MONDAY: November 24, 2025: HAWKESBURY will launch the 2026 Provincial-Midway Championships at its return meeting on Thursday, February 19. RacingNSW has announced the dates for the six qualifying races, along with the Wild Card at Newcastle on Thursday, April 2. “Each of the qualifiers again will carry $150,000 prizemoney, and the Final at Royal Randwick on April 11 on the second day of The Championships is worth $1m,” RacingNSW general manager Industry and Analytical Scott K

SATURDAY: November 22, 2025: WHEN is Sunday not on a Sunday? When it’s winning on Friday of course. A five-year-old mare named Sunday and trained at Hawkesbury by Jackie Greentree made it two wins on end when successful at Orange yesterday. Ridden by Jake Pracey-Holmes, the $7 chance did all the work and showed plenty of grit to take the Class 1 Handicap (1400m). Sunday made the running and, after being headed by Luna Jet ($3) in the straight, would not be denied and fought b

THURSDAY: November 20, 2025: FOUR days. Four winners! It’s been some week for Hawkesbury’s leading trainer Brad Widdup, whose quartet in successive days was capped when lightly-raced filly Lightness scored at Newcastle today at only her third start. And on this occasion he wasn’t the only Hawkesbury trainer to be in the winning circle, as Jason Attard produced promising mare Oui Oui Oui first-up at Winx-like odds. Not surprisingly, both trainers say their respective winners h

WEDNESDAY: November 19, 2025:  THE hallmark of a successful trainer is knowing when to stop with a horse and look to the future. Even when that horse might have just won another race at her first start back from a spell. Leading Hawkesbury trainer Brad Widdup did that with now four-year-old mare Tequila Baby, who repaid him by breaking through for her first city victory at Canterbury today. Ridden by last season’s champion Sydney apprentice Braith Nock, Tequila Baby defied a

TUESDAY: November 18, 2025: PERTH’S Magic Millions yearling sale might attract even more interest in future from Hawkesbury’s leading trainer Brad Widdup. A first time visit there last year with his major client, Mike Gregg’s Mulberry Racing, resulted in the purchase of four fillies – and two of the three which have so far raced have won. Widdup produced Playing Gold three-year-old Azure Angel – the dearest of the foursome at $210,000 – at Scone today for an immediate result.

MONDAY: November 17, 2025: ALL in a day’s work for a budding young jockey! Hawkesbury apprentice Poppie Gorton rode in the third heat at her home track trial session this morning, then headed off to the TAB race meeting at Nowra for two rides for her master, leading trainer Brad Widdup. After finishing fourth in the second race on Kosrae ($4.80), the 19-year-old backed up four races later and posted an important milestone in her career. Gorton won the Benchmark 58 Handicap (1

SUNDAY: November 16, 2025: FOR a relatively small stable, winning three races in a season wouldn’t be a bad effort. But to do so in only 10 days is something to shout about. Little wonder Hawkesbury trainer Peter Green said he was “on top of the world” after Bold and Blazen had doubled up at Wyong today. Again ridden by Grant Buckley, Bold and Blazen followed up his $19 success in a Super Maiden Plate (1200m) at Gosford on November 6 by taking the CG&E Class 1 Handicap (1350m

MONDAY: November 10, 2025: HAWKESBURY’S Evergreen Turf Ladies Day Cup is here to stay on a Saturday. A near 4000 strong crowd voted with their feet last Saturday, ensuring the switch from a traditional Thursday date proved a winner beyond doubt. “The new date was well promoted and it was a fantastic day where everyone on course enjoyed themselves,” Hawkesbury Race Club chief executive James Heddo said this afternoon. “Being able to run a $200,000 Listed race on a Saturday com

SUNDAY: November 9, 2025: BRAD Widdup was getting annoyed! Hawkesbury’s leading trainer couldn’t fathom why well-bred mare Sunset Park was getting beaten in midweek and Saturday Midway races in Sydney. “I was frustrated,” Widdup said today. “I knew she had the ability, but wasn’t getting the job done. “I started wondering whether there was something wrong.” A trip to Melbourne changed everything. To some observers, it might have seemed simply having a “throw at the stumps” ta