New Zealand Bloodstock graduate Golden Sixty (Medgalia d’Oro) has been crowned Hong Kong Horse of the Year for the 2020/21 season. The Francis Lui-trained five-year-old was also named Champion Miler and Champion Middle-Distance Horse. The son of Medaglia d’Oro also secured the bulk of the public vote to claim the Most Popular Horse title for the second consecutive year. The 2019/20 season’s Champion Four-Year-Old showed further improvement this term, with a perfect record of seven wins from seven starts, with the last four wins all at Group One level. Since…
Month: July 2021
Mother and son on same card at Addington
In what is a rarity for harness racing a mother and her son will be in separate races at Addington on Thursday night. Two-race winner Hello Adele lines up in the opener (IRT.Your Horse. Our Passion Mobile Pace) while her son White Star Orlando will debut in Race 5, the Betavet Pace. Hello Adele was only a yearling when Rocknroll Rod “jumped the fence” at Noel Kennard’s farm just outside Christchurch. The deed was done, and White Star Orlando was duly born on November 19 2017. “It’s certainly something a…
Oliveira upsets in Yonkers match race
The New Zealand bred pacer and the UFC star have combined to beat Hall of Famer Tim Tetrick in their much-anticipated match race at Yonkers Raceway in New York. UFC Lightweight champion Charles Oliveira combined with Provocative Prince, who was bred by Gavin Chin (of Lazarus fame) and trained by David Mitchell in this country. He won six races here from 44 starts before being exported to North America in 2016. Oliveira, who is mixed martial arts royalty at home in Brazil, started from barrier two in the 1609 metre…
News Briefs : 14 July
Morrison looks at three peat With just a fortnight of the season left John Morrison looks set to claim his third consecutive junior drivers’ premiership. The Canterbury-based trainer-driver has 57 wins for the season, six clear of Sarah O’Reilly. Morrison drove a double at Addington on Friday, as did O’Reilly at Forbury Park’s big finale, including victory in the last ever race at the southern venue with Dodgethebullet. The McMillan Equine Feeds New Zealand junior drivers championship, featuring both Morrison and O’Reilly, will be held at Addington this Thursday and…
NZ Bred to star in hyped US match race
By Jonny Turner New Zealand bred pacer Provocative Prince is set to star in one of North America’s most talked about harness races and add to Gavin Chin’s accomplishments as a breeder when he stars in a match race at Yonkers on Wednesday (New Zealand Time). The ten-year-old will be driven by UFC Lightweight Champion and superstar fighter Charles Oliveira in his special match race with star reinsman Tim Tetrick at Yonkers Raceway. The massive success of UFC fighting and Oliveira’s huge profile within the sport has combined with his…
Orange’s NZ season all but over
By Michael Guerin Champion driver Blair Orange’s New Zealand season is all but over. And as he sits in the Queensland sun on a much-deserved busman’s holiday Orange says he is satisfied with what he has been able to achieve in his fourth premiership victory. Orange travelled to the Sunshine State last Saturday to partner Krug into fourth in the Rising Sun at Albion Park, won by Amazing Dream. With the travel uncertainties he has decided to stay there until after the Queensland Derby on July 24 in which will…
Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | July 13, 2021
Horse racing around the country sees five meetings being held around the country on this Monday afternoon. Our racing analysts here at horsebetting.com.au have found you a couple of bets and quaddie numbers for the eight-race card being conducted on the Ballarat Synthetic. Tuesday Racing Tips – July 13, 2021 Ballarat Synthetic Racing Tips Horse Racing meetings are scheduled to be run at Albury, Ballarat, Ballina, Cairns and the Sunshine Coast. The first at Albury kicks off the day at 12:30pm on a Heavy 9, with the last at the…
Daily Mail: Rebellious the hottest ticket in town
‘Next big thing’ Rebellious (8 from 10) is a young ‘rebel with a cause’. He’s a “star prospect”, according to form expert The Watchdog. And who would disagree! Only 23 months old, the Jason Thompson-trained flier won The Prospector in a near-TR 23.42sec after finishing third in the Pink Diamond Rookie Short Course – both over 425m at Bendigo. He’s also won 3 from 3 over 400m (22.28sec PB) at Warragul and, daringly defiant, steps up tonight to its 460m trip chasing six wins from his past seven starts. The…
Sparkling Dragon seeks back to back wins
Tony Millard will be represented by four entries in Wednesday’s final fixture of the 2020/21 racing season in Hong Kong, including Sparkling Dragon (NZ) (O’Reilly) in the Class 2 Sports Road Handicap (1200m). Millard has been pleased with Sparkling Dragon as he eyes back-to-back wins with the son of O’Reilly. “He trialled very nicely the other day, I’m very happy with him – I think he has a nice draw and he gets his chance,” he said. The New Zealand-bred six-year-old is a six-time winner in Hong Kong, four times…
Victorian targets for Reliable Man mare
Prominent Western Australian-owner Bob Peters has sent quality gallopers Inspirational Girl (NZ) (Reliable Man) and Superstorm (Sebring) to Victorian trainer Danny O’Brien ahead of the spring carnival. Both horses, who were previously prepared by Grant and Alana Williams for Peters, arrived in Melbourne on Tuesday morning. “They were due to fly out on a plane over a month ago but that got canceled and we have been waiting ever since,” Peters told racing.com. “Danny has a similar situation to us (with his Barwon Heads property) and has established the setup…