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Harbour Views Could Miss Ballarat Cup Run

Posted on November 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Warrnambool trainer Matthew Williams has an anxious wait to find out if Harbour Views gets into the $500,000 Ballarat Cup. Williams has mapped out a contingency plan if the talented gelding does not make the field for the Listed 2000m-race which has attracted 32 nominations but has a field limit of 16 plus emergencies. Harbour[...]

Posted on November 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Peter Gelagotis will not face any sanctions over his conduct towards Racing Victoria veterinary staff at the Sandown meeting. RV stewards opened an inquiry on Saturday after a report from vet Jamie Wearn about the way Gelagotis spoke to him before veterinary staff attempted to take a blood sample from Levendi before the Kevin[...]

Posted on November 18, 2019
in United Kingdom Horse Racing News

The performances of two Willie Mullins-trained horses have implications for ante-post betting for Grade 1 races at the Cheltenham Festival. Faugheen enhanced his prospects for the RSA Chase, but Klassical Dream did not deliver in a key prep-race for the Champion Hurdle.

Posted on November 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Having ruled Luvaluva out of a Group One feature in Perth, trainer John Sargent will concentrate on a million dollar race closer to home with the mare to head to The Gong at Kembla Grange. Sargent and Luvaluva’s owners considered the Kingston Town Classic at Ascot on December 7 but the logistics of the trip[...]

Posted on November 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Former Queensland sprinter Ef Troop will make his debut for his new stable in a Magic Millions race at Ballarat. Having done his previous racing with Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan, Ef Troop is now in the care of Tony and Calvin McEvoy who have bases in South Australia and Victoria. Tony McEvoy is looking forward[...]

Posted on November 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Nine-year-old Gailo Chop will be among the eastern states contingent targeting feature races in Perth, with the multiple Group One winner to contest the Kingston Town Classic. The Matthew Williams-trained Gailo Chop was due to fly from Melbourne to Perth on a chartered flight on Monday evening along with several other horses targeting the upcoming[...]

Posted on November 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

After a string of successes with his Ready to Run Sale purchases, Toowoomba trainer Matt Kropp has returned to Karaka in search of some more future stars. Kropp crossed the Tasman for the sale in 2016 and 2017, purchasing five horses. Four of them have won races, while I Know Yves has been a multiple[...]

Posted on November 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Shaune Ritchie is going from chasing Group 1 glory at Riccarton on Saturday to attempting to win the longest flat race. The Cambridge trainer was seeking his first Group 1 gavelhouse.com New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) win and just came up short with Jennifer Eccles, finishing a long neck second to the Tony Pike-trained Loire,[...]

Posted on November 18, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Central Districts jockey Leah Hemi experienced her biggest day in racing at Riccarton on Saturday, but admits the milestone is only just starting to sink in. Hemi brought up her sixth stakes victory and first at Group level when riding home Dee and Gee to take out the Group 3 Christchurch Casino New Zealand Cup[...]

Posted on November 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sandown Stakes winner Gold Fields is being set for a campaign in Dubai. Gold Fields gave Stephen Baster a winning farewell win in Saturday’s Group Three Sandown Stakes with the jockey now retired and beginning a new career as a real estate agent. The victory was trainer Logan McGill’s first Group win and he and[...]

Posted on November 18, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Exultant was at his dominant best in Sunday’s (17 November) Group 2 Jockey Club Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin, galloping to victory in a faultless warm-up for his Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase (2400m) defence next month. The Teofilo gelding slotted in behind pace-setting siblings Glorious Forever and Time Warp before powering clear to[...]

Posted on November 18, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Aethero lived up to his billing as Hong Kong’s next big thing with a scintillating front-running victory in the Group 2 Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin yesterday, Sunday, 17 November. “Mama Mia!” cried winning rider Karis Teetan as he returned jubilant from a two-length success aboard the precocious chestnut. “It was unbelievable. The[...]

Posted on November 18, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Waikuku shifted out of Beauty Generation’s shadow with a decisive rail-side burst that has him vying to be Hong Kong’s number one hope for the Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m) in three weeks. “It looks a bit that way,” trainer John Size said after the improving four-year-old had upset the 1.3 favourite in[...]

Posted on November 18, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The decision to withdraw a nomination for their royally bred Redoute’s Choice filly from the 2018 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale paid off in spades for Cambridge couple Brent and Cherry Taylor on Saturday when she took out the Group 1 gavelhouse.com New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton. Subsequently named Loire, the now[...]

Posted on November 18, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Promising three-year-old Riodini maintained his unbeaten record with another impressive victory at Tauranga on the weekend, with trainer Nigel Tiley set to test him in Group company at the upcoming Ellerslie Christmas Carnival. The Proisir gelding made it two wins from two starts in his current campaign after a stylish debut performance on his home[...]

Posted on November 18, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Young trainer Daniel Miller will have plenty on his mind as he climbs into the driver’s seat of his horse truck on this morning (Monday) to start the long trip back to Matamata from his temporary Riccarton base. While there will be plenty of time to reminisce on the incredible success he achieved over the[...]

Posted on November 17, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Lindsay Park will have a two-pronged attack on the new look Ballarat Cup which this year carries record prize money of $500,000. Fifty Stars and Alfarris will represent David and Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig in the Listed race over 2000m on Saturday. This year the race has been shortened from 2200m to 2000m following[...]

Horse Racing News

Harbour Views Could Miss Ballarat Cup Run

No Action Taken After Sandown Inquiry

Mixed fortunes for two of Mullins’ Cheltenham Festival hopes

Luvaluva Out To Get Gong At Kembla Grange

Ef Troop In Ballarat Return For New Stable

Kingston Town Classic Aim For Gailo Chop

Kropp out to add to Ready to Run honour roll

From Group 1 to unique Australian event

First Group victory for Hemi

Gold Fields To Campaign In Dubai

Exultant dominates Jockey Club Cup

Aethero rises to the task in the Jockey Club Sprint

Waikuku hands another defeat to Beauty Generation

Cambridge couple make correct call with class filly

Riodini on Auckland Guineas path

Miller on a mission

Lindsay Park With Two Ballarat Cup Hopes

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