By Michael Guerin Trainer Steven Reid is hoping the aggression of a rival can gift Shes No Lady a winning shot in the $120,000 Sires’ Stakes Fillies Championship at Alexandra Park tonight. Shes No Lady has a habit of being in the right place at the right time, winning the juvenile filly of the year title last season because she won the only major fillies race staged before Covid hit. She was also in the right place last week when she was able to lead and outsprint many of the…
Month: October 2020
Big Fish, Little Fish – Auckland 29 October
Big Fish, Little Fish is the brand new Whale Watch brought to you by Michael Guerin and Craig Thompson. Today they look over the Auckland meeting
November / December Racing Calendar now available
GRV’s Racing Calendar for November/December is now available for download. The calendar will also appear in the November edition of Greyhound Monthly, which will be published online on 1 November. Click HERE to download
Hume Hard for Christo
Mark Delbridge isn’t as confident as TAB in Christo Bale’s chances to take out his second Group race over the middle distance on Monday night at The Meadows. Drawn box eight in the Group 1 Hume Cup, the opening leg of the Metro Festival of Racing, TAB have opened Christo Bale as the $3.50 second elect behind Last Hurrah. “I think he has no hope of winning this one,” trainer Mark Delbridge said. “There is a lot of pace on the inside of the track and I think that he…
Fields Announced for Group 1 TAB Topgun Events
The Melbourne Greyhound Racing Association (MGRA) are delighted to announce the fields for the Group 1 TAB Topgun & Topgun Stayers events set to be held at The Meadows on Saturday night 7 November. The Topgun Selection Panel (Eddie Caruana (Non-Voting Chair), Ashley Baker, James Van De Maat, Jason Lincoln, Luke Gatehouse, Peter O’Neill & Ron Hawkswell) met on Sunday via Zoom to discuss this year’s Topgun aspirants and after considerable discussion have settled on the following fields for the prestigious Group 1 events. Group 1 @tabcomau Topgun Field Saturday…
O’Shea hopes All Saints’ comes marching in
John O’Shea will be making sure he is wearing his lucky purple tie when All Saints’ Eve (NZ) (Savabeel) competes for a slice of the A$7.5 million Golden Eagle (1500m) pie on Halloween. The Randwick horseman might be a no-nonsense trainer but he has a superstitious streak. A talented rugby league player in his youth, O’Shea admits he had a few rituals to bring himself good luck on the football field and still looks for charms as a horse trainer. “I used to do some frightful things when I played…
Karaka Million order of entry released
New Zealand Bloodstock have revealed the current order of entry for the Karaka Million races to be held at Ellerslie on January 23. Te Akau Racing hold a strong hand in the 2021 DoubleTree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m), a race they have won four times in a row with Melody Belle, Avantage, Probabeel and Cool Aza Beel. Horses purchased by David Ellis currently occupy three of the top four positions through the early weeks of two-year-old racing this season. The top position belongs to Follow Your Dreams, trained…
2000 Guineas Not An Option
Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) contender Not An Option (Not A Single Doubt) has been ruled out of the three-year-old feature after bone chips were found in one of his fetlocks on Thursday morning. The Not A Single Doubt colt had suffered a heart fibrillation when finishing last in the Gr.2 James and Annie Sarten Memorial Stakes (1400m) at Te Rapa on Saturday, but trainer Tony Pike had been pleased with his recovery after the race before Thursday’s finding. “Unfortunately this (Thursday) morning, apart from…
London Banker primed for Feilding Gold Cup
Progressive Roger James and Robert Wellwood-trained stayer London Banker (NZ) (Tavistock) is primed for the Listed Ricoh Feilding Gold Cup (2100m) at Awapuni on Saturday. The patiently-handled son of Tavistock is a five-year-old but is the young buck in a field of veterans which includes the ageless 11-year-old Sampson (NZ) (Dubai Destination). After two runs over a mile this campaign for a third and a fourth, London Banker will carry 53kgs and has the services of leading hoop Danielle Johnson as he steps up to his proffered middle distance. “He…
Rich Hill graduates chasing feature prizes
A trio of Rich Hill Stud graduates will be vying for top honours in Group One features in Australia this coming week. Riodini (NZ) (Proisir) and Albarado (NZ) (Savabeel) will be in action at Rosehill and Flemington respectively on Saturday while Surprise Baby (NZ) (Shocking) will have a second crack at the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on Tuesday. Riodini takes his place in the A$7.5 million Golden Eagle (1500m) off the back of a runner-up finish in the Gr.2 Shannon Stakes (1500m) and a third-placing in the Gr.1…