Illawarra Turf Club chief executive Peter De Vries is confident fans will be in attendance at the second running of The Gong in November. The race, which will be held on November 21, retained its million-dollar status earlier this week when Racing NSW unveiled the spring carnival schedule. The certainty comes after a challenging autumn […]
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May resulted in 2 excellent Kembla Grange winners, courtesy of two of our up and coming 3yo’s: The Guru and Eberlee. The Guru then stepped up to Saturday city grade with a fantastic 3rd placing at Randwick The month kicked off with River Charge placing 3rd in the historic Wagga Guineas whilst King Tat, Jarrett,
‘Chloe’ has produced an impressive Maiden victory in unknown conditions at Kembla Grange. Over 1400m, the 3yo Bay Filly continued her solid performance at home along with a terrific ride from the experienced Brock Ryan. Sitting modestly behind a crammed pack to the 600m mark, Brock headed wide at the bend and jostled to find
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Exciting young stayer ‘The Guru’ continues to impress at Metropolitan and Provincial level achieving two wins and four placings since his last spell. The half brother to Fleeting Stryke has had a fantastic preparation and has come such a long way. He commenced the preparation with a win over 1200m at a TAB 2 Meeting
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A lovely filly by the proven winner getter Nicconi and out of a Flying Spur mare, Soaring Miss who has already produced a 3 time winner in Not A Usual Prince (who won again in Malaysia last weekend). This filly will grow into a lovely filly with time. She is eligible for BOBS. This filly is
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It was a gutsy win by The Guru at Kembla Grange at his first attempt over 2000m. Given a perfect ride by Jess Taylor, Guru travelled well throughout and kept coming determinedly to be drawing clear on the line. The Guru has been a model of consistency this preparation with 2 wins and 4 placings
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We didn’t have many runners in April. However River Charge has been flying the flag for the stable, breaking through to win his Maiden impressively at the Moruya Showcase meeting, before stepping up in grade to finish a game 2nd in the Wagga Guineas Prelude.“Timmy” then took his place in the time-honoured Wagga Guineas and once
3 year old Gelding River Charge claimed his Maiden victory at the Moruya Showcase on Sunday after a March packed with close placings. Leading with the front pack early, Jess Taylor and “Timmy” held a steady pace around the bend. Keeping pace behind keen leader Mr Dreamy out front, Jess was able to keep a
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As other sports put their activities on hold, thoroughbred racing in Australia is set to continue for the time being behind closed gates and under strict protocols. The biggest jurisdictions, NSW, Victoria and Queensland, believe they can keep going with stringent conditions surrounding people and horses. Saturday’s Golden Slipper meeting went ahead in Sydney amid
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It has definitely been a different month at the races with protocols in place due to Covid 19. On a positive note, at least we are still racing. Fingers crossed, that with all of the measures that have been put in place, we will be able to continue racing. The month started well with Freaky
