Overpass will attempt to conquer a different Ascot at 10:40pm Tuesday WA time when he contests the Group 1 King Charles III Stakes (1006m) at England’s royal racetrack.
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Western Empire has finally completed an elusive winter trilogy, scoring effortlessly in the Group 3 $200,000 Swan Draught Strickland Stakes (2000m) at Belmont on Saturday.
The Toby Edmonds-trained Spicy Martini upstaged older and more experienced rivals to win Saturday’s Group 1 $3 million Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm, keeping Queensland’s greatest race locally.
Western Empire will understandably have the lion’s share of attention when he attempts a winter hat-trick in the Strickland Stakes, however, punters believe one horse can beat him
Several proven Group 1 performers will climax their preparations in the Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday with a lucrative $3 million purse on the line.
The ever-conquering warrior of Western Australian racing Western Empire will be out to crack historical ground when he attempts a three-peat of Belmont winter sprint features in the Strickland Stakes (2000m)
Fangirl will be burdened by almost 130 years of history after being an interesting acceptor for Saturday’s $3 million Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm.
Rising three-year-old Vatican Storm has broken the unbeaten streak of Hot And High in the Listed $125,000 Raconteur Stakes (1400m) at Belmont with the finish so close it took minutes to decipher who had won.
Hot And High has emerged as one of the brightest sparks in WA racing but will face likely her toughest test to maintain an unbeaten record in Saturday’s Listed $125,000 Raconteur Stakes (1400m) at Belmont.
Chris Waller has already expressed his dominance as the country’s No. 1 trainer this winter carnival and his momentum seems unlikely to stop in the Queensland Oaks at Eagle Farm with a three-pronged attack.
Almost two decades on from her 2008 WATC Derby triumph, Grand Journey will be in search of even more Group 1 glory when her son Grand Omaha starts in the Queensland Oaks (2200m) at Eagle Farm.
A Western Australian jockey has been placed in an induced coma after receiving a brain bleed when falling from a horse on Tuesday morning.
