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Lindsay Park pair chase big payday in The Showdown

Posted on April 17, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

A throat irritation may have derailed the Golden Slipper hopes of Finance Tycoon but Lindsay Park is hopeful the two-year-old is in for a big payday at Caulfield. Finance Tycoon, and stablemate Tramontana, contest The Showdown on Saturday, a $950,000 race for two-year-olds by Victorian-based sires. The winner of the Group 3 Maribyrnong Plate at[...]

Posted on April 17, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Greysful Glamour is a simple puzzle to solve. If the track is good, she will compete hard, if it's rain-affected, her chances rapidly diminish. And with a forecast for possible showers in Sydney on Saturday, trainer Mark Newnham is understandably anxious. “Her chances really just depend on the weather,” Newnham said. “If she gets firm[...]

Posted on April 17, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

After Gotta Kiss turned in the most inglorious run of her career, connections are pinning their hopes on a clearer blood picture for her to turn her form around in Saturday's Listed Daybreak Lover at Eagle Farm. Gotta Kiss was beaten 10 lengths behind Tycoon Evie first up a fortnight ago, in a race where[...]

Posted on April 17, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Her dam is an eight-time Group 1 winner and Joyous Legend will get the chance to prove she has inherited some of the family's talent when she rounds out her campaign in the $1 million Percy Sykes Stakes. By Snitzel out of More Joyous, the blue-blooded youngster has raced just twice for a dominant debut[...]

Posted on April 17, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Reigning champion trainer Ricky Yiu is optimistic a timely distance rise can trigger Excellent Chariot's return to the winners' list in the Class 3 Devon Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Saturday (April 17). A week out from launching a three-pronged Group 1 assault on FWD Champions Day (Sunday, 25 April) with Mighty Giant, Jolly[...]

Posted on April 17, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

A plan hatched five months ago will come to fruition at Randwick when Realm Of Flowers lines up in the Group 1 Sydney Cup. Trainers Anthony and Sam Freedman zeroed in on the two-mile feature as a target race after the progressive mare finished runner-up to Carif in the Sandown Cup (3200m) in November. “We[...]

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

A lot can change in a week and the misfortune of the races being abandoned mid program at Te Aroha has resulted in leading jockey Danielle Johnson picking up the plumb ride on Avantage in Saturday's rescheduled Group 1 Fiber Fresh New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (1600m) at Te Rapa. Opie Bosson was originally engaged[...]

Posted on April 17, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Godolphin may not have a big presence in South Australia but their main trainer James Cummings is always keen to support their carnival races. Last week the stable sent a pair of their two-year-old to Morphettville for the Listed Dequetteville Stakes (1050m) and came home with a perfect one-two finish. Godolphin and Cummings have added[...]

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

Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman are down to just one runner in the Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m), with five-year-old entire The Chosen One to represent the stable following the withdrawal of stablemate Quick Thinker with a minor setback. The barrier draw Gods have not played their part for The Chosen One this[...]

Posted on April 16, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

After celebrating one of his best afternoons on a racetrack, Godolphin head trainer James Cummings will rely on a quintet of runners to continue his momentum at The Championships. Cummings saddled up a Group 1 double when Anamoe demolished his rivals in the Sires' Produce Stakes last Saturday before Cascadian arrived in the final bounds[...]

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

New Plymouth trainer Emma Davies holds a strong hand in the Vintech Pacific Poverty Bay Cup (2500m) at Hastings on Saturday. The Taranaki horsewoman will line-up two of the favoured horses in the race, That's Incranibull and Torque Time. Davies is pleased with both geldings heading into Saturday, however, she said Torque Time may be[...]

Posted on April 16, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

In a heartbreaking blow for connections, Great News has suffered a foot injury, ruling her out of the $500,000 Provincial Championships Final at Randwick. Trainer Kim Waugh advised stewards on Friday that the mare had sustained a crack to her off-fore hoof, which had caused bruising and a pulse, forcing her withdrawal from the race.[...]

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

Seven-win mare Ritani is on trial for stakes targets when she lines up in the Ascot Sports Bar Handicap (1600m) at Ascot Park on Sunday. The Kerry and Ian Taplin-trained six-year-old was purchased by her trainers with a broodmare career in-mind and they would dearly love to get some black type with their mare before[...]

Posted on April 16, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Godolphin and trainer James Cummings are yet to have a runner in The Showdown (1200m), but that will change at Caulfield on Saturday. Arcaded and Sliders contest the $950,000 race restricted to two-year-olds by sires based in Victoria at the time of serving mares. Both Godolphin fillies are by Street Boss who stands at Northwood[...]

Posted on April 16, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

He's the doyen of Geraldton racing, has won multiple trainer's premierships, but there's one accolade missing from his racing resume that he's keen to address, his hometown Geraldton Cup. Despite going close in previous years, Gordon Spowart plans on arresting that personal anomaly with a three-pronged attack in this weekend's Geraldton Gold Cup (2100m). Spowart[...]

Posted on April 16, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Chris Waller is banking on a fresh approach to help Verry Elleegant square the ledger with archrival Addeybb in their $4 million grand final showdown at Randwick. The pair has clashed three times and the English raider holds a 2-1 advantage after winning the Ranvet – Queen Elizabeth Stakes double 12 months ago. But it[...]

Posted on April 16, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

If Roy Rogers needs validation leading up to the WA Sires' Produce Stakes (1400m) at Ascot on Saturday, he received it. Albany-based Roy Rogers will have a two-pronged attack in the Group 3 event, but jockey Lucy Warwick's strong endorsement of Heavenly Waters has fuelled his confidence. Warwick is in the best position to offer[...]

Horse Racing News

Lindsay Park pair chase big payday in The Showdown

Start for Glamour mare weather-dependent

Kiss is fitter for Daybreak Lover tilt

Trainers looking for Joyous result at Randwick

Champion trainer Ricky Yiu plots winning return for Excellent Chariot

Flowers blossoming ahead of Cup bid

Johnson delighted with Group One pick-up ride

Exhilarates out to add to Godolphin tally in Adelaide

Baker looking to further enhance impressive Sydney Cup record

Godolphin poised to continue hot carnival form

Davies holds strong hand in Poverty Bay Cup

Favourite out of Provincial Championships Final

Stakes targets await Ritani

Fillies to represent Godolphin in The Showdown

Stalwart Trainer Out To Break Geraldton Cup Hoodoo

Waller Hoping Fresh Is Best For Star Mare

Rogers’ Heavenly Bid For Sires Success

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