Month: May 2020

Chefano takes the Queen Mother Memorial Cup under Matthew Chadwick. Chefano gave trainer John Moore a sixth win in the Group 3 Queen Mother Memorial Cup Handicap (2400m) with a resolute front-running display at Sha Tin on Sunday, 3 May. Matthew Chadwick dictated the tempo against four rivals – three of which hailed from the same record-breaking stable – and did so with full confidence in his mount’s ability to outrun the rest. “He travelled early, got an easy time in front and he was always going to outstay them,”…

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Can Zed Em overcome 73kg to make it back-to-back wins in the Grand Annual Steeplechase? There’ll be no crowds, no third day and no racing to the top of the hill to watch the Grand Annual this year, but we can rest assured Ric McIntosh will bring the feeling of being at the ‘Bool to our lounge rooms. This year’s event will see 17 races over just two days: Tuesday, May 5 and Wednesday, May 6. All jumps races will take place on Day 1, highlighted by the Brierly Steeplechase…

Local trainer Aaron Purcell has runners in the two feature flat races at the Warrnambool carnival. Warrnambool trainer Aaron Purcell has already realised the thrill of winning a Grand Annual Steeplechase and a Galleywood Hurdle at his home track. He would love to add one of the feature flat races with his runners this year but knows the 2020 Warrnambool carnival, to be held this week, will not be the same as usual. Only key personnel are allowed on course because of restrictions which have enabled racing to continue during…

Champion jumps jockey Steven Pateman will try to defend the Grand Annual on Zed Em at Warrnambool. Dual licence holder Steven Pateman is free to continue racing after the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board reserved its decision on penalty on a cobalt charge. A leading jumps jockey, Pateman also holds a trainers’ licence and along with partner Jessica Barton was in March found guilty of a race-day administration charge relating to a high cobalt reading from Sir Walter Scott in a pre-race urine sample at Coleraine in September 2017. In…

French racing is set to resume at ParisLongchamp after police approved the re-start. Racing in France is poised to return next week with Paris police giving permission for the sport to resume at ParisLongchamp, the home of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. There have been no meetings since March 17 because of the coronavirus pandemic, with a number of meetings held without spectators leading up to that date. France Galop has been working towards a resumption on May 11, with key Guineas trials, the Prix de la Grotte and…