August 6th, 2025 by Jamie Chadwick
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Early favourite Hadouken has made it back-to-back wins at the Darwin Cup proving his toughness and grit to the line to claim the 2025 edition of the race.
The Peter Robl trained runner with premiership winning jockey Blake Shinn in the saddle backed up its recent Chief Minister’s Cup tilt in style on the Territory’s biggest...Read MorePosted in: NewsTags: Darwin Events, Darwin Racing, Darwin Turf Club, DarwinCupCarnival, Northern Territory Racing
August 6th, 2025 by Jamie Chadwick
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There were euphoric scenes in the Fannie Bay mounting yard on Saturday as history was created by Early Crow, who became the first horse to win three successive $135,000 bet365 Palmerston Sprints.
The 7yo son of Kuroshio and Bo Dee, trained and co-owned by Dick Leech along with prominent racing enthusiast Phil Brittain and his family, had not...Read MorePosted in: NewsTags: Darwin Events, Darwin Racing, Darwin Turf Club, DarwinCupCarnival, Northern Territory Racing
August 6th, 2025 by Jamie Chadwick
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Kerry Petrick, who had endured a trying Great Northern Darwin Cup Carnival with just one winner over the first six days, turned that all around with a quartet of superb victories on Day 7, bet365 Palmerston Sprint Day, at Fannie Bay on Saturday.
She started the day in perfect fashion when just-turned 4yo The Men Went Home turned in a tough...Read MorePosted in: NewsTags: Darwin Events, Darwin Racing, Darwin Turf Club, DarwinCupCarnival, Northern Territory Racing
August 3rd, 2025 by Jamie Chadwick
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Stormfront, given a peach of a ride from the returning Noel Callow, was in a different league to his rivals in the $40,000 Dabble Cup, feature event at Fannie Bay on Wednesday.
The son of Frosted was the ruling favourite for the Day 6 feature over 1300m, and the punters were on good terms with themselves as far as 600m out.
After Forms Of...Read MorePosted in: NewsTags: Darwin Events, Darwin Racing, Darwin Turf Club, Northern Territory Racing
August 3rd, 2025 by Jamie Chadwick
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Wolfburn, who had been a little below his best in three Top End runs this campaign, rediscovered his best form in devastating fashion with a second straight TAB Metric Mile, feature event on Day 5 of the Great Northern Darwin Cup Carnival at Fannie Bay on Saturday.
Giving 13-time leading trainer Gary Clarke his fifth win in the 1600m feature,...Read MorePosted in: NewsTags: Darwin Events, Darwin Racing, Darwin Turf Club, DarwinCupCarnival, Northern Territory Racing
August 3rd, 2025 by Jamie Chadwick
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Pharoah Magic entered the conversation for the $135,000 bet365 Palmerston Sprint next Saturday when he led throughout in the Silk Laser Clinics Flying Sprint at Fannie Bay on Saturday.
Trained by Gary Clarke and with Jarrod Todd in the saddle, Pharoah Magic began well from a wide gate, assumed control before the first turn and then held on...Read MorePosted in: NewsTags: Darwin Events, Darwin Racing, Darwin Turf Club, DarwinCupCarnival, Northern Territory Racing
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
