The 2024 edition of the world’s best sale of two-year-olds is now only 71 days away, and NZB is excited to unveil another stellar catalogue for the Ready to Run Sale at Karaka. Showcasing both quality and quantity, an exceptional selection of 404 two-year-olds will go through the Karaka sale ring during the globally renowned two-day sale in November. Boasting the right pedigrees, physiques and sale preparations to follow in the footsteps of the incredible Ready to Run Sale roll of honour that has gone before them. In the last…
Month: September 2024
Shaw daring to dream with Faraglioni
Faraglioni could be in for a big spring following her runner-up effort in Saturday’s Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m). Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) Levin trainer Josh Shaw is daring to dream with Faraglioni this spring following her eye-catching runner-up effort in Saturday’s Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings. The six-year-old daughter of El Roca was a bridesmaid at elite level for the second time after posting the same result in last year’s Group 1 TAB Classic (1600m), and now Shaw is eyeing further Group One targets…
Jamie Kah to front Victorian Racing Tribunal
Jamie Kah. (Photo by Ross Holburt/Racing Photos) Jamie Kah is set to appear before the Victorian Racing Tribunal following charges by stewards stemming from her ride aboard Let’sfacethemusic on Memsie Stakes day at Caulfield. The inquiry, initiated by stewards after the race day and continued at Sandown last Wednesday, concluded with Kah facing a charge under AR129(2). According to the stewards’ report, Kah is accused of failing to provide Let’sfacethemusic with the best opportunity to achieve an optimal finishing position during the Group 3 McNeil Stakes (1100m). Specifically, the report…
Happy Valley top racing tips & quaddie | September 11, 2024
What Happy Valley Races Where Happy Valley Racecourse – Wong Nai Chung Rd, Happy Valley, Hong Kong When Wednesday, September 11, 2024 First Race 7:10pm HKT (9:10pm AEST) Visit Dabble Hong Kong racing returns to the bright lights of Happy Valley on Wednesday evening, with a highly competitive eight-race program set for decision. The rail is in the A position, and with only light showers forecast in the lead-up, participants should be racing on a Good 4 surface throughout the night. The action is scheduled to get underway at 7:10pm…
Outstanding mare tops Te Akau season success
Te Akau Racing collected top honours at the 2024 New Zealand Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Awards on Sunday evening, which was headlined by Imperatriz, who was named Horse of the Year, while the Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson partnership were Trainer of the Year. Based in New Zealand, Singapore and more recently, Australia, Te Akau has collected the past four domestic Trainer of the Year awards with Jamie Richards (3) and last year’s record-breaking season by Walker, with the latter earning another title last season when training in partnership…
Vale Contributer
The Davison family and the team at Mapperley Stud are in mourning after the shock loss of their good friend and Group One-producing sire Contributer. The champion son of High Chaparral was starting his ninth season at the Matamata farm but sadly passed away on Sunday morning. A dual Group One winner on the racetrack, Contributer was crowned Champion Australian Middle-Distance Horse of the Year in 2015 following a brilliant autumn campaign where he won the Gr.2 Apollo Stakes (1400m), Gr.1 Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m) and the Gr.1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m)…
Empire Rose a possibility for Faraglioni
Levin trainer Josh Shaw is daring to dream with Faraglioni this spring following her eye-catching runner-up effort in Saturday’s Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings. The six-year-old daughter of El Roca was a bridesmaid at elite level for the second time after posting the same result in last year’s Gr.1 TAB Classic (1600m), and now Shaw is eyeing further Group One targets on either side of the Tasman. Faraglioni went into Saturday off the back of a pleasing trial win over 1100m at Taupo last month, but was out of…
Albatross spreads her wings at Wingatui
Kelvin Tyler has plenty of travel ahead of him in the coming weeks and he was pleased to pick up a success closer to home at Wingatui on Sunday with Albatross. A daughter of Sacred Falls, Albatross has a tidy record on Heavy track conditions and returned to her favourite surface at the meeting, after tackling the Good 4 at Riccarton last month. Contesting the KB Contractors (1600m) in Rating 75 company, she was equal favourite alongside Smooth Operator at $4.30. Albatross was swiftly away from the inside barrier and…
Antipodean wins Selangor Gold Cup
Antipodean (NZ) (Derryn) fought hard to win the M$200,000 Selangor Gold Cup (1600m) at Selangor racecourse on the track and the stewards room on a special day for jockey Bernardo Pinheiro who rode six winners. Young guns Antipodean and Golden Pegasus were the only horses seriously backed to the win the Selangor Gold Cup this year and as expected dominated the finish of the race. The two horses had swept the Selangor Turf Club age group races this season, with Antipodean winning the three-year-old series and Golden Pegasus the four-year-old…
Randwick-Kensington tips & quaddie | Wednesday, September 11
What Kensington Races Where Royal Randwick Racecourse – Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031 When Wednesday, September 11, 2024 First Race 1.25pm AEST Visit Dabble Royal Randwick is the destination for metro racing on Wednesday afternoon, with a quickfire seven-race program set for decision on the Kensington circuit. The rail moves out +3m for the entire circuit, and with warm spring conditions forecast in the lead-up, punters can expect a genuine Good 4 surface. The opening event is scheduled to get underway at 1:25pm local time. Best Bet at Randwick-Kensington: Maori…