Year: 2019

The Shark – best at Riverton on Sunday

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The Shark heads deep down into the bottom of the South Island and to Riverton in search of winners on Riverton Cup Day. For more punting information head to The Punters Lounge Race 1 6 Major Sass: Did a very good job last season in behind and around some smart types. Stronger now. Must have. 7 Rockabilly Blues: Another fresh up after making some big strides last season. Should be in for a good summer. 2 Bridesdale Robyn: Only going to be better for the first up run which was strong…

Waikuku’s back for another shot at Beauty Generation

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Waikuku is a talent with big potential. Joao Moreira expects improvement from the talented Waikuku (113lb) in Sunday’s (20 October) Group 2 Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (1600m) and he knows the four-year-old will need to show it if he is to trouble Beauty Generation (133lb). Last season’s BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) second ran a race full of promise when third to the supreme champion in the Group 3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m) earlier this month and gets 20lb from the top-weight this time. “It’s a handicap again…

Forde, shearing and cheering his way to the Caulfield Cup

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Former New Zealand national shearing champion Darin Forde shares in the ownership of Gr.1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) contender The Chosen One. Photo: Shearing Sports New Zealand Darin Forde will swap his shearing piece for a suit on Saturday as he gets set to experience one of his biggest days in racing. The world-class shearer shares in the ownership of Gr.1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) contender The Chosen One (NZ) (Savabeel) and the proud Southlander will be on course to cheer home the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained runner. It is not…

Railway hopeful set to resume at Rotorua

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Ken Kelso isn’t enamored with the prospect of running Princess Kereru (NZ) (Pins) on a heavy track at Rotorua on Saturday but he’s even less hung up on the alternatives. The Matamata trainer will saddle six-year-old mare Princess Kereru in Saturday’s Gr.3 Sweynesse Stakes (1215m), the weight-for-age conditions of the race making it an attractive first-up assignment for the Group One performer. However, the prevailing heavy track conditions aren’t pleasing the trainer. “We’re very happy with her going into it but concerned with the track,” said Kelso, who trains in…

Testashadow finds right race at Eagle Farm

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Testashadow (right) has been taken from Sydney to Brisbane for a suitable race at Eagle Farm. Veteran Sydney gelding Testashadow makes another trip to Brisbane to run at Eagle Farm as his trainer Gary Portelli searches the east coast programs for suitable races. Testashadow looks well placed in a field of nine in Saturday’s Clayfield Jewellery Open Handicap (1600m). It is the second time in recent months Portelli has sent Testashadow north in search of a suitable race. Testashadow finished third in unusual circumstances in an open handicap at Eagle…

Caulfield Cup runner under injury cloud

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New Zealand Derby winner Crown Prosecutor will have to be re-examined on the eve of the Caulfield Cup as Neufbosc prepares for a float trip for a Racing Victoria veterinarian inspection. RV reported the Stephen Marsh-trained Crown Prosecutor is lame in his right foreleg and will come under further scrutiny on Friday. Vets completed inspections on Thursday on the 18 horses in the field for Saturday’s 2400m race as well as three of the four emergencies. Neufbosc, the second emergency for the Caulfield Cup, is currently stabled in Sydney where…

Racehorse breeders call for transparency

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More must be done to ensure thoroughbred racehorses are tracked and accounted for after their careers, a peak body says. Thoroughbred Breeders Australia says those governing the industry must act along with participants to reinforce the post-racing programs which include rehoming retired horses. On the eve of the showcase Caulfield Cup in Melbourne and The Everest in Sydney, the ABC’s 7.30 program says the numbers of horses being slaughtered are much higher than stated and has shown vision of horses being killed at an abattoir in Queensland.. “I am appalled…