Month: July 2022

Horse Racing History: This Day In Racing 1st July

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Today 1st July in horse racing news history From the extensive Horse Betting news archives we present the all the thoroughbred racing action in Australian and overseas racing news in history. Delve in and enjoy our walk back in horse racing time. New Zealand horse racing news 24 mins ago Sponsors out to make strong start on home soil With a speedy two-year-old filly shooting for back-to-back wins, the sponsors of the first race at Ruakaka on Saturday have …Read More New Zealand horse racing news 41 mins ago Caloundra…

Frankie Lor double-handed in Friday feature

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Frankie Lor is on the cusp of championship glory. Bidding to tighten his grip on the trainers’ championship, Frankie Lor is hopeful Master Eight can cope with a hefty weight and quality opposition to lay the foundations for an ambitious 2022/23 campaign with victory in the Class 1 25th Anniversary Hong Kong Reunification Cup Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin on Friday (July 1). Leading John Size 87-80 with five meetings left in the season, Lor is optimistic Master Eight – winner of his first five starts – can return to…

Douglas trio on the up

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By Jonny Turner Jeremy Douglas has an eye on next week’s Winter Reward Series with the team he starts at Ascot Park on Friday. Douglas lines up Magic Sign, Macandrew Navigator and Minnie McGoogan who will get plenty of attention from punters while they try to boost their chances of sealing starts in the $20,000 Winter Reward Series Finals at Wyndham Thursday. Magic Sign has impressed in all three of his runs since moving south from Canterbury to join the Ascot Park trainer’s team. The pacer has copped tricky draws…

Majestic Man to make NZ return

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By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk Majestic Man will have his first start in New Zealand since November last year when he contests the Canterbury Insulated Builders FFA Mobile Trot (1980m) at Addington Raceway on Friday. He will once again have regular driver Brad Williamson in the bike and the Otago horseman has been pleased with the gelding’s two lead-in trials. “It will be good to have him back and hopefully he can kick-off with a good first-up run,” Brad Williamson said of the seven-year-old trained by his father Phil.…