Several casualties in second round of Inter Dominion rankings
October 27, 2021
THE second round of the TAB Inter Dominion rankings have been released, with the most notable omission from the Pacing series the scratching of Grand Circuit winner Amazing Dream, who was ranked second with the initial rankings, and Group One winner Stylish Memphis. Red Hot Tooth is also a... Read more
Hewitt back and looking for a repeat
October 27, 2021
THE New South Wales Breeders Challenge was previously known as the Sires Stakes and a vast number of horses trained in the Western Districts have won the various divisions of the classic series for our juvenile pacers. One of the state’s quiet achievers is Mark Hewitt, yet he has... Read more
Braun’s not Robinson Crusoe with his NRS beliefs
October 27, 2021
BEFORE you even say it, he knows the obvious “you didn’t have to put him in that race!” For Dean Braun, however, the issue goes beyond Saturday night’s Tabcorp Park Melton meeting. Discussing his prospects in the Four and Five-Year-Old Championship, the prominent horseman used the occasion to express... Read more
Monumental task awaits reigning champ
October 27, 2021
LAST year he set an Australasian record during the rich futurity, and come Saturday night, he will “more than likely” have to do it again. Completing a clean sweep of the New South Wales Breeders’ Challenge, Bar Room Banta won his semi-final in a Southern Hemisphere record 1:50.3 before... Read more
Two-year-olds ready to break 1:50!
October 27, 2021
THEY’RE not looking to run a record, but they will if required. That’s the warning from Jarrod Alchin ahead of Saturday night’s New South Wales Breeders’ Challenge Final. Alchin has two runners in the colts’ and geldings’ division, with each ready to establish a blistering time around Club Menangle.... Read more