December 16th, 2024 by Jamie Chadwick
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It may have taken until the last race of the day on Saturday, but Vanessa Arnott achieved a major career milestone of 300 wins at Fannie Bay when guiding Brazen Bon to an impressive victory in the Silks Darwin Christmas Mega Raffle 18 December Handicap (1100m).
Arnott, who rode her first winner in the Top End, The Gabba, on May 21 2005, first...Read MorePosted in: NewsTags: Darwin Racing, Darwin Turf Club, Northern Territory Racing
December 9th, 2024 by Jamie Chadwick
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Pharoah Magic, aided by a copybook frontrunning ride by champion jockey Jarrod Todd, defied his rivals to run him down in the bet365 Handicap feature event at Fannie Bay on Friday.
Trained by 12-time premiership- winning trainer Gary Clarke, who was absent from the meeting, Pharoah Magic was urged forward to lead from his outside draw at the...Read MorePosted in: NewsTags: Darwin Racing, Darwin Turf Club, Northern Territory Racing
November 25th, 2024 by Jamie Chadwick
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Darwin hall-of-famer Gary Clarke added to his already tremendous list of accolades after another successful showing at the Top End Racing Awards.
The trainer and legend within the racing fraternity continued to rewrite the history books as he snagged four awards after another stellar season.
The Clarke trained Wolfburn was crowned horse of...Read MorePosted in: News
November 19th, 2024 by Jamie Chadwick
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Jarrod Todd, the Top End's five-time premiership winning jockey, booted home Debating for his 900th career victory at Fannie Bay on Saturday.
Todd, who along with wife Andrea and their three children, has been based in Darwin for the past dozen years after relocating from Victoria, had to wait until the last race to achieve the milestone, but...Read MorePosted in: NewsTags: Darwin Racing, Darwin Turf Club, Northern Territory Racing
October 28th, 2024 by Jamie Chadwick
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Bon's Pride continued his ride through the ranks of the Top End's best horses with an authoritative win in the Book Your Christmas Party Handicap, the feature event at Fannie Bay on Saturday.
The son of Bon Aurum, trained by Jason Manning, jumped as favourite for the 1200m Benchmark 76 and after a tardy beginning settled down at the rear of...Read MorePosted in: NewsTags: Darwin Racing, Darwin Turf Club, Northern Territory Racing
October 22nd, 2024 by Steve Taylor
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BY ANDREW O'TOOLE
Mr have A Chat capped of a frustrating run of second places with a game win in the bet365 Handicap, feature event at Fannie bay on Saturday.
The seven-year-old son of I'm All The Talk, prepared by Chris Nash, had finished runner-up at Katherine in mid-August, before chasing home Flying Annie in mid-September, and Doc...Read MorePosted in: NewsTags: Darwin Racing, Darwin Turf Club, Northern Territory Racing
September 23rd, 2024 by Jamie Chadwick
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There was plenty of competitive racing and impressive performances at Fannie Bay on Saturday but none more so than Shakattak, who defeated a quality filed of open sprinters in a gritty performance in the bet365 sprint over 1200m.
It was the son of Shalaa's third win on the bounce and after chasing tearaway leader Export Witness, he found...Read MorePosted in: NewsTags: Darwin Racing, Darwin Turf Club
September 2nd, 2024 by Jamie Chadwick
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After enduring a frustrating day with a number of well backed runners either performing below par or with genuine excuses, 12-time leading trainer Gary Clarke had something to smile about when Rising Sphere bolted away with the National Jockeys Celebration Day Melanie Tyndall Memorial, the feature event at Fannie Bay on Saturday.
With Ianish...Read MorePosted in: NewsTags: Darwin Racing, Darwin Turf Club
August 9th, 2024 by Jamie Chadwick
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Despite jumping from the outside gate, the Peter Robl-trained Hadouken from the Gold Coast secured an outstanding win in the $200,000 Darwin Cup (2050m) at Fannie Bay on Monday.
With leading Sydney jockey Tyler Schiller aboard, the six-year-old gelding was forced wide leaving the home straight and was at times three or four deep for the first...Read MorePosted in: NewsTags: Darwin Events, Darwin Racing, Darwin Turf Club, Northern Territory Racing
August 9th, 2024 by Jamie Chadwick
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Early Crow became the fifth back-to-back winner of the $135,000 bet365 Palmerston Sprint when Chris Pollard’s 6yo blitzed his rivals in the 1200m dash for cash at Fannie Bay on Saturday.
With Sonja Logan in the saddle, the son of Kuroshio travelled strongly behind the pacemaking Ideas Man Star Magnum and Zourata, and with about 400m to run,...Read MorePosted in: NewsTags: Darwin Racing, Darwin Turf Club, DarwinCupCarnival
August 1st, 2024 by Steve Taylor
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ANDREW O'TOOLE
Master trainer Gary Clarke and his No.1 stable rider Jarrod Todd fittingly combined with Shakattak to win the last race of the 2023-24 racing season, the $40,000 Dabble Cup feature event on day six of the Great Northern Darwin Cup Carnival at Fannie Bay on Wednesday.
In the Process, the dynamic duo collected their 12th and...Read MorePosted in: NewsTags: Darwin Racing, Darwin Turf Club, DarwinCupCarnival, Northern Territory Racing
July 29th, 2024 by Steve Taylor
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ANDREW O'TOOLE
Gary Clarke, on the verge of his 12th successive Top End trainer's premiership, provided the quinella in the $50,000 TAB Metric Mile with Wolfburn and Pink Panther at Fannie Bay on Saturday.
The master trainer also picked up his fourth Carnival Day 5 feature - he had previously won the Metric Mile with Austpak (2007), Java...Read MorePosted in: NewsTags: Darwin Racing, Darwin Turf Club, DarwinCupCarnival, Northern Territory Racing
