Month: September 2019

Oaks runner-up takes step to Metrop Dream

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Trainer Mark Newnham admits to concerns over a wet Randwick but says Scarlet Dream will run. Australian Oaks runner-up Scarlet Dream will take the next step towards her Metropolitan Handicap goal when she lines up against a tough field of seasoned stayers in the Kingston Town Stakes at Randwick. Keen to get some more miles in her legs, trainer Mark Newnham confirmed Scarlet Dream would take her place on Saturday despite the likelihood the meeting would kick off on a heavy track. The mare has raced once this spring for…

Minimum bet limits at Australian bookmakers

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McDonald booked for Shark in Epsom

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Te Akau Racing has confirmed it has booked James McDonald to partner New Zealand raider Te Akau Shark in the Group One Epsom Handicap. McDonald has retained the mount after riding the dual Group winner at his Australian debut when he finished runner-up to Dreamforce in the Tramway Stakes at Randwick on September 7. Te Akau Racing announced it had locked in McDonald’s services via a tweet on Friday. Regular rider Opie Bosson is needed for Melody Belle in New Zealand on the same day and is also unable to…

I’m Incredible one step closer to Gold after conquering El Dorado

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I’m Incredible goes all the way in the Ultima El Dorado Classic. photo: Singapore Turf Club Rising staying star I’m Incredible showed that his first feature success coming off a Class 4 win was no fluke when he did it again for a second consecutive feature race win in the S$150,000 Ultima El Dorado Classic (2000m) on Friday night. The Lope De Vega five-year-old sent many form analysts in a spin when he took out the Committee’s Prize (1600m) at his last start one month ago, on the back of…

Beach life agrees with Vernanme

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Vernanme will tackle his first stakes assignment of the season at Counties on Sunday. Photo: Trish Dunell Group One performer Vernanme has  been lapping up the beach life at trainer Stephen Marsh’s satellite stableat Ruakaka during his spring preparation, but it has been back to reality thisweek for the talented galloper. The son of O’Reilly is preparing for his first stakes test of the spring at Counties on Sunday, the Listed Haunui Farm Karaka Classic (1600m), and he has returned to his Cambridge home base after his runner-up performance over…

Tiffani Brooker banned on drug charge

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Former champion Brisbane apprentice Tiffani Brooker has been banned for nine months on drug charges. Queensland jockey Tiffani Brooker has been disqualified for nine months after a recent urine test showed traces of a number of prohibited drugs. Stewards opened an inquiry after Brooker submitted a urine test at the Sunshine Coast on August 11. The inquiry heard Brooker’s test showed traces of amphetamine, methamphetamine, oxazepam, nordiapazem, temazepam, ketamine, norketamine and dehydroketamine. Stewards said they were mindful of Brooker’s guilty plea, forthright evidence, her personal circumstances and penalty precedents. But…

Wet forces Sunlight out of Shorts

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Sunlight has joined Santa Ana Lane as a non-runner in the Group Two Shorts because of the wet Randwick track. The Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained mare is now likely to run in the Moir Stakes at The Valley next week. The Shorts (1100m) is a major lead-up to the $14 million Everest on October 19 for which Santa Ana Lane is favourite. Sunlight is also headed to The Everest as is Pierata whose trainer Greg Hickman will decide as late as possible whether he runs in Saturday’s Shorts. Dual Everest…

Two-pronged Windsor Park attack for Baker-Forsman

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Gr.1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m) contender Mongolian Marshal. Photo: Trish Dunell Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman will have two chances in the Gr.1 Windsor ParkPlate (1600m) at Hastings on Saturday. Group Three winner Mongolian Marshal heads into the race off a pleasing placing first-up over 1400m at Ellerslie earlier this month and Forsman believes he will benefit from the step-up to the mile distance. “He was beaten by a couple of fit wet track gallopers and they covered a lot less ground than he did, so I thought…

Sir Rupert Clarke first-up for Madison County

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Dual Group One winner Madison County. Photot: Grant Matthew (Race Images Palmerston North) The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained Madison County will have his first hit-out of the springwhen he steps out at Caulfield on Saturday to compete in the Gr.1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m). The son of Pins has pleased his connections with the way he has been working in the lead-up to his first-up run. “Aleisha (Legg), who is over there looking after him, has been thrilled with his work the last couple of weeks and Damian…

Sentimental Miss at crossroads

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Group One winner Sentimental Miss is at an important crossroads in her campaign. The daughter of Reliable Man will run in the Fasttrack Insurance 2000 at Hastings on Saturday with her performance dictating future targets. Options for the Go Racing-owned galloper include the Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m) on October 5 or the Gr.1 Metropolitan Handicap (2400m) in Sydney on the same day. “They are two great options to have and she will have to win and win well to go to Sydney,” Go Racing’s Albert Bosma said. “But it would…