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New Zealand apprentice O’Malley jumping into winter racing

Posted on June 19, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Sam O'Malley is pretty chuffed with how his season has gone so far. The Central Districts apprentice jockey has racked up 30 wins in the saddle so far, more than double his previous best tally, and he noted his third-placing aboard Deerfield in the Group 1 Captain Cook Stakes (1600m) as a major highlight. He[...]

Posted on June 19, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Entrenched in the top three behind Joao Moreira and Zac Purton in the Hong Kong jockeys' championship, Karis Teetan hopes to bookend another productive season with more black type success on Champion's Way and Charity Fun at Sha Tin on Sunday (20 June). The author of 73 wins for the 2020/21 term, including Panfield's Group[...]

Posted on June 18, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer Nick Bishara knows what it is like to loosen the reins on a stable talent to enable them to reach their full potential. The Auckland horseman initially prepared star mare Verry Elleegant to win two of her three starts in New Zealand before her partial sale and relocation to Australia. A part-owner[...]

Posted on June 18, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The well-travelled Cheval Prometteur will make his raceday return at Ruakaka on Saturday after an injury enforced layoff. The six-year-old gelding suffered a stress fracture in a cannon bone last year when preparing for the Group 3 Jarden Stakes (2000m) and New Zealand trainer Catherine Cameron has taken a cautious approach with his return. “We[...]

Posted on June 18, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A more measured campaign is poised to pay dividends for Wairarapa galloper Charlie Horse in the coming weeks. That's the prediction from New Zealand trainer Stacey Dougan as she goes about putting the finishing polish on the Zacinto seven-year-old gelding ahead of Saturday's IPL Marketing/Nelson Pine Industries 1600 at Awapuni. “COVID stuffed me up with[...]

Posted on June 17, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Bargain buy Lost And Running has solidified his spot in this year’s running of The Everest, taking Tabcorp's slot in the $15,000,000 feature at Royal Randwick in Sydney, Australia.

Posted on June 17, 2021
in United Kingdom Horse Racing News

Day Two of the 2021 Royal Ascot carnival was highlighted by Love’s win in the Group 1 Prince of Wales's Stakes as the star filly returned from a 300-day spell.

Posted on June 17, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Zaaki, the star of the 2021 Brisbane Winter Carnival, has been disqualified from the Group 3 JRA Plate on April 24th at Randwick after returning a positive test for a restricted substance, while trainer Annabel Neasham has been fined $7,000.

Posted on June 17, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A lot of people dread winter, but not Kenny Rae. The Ruakaka trainer gets to enjoy the warmer climate of the winterless north of New Zealand, but it is also a time when a lot of young untried horses enter his barn. He enjoys campaigning the older warhorses in his barn like Major Tom and[...]

Posted on June 17, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Invercargill jockey Daniel Bothamley might have a Great Northern win on his resume but a decision to put his jumps riding career on ice has paid dividends in recent times as he edges closer to 200 career wins. Bothamley, 36, had planned to work for a building firm for the winter but demand for his[...]

Posted on June 17, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Promising New Zealand jumper Aigne travelled across the Tasman two years ago to contest the Jericho Cup (4600m) at Warrnambool and owner Neil O'Dowd is keen for a repeat crossing, but this time for other targets. O'Dowd, who trained Aigne to his sixth-placed run in his sole Australian start, has now entrusted the eight-year-old to[...]

Posted on June 16, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

After their enthralling one-two finish in last month's Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m), Healthy Happy and Sky Darci will renew their burgeoning rivalry when they lock horns in Sunday's (20 June) Hong Kong $3.5 million Group 3 Premier Cup Handicap (1400m). Following an arduous season which included the demanding three-race Four-Year-Old Classic Series,[...]

Posted on June 16, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer Tony Pike won't be surprised if Ruakaka candidate Witsabouthim becomes a cups contender in the next two years. Witsabouthim is nominated for two 1600m events at the Northland track, a three-year-old set weights and penalties event and a Rating 65 event for all ages. His choice of race may well depend on[...]

Posted on June 16, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Australian based NZ trainer Mike Moroney has given the green light for Tofane to have a crack at securing her third elite-level victory at Eagle Farm next week. The daughter of Ocean Park doubled her Group One tally when taking out the Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at the Brisbane track last week, continuing her purple patch[...]

Posted on June 16, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand jockey Matthew Cameron is planning a return to the saddle after calling time out on his career in December last year. The two-time Champion Jockey surprised many when stepping away from racing as it entered the peak of the racing season, but after seven months away from riding, the talented 34-year-old has had[...]

Posted on June 16, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

New Zealand mare Coventina Bay will attempt to ascend the Queensland throne when she lines-up in the Group 1 Tattersall's Tiara (1400m) at Eagle Farm next week. After pleasing with a trial win at the Sunshine Coast earlier this month, she finished seventh in the Group 2 Dane Ripper Stakes (1300m) at Eagle Farm last[...]

Posted on June 16, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Former New Zealand jockey Shafiq Rusof is set to make his return to raceday riding in Singapore next month. The Malaysian 34-year-old was on Friday among nine jockeys who were granted a six-month licence from July 1 to December 31, 2021 by the Singapore Turf Club. “I'm so happy I finally get to return to[...]

Horse Racing News

New Zealand apprentice O’Malley jumping into winter racing

Karis Teetan eager to add more gloss to another successful season

Bishara banking more bucks

Talented galloper to make raceday return

Charlie the horse to watch at Awapuni

Lost And Running locked in for Tabcorp in The Everest

Love conquers all in Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot

Zaaki disqualified, Neasham fined for positive drug test

New Zealand trainer Rae excited about stable youngsters

New Zealand jockey Bothamley closing in on 200 wins

Australian Grand Nationals await promising jumper

Healthy Happy and Sky Darci lock horns again in Premier Cup

Pike ventures north in search of good ground

Tattersall’s Tiara confirmed for Tofane

Cameron keen to return to the saddle

Coventina Bay in search of crowning glory

Singapore riding return for Rusof

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