Year: 2022

Karis Teetan has 552 Hong Kong wins. Karis Teetan will return to the saddle at Happy Valley on Wednesday evening after spending the past 21 local fixtures on the sidelines due to illness. Teetan, 32, collected five wins from the first three race meetings this season in September before his untimely interval. The Mauritian – who takes four mounts tonight – is buoyed by his reunion with Panfield this Sunday and the support of those around him. “It was a long two and a half months of just waiting at…

Pep Torque winning the Listed Feilding Gold Cup (2100m). Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) Waipukurau trainer Kirsty Lawrence is heading to Awapuni on Saturday with a pep in her step as three of her runners get ready for a tilt at some big assignments in the coming weeks. Her assault will be led by evergreen gelding Pep Torque, who heads into the Manawatu ITM 2100m in good form. The nine-year-old son of Nadeem has won two and placed in one of his three starts this time in, including…

What The Gold Rush 2022 Where Ascot Racecourse – 71 Grandstand Rd, Ascot WA 6104 When Saturday, December 10, 2022 | 4:57pm AWST | Race 9 Prizemoney $1,500,000 Distance 1400m Status Group 3 Conditions Weight For Age Visit Ladbrokes The inaugural running of The Gold Rush will highlight the Ascot meeting this Saturday — the last day of The Pinnacles. The new Group 3 race over 1400m will carry $1.5 million in prize money, with the winner taking home $822,000. Many of the runners bring in similar form-lines, with 10…

Justamaiz will contest the Group 3 Waikato Cup (2400m) at Te Rapa on Saturday. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Justamaiz will have to overcome an interrupted lead-up and an unfavourable weather outlook to bag himself another Group 3 Waikato Cup (2400m) on his home turf on Saturday. Trained at Te Rapa by David Greene, the son of Guillotine won the feature three years ago and will chase a repeat on limited racing this time around. “He’s in good order and obviously had a slightly different preparation than normal. He missed…

Snapdancer, ridden by Ethan Brown, wins the Magic Millions Memsie Stakes at Caulfield Racecourse on August 27, 2022. (Pat Scala/Racing Photos) The 2022 Memsie Stakes winner, Snapdancer, will be sold as a broodmare prospect in 2023 after her connections announced on Wednesday that her racing days were over. Managing part-owner Brad Spicer from Spicer Thoroughbreds said the Choisir mare had provided her connections some marvellous memories throughout her short career. Spicer also said he was certain she would go on to make her mark as a broodmare when she is…

Globetrotting warrior Dunaden strikes. Always one of the most internationally-minded of France’s training elite, Mikel Delzangles has been selective with his visits to the Hong Kong International Races. In a sequence stretching back to Royal Ascot winner Chineur in 2005, multiple stakes-winner Bubble Gift will be his sixth starter at Sha Tin’s premier fixture. He carries a high level of European form and appears well-suited to the demands of the HK$22 million Group 1 Hong Kong Vase (2400m), a race won by French-trained horses on ten previous occasions. And the…