What Warrnambool Races Where Warrnambool Racing Club – 2-64 Grafton Rd, Warrnambool VIC 3280 When Monday, July 31, 2023 First Race 1pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes The Warrnambool Racing Club is set to kick off another week of racing in Victoria with an eight-race meeting programmed. Rain is forecast in the leadup to Monday’s meeting, so we will well and truly be racing on a Heavy 10 come the opening event. The final Victorian meeting for the 2022/23 season commences at 1pm AEST, with the rail out 4m. Best Bet at…
Month: July 2023
NZ Racing and Breeding News – 30 July 2023
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Champion sire Proisir completes Rich Hill Stud’s unfinished business
After a series of near-misses for foundation stallion Pentire, Rich Hill Stud has finally broken through and taken top honours with New Zealand’s new champion sire Proisir. The 2022-23 season saw Savabeel’s eight-year reign as champion Kiwi sire broken in spectacular style. Proisir sired 47 winners from 89 runners on New Zealand racetracks, with eight individual stakes winners and total progeny earnings of $4.15 million. That places him almost $1.5 million ahead of the second-placed Savabeel, who amassed $2.68 million. Proisir’s astonishing season included five individual Group One winners –…
Enchanted Elle claims Te Rapa feature
Underrated mare Enchanted Elle provided trainer Shaun Phelan with another major prize as a trainer when she took out the Taumarunui RSA Gold Cup (2200m) in the hands of apprentice Jess Allen Allen gave the five-year-old daughter of Jakkalberry a perfect trip in transit and the pair drove clear shortly after turning for home. Race favourite Poser, who had bungled the start, gave chase and managed to close to within a length and a half at the line, however Enchanted Elle never looked in danger of defeat as she registered…
Jamie Kah frustrated sitting on sidelines
Jamie Kah poses with the trophy after Coolangatta won the Black Caviar Lightning. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Racing Photos) With the Melbourne Spring Carnival fast-approaching, Victoria’s leading jockey Jamie Kah is left frustrated sitting on the sidelines. Kah has not been seen in the saddle since her nasty fall at Flemington in March earlier this year, when dislodged from the Henry Dwyer-trained Flyball in the Group 2 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m). The nine-time Group 1 winning hoop has had her return to riding delayed, with Racing Victoria officials directing her…
Inasinglemoment’s win on debut “pretty special”
By Michael Guerin Friday may have been Winter Rewards night at Alexandra Park but Chanelle Lawson’s reward came nearly two years ago. It just started paying dividends on Friday. Lawson is not only a well-known photographer in harness racing, including having her work regularly published by HRNZ, but she is a long-time staff member at Tony Herlihy’s stables. It was because of that loyalty and quality of work Herlihy sprung a surprise on her two years ago. “Tony pulled me aside one day and said they had two weanling fillies…
Judge Dick Hunt makes big call to retire
by Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk After adjudicating on around 36,000 races for over half a century, race course judge Dick Hunt’s about to make his last call. The Otaki gallops on Saturday will be his last meeting before he retires. “I’ve been involved in all three codes and I don’t think anyone’s done as long as me in this country … Keith Hatch who was before me did 33.” Now living on the Kapiti Coast, Hunt’s been involved in judging since 1972, when he began working as an…
Aint No Angel delivers brave win in Winter Rewards at Addington
by Jonny Turner The Hydroflow Winter Rewards Final at Addington on Thursday night went from disastrous to triumphant for Aint No Angel. It was a hard watch for backers of the mare who was caught wide with trainer-driver Brad Williamson for most of the first lap of the event But some assertive driving from Williamson turned his charge’s fortunes completely around as she went on to produce a great staying performance to win. “It looked like I was going to be able to slot into a really nice spot in…
Nail biting finish to the Ryder Stakes
In a thrilling finish to the Listed Phils Electrical & Gipsy Caravans Ryder Stakes (1200m), Cambridge visitor and race favourite Itza Charmdeel got in the deciding stride at the winning post to claim the two-year-old feature at Otaki. The Roger James and Robert Wellwood-trained son of Charm Spirit went into the race as an impressive last-start winner at Rotorua and attracted strong support to close off as the $2.70 Fixed Odds favourite. Punters could be excused at feeling slightly sick when rider Sam Weatherley found himself squeezed out of a…
Turn The Ace back to his best on favourite track
Turn The Ace returned to his favourite track at Te Rapa on Saturday and immediately bounced back into the winner’s enclosure with a dominant front-running victory in open company over 1400m. The strapping son of Turn Me Loose had won three of his six starts at the Hamilton venue, including in Listed company as a two-year-old, with trainer Andrew Forsman believing he would relish the better going on offer after failing on a puggy Heavy10 surface at Tauranga last week. “We were left scratching our heads a little last week…