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Ken Rutherford Appointed Hawkesbury CEO

Posted on December 17, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Waikato Racing Club chief executive, former New Zealand Test cricketer Ken Rutherford, is to take up the position in charge of Hawkesbury Race Club in north west Sydney. Rutherford has vast experience in the racing and wagering industry following his retirement from first class class cricket at the turn of the century. Raised in Dunedin[...]

Posted on December 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Prominent trainer Tony McEvoy is planning to kick off the careers of a pair of two-year-olds in Queensland with a view to giving them their chances to qualify for next month's Magic Millions Classic. McEvoy, who trains in partnership with his son, Calvin, has two-year-old filly Lopez and colt King And King nominated for the[...]

Posted on December 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Victorian jumps racing program for 2020 has been released, with the same number of races scheduled as the previous season. A total of 61 jumps races are scheduled in Victoria – 39 hurdles races and 22 steeplechases – with prize money of more than $3.8 million. Racing Victoria said the program had been developed[...]

Posted on December 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Gary Portelli's hopes of a home track advantage have been dashed by the transfer of the Warwick Farm meeting to Randwick because of forecast high temperatures in western Sydney. Racing NSW acted swiftly on Monday to move Saturday's races from Warwick Farm which is expecting a high of 43 degrees. Temperatures at Randwick are forecast[...]

Posted on December 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Listed Bagot Handicap is the summer target for Secret Blaze who will first try to notch the third win of his preparation in a lead-up race at Flemington. Secret Blaze is coming off a last-start second as favourite in the Listed Pakenham Cup over 2500m on December 7 and he runs again over the[...]

Posted on December 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Matt Dunn has had a big week and also unveiled another possible contender for the $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic. Dunn had five winners on Friday, including four at his home track of Murwillumbah, and one at Doomben on Saturday to give him six winners for the week. He already has one of[...]

Posted on December 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The forecast for hot weather in Melbourne has prompted racing officials to start a midweek meeting at Caulfield in the morning. Wednesday's meeting was scheduled to be run in the twilight timeslot but Racing Victoria has announced the eight-race meeting will now start at 11am with the final race to jump at 2.40pm. Advice from[...]

Posted on December 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Kilcoy Race Club has unveiled plans to utilise its new million dollar facilities during the Christmas period with thoroughbred and harness meetings, and a professional foot race. The south-east Queensland club has been able to substantially upgrade its facilities and track after grants from the local Somerset Council and state government. The club has[...]

Posted on December 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Champion jockey James McDonald will be on a working holiday when he takes a break from his busy Sydney schedule to return home to Cambridge for Christmas. Despite being in contention for the New South Wales Jockeys Premiership, McDonald is keen to have Christmas in New Zealand with his family, but the trip has been[...]

Posted on December 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The prediction for extreme heat in western Sydney has prompted officials to transfer a rare Saturday meeting at Warwick Farm to Randwick. Temperatures are forecast to reach 43 degrees at Warwick Farm and the mid-30s at Randwick. All races bar one are the same distances and conditions with the Benchmark 88 changed from 2110 metres[...]

Posted on December 15, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Chris Meagher can hardly wait to get consistent Trevelyan to the $250,000 The Wave. The Wave (1800m) is one of several new races introduced in a revamped Brisbane and Gold Coast summer carnival. It is designed to bolster the January 4 meeting at the Gold Coast, a week before the main Magic Millions meeting.[...]

Posted on December 15, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Melbourne trainer Mike Moroney has decided to target the $2 million Magic Millions 3YO Guineas at the Gold Coast with promising sprinter Star Surprise. The three-year-old returned from a spell in a 1000m benchmark-70 race on the Pakenham Cup program eight days ago and came from last in the field of 10 to win by[...]

Posted on December 15, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Warwick Farm trainer Richard Litt has had a career-defining year and is looking to build on the momentum. Castelvecchio gave Litt his first Group One win in the Champagne Stakes and ran a slashing second to Japanese mare Lys Gracieux in the Cox Plate. The colt's owner, Ottavio Galetta, has bought Clarry Conners' Victory Lodge[...]

Posted on December 15, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A stronger Super Seth is in the early stages of his build-up towards his next preparation which will be aimed at adding more feature race success to the Caulfield Guineas winner's CV. The Anthony Freedman-trained colt capped his spring preparation with a thrilling win in the Group One Caulfield Guineas in October, charging home in[...]

Posted on December 15, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Racing Queensland will consider splitting a two-year-old race at Eagle Farm as it looms as a vital lead-up to the Magic Millions 2YO Classic. Saturday's $125,000 race also carries two QTIS bonus payments and is one of the few 1000m-races in the lead-up to the $2 million Classic (1200m) at the Gold Coast on January[...]

Posted on December 15, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, Japan Horse Racing News

Star Australian jockey Damian Lane will head to Japan with a chance to put an exclamation mark on a memorable 2019 when he rides Cox Plate winner Lys Gracieux in her final start. Lane will be reunited with Lys Gracieux in next Sunday's Grade One Arima Kinen (2500m) at Nakayama, having ridden the Japanese mare[...]

Posted on December 15, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Nicky Henderson says star chaser Altior is extremely unlikely to run in the King George at Kempton after failing to fully convince connections during his latest work-out. Earlier this year, Henderson earmarked the Boxing Day showpiece as the main objective for the dual Queen Mother Champion Chase winner. But doubts arose when Altior suffered[...]

Australian Horse Racing News

Ken Rutherford Appointed Hawkesbury CEO

Mcevoy Nominates Juveniles For Qld Races

Rv Releases 2020 Jumps Racing Program

Gary Portelli Taking Two To Randwick

Secret Blaze To Continue On Path To Bagot

Dunn Plans Another Magic Millions Assault

Early Start For Caulfield Midweek Meeting

Kilcoy To Use New Facilities To Advantage

Busier Christmas-New Year than McDonald planned

Warwick Farm Meeting Transferred

Meagher On Winning Wave With Trevelyan

Magic Millions Guineas For Star Surprise

Trainer Richard Litt Looking Ahead

Super Seth Strengthens During Spring Break

Brisbane 2yo Race May Have Two Divisions

Lane Looking Forward To Arima Kinen

Altior Likely To Miss King George Chase

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