July 28th, 2025 by Steve Taylor
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Steve Taylor, 28 July 2025
The 2025 TAB Territory Punter of the Year competition brought the Darwin Turf Club to life on TAB Metric Mile Day, Saturday 26 July, with 25 syndicates battling it out for $10,000 in prizemoney and the prestigious title of the Territory’s best punters. This year also saw the debut of the Metric Mile $5k Challenge,...Read MorePosted in: NewsTags: Darwin Racing, Darwin Turf Club, Punter of the Year, TAB
July 25th, 2025 by Jamie Chadwick
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Capitol Hill, the recipient of a picture-perfect ride by Jason “Hip Hop” Lyon, repelled the challenge of stablemate Vanguard Legend to score a memorable 1-2 result for trainer Chloe Baxter in the $135,000 Ladbrokes NT Derby, feature event at Fannie Bay on Saturday.
Racing in the black, green stars and striped sleeves of the late Rod Dyer,...Read MorePosted in: NewsTags: Darwin Events, Darwin Racing, Darwin Turf Club, DarwinCupCarnival, Northern Territory Racing
July 25th, 2025 by Jamie Chadwick
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Lumber Punk, runner-up in last year’s bet365 Palmerston Sprint, showed he would be a force to be reckoned with again in the NT’s biggest short-course event on 2 August when storming home to win the Aspire Weight-For-Age (1200m) at Fannie Bay on Saturday.
One of three in the event trained by Gary Clarke, Lumber Punk, who finished second in...Read MorePosted in: NewsTags: Darwin Events, Darwin Racing, Darwin Turf Club, DarwinCupCarnival, Northern Territory Racing
July 25th, 2025 by Jamie Chadwick
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Hettinger, who had not won since scoring in the same race 12 months previously, rediscovered his mojo with a memorable victory in the Palmerston Rydges Cup, feature event at Fannie Bay on Wednesday.
Trained by Neil Dyer at Kyneton, who has been coming to the Darwin Cup Carnival since 2008, and giving him his fifth win in the Ladies Day...Read MorePosted in: NewsTags: Darwin Events, Darwin Racing, Darwin Turf Club, DarwinCupCarnival, Northern Territory Racing
July 25th, 2025 by Jamie Chadwick
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Chloe Baxter continued her dream start to the 2025 Great Northern Darwin Cup Carnival when Hell Fire Miss, in the very last stride, got up to down Juice Box in a thrilling finish to the Fusion Exhibitions Rosebowl at Fannie Bay on Wednesday.
Baxter, of course, saddled up Vanguard Legend to score in the Day 1 feature, the DCOH Darwin Guineas,...Read MorePosted in: NewsTags: Darwin Events, Darwin Racing, Darwin Turf Club, DarwinCupCarnival, Northern Territory Racing
July 15th, 2025 by Jamie Chadwick
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Hadouken, last year’s Darwin Cup winner, showed without doubt he's on song for a repeat in just over three weeks’ time when he outstayed hot favourite Cinque Torri in a thrilling $60,000 AUFS Chief Minister’s Cup, feature event at Fannie Bay on Saturday.
Trained by Peter Robl, whose wife Elaine was representing her husband who had...Read MorePosted in: NewsTags: Darwin Events, Darwin Racing, Darwin Turf Club, DarwinCupCarnival, Northern Territory Racing
July 15th, 2025 by Jamie Chadwick
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Gary Clarke’s arsenal of sprinters for the $135,000 bet365 Palmerston Sprint swelled even further when Boldinho made a winning Top End debut in the AFA Insurance Brokers Handicap at Fannie Bay on Saturday.
The 5yo son of Brazen Beau, formerly trained by Ciaron Maher and with a record of six wins from 33 starts prior to Saturday, began well...Read MorePosted in: NewsTags: Darwin Racing, Darwin Turf Club, DarwinCupCarnival, Northern Territory Racing
July 11th, 2025 by Jamie Chadwick
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Chloe Baxter and Jade Hampson were the toast of Fannie Bay on Saturday when they combined with Vanguard Legend for a memorable victory in the $75,000 DCOH Darwin Guineas, feature event on Day 1 of the Great Northern Darwin Cup Carnival.
Baxter, who sent out her first winner, First Crusade, a little over three years ago, had previously sent out...Read MorePosted in: NewsTags: Darwin Racing, Darwin Turf Club, DarwinCupCarnival, Northern Territory Racing
July 11th, 2025 by Jamie Chadwick
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Flying Annie continued her rich vein of form since returning from the Alice Springs Cup Carnival with another impressive win in the Northcrest Open Sprint at Fannie Bay on Saturday.
The 6yo daughter of Flying Artie, trained by Gary Clarke and with Aaron Sweeney in the saddle, began like a rocket from the 1100m start and set the pace, pursued...Read MorePosted in: NewsTags: Darwin Racing, Darwin Turf Club, DarwinCupCarnival, Northern Territory Racing
May 26th, 2025 by Jamie Chadwick
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Bon’s Your Back thrust himself into Darwin Cup Carnival contention with an authoritative win in the Ladbrokes Odds Surge Handicap, feature event at Fannie Bay on Saturday.
The 5yo son of Bon Aurum, having just his fifth start in the Top End, sat outside the pacemaker Siakam from the outset of the 1300m, joined that runner on the point of the...Read MorePosted in: NewsTags: Darwin Racing, Darwin Turf Club, Northern Territory Racing
May 26th, 2025 by Jamie Chadwick
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Gary Clarke with four of his six runners, looked to have a mortgage on the feature Silks Sunday Carvery Handicap at Fannie Bay on Saturday and so it proved as the master trainer saddled up the trifecta, headed by Flying Annie.
Aaton Sweeney had the mount on the six - year - old daughter of Flying Artie and, from the outset of the 1100m...Read MorePosted in: NewsTags: Darwin Racing, Darwin Turf Club, Northern Territory Racing
April 29th, 2025 by Jamie Chadwick
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I’m A Dreamer, an 11-time runner-up, put his best foot forward when capturing his fifth career win at his 50th start in the ANZAC Day Handicap at Fannie Bay on Friday.
Prepared by Tayarn Halter and with Raymond Vigar taking the mount, I’m A Dreamer led early before trailing in the 1600m event, but when leader Marvelous Night slowed the...Read MorePosted in: NewsTags: Darwin Racing, Darwin Turf Club, Northern Territory Racing
