While the damage Cyclone Gabrielle inflicted across the Hawke’s Bay region is still being felt by many, Aaron Hamilton and his team at Hawke’s Bay Racing Inc. have developed a wonderful incentive to continue to give back to the community and its revival process. Their focus now turns to the Power Farming Hawke’s Bay Cup Day on 15 April, with Hawke’s Bay Racing Inc. partnering with the East Coast Rural Support Trust (ECRST) to raise funds for the rural community of the East Coast to support their cyclone recovery. The…
Month: April 2023
Sir Patrick Hogan Unreserved Dispersal Sale launches next week
Buyers will have the opportunity to continue the legacy of iconic breeder Sir Patrick Hogan with the unreserved dispersal of the Cambridge Stud founder’s stock on Gavelhouse Plus. Weanlings, yearlings, some racing propositions and broodmares comprise the 31 strong catalogue that will launch at the conclusion of the NZB National Online Yearling Sale, which closes from 6pm (NZT) on Wednesday 19 April. Among the young stock are opportunities for pinhookers and end users with x-rays and scopes to be available in the NZB Online Repository, with sires the likes of…
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Vale Peter Craig
Harness racing historian Peter Craig is being remembered as someone who made a massive contribution to the sport on both sides of the Tasman. He died suddenly in Christchurch this week. “It’s with great sadness that we have the task of letting the harness racing community know that Peter Craig, a true superstar of the sport, has passed at just 67 years of age,” says long-time friend and colleague Dean Baring. “Peter made a massive contribution to harness racing both here in Australia and back home in NZ.” “In our…
Battle of the Bush heats up with Gympie, Goondiwindi qualifiers
Lilli Barr rode Fitzroy Boy to victory at Goondiwindi two months ago and will hope to repeat that performance on Saturday in the Battle of the Bush Qualifier. (Picture: Lilli Barr – Facebook) The Battle of the Bush sees 16 qualifiers across Queensland starting this weekend and running through to the final on June 24 on Tattersall’s Tiara Raceday at Eagle Farm. To qualify horses must have not recorded a metro win last year making it a true battle of the bush. Over 1200m and with a prize pool of…
The 3000 club heading to Methven this Sunday
by Don Rae On Sunday the Methven Trotting Club is proud to welcome the three most successful reinsmen in New Zealand trotting history. They have been fixtures at the top of or near the top of every national drivers’ premiership table since the late 1970s and have won every significant race on the racing calendar one or more times. They are indeed the Three Wise Men of New Zealand harness racing – and Tony Herlihy M.N.Z.M., Maurice McKendry M.N.Z.M. and Ricky May will compete for honours over a 6 race…
Randwick race-by-race preview & quaddie | All Aged Stakes Day
What All Aged Stakes Day 2023 Where Royal Randwick Racecourse – Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031 When Saturday, April 15, 2023 First Race 11:35am AEST Visit Ladbrokes It’s the last section of Group 1 features for the Sydney Autumn Carnival, with the All Aged Stakes headlining a terrific 10-race program at Randwick this Saturday. The finale of the two-year-old Triple Crown will also be run and won with the Group 1 Champagne Stakes. It’s another blockbuster day to end the carnival, with plenty more stakes racing on offer for punters…
‘Wow factor’ for Sandgroper
Champion Victorian sprinter Wow She’s Fast returns to centre-stage at Cannington on Friday night, as the headline act in the inaugural $500,000 The Sandgroper (520m). As has been the case in her historic back-to-back victories in the first two editions of The Phoenix, Wow She’s Fast will represent Sportsbet in The Sandgroper (race 7, 9.38pm). Wow She’s Fast (box 3) is joint $4 favourite to enhance her reputation as Australian greyhound racing’s slot race ‘Queen’ and add the $300,000 winner’s purse to her increasingly incomprehensible world record prizemoney haul of…
The Stir Up featuring Kelsey Bale, Rejuvenate and Wow She’s Fast
GRV’s Peter Quilty, Gerard Guthrie and Trent Langskaill provide their thoughts on some of the star greyhounds racing in Victoria. Keep an eye on these, they are worth saving in your WatchDog Blackbook! Quilts Fellas, the feature greyhound racing does not stop and we have seven great heats of the Group 2 Sportsbet Geelong Gold Cup on Friday night, which are Races 3 to 9. Gerard Quilts, Titan Blazer finally secured Group success in the Mount Gambier Cup last start. He faces tough competition in the first heat including…
Manifique vying for home Cup glory
Manifique will contest the Pohangina Cup (2100m) at Awapuni on Friday. Photo: Race Images South Regally bred mare Manifique will be seeking to continue her strong run of form when she heads to her home meeting at Awapuni on Friday. The daughter of Champion New Zealand sire Savabeel and four-time Group One winner Shez Sinsational will line-up in the Pohangina Cup (2100m) where she will be ridden by Kozzi Asano from barrier six. Manifique heads into the race in a fresh state after being given time in the paddock following…