By Jonny Turner The trainers behind two of the biggest names stepping out at Addington on Friday night hope things go a lot smoother for their horses than in their latest visits to the track. Punters across New Zealand winced, as did Cran and Chrissie Dalgety and their team, when Republican Party was pulled out of his last start at Addington with a badly flattened tyre. Though disappointed that the racing gods struck his corner, Cran Dalgety could only chose to look at the situation with as much positivity as…
Month: May 2022
Family affair in very first Roy Purdon Memorial
By Michael Guerin Champion horseman Mark Purdon has a very special desire to want to win the main pace at Alexandra Park tonight but fears his superstar pacer Self Assured could spend much of the race chasing. Rival drivers like David Butcher are hoping he is right. Purdon co-trains three of the six starters in the first running of the $75,000 Roy Purdon Memorial, the race named in honour of his legendary father who died in February. Purdon’s brother and fellow Hall Of Fame trainer Barry has Bad To The…
Lucky Patch on track for G3 Sha Tin Vase
Setbacks have impeded Lucky Patch’s (NZ) (El Roca) ascent this season but trainer Francis Lui believes the speedster can take a step towards reaffirming himself as one of Hong Kong’s premier sprinters in Sunday’s HK$3.7 million Gr.3 Sha Tin Vase Handicap (1200m). “He seems to be getting better. His last run was his first run back from the break and after that he seems to have improved, I’m not saying that he’s back to his best form but he is getting better,” Lui said. Consecutive Group Two wins had the…
Wowee – we have another millionaire!
Wow She’s Fast became just the tenth greyhound in history to surpass $1million in prize money when taking out tonight’s $152,500 Group 1 Sapphire Crown (515m) at Sandown Park. The Sapphire Crown is a sprint race open to female greyhounds, and Wow She’s Fast made it her own, notching win number 11 and third at Group 1 level in just her 16th career start. Trained by Jackie Greenough, Wow She’s Fast burst on the scene in September last year when winning by more than 20 lengths on debut at Sandown…
Rocky start no problem for Harrison-Dawson winner
Rapaki Rocks powered to a sensational victory in the $152,500 Group 1 Harrison-Dawson at Sandown Park tonight, coming from near last to claim the $100,000 first prize. The fastest heat winner started the punter’s elect however favourite backers would have had their hearts in their mouths as the son of Kinloch Brae and Red Rocks missed the start from box 2. Improving to fifth with a lap to run, Rapaki Rocks ($3.60) again showed the excellent track sense that won him his heat, railing strongly through the field before switching…
Lord Mayors Cup Day betting tips, odds & quaddie | 21/5/2022
What Lord Mayors Cup Day 2022 Where Rosehill Gardens Racecourse – James Ruse Dr, Rosehill NSW 2142 When Saturday, May 21, 2022 First Race 11am AEST Visit Ladbrokes Listed racing heads to Rosehill Gardens on Saturday, with the $150,000 Lord Mayors Cup (2000m) headlining a 10-race card. HorseBetting’s New South Wales racing analyst presents his best bets throughout the program, as well as free quaddie selections and a top pick in the feature race. The track is rated a Heavy 8, the rail is in the true position for the…
Improving stayer no Flash in the pan
Seven months ago, Oceanic Flash (NZ) (Sacred Falls) was winless after a handful of starts and his owners had started to consider their options. Trainers Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou convinced them to persevere and it proved sage advice, with the grey son of Sacred Falls going on to claim a hat-trick of victories. “They were nearly going to sell him and I said, ‘don’t sell him until we get him out over 1800 again’ and that was when he won at Newcastle then he went and won four of…
Promising fillies looking for repeat result
Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh is hoping Laneway Flirting (NZ) (El Roca) and Windspeed (NZ) (Tavistock) can replicate their last start result when they line-up in the Champion Freight 3YO (1100m) at Te Rapa on Saturday. The three-year-old fillies finished first and second respectively over 1200m at the Hamilton track earlier this month and Marsh said they will have to be at the top of their game this weekend when they meet a handy field. “Both are in very good form, they went really good last start,” Marsh said. “It would…
Kiwi trio vying for Cup glory
Chris Waller is hoping to upset the apple cart in the Gr.1 Doomben Cup (2000m). The leading Sydney trainer will line-up a quartet of runners, including three New Zealand-breds, against short-priced favourite Zaaki (Leroidesanimaux). Polly Grey (NZ) (Azamour) and Kukeracha (NZ) (Night of Thunder) finished second and third respectively behind Zaaki in the Gr.2 Hollindale Stakes (1800m) last start, while fellow Kiwi-bred Kolding (NZ) (Ocean Park) will be looking to recapture form on Saturday, but Waller said he will only start if the track improves from its heavy rating. “It’s…
Thornton’s Australian venture opens at Flemington
The next stage of Craig Thornton’s international racing career will open in earnest at Flemington on Saturday when the experienced New Zealand horseman saddles his first Australian runner. The former successful jumps jockey turned trainer will be represented by the Kiwi-bred El Gladiador, who will step out in the PDC Food Services Plate (1800m). “I had My Willie Montague over here many years ago, but I had to run him under Kevin Myers’ name because I couldn’t be a trainer and a jockey then,” Thornton said. “I rode him in…