Month: May 2023

Wednesday’s Eagle Farm best bets & quaddie | May 3, 2023

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What Eagle Farm Races Where Eagle Farm Racecourse – 230 Lancaster Rd, Ascot QLD 4007 When Wednesday, May 3, 2023 First Race 11:27am AEST Visit Ladbrokes The Brisbane Racing Club will host a very competitive 10-race card at Eagle Farm this Wednesday afternoon. With no rain forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday, we expect the track to improve from the current Soft 5 to a Good rating by the time racing gets underway. After racing at this venue on Saturday, the rail will be moved from the +5m position to the…

Samantha Collett notches 1000 wins

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At the beginning of her career, a feature Sunday meeting at Rockhampton would have seemed an unlikely setting for reaching 1000 career wins by jockey Samantha Collett but 2023 The Archer Day will be one the 33-year-old will remember. In reaching this new level, Collett joins both her parents, Trudy Thornton and Jim Collett, in netting the milestone. “I’m trying not to get a bit emotional which seems pathetic,” Collett said after winning aboard the Matt Kropp-trained Deb’s Ellie in the Knight Frank Agribusiness Handicap (1100m). “It’s not more so for me but it is for mum and dad.…

Forsman proud of Aegon’s efforts

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Cambridge trainer Andrew Forsman was justifiably pleased with the efforts of his well-travelled galloper Aegon, who attacked the line well under James McDonald for fifth in Sunday’s Gr.1 Champions Mile (1600m) in Hong Kong won by superstar Golden Sixty for a record third year in succession. Despite the addition of blinkers, Aegon was still tardy from the barrier and travelled at the rear throughout before making good headway in the straight to get within four lengths of Golden Sixty at the post. “I was rapt with his run. We were…

Bosson answers Derby call for first Adelaide trip

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Opie Bosson will head into unfamiliar territory to partner leading Gr.1 South Australian Derby (2500m) contender Suizuro. The champion jockey has enjoyed top-flight Australian successes in Melbourne and Sydney and will bid to make his mark in Adelaide on Saturday week to further his impressive CV. Bosson has been booked to ride the current joint second favourite in the Morphettville classic, who is prepared by expatriate New Zealand trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young. “Trent is always trying to get me over to Australia to ride some for him and…

Warrnambool racing preview & quaddie tips | Tuesday, May 2

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What Warrnambool Races Where Warrnambool Racing Club – 2-64 Grafton Rd, Warrnambool VIC 3280 When Tuesday, May 2, 2023 First Race 11:20am AEST Visit Ladbrokes The Warrnambool May Racing Carnival is finally upon us and massive 10-race program is set to greet punters on Day 1 of the three day carnival. With showers in the lead-up to the meeting and forecast for Tuesday, we expect the track to remain in the Soft 7 range for the first day, where the rail sticks to the true position the entire circuit. The…

Supreme Attraction defies the odds to win Pioneer Sprint

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Trainer Terry Gillett (right) and jockey Stan Tsaikos with Alice Springs Turf Club chairman Andrew Maloney after the pair combined to win the $100,000 Pioneer Sprint (1200m) with Supreme Attraction on Sunday. (Picture: Nikki Westover Photography) Stan Tsaikos broke his Alice Springs Cup Carnival duck on Sunday when the Victoria-based rider won the $100,000 Pioneer Sprint (1200m) on the Terry Gillett-trained $26 outsider Supreme Attraction. It appeared as though the Tayarn Halter-trained Expert Witness (Jade Hampson), a $5.50 hope, would seal victory after hitting the front turning for home, but…

Write Your Name delivers Alice Springs Cup success for Leech

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NT trainer Dick Leech finally celebrated victory in the Alice Springs Cup (2000m) on Sunday when Write Your Name saluted in the $110,000 feature at Pioneer Park. (Picture: Nikki Westover Photography) Long-serving NT trainer Dick Leech estimates that he has tried 15 or 16 times to win the Red Centre’s biggest race, and that patience was finally rewarded on Sunday when Write Your Name took out the $110,000 Alice Springs Cup (2000m) at Pioneer Park. The landmark moment came after the son of Written Tycoon, who had hardly raced beyond…

Warrior puts global rivals to the sword in dominant FWD QEII Cup win

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James McDonald salutes the win. They came, they saw and they were well and truly conquered in the Sha Tin sunshine as Romantic Warrior confirmed himself among the world’s elite with a commanding second consecutive success in the Group 1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m). Pandemic restrictions meant Danny Shum’s gelding beat a purely domestic field when landing the HK$25 million contest in 2022 and the five-year-old faced a sterner test against two G1 winners from Japan and globetrotting British raider Dubai Honour, fresh from capturing two of Australia’s elite 2000m…

History as Golden Sixty wins third Champions Mile

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Karaka graduate Golden Sixty (Medaglia d’Oro) stands alone as Hong Kong’s most prolific Group 1 winner after his record-setting third Gr.1 Champions Mile (1600m) triumph at Sha Tin on Sunday. Equal with Beauty Generation’s (NZ) (Road To Rock) mark of eight top-level wins before today, Golden Sixty – trained by Francis Lui – added this afternoon’s success to his wins in 2021 and 2022. Making it an unmatched nine Group 1s for the seven-year-old by Medaglia d’Oro, jockey Vincent Ho also sealed a fourth Champions Mile win in succession to…

Lucky Sweynesse storms to glory

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Established as the world’s highest-rated sprinter of 2023, Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) joined elite company with a runaway win in the HK$20 million Gr.1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. The four-year-old continued his rise to stardom and edged closer to embarking on an ambitious path of potentially tackling elite races either in Japan or Australia in the coming months with a devastating display of power and speed, gliding over the closing 400m in 22.26s. Going into Sunday’s race already armed with a pair of Gr.1 victories…