ASTUNNER wins the Parkes Cup!
A tough effort from the @DarrellBurnet gelding to take out the feature at Parkes, with @weir_mikayla riding, over Stockholm with Jasper's Way in third. @tabcomau
Never been prouder of a horse running 4th.
Bonnie Murringo keeps stepping up.
Worked from a wide gate, stuck 3 wide no cover on a hot tempo, and still fought on to be beaten only a length. Yesterday’s race was the quickest qualifier ever run at Wagga.
Pure determination. 💪
VILLASAURUS wins the Evergreen Turf SDRA Country Championships!
And it's a quinella for @DScottRacing in the @mtcwagga feature with Bon Holler also off to Randwick for the $1m Final on April 4. Favourite Autumn Break ran third. @tabcomau
The last at Wagga was the 1400m Benchmark 58 Handicap and winning was the Darrell Burnet-trained and Pierre Boudvillain-ridden Bonnie Murringo, which appears destined for a tilt at the 2026 Country Championships.
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ASTUNNER backed up after winning the Tumut Cup just 7 days prior to claim today's Holbrook Cup with Carly Frater in the saddle.
A tenacious victory, the Wagga galloper is racing in great form for Darrell Burnet and will target future Country Cups following a well-deserved spell.
💥 LOT 995 💥
Purchased from a top farm in @widdenstud, vendors of yesterday’s @mmsnippets winner Unit Five. For just $60k this son of first season sire Jacquinot hails from a family full of winners & black type! Shares available - a great opportunity to get involved 🐎 🔥
🚨 Thriller in the King George!
The Jukebox Man denies defending champion Banbridge, Gaelic Warrior & Jango Baie in a vintage renewal of the Festive feature
Sobbing at this picture of a Bernese mountain dog standing guard over his owner’s dead body after he was murdered at Bondi Beach.
He was terrified, alone, and had no idea what happened. But he knew that he needed to stay by his person’s side no matter what 💔💔💔
Feel blessed to have a partner who loves racing as much as I do. Rolled out of bed at 4:30am, whispered ‘Constitution Hill fell again’ in her ear while she was half-asleep… then left for work. Peak romance, really.
It was a thrill to train today’s impressive two-year-old winner, FIREBALL, for @jmeharron and his partners. What made the day even more special was taking out the Vale John Jeffs Handicap with ROTAGILLA—a horse we learned was purchased from @KitchwinHills as a yearling and given the stable name JJ after John Jeffs. A truly fitting win in his memory.
Rotagilla who we purchased at @inglis_sales and gave the stable name ‘JJ’ to after John Jeffs who was working for the stud that we purchased him from. Wins the race named after the person who we named him after.
Congratulations to connections.
Rotagilla for @cwallerracing ridden by @clarkyhk takes out the Vale John Jeffs Hcp at Rosehill Gardens.
Jockeys wore black armbands to pay their respects.
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‘He just couldn’t do enough for you’
If ever there was an omen bet in racing then Rotagilla, the winner of the Vale John Jeffs Handicap, was it at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Story: @ClintonPayne 👇
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ROTAGILLA (All Too Hard) fights to the finish to secure the win @aus_turf_club. The #InglisClassic graduate was purchased by Darrell Burnet from @KitchwinHills. He then went through the #InglisReady2Race Sale as a 2YO where he was purchased from DSB Thoroughbreds 2023 draft for $100k. This is the 4YO geldings fifth win for @cwallerracing.