Winning machine Now You See Me became a dual track record holder from just four starts in the Kimberley, massacring his rivals in Tuesday’s TABtouch Broome Sprint (1300m).
Hayden King
Last year’s WA Guineas winner King Of Light began his charge towards a lucrative $10 million eastern states campaign with an effortless victory at Monday’s Lark Hill trials.
From Brookton to the big smoke, Holly Nottle is making headlines as one of the nation’s finest racing talents.
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.
WA gallops trainer Mike Santich’s ban for punching his Perth winner Angels Impact will not automatically end in October after disturbing footage emerged of him striking a horse in another incident.
Ernie Manning
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.
Cosmic Crusader has firmed to a $3.40 favourite for Saturday’s Group 3 $200,000 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield after drawing barrier one.
A two-kilo weight swing and a more favourable alley are expected to work in favour of Twisted Steel in the H G Bolton Sprint with punters supporting him in his quest to reverse the form on Immortal Bliss.
Top WA galloper Cosmic Crusader will begin his Victorian push as favourite in Saturday’s Group 3 $200,00 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield.
Progressive galloper Amaroo Star took some notable scalps and sounded a warning ahead of his raceday reappearance when successful in a 1000m Belmont trial on Monday morning.
Urquharts Bluff produced yet another boilover result to salute at Belmont on Saturday, scoring at long odds for the second time in three weeks.
Shaping as a match race between the best of the boys and a gloried girl, the Belmont Classic delivered a pulsating duel between Westbound and Ladies Pro with the latter gaining a narrow edge in the dying part.
The Listed $125,000 Belmont Classic (2200m) shapes as a battle between the boys and girls with Westbound and Ladies Pro dominating the betting for Saturday’s headliner.
Leap To Fame will become a true Inter Dominion immortal should he salute for the third time in harness racing’s biggest prize at Albion Park on Saturday, though he will need his best performance yet to win.
Leap To Fame may need to fight his toughest war yet in a gloried career to again hold the Group 1 Inter Dominion trophy aloft as the southern hemisphere’s greatest-ever pacer bids for his third championship.
