Winners will come from Hawkesbury Trials

Hawkesbury Race Club held eleven barrier trial heats on Monday 13^th May 2013 and there were three gallopers that trialled like future winners and they were Sastruga (Peter Snowden), Savannah Pearl (Tara & Philippe Vigouroux) and Mr Missmurt from the John Thompson stables.

Heat winners were;

Heat            Winner                          Trainer

One             Tinsley                          Bart Cummings

Two             Sastruga                       Peter Snowden

Three          Pureness                       Garry Frazer

Four            Savannah Pearl            Tara & Philippe Vigouroux

Five             Saturday Saga               Pam Webber

Six               Keralam                          Scott Singleton

Seven         Tuff Justice                     Garry Neale

Eight           Mr Missmurt                  John Thompson

Nine           Unclear                            Garry Neale

Ten             Streaking Comet            Bart Cummings

Eleven       Gone Platinum                Mathew Smith

Hawkesbury Race Club Director’s approved to maintain the increases set in 2011 in prizemoney and have increased two of the lower prizemoney races from $70,000 to $100,000 for their upcoming Stand Alone Saturday race meeting to be held on Saturday 4th May 2013.

All three major races have had their Prizemoney levels maintained at $150,000 with all three races carrying listed status;

$150,000 Blacktown Workers Hawkesbury Guineas (Listed) 1400m
$150,000 XXXX Gold Rowley Mile (Listed) 1600m
$150,000 Darley Crown (Listed) 1300m

Hawkesbury Race Club Directors have lifted the prizemoney of the Richmond Club Provincial Stayers Championship Final from $70,000 to $100,000 and the Evergreen 2yo Handicap 1300m also from $70,000 to $100,000

Last year’s Stand Alone Saturday race meeting highlights included Hawkesbury owned Villa Splendido defeating the Snowden galloper Academus in the 2yo handicap.we4a.

Peter Snowden always targets the Hawkesbury Stand Alone meeting having trained four winners on the programme in 2010, two in 2011and in 2012 prepared Free Wheeling to win the Blacktown Workers Hawkesbury Guineas 1400m and Mental who blew his opposition away in the Group GSA Benchmark 85 Handicap 1200m .

Hawkesbury Race Club (HRC) with the support of the Provincial Association of NSW applied to Racing NSW for permission to conduct a Stand Alone (No Metropolitan race meeting) on the 4th April 2004.
Racing NSW approved for Hawkesbury Race Club Limited to hold a Saturday Stand Alone Race Meeting which has now going into its eighth year after Hawkesbury Race Club conducting very successful meetings in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 2010, 2011 and 2012
Hawkesbury’s first ever premier Saturday Race meeting in 2006 proved an outstanding success which assured Hawkesbury Race Club of many more Stand Alone Saturday race meetings.
Such has been the success of the Hawkesbury Stand Alone Saturday’s that racing NEW SOUTH WALES approved a Stand Alone Saturday meeting for the Scone Jockey Club in 2011.
TAB turnover, plus fixed odds betting on the 2012 Stand Alone Day reached $7.7m a figure in excess of 14 metropolitan Saturday TAB turnover results during the 20011/12 racing season.
Hawkesbury TAB sales figures in 2012 were in line with all budget figures with turnover figures including fixed odds betting reaching over the $7 million figure much to the delight of the TABCORP.
Hawkesbury Race Club is proud of its community links, which involve the general public, local business houses, local government, community sporting clubs and charities.
In fact, Hawkesbury had enjoyed Metropolitan status for over a century, and it was only after a report of the Government in 1939 on Non Proprietary Clubs that Hawkesbury was required to renounced its Metropolitan status and reopen after WW2 as a Provincial Club.
Hawkesbury Race Club see their Stand Alone Saturday race meeting as symbolic and a means of “ taking racing back to its roots” and have themed the meeting accordingly.
Hawkesbury Race Club attracted a crowd in excess of 11,000 to their six Stand Alone Saturdays, thus fulfilling a key aim of the Industry in New South Wales, and encourage public interest and attendance for those patrons in this high growth area who may not be easily able to attend midweek fixtures.
The 2012 Stand Alone Saturday Race Meeting at Hawkesbury has a bumper race programme with elite sponsors names attached to each race;

The 2013 Race Programme is as follows;

$150,000 Blacktown Workers Hawkesbury Guineas (Listed) 1400m (3yos) Set Weights & Penalties – Colts & Geldings 55KG Fillies 53kgs

$150,000 XXXX Gold Hawkesbury Rowley Mile (Listed) 1600m

$150,000 Darley Crown (Listed) 1300m Fillies & Mares

$85,000 TAB Number 1 Club NMW Handicap 1300m

$85,000 Blakes Marine Rating 85 Handicap 1400m

$100,00 Richmond Club Provincial Stayers Championship Final Benmark Ratings 80 Handicap 2100m.

$85,000 Benchmark 80 Handicap 1300m

$100,000 Evergreen 2yo Handicap 1300m

The Honour Roll for the $150,000(Listed) Blacktown Workers Hawkesbury Guineas 1400m is;
2012 Free Wheeling
2011 Pimpala Secret
2010 Neeson
2009 Related
2008 Royal Discretion
2007 Alverta
2006 The Free Stater

$150,000 XXXX Gold Rowley Mile 1600m (Listed)
2012 Star Of Octagonal
2011 Keepin’ The Dream
2010 Snow Alert
2009 Lyncean Academy
2008 Rabbuka
2007 Beauty Watch
2006 Fighting Fund

$150,000 Darley Crown 1300m (Listed)
212 More Strawberries
2011 Kanzan
2010 Serenissima
2009 Mary’s Grace
2008 Sung
2007 November Flight
2006 Barbeton

Evergreen Turf 2yo 1200m
2012 Villa Splendido
2011 Upstacker
2010 Offshore Sham
2009 Kanzan
2008 Fravashi
2007 Royal Discretion
2006 Bomber Command

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Hawkesbury trainers Garry Frazer, Connie Greig and Garry White continued on with their recent success with further victories at Gosford and Orange last Monday.

Garry Frazer returned to his recent happy hunting ground at Gosford with his staying mare Miss Opulence who proved her last start win at Gosford was no fluke with another victory in the Turfcare NSW Handicap run over 2100m scoring by the bearest of margins a nose over the $2.80 favourite Storm Pelotari with another Hawkesbury trained galloper Monte Cassius a further two lengths away in third placing.

Connie Greig saddled up Reign’s Above for his second successive Orange victory last Monday with the 7yo galloper scoring a relatively easy win in the PolPure Pty Ltd Benchmark Handicap run over 1000 metres.

Hawkesbury’s leading trainer Garry White also had success at Orange with his 3yo filly East Village who carried 58.5 kilos to victory in the Orange City Council Class Two Handicap.       

Hawkesbury trainers continue on their winning way taking out seven of the eight races held at Bathurst last Sunday.

Race one the Gold Circle Cup run over 1400 metres was taken out by the Brian Firth trained Kellyville Flyer giving bookmakers a great result as Kellyville Flyer started

At 50/1 and paid double that on the three totes.

Garry White trained a winning double at the Bathurst meeting with Shadowofyourself and Magical Tales, with both gallopers being ridden by apprentice Shaun Guymer

Lisa Cohen and Oldrich Jiricka made it two wins on the trot with their galloper Mosscat who scored a gallant victory in the Hugh Bowman Cup run over 1200 metres.

Hawkesbury lady trainers Wanda Ings and Connie Greig were also in the winners circle with their respective gallopers Templestone $8 and Heavenly Jewel $15.

Making the tally seven wins from the eight races was Jason Clibsy who saddled up his consistent galloper She'll Avago to taken out the Magic Millions Tulloch Cup 1200m.

Hawkesbury Race Club over the past decade has had plenty of star trainers amongst their ranks including Robert Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Jack Paton, Terry Pracey, Garry White, Garry Frazer and the list goes on, but last week a young man Scott Singleton who has been steadily building up his training numbers achieved a training feat that not many city trainers have accomplished during their careers that being training a city interstate double within two days.

Scott arrived at Moonee Valley last Friday night with his stayer Platinum Jack and courtesy  of a brilliant ride by leading jockey Kerin McEvoy Platinum Jack simply toyed with his opposition in the $35,000 Sportingbet Handicap 3000m.

No time to waste as Scott had to head to Warwick Farm the following day with his 4yo mare Dark Brown Sugar who also had little difficulty in disposing of her opposition in the $85,000 2013 ATC Membership On Sale Now Handicap 1300m giving Scott a winning city interstate double Within two days.

Coming of age as a trainer was also going to happen for Scott a former amateur jockey who showed last Saturday how well he knows his horses as he had previously scratched Dark Brown Sugar on four previous occasions because of bad barriers and wanting a firm surface for his 4yo mare.

Scott and wife Lucy have been training out of Hawkesbury racecourse for the past seven years, have steadily built up their numbers and presently have twenty five gallopers in work on a consistent basis.

Another Hawkesbury trainer who is having a wonderful winning trot at the moment is Garry Frazer who recently produced an Oaks filly in the shape of Campania who was an impressive winner at Rosehill in a Benchmark 85 run over 180o metres and on dismounting Jockey Kathy O'Hara gave Garry a glowing report on the performance Campania and Kathy has no doubts that this 3yo filly will run a strong Oaks distance.

Last Sunday Garry saddled up the well bred Easyone at Orange in the 3yo Maiden 1280m and ridden by Garry's apprentice Clare Nutman, Easyone starting at the very good odds of $7 considering at her only race start she finished out of a place at Canterbury only beaten just under five lengths  proved too strong for her opposition giving this promising apprentice another victory in her short career in which Clare has already had her apprentice allowance reduced from four kilos to three and she is certainly making the most of her opportunities and a good career in the saddled is assured for Clare.

Garry not only tasted success at Orange last Sunday he also prepared Miss Opulence to take out the $22,000 XXXX Gold Class Two Handicap run over 2100 metres at Gosford courtesy of  a brilliant Tommy Berry ride.

Hawkesbury's leading trainer Garry White was also in the winners circle at Orange with his consistent galloper Magical Tales who broke his maiden status with a very easy victory in the Sheeradiance Maiden 1400m.