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ANDREW Dale starred on his home track at the Wangaratta Turf Club’s Members’ Race Day on Saturday. Incredibly, the Dale stable took out three races in a row with Bellman ($3.30), Copperfield ($2.60) and Brnelyn’s Trooper ($11.40) saluting in races seven, eight and...

SPRING has nearly sprung and racing is cranking up. Andrew Dale Racing has a busy weekend ahead with runners at Canberra synthetic (Friday), Wangaratta (Saturday), Berrigan (Saturday) and Wagga (Monday). A good crop of chances will feature at Canberra today with Kiss...

As a new racing season officially begins, we caught up with trainer Andrew Dale to take a look back at a successful 2023/24 season that saw Andrew Dale Racing take out the Wangaratta Turf Club's Trainer’s Premiership. How does It feel to win the Trainer's Premiership?...

THE Wangaratta Turf Club’s Trainer of the Year is heating up with just four winners separating first to third. ADR currently leads the premiership with 51 winners, while Ben Brisbourne (49) and Craig Weeding (47) are close behind. It’s the closest finish on record for...

THE Wangaratta Turf Club’s Into Our Hands Community race day saw three locally trained horses claim victories. Andrew Dale cashed in with More Importance ($7.90) taking out race seven’s Garry Nash & Co Community Fund Handicap (1100m) by half a length. That wasn’t...

The next task awaits the hot Eamonn’s Memory who will be searching for three wins in a row when he features at Morphettville tomorrow. The five-year-old gelding has been in scintillating form winning three of his past five starts which has seen his rating spike to 70,...

Eamonn’s Memory made it back-to-back wins with a strong victory in race seven’s benchmark 64 handicap (1300m) at Wangaratta on Thursday. After saluting in a benchmark 58 at Benalla on May 7, the five-year-old gelding continued his rich vein of form on his home track...

Andrew Dale Racing sent long-time foreman Matt Hahne off in style but the day that brought a double at Kyneton wasn’t all smooth sailing. Thursday’s meeting was Hahne’s final as ADR’s foreman as he embarks on a new career and when Confessed ($30.70) and Turnaquid...

ANDREW Dale Racing will feature under the bright lights of Cranbourne tonight with five runners stepping up. Confessed, Mojo Music, Sheila, Eamonn’s Memory and the stable’s best chance in Shooting For Stars will all try their hand at the meeting. “All runners have...

AS the 2023/24 racing season hits the final four months, ADR currently sits at 38 winners. With ADR targeting 50 winners by season’s end, three winners in the past two weeks sees the training operation sit at 38 with a healthy winning percentage of 11%, along with a...

Shooting For Stars returned to form with a 1.35L victory in race three’s benchmark 66 (1000m) at Wagga on Thursday. After a credible third at Albury last start, the four-year-old mare was given the perfect ride by Billy Owen, sitting off the leader in ADR’s Sheila,...

ANDREW Dale Racing has just the five runners in action across the weekend, one of those at Albury today and four at Benalla tomorrow. Stable star Shooting For Stars will be looking to get back to her winning ways after a lacklustre last start at Wangaratta. But...

ANDREW Dale Racing will heavily support Berrigan’s Finley Autumn Cup six race card on Saturday with a solid nine runners. The family-friendly race day is a highlight of the Finley racing and social club and has been running for nine years. “It’s always good to support...

Chairman’s Choice gave apprentice jockey Brittany Button a day to remember. Riding at her first race day as a jockey, Button landed the first winner of her career aboard the eight-year-old gelding in race seven’s benchmark 58 (1200m) at Towong. The pair settled just...

ANDREW Dale Racing will make the scenic trip to Towong for their annual cup meeting tomorrow. The Towong Cup basks in rich history and after 2020’s devastating fires that nearly wiped out the racecourse, locals don’t take this meeting for granted and punters will...

IT will be a big Saturday for ADR with 13 runners in action across three different locations. Seven will run at Carrathool for their cup meeting, four will take part on Wangaratta Cup day and two will run at the Alexandra Cup races. At Wangaratta, the stable goes into...

ANDREW Dale's Shooting For Stars made a triumphant return to the stable, winning her first start back. Dale’s Shooting For Stars justified her $3.70 favourite odds in race eight’s benchmark 66 handicap (1175m) at Albury on Sunday, running home to victory by a head....

ANDREW Dale Racing is looking forward to Saturday’s Dederang Cup meeting where five runners will try their luck. After last year’s edition was abandoned due to an unsuitable track, the once-a-year meeting returns for the Dederang Picnic Racing Club. For ADR, Wagunda,...

Week review Tumut In what was a quiet week on track, last Saturday’s meeting at Tumut was the only meeting the stable attended. Mojo Music was the closest the stable came to finding a winner, finishing less than a length behind in second in race two’s Tumut Sprint,...

SHOOTING For Stars will return to Andrew Dale Racing after a stint with Will Clarken and Niki O’Shea in Adelaide. The four-year-old mare ran the first three starts of her career at ADR for two wins before the Clarken and O’Shea stable picked her up. After 11 starts...

ANDREW Dale’s Eamonn’s Memory finally broke through, claiming his first country cup. After second place finishes in the Tumut and Carrathool cups in consecutive weeks last year, a third in the Deniliquin Cup, as well as attempts in Berrigan and Balranald's features,...

Week review Yea Jahbath saluted at Yea on Saturday in race two’s picnic trophy (1300m) by a touch over two lengths. It’s the sixth win of the seven-year-old’s career. Benalla Deploy and Destroy was solid at Benalla on Sunday, finishing under two lengths off them in...

Week ahead Yea Seven runners will head to Yea’s picnic meeting on Saturday. New additions Regal Magnate and Patron of Power will run their first starts for ADR in race one’s maiden (1300m). Wagunda, Jahbath and new acquisition Rupicasso will take on race two’s picnic...

ANDREW Dale struck early at the Wangaratta Turf Club's meeting on Thursday. Hells Son snapped a streak of four third place finishes in a row in race four's Ovens Kia Wangaratta Maiden Plate (1170m) by a length. After drawing gate 14 of 14, hoop Lachlan King settled in...