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The first Saturday of the new season saw a Queenslander steal the show at Randwick, The Astrologist star at Flemington, and hoops avoid the slaughter in another competitive go.
The Steven O'Dea / Matt Hoysted trained Shooting For Gold duly saluted at the short odds of $1.85 (Neds), but not before giving his followers some very anxious
Punters post-race: Tatt s Tiara day in review by Luke Sheehan, Nick Hluchaniuk & David Hocking Tofane made it back-to-back G1 wins Image: Racing Queensland
Tatt s Tiara day saw Tofane take out the feature race, Incentivise sew up the Star Performer with another demolition job, and an imbecile invade the track at Newcastle. Star Performer
Incentivise (Eagle Farm R6)
We’re running out of things to say about this bloke . but his progression from being beaten in a Toowoomba maiden three months ago, to favourite in two of Australia’s most famous handicaps is nothing short of unbelievable. There was even a Group One winner 12 lengths behind him today in the form of Mirage Dancer. Despite facing his stiffest test, Incentivise treated his rivals with the same disdain we’ve seen throughout his six-race winning streak. Tregea retains a share of the horse through his Windermere Stud, but he’ll now head south to trainer Peter Moody who will prepare him for the C
A huge day of racing will kick off the carnival in Rockhampton.
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Rockhampton’s Capricornia Yearling Sale Racing Carnival gets off to a dream start at Callaghan Park racecourse on Friday with a massively expanded nine race TAB program.
By sheer weight of horse-starting declarations when 122 were penned-in for the original eight race card, officials had no choice but to willingly expand the program to that of nine races.
This came into fruition when 22 horses from as far afield as Warwick, Taroom, Brisbane, Springsure, Bundaberg and Wondai accepted to race in the $18K 0-58 Ratings Band Handicap (1200m).