WEDNESDAY: December 10, 2025: BRAD Widdup confessed! He was referring to his mare Confess Our Dreams’ victory at today’s Wyong Magic Millions meeting. The leading Hawkesbury trainer took Confess Our Dreams ($2.90 favorite) back to the provincial circuit for the first time in more than two years – and she duly saluted. Ridden by apprentice Siena Grima, she won the Provincial Benchmark 68 Handicap (1200m). “We found a nice race for Confess Our Dreams,” Widdup said this evening.

SUNDAY: December 7, 2025: TERRY Croft hadn’t even seen a yearling filly by first season sire Zousain until he came across her by chance at the 2023 Inglis HTBA sale in Sydney. “I was out the back chatting with another chap when we saw her, and both of us immediately liked her,” the Hawkesbury trainer said this evening. “When he didn’t want to buy her, I went back inside and put in one bid of $5000 and got her.” Fortune might have been on Croft’s side then, but he has harnesse

FRIDAY: December 5, 2025: EXPERIENCED Hawkesbury trainer Terry Croft has successfully travelled all over the countryside this year to win races with his mare Zoutastic. Now he figures it’s time to change pace and win one at home on Sunday. Zoutastic resumes in the Skin Fitness Hair and Beauty Provincial Benchmark 64 Handicap (1000m), with her trainer hoping this campaign will lead to even richer pickings. Croft has done a superb job with the four-year-old daughter of Zousain,

SUNDAY: November 30, 2025: BRAD Widdup’s 10 th  winner of the month at Newcastle today was indeed a “cut” above average. The leading Hawkesbury trainer had won a Group 2 Matriarch Stakes (Sunset Park) at the Flemington carnival along with a number of Sydney victories in November, including Hyperbolic at Rosehill Gardens yesterday. But winning with a five-year-old mare having her first start, and who had been out of the stable for nearly two years, was something special. The u

THURSDAY: November 27, 2025: WHEN it comes to Hawkesbury race meetings this season, local trainers Brad Widdup and Jason Attard are like “peas in a pod”. For the fourth time at home this season they again shared the spotlight today, each winning a race. And their results were popular with punters; Widdup’s Admire Me and Attard’s Nesrine both starting well backed favorites – and also they were the only provincial winners. Not surprisingly given their form, Widdup and Attard ar

WEDNESDAY: November 26, 2025: A wide barrier has skittled Blake Ryan’s hopes of producing recent acquisition Silk Lace for her debut at home tomorrow. The Hawkesbury trainer this morning put a hold on the three-year-old filly beginning her career in the Irresistible Pools & Spas Provincial Maiden Plate (1100m) when she drew the outside barrier in a field of 11. “No point asking her to try to win her first start from that draw,” Ryan said. “She is only small, and we’ll wait fo

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