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Tofane Chasing Stakes Victory At Caulfield

Posted on September 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Off the back of a last-start win at The Valley, lightly raced Tofane is set for a return to stakes racing in the Group Three How Now Stakes at Caulfield. Tofane has been installed second favourite for Saturday’s 1200m race for mares at $7.50, with in-form Pippie the clear-cut favourite at $2.30. Pippie has been[...]

Posted on September 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Lindsay Park is on weather watch as they split potential Caulfield Cup contenders between Caulfield and Morphettville. The stable has big numbers in the MRC Foundation Cup which affords the winner ballot exemption into the Caulfield Cup with five of the 16 acceptors while two of those horses are entered in the Tokyo City Cup[...]

Posted on September 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Connections of Everest-bound mare Sunlight will continue to monitor the Randwick track condition before deciding whether the triple Group One winner takes her place in one of the main lead-up races to next month’s $14 million sprint. Sunlight is one of 11 acceptors for Saturday’s star-studded Group Two Shorts (1100m) at Randwick, which features a[...]

Posted on September 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Lightly raced Stay Gold has broken her maiden at Cranbourne, a few days before her big brother chases a Group One win at Caulfield. Three-year-old filly Stay Gold is a sister to five-year-old Iconoclasm, also trained by Danny O’Brien, and he is among the contenders in Saturday’s Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes. By Toorak Toff out[...]

Posted on September 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Gold Coast trainer Brad Witt has been disqualified for 12 months for substituting his urine sample during an integrity unit raid at the weekend. Witt fronted a stewards’ inquiry on Wednesday, where he pleaded guilty to swapping someone else’s urine sample for his own at the Gold Coast track last Saturday. The inquiry heard Witt[...]

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

BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) winner Furore caught the eye, running on for third under Grant van Niekerk in a dirt track barrier trial at Sha Tin on Tuesday, 17 September. Frankie Lor’s charge has not been seen in action since finishing a disappointing 10th in the Group 1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m) in April.[...]

Posted on September 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer Chris Gibbs will be in Sydney to oversee Danzdanzdance run in the George Main Stakes while at the same time keeping an eye on Group One action at home. Gibbs will leave it to training partner Michelle Bradley to saddle up Hello It’s Me in the Windsor Park Plate at Hastings where[...]

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

Pakistan Star sparkled through a dirt track barrier trial at Sha Tin on Tuesday, 17 September as he warmed up for what could be a re-defining return to action late next month. Trainer Paul O’Sullivan let it be known towards the end of last term that he would like to drop the two-time Group 1[...]

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

There was plenty of hype surrounding Harlech heading into his raceday resumption at Matamata on Wednesday and the exciting three-year-old duly delivered, taking out the Waharoa Transport CO(1995) Ltd 1200. The Michael Moroney and Pam Gerard-trained gelding settled midfield for jockey Cameron Lammas before looming four-wide on the turn and easily accounted for his opposition[...]

Posted on September 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Everest Carnival’s ambassadors this year will be James Stewart and Sarah Roberts, Home and Away’s favourite loved-up couple on-screen and off. The Australian Turf Club say the stylish duo, who have previously been seen together at race meetings around the country, are perfect representatives for the seven-week Everest Carnival. Official duties for the pair[...]

Posted on September 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Queensland stewards have clarified the basis on which they have overturned a photo-finish result from Yeppoon meeting two months ago. A four-panel stewards’ inquiry headed by chief stipe Peter Chadwick sat in Rockhampton on Tuesday to review the finish of a race at Yeppoon on July 23. The original verdict was given to Great Fox[...]

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

The father and son team of Darryn and Sam Weatherley combined at Matamata to record their first win together with Soda in the Transport Mechanical Waharoa Ltd 1400. Soda jumped from her inside barrier to settle midfield for Sam Weatherley where she remained until she was asked to improve at the 400m mark. She took[...]

Posted on September 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Political unrest in Hong Kong has forced officials to abandon a race meeting at Happy Valley amid concerns about public safety. The Hong Kong Jockey Club has abandoned Wednedsay night’s meeting because of “the imminent threat to the safety of racegoers, jockeys and employees, and to the welfare of racehorses”. “In organising race meetings, the[...]

Posted on September 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Caloundra trainer Stuart Kendrick put aside a disappointment early in the day to produce another promising young horse at Doomben. Kendrick got his second long-priced winner in a week when Soldiers ($21) beat Couldn’t Refuse ($1.70) by a short head in a Maiden Plate (1350m). The day started poorly for Kendrick when he had to[...]

Posted on September 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A fall during a set of jump-outs has resulted in former apprentice Stephen Brown Jr being airlifted to Royal Melbourne Hospital in an induced coma. Racing Victoria released a statement confirming the incident at Wangaratta in northeast Victoria on Wednesday. “Stephen received immediate medical care from the on-course paramedic and was placed in an induced[...]

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

Exciting galloper Catalyst has made the perfect start to his three-year-old season with his two stakes victories to date, and leading Australian form analyst Daniel O’Sullivan believes the son of Darci Brahma will only get better. The Clayton Chipperfield-trained gelding put in an eye-catching performance at Ruakaka on Saturday to win the Group 3 Northland[...]

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

The Hong Kong Jockey Club (the Club) today (18 September) announced that the race meeting at Happy Valley Racecourse tonight has been cancelled in view of the imminent threat to the safety of racegoers, jockeys and employees, and to the welfare of racehorses. In organising race meetings, the Club always puts safety as a top[...]

Horse Racing News

Tofane Chasing Stakes Victory At Caulfield

Lindsay Park Splits Foundation Cup Runners

Wet Track A Query For Sunlight In Shorts

Stay Gold Wins Maiden, Sibling Aims For G1

Qld Trainer Banned For Sample Substitution

Furore return

Wet Randwick To Suit Top New Zealand Mare

O’Sullivan’s “radical” plan as Pakistan Star shines

Harlech too good at Matamata

Real Home And Away Couple Head Up Everest

Stipes Explain Decision To Overturn Photo

Father and son combine for win

Hong Kong Races Off Because Of Political Unrest

Kendrick Soldiers On For A Change Of Luck

Ex-Apprentice In Induced Coma After Fall

Form expert rates Catalyst

Cancellation of Happy Valley Race meeting on 18 September

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