South Australian Cups

Balaklava Cup -- Balfs Choice is on fire this preparation and the Written Tycoon gelding added the listed Balaklava Cup on Wednesday to his resume. Trained by Ryan Balfour who got hold of the king of Western Australia jockey ranks, William Pike,  to ride his talented galloper. Pike went to the front on him and rated him beautifully to kick well clear down the straight and record a satisfying victory for Ryan.Who named the galloper after his father. He is out of the Celtic Swing mare Not Judes Choice who won four races in her career. Balf's Choice has now won five of his last six starts.

Marie Halidon Cup  -- The John Hickmont trained, 7 year old gelding, Danouli was given a dream ride by Raquel Clarke on Sunday. She sat the Danerich gelding up on the speed and as they straightened Clare Lindop aboard Halayr Rothestar issued a strong challenge but Raquel got everything out of Danouli to get it home by a head.

Dubbo Gold Cup -- Brazen, the five year old, Hinchinbrook gelding is out of the Belong To Me mare, Sirenese who won 7 of 27 starts, Brazen gained an inside run to take out the Dubbo Gold Cup . Clayton Gallagher rode and Brett Cavanough trained horse won the 1600m event .

Newcastle Gold Cup -- Tim Clark, took Broadside straight to the front in the early stages of the Newcastle Cup and set up a genuine tempo.Broadside looked in trouble at the top of the straight but kept on finding and .Trainer Adrian Bott confirmed that Broadside would head to the Group 1 The Metropolitan before potentially heading to Melbourne for the Group 1 Caulfield Cup and the Group 1 Melbourne Cup 3200m.Broadside is by the son of Sadlers Wells , Raise The Flag who stands at New Zealands, White Robe Lodge Farm.

Check out the Newcastle Gold Cup Win here

Broadsides Win

Raise The Flag Stands at White Robe Lodge

Fast Fella at Birdsville

Birdsville Cup -- Fast Fella, the 5 year old Fastnet Rock gelding is spreading the breeds success across the Australian continent with a win in the 135th Birdsville Cup while Merchant Navy and Formality had wins at Caulfield ,Randwick on the weekend. Fast Fella was ridden by Rockhampton jockey, Adrian Coombe, for trainer Craig Smith who recorded his second Cup winner.This year the race was streamed live on Facebook.

Murwilliambah Cup -- Anne Bonny was the winner of the 1530m Cup ridden by Belinda Hodder and making it three wins in a row .The 5 year old mare is by the Redoutes Choice stallion Stratum who was bred in 2002 with both Vain and Luskin Star on the broodmare side. She has now won 6 from her 21 starts and a total of  $85,900 in prizemoney. Anne Bonny is nominated for this Thursdays Ballina Cup in an attempt to make it four in a row.  The drama packed cup left a young jockey Laura Cheshire with some story to tell as her mount Secret Blend lost the bridle and took her on three lap tour of the Murwillambah track and stewards having a decision to make after the false start siren went off accidentally.

Belinda Hodder on board Anne Bonny

Sheep Hill Cup at Warracknabeal --- A great front running ride by Daniel Moor got the Mitch Freedman trained 7 year old gelding Not To Know, home in the cup on saturday. It was one of three winners for Daniel on saturday.

Tuncurry Cup 2100m -- On 1st October 2008, the Tuncurry-Forster Jockey Club was granted a licence to conduct race meetings on the Tuncurry track. The official announcement was made by the Minister for Racing, Kevin Greene – the Jockey Club had fulfilled the requirements, and had a licence to start racing on 17th January 2009.