Belmont Preview, 21st July

Terry Leighton | Metropolitan Racing | 3 years ago

Race 1 – Nic’s Knee A really tough week comes to a close with the retirement of Tim Cahill and second knee reconstruction for Nic Naitanui. My biggest mistake this week was reading...

Belmont Preview, 7th July

Terry Leighton | Metropolitan Racing | 3 years ago

Race 1 – Protest Dismissed After taking a week off in protest of the amount of Love Island tweets popping up on my twitter feed, I am back reinvigorated and willing to forgive. In saying...

15 Comments | 3 years ago

Belmont Preview, 22nd June

Chris Nelson | Metropolitan Racing | 3 years ago

Race 1 – Kepler With the Eagles, Socceroos and Royal Ascot treble on the horizon, time is limited so we’ll keep this short and sweet. Not since Kepler Bradley went down clutch...

40 Comments | 3 years ago

Belmont Preview, 16th June

Perth Turf Talk | Metropolitan Racing | 3 years ago

Race 1 – Two Two’s Belmont with be bathed in sunshine on a cracking winter’s day befitting a brilliant edition of the Hyperion Stakes. The Socceroo’s knocking off the f...

8 Comments | 3 years ago

Belmont Preview, 9th May

Terry Leighton | Metropolitan Racing | 3 years ago

Perth's tipping championship Raceday is returning shortly for PTT. Get on board.   Race 1 – Withdrawals I haven’t coped well this week.  With only SEVEN r...

48 Comments | 3 years ago

Back to Belmont Preview, 26th May

Terry Leighton | Metropolitan Racing | 3 years ago

Race 1 – Winter Is Coming There is every chance this preview will be written in vain with around 70-80mm of rain forecast between now and the first race on Saturday. I for one, am a glass...

62 Comments | 3 years ago

Ascot Preview, 18th May

Terry Leighton | Metropolitan Racing | 3 years ago

Race 1 – Seeya Scott With a small tear running down my cheek, we say goodbye to another Ascot season. There has been some high’s and some low’s but as long as we’ve all...

35 Comments | 3 years ago

Ascot Preview, 12th May

Perth Turf Talk | Metropolitan Racing | 3 years ago

Race 1 – Budding Boo… Star Glorious conditions for the penultimate Saturday Ascot meet of the season with the sun shining and Fremantle continuing to embarrass themselves as a foo...

18 Comments | 3 years ago

Ascot Preview, 5th May

Perth Turf Talk | Metropolitan Racing | 3 years ago

Race 1 – Vaughn’s Missile Last week I used the terms ‘cracking’, ‘ripper’ and ‘brilliant’ to describe the Ascot card ahead of us. This time roun...

10 Comments | 3 years ago

Ascot Preview, 28th April

Terry Leighton | Metropolitan Racing | 3 years ago

Race 1 – Maiden Over An absolute cracking Ascot card after a less than enticing midweek ANZAC day meet. 28 degrees and no precipitation on the horizon looks a fitting forecast for a grea...

46 Comments | 3 years ago

Ascot Preview, 14th April

Terry Leighton | Metropolitan Racing | 3 years ago

Race 1 - Shaun Of The Dead I was going to write this on Thursday night, but I was far too disgruntled after Shaun McGruddy’s ride on Jester Rock. On a rail and leader bias track, you hav...

22 Comments | 3 years ago

Ascot Preview, 7th April

Perth Turf Talk | Metropolitan Racing | 3 years ago

Race 1 – Stevie Wonder 24 degrees and slightly overcast – perfect racing conditions for those with red hair and fair complexions. It’d be fair to say that this first event of...

3 Comments | 3 years ago