Month: November 2022

Jericho Cup Day best bets & quaddie tips | November 27, 2022

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What Jericho Cup Day Where Warrnambool Racing Club – 2/64 Grafton Rd, Warrnambool VIC 3280 When Sunday, November 27, 2022 First Race 12:40pm AEDT Visit Ladbrokes The Warrnambool Racing Club will host its annual Jericho Cup meeting with a massive nine-race program this Sunday, highlighted by the $288,000 feature for the stayers. The track is currently rated a Soft 6, but with good weather around and no rain on the forecast for Saturday and Sunday, it should only improve between now and raceday. The rail will be in the true…

Australian Bloodstock acquires Bellatrix Black

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Group Three winner Bellatrix Black will continue her racing career in Australia after her recent acquisition by leading syndicator Australian Bloodstock. Previously trained in New Zealand by Catherine Cameron, the daughter of Redwood won two and placed in two of her six starts in her homeland, including victory in the Gr.3 Sunline Vase (2100m) where she beat subsequent Group One winner Mustang Valley. “I think they were a good crop of three-year-olds and I think she is right up there and potentially one of the better ones to come out…

Camino Rocoso shoots for third Cromwell Cup win

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North Canterbury trainers John and Karen Parsons would get no greater satisfaction than seeing veteran stayer Camino Rocoso win the Positive Signs And Print Cromwell Cup (2030m) for a third time on Sunday. The husband and wife trainers produced the nine-year-old gelding for Cromwell Cup wins in 2019 and 2020, though he blotted his copybook with a ninth placing in last year’s feature, a race John Parsons won in 1996 with Luskin Lass. “He’s spot on for Sunday. He’s extra well at the moment and we’re expecting him to run…

Conditions approved for Group 1 $100,000 Invercargill Cup

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After much discussion it’s been decided the upcoming Group 1 Ascot Park Hotel Invercargill Cup will be run as a handicap race, with a back mark of 20 metres. Just how the 3200 metre feature would be run has been a major talking point since it was confirmed it would have Group 1 status from this year. It was a Group 3 previously. “It’s good news,” says Invercargill Harness Racing Club President Craig Heyrick, “the local trainers will be happy as the Cup’s a big focal point for them.” “Southern…

Joao Moreira hands in Hong Kong jockey licence

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Brazilian jockey Joao Moreira is stepping away from Hong Kong racing after a glittering career in the Asian racing hub. Joao Moreira, Hong Kong’s four-time champion jockey, has had his application approved to withdraw his riding licence for the 2022/23 season with immediate effect. Moreira has suffered both professionally and personally this year, with a hip injury forcing him home to his native Brazil for recovery since his last ride on September 21. Moreira has also spoken of the stress he is under with his family returning to Brazil to…

Fresh is best for Paisley Park

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Paisley Park (outside) will contest the Group 3 Eagle Technology Stakes (1600m) at Te Rapa on Saturday. Photo: Trish Dunell Paisley Park will have two major factors in his favour when he fronts trainers Graham Richardson and Rogan Norvall’s black type challenge at Te Rapa on Saturday. The versatile son of Azamour is in tip-top order for the Group 3 Eagle Technology Stakes (1600m) while younger stablemate Channel Surfer will bid to break his duck in the Listed Trevor & Corallie Eagle Memorial (1500m). Paisley Park roared home to win…

Yuga Kawada set for his third appearance in IJC

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Yuga Kawada will contest the International Jockeys’ Championship for the third time. The current leading Japanese jockey in the 2022 Japan Racing Association rankings, Yuga Kawada, will contest the International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) at Happy Valley for the third time on December 7. Featuring a stellar line-up for 12 of the world’s best jockeys, Kawada has been selected for two consecutive years. “I am honoured to be representing Japan again this year,” said Kawada. Kawada is a five-time JRA award winner for the jockey with the highest winning percentage, achieving…

Butt prospecting more gold at Addington

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By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk Bob Butt enjoyed Group success with Gold Chain and he is now looking to replicate those results with her two-year-old son Gold Bullion at Addington Raceway on Friday. The Father Patrick gelding has tasted success in his two starts and will be out to extend that winning record in the Group 2 Lone Star Sires’ Stakes 2YO Championship Mobile Trot (1980m). “He has taken it all in his stride and he seems quite a nice horse,” Butt said. “He seems well, has been trotting…

Railway dream resonates with Frye

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Danny Frye describes Our Echo’s entry for January’s Gr.1 Sistema Railway (1200m) at Te Rapa as “pie-in-the-sky” optimism but the North Canterbury trainer is keen to give the emerging sprinter his shot at elite-level glory. Our Echo begins a new preparation in Friday’s Catalyst Performance Clare Memorial (1220m) at Cromwell, with Frye hoping a recent tie-back operation can be the catalyst for the Echoes Of Heaven six-year-old gelding to reappear as an even more effective racehorse this season. Not that he’s been any slug so far either; in 16 starts…