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Steve’s Way primed for Albury Mile

Wednesday, 19 Mar 2025
Steve’s Way primed for Albury Mile

Craig Widdison will prepare for another bumper Albury carnival, with up to nine runners set to go around on Thursday and Friday.

Headlining our stable’s chances on Thursday, Craig will have three runners in the $50,000 Albury Mile (1600m), including Secret Glamour (Nick Souquet, 63kg), Duped By Spin (Louise Day, 55kg), and Steve’s Way (Brendan Ward, 55kg).

Duped By Spin is also entered in Friday’s $200,000 Albury Gold Cup (2000m), where Jason Lyon (55kg) is down for the ride, so stay tuned for any updates.

In the Albury Mile, last-start Corowa Cup runner-up Steve’s Way is the stable’s leading chance after drawing gate 6.

The 4YO is racing well and was unlucky not to win the Corowa Cup, and the Wayed Zain mare finds a nice race at Albury.

Stablemate Secret Glamour is a chance on her best form, but 63kg is a lot of weight to carry for the awkward draw (gate 10).

On a big first day of the carnival, the stable also has recent Wagga Wagga placegetter Sister Shay (Brendan Ward, 56kg) taking on the $50,000 Super Maiden Handicap and last-start Towong winner Deloris (Louise Day, 56kg) stepping up in distance to take on the $30,000 Class 1/Maiden (2000m) event.

Rounding out the meeting is Doogan’s Design (Brendan Ward, 55kg), which has drawn the car park (gate 17) in the $75,000 City Handicap (1175m).

On Friday, the stable will be led off by Explosive Gold (Daniel Moor, 56.5kg) in the $50,000 Maiden Showcase Plate (1175m)

A first starter by Smart Missile and out of Gold Fontein, we’re looking forward to seeing what the 3YO filly can do first-up from gate 8.

Next up is Fourthtimelucky (Nick Souquet, 59kg), which is set to jump from gate 6 in the $30,000 Benchmark 58 (1175m).

A nice maiden winner over 1175m at Albury in October, the 3YO Prized Icon gelding resumed at Wagga Wagga earlier this month, running a decent fifth, beaten just over a length over the 1000m journey.

Majestic Reward (Brendan Ward, 55kg) is the stable’s next chance when taking on the $30,000 Class 2 Handicap (1000m), and connections have drawn kindly with gate 4.

The Albury carnival could lead into a big few days for our Wodonga stable, with runners also entered at Berrigan and Benalla on Saturday and Goulburn on Sunday.

Words: Jeff Hanson
Image: Widdison Racing