TUESDAY: February 24, 2026: BLAKE Ryan says he would have been disappointed if well-bred colt Just Awesome was beaten at Kembla Grange today. The Hawkesbury trainer edged closer to a half century of winners when the three-year-old gave him his 49 th  success, in the Provincial Class 1 Handicap (1000m). A $3.70 chance, Just Awesome’s speed took him to a clear lead early and he held on to defeat Kembla Grange trainers Mitch Beer and George Carpenter’s Ride The River ($9.50) and

SUNDAY: February 22, 2026: HAWKESBURY hobby trainer Michael Vella mapped out a plan last winter to have a shot at this year’s Provincial-Midway Championships with Cosmeena. The plan moved an important step closer to fruition at Wyong yesterday when the mare returned from a lengthy break in winning form. Ridden by Louis Beuzelin, Cosmeena ($4.40) took the Midway Benchmark 64 Handicap (1200m) to post her third victory from 12 starts. Not only did Vella have Cosmeena in tip-top

THURSDAY: February 19, 2026: OUI Oui Oui may be given the chance to gain black type now that she has qualified for the $1m Provincial-Midway Championships Final. Though beaten by $31 outsider Octa De Lago in today’s opening PMC Qualifier (1400m) at her home track, trainer Jason Attard was not disappointed with his $2.45 favorite. “Our goal today was to qualify her for the Final, and she has done that,” Attard said this evening. “The winner and my mare beat the others convinci

WEDNESDAY: February 18, 2026: UNLIKE some trainers Jason Attard doesn’t weigh his horses. Instead he is happy to go by the eye – and his eye is telling him ruling Provincial-Midway Championships Final favorite Oui Oui Oui is “pretty good”. The talented Yes Yes Yes mare begins her PMC campaign at home tomorrow in the opening 1400m Qualifier for both eligible provincial and Midway-trained horses, with the first two placegetters automatically securing “free tickets” to the $1m F

TUESDAY: February 17, 2026: BRAD Widdup’s breakthrough with hotpot Waerea at Kembla Grange capped a good day for Hawkesbury’s leading trainer. Having only his third start following two seconds at his first racing preparation, the Bivouac three-year-old’s victory in the Provincial Maiden Plate (1400m) was narrow but impressive. Sent out as a $1.40 favorite, the younger half-brother to now retired triple Group 1 winner Duais sustained a long run from just after leaving the 600m

MONDAY: February 16, 2026: USUALLY it’s a case of win and you’re in! But not on this occasion. Hawkesbury’s leading trainer Brad Widdup called a halt to Pro Velocity’s campaign after she scored on Newcastle’s Beaumont track today. Ridden by Christian Reith, the four-year-old daughter of Proisir and High Chaparral mare High Spin was sent out at $6 and outgamed Stormzino ($3.10 second favorite) in the Class 1/Maiden Plate (2100m) at the country TAB meeting. “That’s it,” Widdup

SUNDAY: February 15, 2026: BRAD Widdup is confident his dual Group 2 winner Savvy Hallie is ready to prove herself at both 1400m and achieve Group 1 glory in the process. Hawkesbury’s leading trainer, understandably thrilled with Savvy Hallie’s defeat of hotpot Apocalyptic in yesterday’s Light Fingers Stakes (1200m) at set weights at Royal Randwick yesterday, is ready to give the sometimes unacclaimed filly her chance to rise to the top at racing’s elite level in Saturday wee

SUNDAY: February 15, 2026: STEVE O’Halloran’s Royal Randwick breakthrough yesterday with stable star Mal Coupe ticked one box – with an assurance that another important one can soon be ticked as well. The Hawkesbury trainer’s first-up victory with $3.40 favorite Mal Coupe – the gelding extended his picket fence to four wins – in the Midway Benchmark 72 Handicap (1000m) - carried extra significance as he spent 17 years at headquarters as one of Gai Waterhouse’s trusted lieuten

THURSDAY: February 12, 2026: STEVE O’Halloran waited a week, he’s got the champion jockey on his side and a good barrier to boot. Decent rain if it arrives would be the icing on the cake for Mal Coupe’s return at Royal Randwick on Saturday as he strives to extend his picket fence to four wins. Nonetheless, the skilled Hawkesbury horseman believes his young sprinter will still be hard to beat even on a good surface. Mal Coupe resumes in the Midway Benchmark 72 Handicap (1000m)