Top WA galloper Cosmic Crusader will begin his Victorian push as favourite in Saturday’s Group 3 $200,00 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield.
Hayden King
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.
Just eight runners have nominated to start in Saturday’s Listed $125,000 Belmont Classic (2200m), however, both the top filly and gelding of recent weeks are set to meet.
Miss Envy confirmed herself amongst the greatest dogs ever produced by WA with a stirring Group 1 Queensland Cup triumph at the Q on Saturday, certifying a record-breaking third greyhound of the year title.
Regarded the greatest pacer of all time, Leap To Fame is set to start at rare odds after a dramatic barrier draw for this year’s Group 1 $1 million Inter Dominion (2680m) at Queensland’s Albion Park.
Immortal Bliss stamped himself as a sprinter to watch, making a sparkling return to racing by saluting in the Listed $125,000 Beaufine Stakes (1000m) at Belmont.
Winnasedge justified favouritism and enhanced his impressive Caulfield course record when taking Saturday’s Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m).
Luana Miss has firmed to co-favouritism for the Listed $125,000 Beaufine Stakes (1000m) at Belmont on Saturday in the first winter outing for several of Perth’s best sprinters.
The Listed $125,000 Beaufine Stakes (1000m) shapes as one of the most intriguing races of the winter so far with almost every runner in Belmont’s Saturday headliner on campaign reappearance.
Miss Envy looks set to further push her case for a record-breaking third greyhound of the year title when she contests the Group 1 $262,500 Queensland Cup (710m) at Q2 Parklands on Saturday night.
The Melbourne Cup could be back on the radar for world-renowned galloper Constitution Hill after his trainer Nicky Henderson flagged a start in a conventional lead-up race.
Ladies Pro confirmed herself as the biggest threat to Westbound landing the Belmont Classic next fortnight by recording her own slashing triumph in the Listed Belmont Oaks (2000m) only half an hour later.
Westbound confirmed himself as a stayer on the rise with a bloodless decimation of his Listed $125,000 Swan Draught Aquanita Stakes (2000m) rivals at Belmont on Saturday afternoon.
Like Clockwork remains favourite for the Listed $125,000 Belmont Oaks (2000m) on Saturday and her task may have been made marginally easier with a scratching from a key rival.
Top northwest trainer Tim Pike is poised to add another trophy to his cabinet in the $30,000 Greatland Marble Bar Cup (1600m) on Saturday when he saddles three of the eight runners.
The formidable owner-trainer combination of Peters Investments and Michael Grantham have top prospects of landing both feature events at Belmont this Saturday with favourites for both Listed $125,000 events.
Victorian father-son training combination Anthony and Sam Freedman have been disqualified for just 28 days and fined $1,500 in their long-running raceday treatment case.
One of WA’s most promising young talents is set for her biggest moment in a short but bright career when she tackles the southern hemisphere’s most prestigious harness racing test.
Former WA jockey Ben Kennedy has been travelling interstate for some months now but seems to have found his niche in North Queensland, riding winners at three race meetings since arriving in the region.
