Esperance Award Winners

Helen Harding was crowned Leading Esperance trainer after an exciting conclusion to the 2016-17 racing season on Sunday. Harding and Rod ‘Freddo’ Brown were in a tight battle for top honours, but it was the former who prevailed after a double. Harding set the tone early when Pivarnick and Bohemian Lass, who arrived with a…

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Miller’s Karrakatta Plate Warning

Trainer Simon Miller issued an ominous warning after landing his fourth Supremacy Stakes (1000m) victory in the past six years with Seannie at Ascot on Saturday. “She is all quality and is only going to get better as she goes further,” Miller said. “If she was going to be vulnerable it was going to be…

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Blackfriars Going Gangbusters

Gangbuster became the 36th stakes winner for Blackfriars in the $100,000 Lex Piper Stakes (1600m) at Ascot on Saturday. Settled on the rails behind a steady pace, he finished far too well to score quite comfortably from the Peters Investments pair Western Temple (Dream Ahead) & Final Salute (Not A Single Doubt). Trainer Trevor Andrews…

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