The well-travelled Cheval Prometteur (Declaration of War) will make his raceday return at Ruakaka on Saturday after an injury enforced layoff. The six-year-old gelding suffered a stress fracture in a cannon bone last year when preparing for the Gr.3 Jarden Stakes (2000m) and trainer Catherine Cameron has taken a cautious approach with his return. “We were getting him ready for the 2000m weight-for-age at Ellerslie on Melbourne Cup day,” Cameron said. “But we found he had a stress fracture in his cannon bone, which we luckily picked up before it…
Month: June 2021
Everest slot for exciting Kiwi
The NZ suffix has featured prominently behind many of John O’Shea’s stakes performers this season, and this week he had the opportunity to visit the source. The Sydney trainer’s roll of honour of New Zealand-bred performers this year includes the likes of Gr.1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) winner Lion’s Roar (NZ) (Contributer), Group Three winning siblings All Saints’ Eve (NZ) (Sacred Falls) (Tibbie Stakes, 1400m) and All Hallow’s Eve (NZ) (Sacred Falls) (James HB Carr Stakes, 1400m), and Listed Luskin Star Stakes (1300m) winner Lost And Running (NZ) (Per Incanto). The…
Charlie the horse to watch at Awapuni
A more measured campaign is poised to pay dividends for Wairarapa galloper Charlie Horse (NZ) (Zacinto) in the coming weeks. That’s the prediction from Masterton trainer Stacey Dougan as she goes about putting the finishing polish on the Zacinto seven-year-old gelding ahead of Saturday’s IPL Marketing/Nelson Pine Industries 1600 at Awapuni. “COVID stuffed me up with him last year. I rushed him into getting a few runs while the tracks were still wet and that might have flattened him,” Dougan said. “This year, we’ve taken our time a bit with…
Whale Watch – Addington – Tonight – June 17
The Whale takes us through today’s meeting at Addington, Thursday, first race 5.36pm.
Larsen ready for second Addington tilt
By Jonny Turner The bright lights of New Zealand harness racing’s most hallowed harness track can be intimidating for young drivers but Tristan Larsen is not among them. The Southland junior driver will have his second drive at Addington behind Tolkien in race 4 on Thursday night after piloting the trotter in his first outing at the track last week. It’s fair to say Larsen wasn’t over-awed by the occasion and he is unlikely to be when he returns this week. “It was pretty good but it is just a…
Demon of an offer
TAB has opened an AFL / Greys offer for today’s traditional Queen’s Birthday clash between Melbourne and Collingwood. The betting giant has put up $3.10 for the top-of-the-ladder Demons to win into Confirm to win at Cranbourne. Confirm, who has won two of his past three starts, is The Watchdog’s top selection in Race 8 at 4.12pm. The Melbourne v Collingwood clash starts at 3.20pm. Click HERE for today’s AFL / Greys offer.
Selections | Addington 17 June
Selections for today’s meeting at Addington – Head to www.tab.co.nz to place your bet! Race Matt CrossCOMMENTATOR Race 15.36pm 5 Sporty Celine 7 Bensons Mate 8 Red Right Hand3 Southshore Race 26.06pm 7 Spot The Gamble4 Moment Of Kaos6 Jesper Fast 9 Ruakaka Race 36.36pm 7 Alta Sensation8 Storm9 American Outlaw4 Stavros The Terror Race 47.06pm 1 Tolkien6 Tyene8 Yuri4 Beyond The Horizon Race 57.36pm 2 The Falcon8 Kruizr4 Somekindawonderful 3 Queenofdance Race 68.06pm 6 With Ice12 Valley Star9 Chief Of Staff3 Full Of Hope Race 78.36pm 10 Harrison8 Terrier2 El Sirrar4 Taurus Race 89.06pm…
Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | June 16, 2021
Horse Racing around the country has five meetings scheduled to be run and won on this Wednesday afternoon. We have run our eye over the meetings being held on the Randwick Kensington track and the Sandown Lakeside track in a bid to make your Wednesday a winning one. Wednesday Racing Tips – June 16, 2021 Randwick Kensington Racing Tips Sandown Lakeside Racing Tips Racing is set to get underway with the first at Doomben at 11:58am on a Soft 6, with the day to be capped off at Belmont with…
Healthy Happy and Sky Darci lock horns again in Premier Cup
Healthy Happy (inside) finishes second to Sky Darci in the Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap. After their enthralling one-two finish in last month’s Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m), Healthy Happy and Sky Darci will renew their burgeoning rivalry when they lock horns in Sunday’s (20 June) HK$3.5 million Group 3 Premier Cup Handicap (1400m). Following an arduous season which included the demanding three-race Four-Year-Old Classic Series, the pair rose to the challenge against more experienced rivals to stake their claims as Hong Kong’s ‘generation next’, fighting out…
Daily Mail: Rivalry reignited
Two greyhounds that so often fly under the radar are part of the main event at Shepparton tonight. Man Absconded could easily be considered one of the lesser lights from the powerful Delbridge kennel, but with 20 wins from just 55 starts he is a genuine star. Tonight he faces off against Bulleteer, a son of G1 Sapphire Crown winner Maja Mahi Mahi, boasts brilliant mid-race speed. Trained by Darren Fisher, Bulleteer has amassed 17 wins from 41 starts and, aside from making the Ballarat Cup final in April, he…