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Keeneland will contest the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington on Saturday. Photo: Bruno Cannatelli Trent Busuttin believes the stars have aligned in his quest for a second Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) title at Flemington. The expatriate New Zealand horseman prepared Sangster to win the Blue Riband staying feature in 2011, and a case of déjà vu beckons on Saturday with another Kiwi-bred contender in Keeneland. There are an uncanny number of similarities between the pair, serving to boost confidence around the successful Cranbourne stable Busuttin operates with…

La Crique will kick-off her spring preparation at Tauranga on Saturday. Photo: Race Images Dual Group One-winning mare La Crique bypassed the spring features this season, and looking to the summer period, Katrina and Simon Alexander are excited to get their star mare back on track at Tauranga on Saturday. Now a six-year-old, La Crique has had just 20 starts, with eight of those coming in her highly successful three-year-old term. Since then, the Alexanders have navigated a series of hoof issues with the mare, and despite this, she has…

What Sha Tin Races Races Where Sha Tin Racecourse – Tai Po Rd, Sha Tin District, Hong Kong When Sunday, November 3, 2024 First Race 1pm HKT (4pm AEDT) Visit Dabble Hong Kong racing returns to Sha Tin on Sunday afternoon, with the Group 3 Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse headlining a bumper 10-part program. The rail is in the C+3 position for the meeting, and with sunny skies forecast across the weekend, participants can be assured of a genuine Good 4 surface. All the action is scheduled to get underway…

What Alice Springs Races Where Pioneer Park Racecourse – Stuart Hwy, Connellan NT 0870 When Saturday, November 12, 2024 First Race 1:44pm ACST Visit Dabble The second of three meetings in as many weeks takes place in the Red Centre with 45 horses accepting for the Alice Springs Turf Club’s six-event program on Saturday. It has not rained since October 15, and there’s no rain on the horizon with sunny conditions and a top temperature of 39C the forecast. It will certainly be a dry dirt surface at Pioneer Park…

Apprentice jockey Jessica Booth will be riding in Launceston, Alice Springs, Ballarat and Darwin between Friday and Tuesday. Victorian apprentice Jessica Booth is yet another interstate rider bound for the Northern Territory. The 24-year-old from Wangaratta debuts in Alice Springs on Saturday and in Darwin on Melbourne Cup Day. Hannah Le Blanc, a fellow Victorian apprentice, has ridden at both venues of late but won’t feature at Alice Springs, as she is heading to Traralgon. Le Blanc and Booth are good friends, with both riding at Launceston on Friday. “Hannah…

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What VRC Derby Day 2024 Where Flemington Racecourse – Melbourne, Victoria When Saturday, November 2, 2024 First Race 12:20pm AEDT Visit Dabble VRC Derby Day is set to kick off the 2024 Melbourne Cup Carnival, with a stacked nine-race meeting lined up at Flemington this Saturday. The Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) takes top billing and is ably supported by the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) and Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m). Perfect conditions await, with the track rated a Good 4 and the rail in its true…

Promising mare Bedtime Story. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) Hastings trainers Guy Lowry and Leah Zydenbos made the most of an opportunity to trial several of their well-performed horses locally on Thursday at Waipukurau. Among their representatives was the promising Bedtime Story, making her first public appearance as a four-year-old in an Open 1000m trial. The daughter of Per Incanto won three of her seven starts last term, alongside a fourth placing in the Group 2 Wellington Guineas (1400m), won by subsequent Group 1-winner Grail Seeker. “She was…

Sea King. (Photo by Brett Holburt/Racing Photos) Racing Victoria (RV) Head of Handicapping, David Hegan, has announced that Wednesday’s Group 3 Apiam Bendigo Cup (2400m) winner Sea King has received a 0.5kg penalty in the $8.56 million Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m). The Harry Eustace-trained English stayer has been lifted from his original weight of 50kg to 50.5kg thus elevating the horse to 17th in the Order of Entry for the iconic race at Flemington next Tuesday, 5 November. Click here for the full Melbourne Cup Order Of Entry. Hegan…