been the theme through the winter sprints, the winner appears well concealed in the Listed $125,000 Belmont Newmarket (1200m) on Saturday with several runners fighting for favouritism.
Nascent reinsman Liam Elliott is daring to dream big this Friday night when he stares down a maiden Group 1 victory with Seaside Serenade in the $250,000 Diamond Classic (2130m) at Gloucester Park.
South Australian-based trainer Michael Hickmottt celebrated a fourth win in Monday’s $220,000 Darwin Cup (2050m), though not with the horse many thought as Watadeel raced away with the region feature.
Flemington was full of drama for the Group 3 Aurie’s Star (1200m) on Saturday with the post-time removal of a race favourite and protest, though Boomtown Boss survived the trials to salute.
Dan and Ben Pearce will start the previous two winners of Belmont’s Jockey Celebration Day Stakes (1400m) in that event on Saturday with a three-pronged attack on the $100,000 feature.
Cult jumps hero Stern Idol will bow out farewell at Sandown’s Lakeside course on Sunday as he chases a fourth-straight Crisp Steeplechase (4200m).
A competitive field is engaged for Saturday’s $100,000 Jockey Celebration Day Stakes (1400m) at Belmont with punters struggling to decipher the puzzle.
Emerging talent Abbey Vidovich has been selected to represent WA in the Australasian Young Drivers Championship in New Zealand later this year.
Boutique trainer Murray Lindau will have the distinction of starting two runners in next Friday’s Diamond Classic Final (2130m) after Im Catastrophic and Our Robyn Hood qualified in Monday’s heats.
