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Super Football’s Hong Kong Derby hopes hinge on continued progress

Posted on March 5, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Super Football’s (113lb) Hong Kong Derby (2000m) aspirations will be put to the test this Sunday (7 March) at Sha Tin as he shoots for a hat-trick of wins and a boost in the ratings high enough to warrant consideration for Hong Kong’s most prestigious race in a fortnight’s time. Trained by Jimmy Ting, the[...]

Posted on March 5, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Byerley Park trainer Peter Williams was a relieved man when the news came through that Ellerslie would play host to the Group 1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) meeting on Sunday. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Friday afternoon that Auckland will move out of lockdown and drop to level 2 from Sunday at 6am,[...]

Posted on March 5, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The Group 1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) meeting will take place at Ellerslie on Sunday after New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden announced Auckland would drop to COVID-19 Alert Level 2 at 6am on Sunday. “We realise that this has been a very testing time for our trainers, jockeys and owners leading into one[...]

Posted on March 5, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Australian punters pouring over the New Zealand form of Group 1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) favourite Aegon could easily be led down the garden path believing the talented three-year-old is a rain-affected galloper as he prepares to face a Good 4 Randwick surface. While, for all intents and purposes, the two neighbouring countries share similar rules[...]

Posted on March 5, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The daughter of Maschino joins Australia’s champion trainer after winning the Listed Bob Hoysted (1000m) at Flemington last weekend. It was Fabergino’s second consecutive Bob Hoysted and the 12th win of her 19-start career for Perth trainer Tiarnna Robertson. Lonsdale Park’s Jim Anderson, who co-owns and bred Fabergino, said there were exciting times ahead for[...]

Posted on March 5, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Bradbury Park principals Casey and Michelle Dando are fizzing ahead of the Group 1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) at Ellerslie on Sunday. The Matamata Farm is set to have three graduates contest the $1 million classic, including Tokorangi, Il Affare, and Grip. The farm has its biggest connection with Tokorangi, with the Group 2[...]

Posted on March 5, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sweet Embrace Stakes runner-up She’s All Class is out of the Golden Slipper with trainer Chris Waller advising stewards the filly has been spelled. The two-year-old won the Magic Millions Wyong 2YO Classic in December and was a luckless third to stablemate Shaquero at the Gold Coast carnival when she drew a wide gate. She[...]

Posted on March 5, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Super Saturday, as the Australian Cup and Newmarket Handicap meeting at Flemington is known, has not been that kind to Craig Williams. The nine-time Melbourne premiership winning jockey is winless in the Newmarket and has only one win in the Australian Cup, Niconero in 2009. But Williams has the chance to remedy that on Saturday[...]

Posted on March 5, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

John Thompson has taken a fresh approach to Mamaragan’s training regime and while the initial signs are good, he says the proof will be in the colt’s race day performances. A Golden Slipper and ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes placegetter last autumn, Mamaragan was disappointing in the spring with his best result in five starts a[...]

Posted on March 5, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Newmarket Handicap hope Celebrity Queen will undergo a veterinary examination before scratching time on Saturday after pulling a front shoe during the week. A $13 chance in TAB markets for the Group 1 1200m sprint on Saturday, Celebrity Queen will race in bar plates on Saturday. Co-trainer Grant Williams reported to Racing Victoria stewards the[...]

Posted on March 5, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

James Cummings watched as the Royal Blue colours of Godolphin were carried to victory by Bivouac in last year’s Group 1 Newmarket Handicap and is hoping that colt’s stablemate Flit can achieve the same result at Flemington on Saturday. Bivouac was entered to repeat his victory of 12 months ago, but handicapped with 58.5kg the[...]

Posted on March 5, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

It has been billed as a vital Golden Slipper preview but trainer Michael Freedman won’t be disappointed if Stay Inside loses his unbeaten tag in the Todman Stakes at Randwick. The youngster is one of three boom colts lining up in the Group Two race, along with dominant Inglis Millennium winner Profiteer and Hawkes Racing’s[...]

Posted on March 5, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Lindsay Park co-trainer Ben Hayes is hoping that the class of Personal will see her rise to the top in the Group 2 TAB Kewney Stakes and in turn set her up for a Sydney campaign. After a first-up second in The Vanity (1400m) at Flemington on February 13, Personal heads back to Flemington for[...]

Posted on March 5, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

There was a time when trainer Bjorn Baker feared Samadoubt’s racing career might be over but the gallant gelding has fought his way back to fitness and into the Group One arena. The seven-year-old will line up in the Canterbury Stakes (1300m) at Randwick on Saturday, his first start since suffering a tendon injury following[...]

Posted on March 5, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Godolphin trainer James Cummings knows what it takes to win the VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes and will have three representatives in the Group 2 race over 1400m at Flemington. Cummings won with La Tene in 2019 and has Alegron, Micro and Paulele lining-up on Saturday, with each bringing a different quality to the table. Paulele[...]

Posted on March 5, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The two best sprinters in the country will be in action at Randwick on Saturday, albeit in different races. Nature Strip and Bivouac clashed first up in the Black Caviar Lightning in Melbourne with the former proving too slick for his rival over 1000 metres. While Nature Strip stays at that journey for the Challenge[...]

Posted on March 5, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The raising of weights for the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap has made the task for Zoutori a little tougher according to his co-trainer Simon Zahra. Training in partnership with Mathew Ellerton, Zahra said he would have liked to have seen Bivouac and Nature Strip, equal topweights when handicaps were released, remain in Saturday’s race. Their[...]

Horse Racing News

Super Football’s Hong Kong Derby hopes hinge on continued progress

Relieved Williams hopes for local Derby win

Derby remains in Auckland

Nothing “Soft” about Aegon

Fabergino To Join Waller Stable

Triple threat for Bradbury in Derby

Waller’s She’s All Class out of Golden Slipper

Williams chasing big Super Saturday double

Mamaragan on notice to recapture best form

Vet test for Celebrity Queen ahead of Newmarket

Flit chasing second Newmarket for Godolphin

Todman might not be the perfect Slipper fit

Personal tunes up for Sydney in Kewney Stakes

Samadoubt back in the Group One fold

Godolphin gang tackle Sires’ Produce at Flemington

Godolphin runners hold key to Canterbury Stakes

Weighty task awaits Zoutori in Newmarket Handicap

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