An injury has prevented Shaun Phelan from competing in one role over the last few months, but the versatile horseman has made giant strides in another one – earning the honour of the gavelhouse.com Newcomer to Training Award at the recent New Zealand Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Awards in Auckland. The 31-year-old was originally best known as a jumps jockey, riding more than 120 winners and topping New Zealand’s premiership table for the 2021-22 season. Among his victories are no fewer than 25 Prestige Jumping Races, including the coveted…
Month: September 2023
Youngsters to represent for Rae-Williams stable
Kenny Rae and Krystal Williams will rely on a promising band of youngsters at Riccarton on Saturday. The father and daughter training duo will produce their biggest raceday contingent from their new Burnham stable when eight horses head to Saturday’s meeting, seven of those either two- or three-year-olds. “We have a heap of good young stock at the moment,” Williams said. “We’re looking forward to stepping them out on Saturday.” Rae and Williams have Bezique and Illicit Dreams in the Rangiora New World Guineas Trial (1400m), though Illicit Dreams is…
Times Ticking for MacGregors charge
Times Ticking has overcome a setback for a belated crack at a top-flight title at the Hawke’s Bay spring carnival. Trainer and part-owner Alby MacGregor’s plans to run his pride and joy on the opening day of the meeting were dashed, but he has been pleased with his charge’s powers of recovery to head into Saturday’s Gr.1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) at Hastings in fine fettle. The Opaki horseman was forced to revert to Plan B with Times Ticking, who has showed encouraging signs in lead-up trials ahead of his…
Frankie Lor chases more early-season Group 3 success
Frankie Lor wins the Group 3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m) with Healthy Happy. Frankie Lor hopes to add the Group 3 National Day Cup Handicap (1000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday to last weekend’s Group 3 Celebration Cup Handicap success when he saddles Adios and Rewarding Together in the HK$4.2 million sprint feature. Needing only one more win to reach the 400-win milestone in Hong Kong, the 2021/22 champion trainer is optimistic Adios or Rewarding Together can prevail. “I hope so, I always try,” Lor said, contemplating Group 3 triumphs…
Morphettville races preview & quaddie | Saturday, September 30
What Morphettville Races Where Morphettville Racecourse – 79 Morphett Rd, Morphettville SA 5043 When Saturday, September 30, 2023 First Race 12:27pm ACST Visit Dabble The Parks track at Morphettville is the destination for metropolitan racing in South Australia on Saturday afternoon. A nine-race program is set to greet punters with the track rated a Good 4, with the rail back to the true position, meaning we should be punting on a perfect track. Action from the City of Churches gets underway at 12:27pm ACST. Best Bet at Morphettville: Does It…
Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | September 29, 2023
Horse Racing on Friday, September 29 will feature seven meetings in Australia. Our racing analysts here at horsebetting.com.au have found you the top bets and the quaddie numbers for the meetings at Dubbo & Moonee Valley. Friday Racing Tips – September 29, 2023 Dubbo Racing Tips Moonee Valley Racing Tips Friday’s Best Racing Bets Of The Day – September 29, 2023 Place these horse racing bets in a multi for $143.89 odds return: Friday, September 29, 2023 Moonee Valley Race 2 – #3 Brave Mead Dubbo Race 5 – #2…
Kiwi filly to make Aussie debut at The Valley
When the Kiwi’s travel, it pays to keep a close watch. In the case of Mark Walker, he is in a slightly different situation establishing an Australian base at Cranbourne, but he does have an Australian first-starter set to run at Moonee Valley on Friday night. Unbeaten in New Zealand, Zourion (NZ) (Zoustar) runs in the Gr.3 Scarborough Stakes (1200m) having done the majority of her work in New Zealand, just like Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) had before her explosive win in the McEwen Stakes at The Valley almost three…
Chmiel gets call up to drive B D Joe
By Michael Guerin Don’t let the shock driver change for B D Joe put you off the favourite in Friday’s $60,000 Canterbury Classic at Addington. The 2600m standing start race sees the road to the New Zealand Trotting Cup get far steeper as three of the biggest names in pacing Akuta, Self Assured and Krug resume in a capacity field. While that trio will all improve with their outings any could win without surprising but the fitter stablemates B D Joe and Aardie’s Express have an obvious advantage. That comes…
Akuta and Self Assured headline classy field for Canterbury Classic
By Jonny Turner The two favourites for the New Zealand Cup are set to take the build-up for the great race up a notch at Addington on Friday night. Akuta and Self Assured return to racing for trainers Mark and Nathan Purdon to make up a capacity field for the Group 2 Canterbury Classic. The two superstars have taken exactly the same path back to the races and they head into their resumptions very closely matched. “I think they are very much in the same boat,” Mark Purdon said. “They…
Marsh’s Guineas hopes well but ground an issue
Codigo will contest the Group 2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) on Saturday. Photo: Race Images The friendly rivalry between stablemates Burn To Shine and Codigo will continue as they return to Hastings on Saturday for the Group 2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m). Both trained by Stephen Marsh, the duo is in excellent form for the age group feature, although the rain-affected going is a concern. Marsh commented on their path to the New Zealand 2000 Guineas, saying, “It’s far from ideal for either of them, but they need to run…