Month: July 2024

Press Down ridden by Neil Farley winning the Golden Topaz at Swan Hil. (Photo by Brett Holburt/Racing Photos) B Press Down will aim for a third consecutive win in Saturday’s Santa Ana Lane Series Final at Flemington, continuing his impressive winter form. Trainer Peter Hardacre’s strategy to extend beyond the Adelaide Racing Carnival has paid off, with the four-year-old securing back-to-back victories, including a strong performance in the Golden Topaz (1200m) at Swan Hill. “He’s really well,” Hardacre told Racing SA. “He did a nice piece of work on the…

Showmanship ridden by Damien Oliver on the way to the barriers prior to the running of the 2022 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes. (Photo by George Sal/Racing Photos) Once touted as an Everest (1200m) contender before being sidelined by soundness issues, Showmanship will be looking to prove he still possesses talent when he returns to Sydney for the first time in almost two years. The eight-year-old will line up in Saturday’s Listed Winter Stakes (1400m) at Randwick, having had his career interrupted twice for lengthy periods. Showmanship was considered one of…

En Francais ridden by Lachlan Neindorf prior to the running of the 2023 Tesio Stakes at Moonee Valley. (Photo by Brett Holburt/Racing Photos) Lachlan Neindorf will be travelling north to ride the classy South Australian mare En Francais in Saturday’s Listed Glasshouse Handicap (1600m) on the Sunshine Coast. Neindorf has ridden the mare in four of her five wins, including her impressive last-start victory in the Group 3 Cummings Stakes (1600m) in May. He expressed his hopes that the recent wet weather in the Sunshine State clears up. “Hopefully they…

Former Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Darren Weir. Trainer Darren Weir has been handed a further two-year disqualification by the Victorian Racing Tribunal for using a jigger on three racehorses back in 2018. The tribunal, led by Judge John Bowman alongside Judge Kathryn Kings and tribunal member Des Gleeson, unanimously decided on the penalty, deeming it “fair and appropriate.” This decision follows a recent hearing where Racing Victoria stewards had advocated for an additional 10-year ban on top of Weir’s previous four-year disqualification, which concluded in February last year. Weir, who pleaded…

Former New Zealand jockey Trudy Thornton, now based on the Sunshine Coast, has had the opportunity to ride in the Top End for the past two weeks and returns on Saturday for Day 1 of the 2024 Darwin Cup Carnival. Sunshine Coast jockey Trudy Thornton will be hoping it’s third time lucky as she strives for her first Darwin win when she returns to the Top End this weekend. Thornton, 61, has appeared at the past two meetings for three thirds aboard Missed Victory on June 22 and Fierce Legend…

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What Sha Tin Races Where Sha Tin Racecourse – Tai Po Rd, Sha Tin District, Hong Kong When Saturday, July 6, 2024 First Race 4pm HKT (6pm AEST) Visit Dabble Twilight racing returns to Sha Tin on Saturday afternoon, with a bumper 10-part program lined up for punters. The rail is in the C course for the meeting, and although there are some scattered showers forecast in the lead-up, it shouldn’t affect the Good 4 rating at the time of acceptances. All the action is set to get underway at…