Month: March 2023

So hopes Super Sunny Sing can continue tune in Hong Kong Derby

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Super Sunny Sing wins the Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m). Super Sunny Sing will chase a fifth consecutive win when he lines up for trainer Chris So in Sunday’s Hong Kong Derby (2000m) at Sha Tin. The Hong Kong Derby is Hong Kong’s most sought-after crown. It is the third and final leg of the HK$48 million Four-Year-Old Classic Series and this weekend the storied contest will be run for the 146th time in the horse racing infatuated city. Super Sunny Sing goes into the final leg following a smashing…

Vale Tony Parker

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Tony Parker is being remembered as an iconic breeder, owner and veterinarian surgeon. Together with wife Anne, the Parker’s Tardina Stud was involved in the breeding industry for around 45 years and while they will be forever associated with the deeds of champions like Auckland Reactor, who won his first 17 races in a row, Tony Parker’s life was so much more than that. To see the story from Harnesslink’s Brad Reid click here  

Pebble Beach secured by Alabar and Nevele R

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The reigning US Three-Old-Old Pacing Colt of the Year is heading for stud duties at Alabar, Victoria. Alabar in conjunction with Nevele R are thrilled to have secured the lifetime Southern Hemisphere Rights to the world champion, Pebble Beach. His fresh semen will be available in New Zealand and Australia. The best son of the burgeoning young sire Downbytheseaside, Pebble Beach is not only a grandson of the great Somebeachsomewhere – he’s his richest grandson. As the influence of the Somebeachsomewhere sire-line continues to grow throughout the harness racing world,…

Patient Howley yet to Circle target

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Liam Howley is hoping that his patience with classy three-year-old Virtuous Circle (NZ) (Almanzor) will be rewarded as he approaches the business end of his autumn campaign. “We looked after him in the spring, we put him away early, he wasn’t physically ready for it, but he’s come back this time; he’s bigger and stronger and certainly more mature,” Howley said. Virtuous Circle still performed well during the spring, finishing second in the Gr.2 Moonee Valley Vase, while he wasn’t beaten far in the Gr.1 Australian Guineas at his most…

Moor has buckets of confidence in Thunderstruck

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Racing is a cut-throat game and Daniel Moor admits he has done things he would normally not do to get a ride, especially around Spring Carnival time. Out of respect for Jamie Kah, Craig Williamson and Ethan Brown, all sidelined through recent falls, Moor chose not to get on the front foot in search for a ride in the A$5 million All-Star Mile and Moonee Valley on Saturday. Moor is the replacement for the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained I’m Thunderstruck (NZ) (Shocking) in the All-Star Mile with Kah…

Vale – Tony Stevens

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By Bruce Stewart Harness racing trainer and driver Tony Stevens of Winton passed away at home on Friday. He was in his seventy fifth year. “He just loved his horses,” son Richard said. Tony drove twenty six winners, his first was Night Chief (Newport Chief at the Invercargill meeting in January 1972 beating Veltic (Young Charles) driven by Hunter McHugh and Bonny Adios (Dick Adios) driven by Russell Kerr. Night Chief was trained by Tony’s father Roy. (Tony Stevens, pictured above at the head of Dipendra) “Tony started at Nightcaps…

Gosford racing tips & quaddie numbers | Thursday, March 16

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What Gosford Races Where The Entertainment Grounds – 4 Racecourse Rd, West Gosford NSW 2250 When Thursday, March 16, 2023 First Race 1:15pm AEDT Visit Ladbrokes Racing heads to the Central Coast on Thursday afternoon as Gosford plays host to a competitive eight-race program from 1:15pm AEDT. We’ve got a Provincial-Midway Championship Qualifier to finish the card as well, worth $150,000 and a spot in the final. We should have nice conditions for racing with minimal rain forecast in the lead-up to the meeting. The track is currently listed as…

Plan mapped out for B D Joe’s tilt at The Race by Grins

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By Adam Hamilton Co-trainer Steve Telfer is thrilled to have classy pacer B D Joe back home and excited about his prospects in the $1m Race By Grins. B D Joe had little luck in a recent four-race NSW raid, but won fans with a terrific second to Bondi Lockdown in the $100,000 Lighthorse free-for-all (2400m) at Menangle on Miracle Mile night. “He arrived home the night after the run, had four days off and felt very bright when we jogged him,” Telfer said. “As much as we wanted to…

Pinn seeking further Group One success

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Wiremu Pinn will be hunting more Group One success when he heads to Trentham this weekend. The Waikato hoop recorded his maiden Group One success aboard Marscapone (NZ) (Shooting To Win) in last year’s Gr.1 WFA Classic (1600m) at Otaki and he believes he is a good chance of doubling his elite-level tally aboard The Intimidator (Toronado) in the Gr.1 Gee & Hickton Funeral Directors Levin Classic (1600m) on Saturday. “Your first Group One is very exciting, especially to do it as an apprentice,” Pinn said. “Big opportunities like that…

Surgery-bound Allpress determined to reach 2000-win milestone

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Leading jockey Lisa Allpress remains committed to reaching 2000 career wins, despite having to miss at least half a year due to shoulder surgery. Allpress became emotional after winning a Rating 65 1600m event at Trentham last Saturday aboard Always More, a horse trained by her former boss Kevin Gray, in what will be her last ride for at least six months. The surgery she is getting in Whanganui on Thursday harks back to a bad fall she had five years ago at a jumpout, when she badly damaged both…