Winter Stakes: Bandersnatch thrives with 'track gallop' tactics
by Ray Thomas
Sydney's 'winter wonder' Bandersnatch just keeps winning.
Bandersnatch shouldered topweight of 59ky in extremely heavy, testing track conditions but he never looked troubled racing away with the Listed $150,000 Winter Stakes (1400m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday.
The talented Team Hawkes-trained sprinter is in a rich vein of form and could be on the verge of a unique feature race treble.
Bandersnatch has reeled off successive wins in the Civic Stakes and Winter Stakes with connections tempted to keep him going for the Listed $150,000 Winter Challenge (1500m) on his home track at Rosehill Gardens in two weeks – a treble that has never been achieved previously.