Month: July 2024

Mahrajaan winning the Group 3 New Zealand Cup (3200m). Photo: Race Images South Early trans-Tasman discussions have encouraged Shaune Ritchie to aim at Australasia’s top staying prize with his distance specialist Mahrajaan. The Cambridge-based horseman trains the six-year-old with Colm Murray and all roads will lead to the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) in the spring. Mahrajaan emphatically ticked the stamina box last preparation with victories in the Group 2 Auckland Cup (3200m) and the Group 3 New Zealand Cup (3200m). “He is definitely going to be set for the…

Darwin apprentice Jade Hampson with the Neil Dyer-trained Ziggi Rocks after they combined to get the cash at Fannie Bay on Saturday. Picture: Caroline Camilleri (Fotofinish Racepix) She missed last year’s Darwin Cup Carnival with injury, so apprentice Jade Hampson is understandably looking forward to the 2024 event starting this weekend. And the 20-year-old is flying after winning doubles at Darwin on Saturday and Alice Springs on Sunday. After partnering Neil Dyer’s Ziggi Rocks and Garry Lefoe’s Canton Kid at Fannie Bay, Hampson saluted aboard Yannick Valenti’s Get Out Mick…

Mark Twain pictured with co-trainer Roger James, strapper Matthew Ivil, Tour Ambassador Damien Oliver and co-trainer Robert Wellwood. Photo: Angelique Bridson The Melbourne Cup Tour made its way to Cambridge on Monday and local trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood got their first glimpse at the iconic trophy they hope to get their hands on at Flemington on the first Tuesday in November. The Cambridge horsemen have a guaranteed spot in the race that stops two nations courtesy of Mark Twain after he won the ballot-exempt Listed Roy Higgins (2600m)…

Ballymore Stables New Zealand trainer Pam Gerard. Photo: Supplied Pam Gerard is hoping to finish her final term in partnership with Michael Moroney on a high over the coming month, kicking off with a small team at Rotorua on Wednesday. Gerard has been at the helm of the Matamata stable since 2016 and the pair have celebrated their best season to date with 32 winners, the latest being promising stayer Mineshaft at Ruakaka last Saturday. The Merchant Navy four-year-old relished the step-up over ground, ridden patiently by Kelly Myers at…

Byerley Park trainer Barbara Kennedy. Photo: Trish Dunell A mix of excitement and relief was felt by Barbara Kennedy after Subtle Power crossed the line at Ruakaka on Saturday, delivering her first success as a trainer in New Zealand. Kennedy had previously trained 59 winners in her native South Africa, and after moving to New Zealand with her husband and jockey Warren, was given the opportunity to take over Peter and Dawn Williams’ successful barn at Byerley Park from the beginning of June. Subtle Power was one of the horses…

Super Bonus seals a Pierre Ng double at Sha Tin. Pierre Ng reclaimed the ascendancy in the rollercoaster tussle for the 2023/24 Hong Kong trainers’ championship with a crucial double at Sha Tin on Monday to edge two wins clear of Francis Lui. With only four meetings left in the season, Ng leads Lui 67-65 after Alexis Badel piloted Gangnam Star to victory and Super Bonus won under Andrea Atzeni. “Brilliant. I’m quite happy. At this stage, I just have to keep going. Hopefully we get more winners in the…

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Victoria’s Saturday metro meetings will feature 10 races for an eight-month stretch in the 2024–25 season, as announced by Racing Victoria (RV). The series kicks off with the Group 1 Memsie Stakes event on August 31 and wraps up on April 26, 2025, at Caulfield. In a trial spanning from August 2023 to May 2024, the introduction of 10 race cards resulted in $5 million in betting revenue and an extra $2.8 million in prize money. Matt Welsh, RV’s Executive General Manager for Racing, mentioned that the scheduling of these…

Hey Bella ridden by Jamie Mott wins the Rosemont F&M Maiden Plate at Cranbourne Racecourse on April 12, 2024 in Cranbourne, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Racing Photos) Racing Victoria stewards are looking into findings in test samples from horses trained by Clinton McDonald and Luke Oliver. A pre-race blood test on McDonalds horse Flying On A Limb, which didn’t perform well at Flemington in April, showed the presence of triamcinolone acetonide, an inflammatory drug that is not allowed on race days. Oliver’s filly Hey Bella tested positive for dexamethasone in…