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).
