Day: 7 December 2024

I’mintowin continues winning ways at Rosehill

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I’mintowin winning at Rosehill Gardens. Photo: Bradley Photos Freewheeling Kiwi-bred I’mintowin maintained his perfect record this preparation with another all-the-way win at Rosehill. The five-year-old Contributer gelding led all the way for a first-up victory over 1400m at Kembla Grange on November 23, mastering a testing 62kg topweight on a Good 3 track and running record time. The step up in class for a Benchmark 94 handicap on Saturday saw I’mintowin better placed at the weights with 56.5kg, but the track conditions presented a very different challenge. Persistent rain throughout…

Werribee free racing preview & quaddie | Werribee Cup Day 2024

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What Werribee Cup Day 2024 Where Picklebet Park Werribee – 2-10 Bulban Rd, Werribee VIC 3030 When 1:25pm AEDT First Race Sunday, December 8, 2024 Visit Dabble Feature racing in Victoria heads to Werribee on Sunday afternoon where the $150,000 Werribee Cup (1600m) headlines proceeding on the eight-race card. Despite showers leading into Cup Day, the track is likely to remain a Good 4 with clear skies and a top of 24 degrees forecast. The rail sticks to its true position, with Werribee Cup Day 2024 set to commence at…

Mrs Chrissie returns a winner at Ballarat

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Mrs Chrissie winning at Ballarat. Photo: Racing Photos Classy sprinting mare Mrs Chrissie kicked off a new campaign on a winning note with a powerful come-from-behind performance at Ballarat. The Benchmark 100 handicap was the first start since July for Mrs Chrissie, whose previous campaign produced wins at Caulfield and Sandown as well as a third in the Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) and a last-start fourth in the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m). Mrs Chrissie was sent out as a $2.90 favourite with horse racing bookmakers on…

Hawkesbury races free betting preview & best bets | December 8

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What Hawkesbury Races Where Hawkesbury Race Club – 1 Racecourse Rd, Clarendon NSW 2756 When Sunday, December 8, 2024 First Race 1:45pm AEDT Visit Dabble Hawkesbury Race Club is the destination for NSW racing on Sunday afternoon, with a quickfire seven-part program set to get underway at 1:45pm local time. The rail is in the true position the entire way around, and although the track is rated a Good 4 at the time of acceptances, significant rainfall in the region all but assures a downgrade into the Soft range at…

Bonecrusher quinella continues Wexford run

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The outstanding form of Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott’s three-year-olds continued at Ellerslie on Saturday with a one-two finish by Sethito (NZ) (Super Seth) and Prosegur (NZ) (Proisir) in the Gr.3 Bonecrusher Stakes (1400m). It was the second age-group feature within the space of a week for the Wexford Stables team, who saddled Checkmate (NZ) (Mongolian Khan) for a commanding victory in last Saturday’s Listed Armacup 3YO Stakes (1500m) at the same venue. Overall, O’Sullivan and Scott have had a total of 17 wins from 50 runners among their 2024-25…

Grylls at front-running best on Conor O’Ceirin

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The Robbie Patterson and Craig Grylls combination were to the fore again at Trentham on Saturday when Grylls produced a masterclass in the judgement of pace as he piloted Conor O’Ceirin (NZ) (Dial A Prayer) to a fresh-up victory in the Totara Lodge Handicap (1400m). The Patterson-prepared eight-year-old hadn’t been seen since some disappointing performances during the Riccarton Winter Carnival in August, but after a good break he stripped fit for his first-up assignment after performing well at a New Plymouth jumpout. In a race that appeared to lack a…

Babylon Berlin takes Ellerslie feature sprint

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Class mare Babylon Berlin (All Too Hard) lead her rivals a merry dash when she outgunned a small but quality field in the Gr.3 Concorde Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. Facing just six rivals the Ben and Ryan Foote-prepared daughter of All Too Hard used her renown speed from the barriers to head straight to the front and dictate play in the hands of Vinnie Colgan. Colgan had a lapful of horse rounding the bend and shot two lengths clear as race favourite Crocetti (NZ) (Zacinto) ($2.10) and Bonny…

Currie opens New Zealand account with Wingman

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Visiting Australian jockey Luke Currie made his New Zealand debut a winning one with a last-to-first performance on Wingman in Saturday’s Aztech Engineering 3YO (1400m) at Trentham. Currie has more than 1450 winners to his name in Australia, including 13 Group Ones as well as last year’s A$5 million All-Star Mile (1600m) aboard Kiwi-bred star Mr Brightside. He has also won races in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Mauritius. Now he has added New Zealand to that list. A second placegetter on Too Sweet in the first race on the…

Fresh Nimble Nimbus seeking upset in Hong Kong Cup

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A fresh Nimble Nimbus will be out to upset the applecart when he heads to Sha Tin on Sunday to contest the Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (2000m). Expat Kiwi hoop James McDonald, who was recently crowned the 2024 LONGINES world’s best jockey, will be seeking an historic third straight win in the race aboard Romantic Warrior, but Kiwi-bred Nimble Nimbus will be looking to spoil the party. The seven-year-old gelding has been a consistent performer for trainer Ricky Yiu, who purchased him out of breeder Waikato Stud’s 2019 New…

Kiwi flavour doubles in Hong Kong Sprint

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While all eyes are on New Zealand-bred gelding Ka Ying Rising ahead of Sunday’s Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m), his compatriot Flying Ace has made a late bid to cause an upset in the Sha Tin feature. Flying Ace was initially on standby for the race but made his way into the final field following the withdrawal of Nobals earlier this week after he continued to display a blood abnormality. Flying Ace’s addition has also doubled David Hall’s representation in the race, with the local trainer also set to…