Russian Emperor works home under Karis Teetan. After entering the 2021 BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) fold with a dashing second at +7900 in last month’s Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m), Russian Emperor – a son of Galileo – took another crucial step toward Hong Kong’s most prestigious race with a solid first-past-the-post effort in a barrier trial at Sha Tin yesterday morning (Tuesday, 9 March). The regally bred colt out of Australian star mare Atlantic Jewel rolled past the post in 1m 35.69s (1600m, turf) under the urgings of…
Month: March 2021
Pakenham racing tips, best odds & quaddie | Thursday 11/3/2021
What Pakenham Races Where Pakenham Racing Club – 420 Nar Nar Goon-Longwarry Rd, Tynong Victoria 3813 When Thursday, March 11, 2021 First Race 6pm AEDT Watch Live Streaming Live at Sportsbet Pakenham racing preview – March 11, 2021 The Victorian night racing season continues this Thursday from 6pm AEDT at Pakenham. Rain early in the week means we may start on a Soft 5, but a clear forecast for race day suggests an upgrade to a Good 4 at some point. With eight races scheduled and the rail out 9m,…
Douglas Whyte hopes barrier lessons will help Rainbow Light deliver
Douglas Whyte has 17 wins this season. Douglas Whyte is optimistic a remedial course in barrier manners will spark a performance transformation in Rainbow Light when the Irish import tackles the first section of Class 4 Po Loi Handicap (1650m) at Happy Valley tonight (Wednesday 10 March). Beaten 31 and a half lengths when last behind Pakistan Friend at Sha Tin in January after rearing at the start and missing the jump badly, Rainbow Light was stood down from racing pending a satisfactory barrier trial. The four-year-old was cleared to…
Sky Darci heads BMW Hong Kong Derby selected runners
Caspar Fownes-trained Sky Darci (NZ) (Darci Brahma) heads 14 selected runners for the HK$24 million BMW Hong Kong Derby at Sha Tin Racecourse on Sunday, 21 March. Commanding top-rating for the coveted Classic, Sky Darci will bid to lodge a sixth victory in Hong Kong and, in the process, join the cavalcade of equine stars to have annexed the showpiece staying test. The Hong Kong Derby was first contested in 1873 and is restricted to four-year-olds over 2000 metres. Past winners since 2000 include globally respected champions Vengeance Of Rain…
The Box Seat – March 10
Join hosts Greg O’Connor and Michael Guerin for the latest edition of The Box Seat.
Scott making good progress
Mornington trainer Brett Scott is conscious and talking as he recovers from being kicked in the head by a horse last Wednesday. Scott’s wife Kylie said the popular ex-pat Kiwi has no memory of the incident, but he has made positive progress easing out of an induced coma. “We went in and saw him last night, he’s been moved into a ward,” Kylie Scott told RSN927. “He is conscious and answering questions. “I sat down and asked him if he knew what had happened and he said no, and I…
Arjaybee impressive on debut
The Chris Bothwell-trained Arjaybee (NZ) (Highly Recommended) made a winning debut at Otaki on Thursday, coming from last under apprentice Taiki Yanagida to blouse her rivals late in the Aquashield Roofing 3YO Maiden (1200m). The victory was an emotional one for Stratford-based Bothwell, with the daughter of Highly Recommended named after his late father and former training partner Dick (Richard John Bothwell). With no exposed form to go off, punters neglected the $23 chance who finished best of all. A $22,000 purchase at Karaka Book 3 from the Long Acres…
Benner-Wynyard pair on track for Guineas
Otaki trainers Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard enjoyed a good day on their home track on Wednesday. The duo saddled impressive maiden winner Meg (Sebring), while they also took the opportunity to give Group One winner Bonham (Per Incanto) an exhibition gallop in company with stablemate Hold The Press (Press Statement), a winner of three of her four starts. “They worked over 1000m on a genuine slow track and it was good sharp work. Danielle Johnson rode Hold The Press and Lisa Allpress rode Bonham, and they were both pleased,”…
Group One opportunity knocks for Bonny Lass
Matamata trainer Graham Richardson wasn’t planning to run Bonny Lass (NZ) (Super Easy) in the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) until he saw the nominations – or rather, the lack of them. Remarkably for a Group One race, just four horses were originally nominated for the contest on Tuesday – the Jamie Richards-trained stablemates On The Bubbles (Brazen Beau) and Sword of State (Snitzel), Group Three winner Magneto (NZ) (Showcasing), and the maiden filly Seven Twenty (NZ) (Power). Richardson was planning to bypass the Sistema Stakes with Bonny Lass, winner of…
Milford Sound set to cruise to maiden win
Andrew Carston is hoping suggestions that he might have one of the best-credentialled maiden gallopers in the South Island are short-lived. Riccarton trainer Carston will produce Ocean Park three-year-old gelding Milford Sound (NZ) in Thursday’s Piccadilly Books Stocktake Sale Maiden (1600m) on his home track hoping the last-start Listed Southland Guineas (1600m) runner-up can shed his maiden status. “He was a bit unlucky not to win the race,” Carston said of Milford Sound’s nose defeat at the hands of Chokito (NZ) (Vespa) at Ascot Park last month. “He’s a progressive…