Month: March 2022

Delbridge’s Classic Dubbo quest

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Dual Group 1 winner Jarick Bale can confirm his status as Australia’s premier middle distance greyhound in Saturday night’s inaugural Stockman & Paddock Country Classic final (605m), being staged in Dubbo. Trained by Mark Delbridge, Jarick Bale will lead an imposing Victorian trio in the world’s richest middle distance race, with Immunity and Aston Ulysses also eyeing off the $125,000 winner’s purse. Jarick Bale, a half-brother to former Delbridge-trained 600m dynamo Christo Bale, has claimed two of the most prestigious middle distance events on the calendar in recent months. He…

2022 Rosehill Guineas Field & Odds: Anamoe Favourite to Atone

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Star Godolphin youngster Anamoe has eased out to a bit of value but remains the clear favourite out to return to winning form in the Group 1 $700,000 Rosehill Guineas (2000m) this Slipper Day. Beaten Randwick Guineas favourite Anamoe is tipped to atone for the punters in the 2022 Rosehill Guineas this weekend. Photo: Steve Hart. James Cummings’ Street Boss colt was odds-on earlier in the week to win back the love of the punters but is out to around $2.05 in the latest Rosehill Guineas betting markets at Ladbrokes.com.au.…

The Galaxy 2022 Field & Betting Update: Shelby Sixtysix Gains Start

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Danny Williams’ autumn revelation Shelby Sixtysix has gained a run in Saturday’s Group 1 $700,000 The Galaxy (1100m) with Splintex withdrawn from the feature sprint on Golden Slipper Day. Magic Millions Snippets winner Isotope returns as favourite in the 2022 The Galaxy this Saturday in Sydney. Photo: Steve Hart. Following the official withdrawal of the Mark Newnham-trained top-weight Splintex (58kg), first emergency Shelby Sixtysix will line-up from a favourable barrier four draw chasing another upset win at Rosehill Gardens. Getting in on just 52.5kg the in-form Toronado is on the…

George Ryder Stakes 2022 Field & Betting Update: Forbidden Love Favourite

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Forbidden Love gets her chance at back-to-back Group 1 wins with money coming for Richard & Michael Freedman’s in-form mare ahead of Saturday’s Group 1 $1 million The Agency George Ryder Stakes (1500m). Forbidden Love is favourite to keep the wins coming in Saturday’s 2022 George Ryder Stakes at Rosehill. Photo: Steve Hart. One of the key support acts on a bumper Golden Slipper Day card at Rosehill Gardens, the George Ryder Stakes field is down to 11 with Randwick Guineas winner Converge (10) out in favour of a rematch…

Roy Purdon to get new race in his name

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A new race honouring the late Roy Purdon has been confirmed for Alexandra Park on Friday May 20. The patriarch of one of racing’s most successful and famous families died on February 2, aged 94, after a career that saw him train a total of 2109 winners, including 54 Group Ones. He was the country’s champion trainer on 21 occasions, either on his own account or in partnership with son Barry. “It’s an awesome idea,” said Roy’s daughter Suzanne Herlihy. It was conceived by the Auckland Trotting Club. “We just…

Persistence rewarded at Timaru

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by Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk  South Canterbury trainer Mike Curry admits “it was all pretty emotional” when his project horse Real Men Wear Pink won his first race at Timaru yesterday. “We had to start from scratch with him,” says Curry, who lives and trains at Washdyke Racecourse, “it’s taken hours and hours but he’s a lovely boy.” By Art Major out of seven-race winner Chanelle Bromac, Real Men Wear Pink opened his account at start number three after Morrison slotted the four-year-old gelding into the one-one and…

Speeding Spirit shows true worth

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By Jonny Turner Speeding Spirit’s story is a typical trotting tale. The four-year-old broke maidens in style at Timaru on Wednesday, charging at the line late to clinch victory for trainer Ross Wilson and driver Matthew Williamson. Speeding Spirit had given Wilson and son Jesse who race the trotter plenty of headaches leading up to his win. The square-gaiter had shown talent but had broken in the majority of his races until running a nice third on his home track at Oamaru in his last outing. That performance and his…

Phelan answers eleventh-hour call

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By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk Mathew Hickey is a relieved man after northern reinsman Scott Phelan answered his eleventh-hour call to drive Get On The Sauce at Manawatu Raceway on Thursday. The four-year-old trotter missed the opening day of the meeting due to a lack of senior drivers and Hickey said he was looking down the barrel of a similar result on Thursday, however, Phelan was able to answer his prayers. “Our problem has been a driver. We couldn’t get a driver on the first day, that is why…

The wetter the better for Forgot You in Guineas

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Trent Busuttin is one trainer who will be happy to see Sydney’s wet weather continue as he prepares Forgot You (NZ) (Savabeel) to take on a trio of highly-touted locals in the Gr.1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m). The Victorian colt was one of just nine acceptances for Saturday’s 2000 metre feature but what the field lacks in numbers it makes up for in quality. Randwick Guineas winner Converge, top Godolphin colt Anamoe and Spring Champion Stakes victor Profondo headline the field, with Anamoe opening marginally in the red at $1.95, ahead…

Frothys to flow in Perth Cup!

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Favourite Lala Kiwi and Paddy Wants Pats won’t be the only two sprinters flying the flag for Victoria in Saturday night’s Group 1 Sky Racing Perth Cup final (520m) at Cannington. Equal fastest heat winner Rostered Off (Box 1) and Vice Grip (Box 5) are trained in Western Australia, but the superbly-bred Aston Dee Bee x Bells Are Ringin litter brothers are bred and raced by the Vic-based Four Frothys Syndicate. “They’re sort of half and half,” quipped syndicate manager Glenn Pask, when asked where their allegiances lay. “They started off…