A battered and bruised Andrew Calder remains in good spirits after suffering multiple injuries, but with no long-lasting damage, in a nasty fall at Ruakaka on Saturday. The Pukekohe jockey was airlifted to Whangarei Hospital after he had parted company with his mount Lady Deb in Saturday’s two-year-old contest. “I’ve got some stable fractures in my vertebrae, three of them and quite high up, and then I’ve got four broken ribs,” Calder said from Whangarei Hospital. “It definitely could have been an awful lot worse. When I was knocked out,…
Month: June 2022
Pythagoras back in calculations
Pythagoras (NZ) (Pentire) made a promising start to his steeplechase career three years ago and the nine-year-old has made a return to the fences to try and pick up where he left off. The Peter and Jessica Brosnan-trained gelding won his first two steeplechase starts but subsequently suffered some leg issues that resulted in an extended hiatus from racing. “We brought him up the next year after he won the two races in a row, when we had the lockdown, and we kept him in work,” said Jessica Brosnan “His…
Photo Man’s Classic Brisbane image
Cousins and co-owner/trainers Gavin Clifton and David McKenzie are eyeing another lucrative interstate feature with Photo Man, favourite for Thursday night’s Group 2 TAB Flying Amy Classic final (520m) at Albion Park in Brisbane. In May, Photo Man qualified for the Million Dollar Chase final in Sydney, where he ran fifth to local sensation She’s A Pearl, and he’ll now spearhead Clifton and McKenzie’s two-pronged tilt at the Flying Amy. Winner of nine from 21, Photo Man will be joined in the $100,000 to-the-winner final by Pazienza, which has won…
Farewell a proud ‘Mancunian’
Peter (Stan) Wardle – owner-trainer of 1994 Australian Cup and 1994 Golden Easter Egg winner Mancunian Girl – has passed away, aged 83. A true gentleman of the sport, Wardle lost his battle with dementia on Wednesday, June 8. Born on June 29, 1938, the proud ‘Mancunian’ spent his childhood days only a decent cover drive from the Old Trafford Cricket Ground and a goalkeeper’s saving dive from England’s most famous soccer club, Manchester United. In fact, Wardle played for the ‘Red Devils’ during the late 1950s. By his own admission,…
Can Brooklyn Hustle win a Group 1? | The Follow Files
It was Grand Final Day at Eagle Farm last Saturday for a lot of horses, and now there is just one Group 1 left for the racing season. We at The Follow Files have found a couple of horse to follow out of Stradbroke Day, as well as one horse to follow from the meeting at Randwick. Eagle Farm | Track: Good 4 | Rail: +4m Entire Course Race 7: Group 1 J.J. Atkins (1600m) | Time: 1:36.01 Horse to follow: POLITICAL DEBATE (2nd) For these two-year-olds, it is almost…
Nature Strip ready to take on the world at Royal Ascot
Nature Strip is looking to become the first Australian horse to win the King’s Stand Stakes since Scenic Blast in 2009. (Photo: TAB) While the 2022 King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot might look to be a match race between Golden Pal and Australia’s Nature Strip, Chris Waller believes there is more to it than that. The reigning Everest champion a heavily backed $2.80 favourite with online bookmakers, with Wesley Ward’s scintillating sprinter Golden Pal ($4.50) hot on his tail. Although many have marked down the Group 1 sprint on…
Nature Strip out to prove he is the world’s best | Punt Drunk
On Friday’s edition of Punt Drunk last week, we mentioned that two horses in the same race at Gowran Park shared the same name. The dust has settled on that now, and the results are in. Also on the other side of the globe, we are just one more sleep away from witnessing one of the most anticipated races of the year: Nature Strip vs Golden Pal in the King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot. Will the big boy from Down Under prove he is the best in the world?…
Online Licence Renewals now due
Online Licence Renewals for the 2022/23 licensing season 1 Aug 2022 – 31 July 2023 are now open(due date 30 June 2022) You can renew your licence online via your My HRNZ login on the HRNZ website or on the HRNZ Infohorse App on your mobile phone, download from the App Store or Play Store. If you would like help registering for My HRNZ please contact Maria Harris, details below. If you have forgotten your username or password, please use the forgot password option. Colours Renewal Colours are also due…
Sandown racing tips, top odds & quaddie | Wednesday, June 15
What Sandown Hillside Races Where Sandown Racecourse – 591-659 Princes Hwy, Springvale VIC 3171 When Wednesday, June 15, 2022 First Race 12:25pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes The Hillside track at Sandown plays host to an eight-race card on Wednesday, commencing at 12:25pm AEST. Runners will be racing on a Heavy 9 surface with the rail out 12m for the entire circuit. Below are our best bets for the day, along with some quaddie selections for the last four races on the program. BEST BET: BIRDIES GALORE Patrick Payne and Billy Egan…
Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | June 14, 2022
Horse Racing on Tuesday, June 14 will feature four meetings in Australia. Our racing analysts here at horsebetting.com.au have found you the top bets and the quaddie numbers for the meeting on the Ballarat Synthetic. Tuesday Racing Tips – June 14, 2022 Ballarat Synthetic Racing Tips As always there a plenty of promotions available for Australian racing fans, check out all the top online bookmakers to see what daily promotions they have. If you are looking for a new bookmaker for the horse racing taking place on June 14, 2022…