Tag: horseracing
Sandown Racecourse closed for upgrade
By DAVID SCHOUT
SANDOWN Racecourse will close for five months so its surface can undergo a $3.2 million surface upgrade, starting in September.
Management aims to...
Up in arms at Sandown jumps race
By ALECIA PINNER & DAVID SCHOUT
DOZENS of demonstrators protested horse jumps racing with banners
and placards outside Sandown as one of Victoria’s biggest steeplechases
took place...
Sandown shutdown for jumpers
By ROY ASPINALL
A DREAM field of
top-class jumpers is set to produce a classic showdown at the $200,000
Grand National Hurdle (3900 metres) at Sportingbet Park, Sandown,...
Sandown: Rain gets jump on race meet
By ROY ASPINALL
SANDOWN jumps racing meets were abandoned on Saturday after heavy rain made the track unusable.
The feature events from Saturday's meeting, the $101,500...
Off and jumping at Sandown
By ROY ASPINALL
TWO of Australia's premier jumps races will take centre stage at Sandown's Lakeside track this Saturday.
The Melbourne Racing Club will stage Melbourne's...
Trainer Snowden takes more Sandown Guineas glory
By BRAD McGRATH
THREE out of five ain't bad. Peter Snowden's love affair with the Sportingbet Sandown Guineas continued on Saturday with Tatra giving Darley's head...
Tanby zips ahead as season ends
By ROY ASPINALL
VICTORY for Tanby in Saturday's $351,000 group 2 weight-for-age Deadly Designs Zipping Classic (2400 metres) on the Sandown Hillside track provided a...
Craig Williams: No keeping a Cranbourne-born jockey down
By ROY ASPINALL
TWELVE months ago, Cranbourne-born Craig Williams was robbed of the dream of becoming the first jockey to win the spring trifecta of...
Dun 'en dusted Caulfield Cup for top jockey
By ROY ASPINALL
CRAIG Williams produced an outstanding ride on a remarkable horse to win Saturday's 135th running of $2,600,000 group 1 BMW Caulfield Cup...