By: Alex Steedman      

Promising Matthew Dale-trained Filipa will encounter a steep rise in class after an easy win on debut when the well bred three-year-old faces Group placed Zutara in the $70,000 Bacardi Breezer Handicap (1200m) at Rosehill on Saturday.

Filipais among nine acceptors for the fillies Handicap (1200m) which sees the Gai Waterhouse-trained Zutara at the top of the weights with 59.5kg.

Even with proven metropolitan runners in the event, trainer Matthew Dale believes his filly is suited to Saturday's race.

By Dean Walsh

Smart three-year old Senhor Da Gama should appreciate the drop back from city grade when he contests the Benchmark 60 1280m at Canberra on the Acton track on Friday.

Trained at Canberra by Matt Dale, the Commands gelding has created a big impression in a 7 start career winning twice and placing in another with a runaway three length Randwick victory the highlight so far.

By Simon Dinopoulos

 The Canberra Race Club will host their first race meeting on the Acton track for this season on Friday with a number of preparations well underway.

 Four staff members with the aid of a boom lift took four hours to move the winning post from the Course Proper to the Acton Track.

 Featuring a photograph of Parliament House, the winning post was designed in a modular format, allowing staff to take it apart and move it between both tracks. 

The title of the 2010 Myer face of Canberra Racing will be up for grabs when contestants will take part in Canberra’s only local model search. With the launch today of the competition Sales & Marketing Manager Briony Young said that this year the competition is anticipated to be well contended. “In 2009 the competition was in its first year and we received 46 entrants. This year I expect a lot more after the success of the competition and the high standard of representation from Elkie Stuart”.