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.
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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.
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.
