Aegon may have looked in a class of his own winning the Hobartville Stakes in his Australian race debut but rival hoop Tommy Berry aboard Mo’unga believes his mount is capable of an upset in Saturday’s Group 1 $1 million Randwick Guineas (1600m). Aegon is the horse to beat in Saturday’s 2021 Randwick Guineas field. Photo: Steve Hart. The Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman-trained Sacred Falls gelding Aegon made it a perfect five-from-five start to his career when running away at Rosehill in the Group 2 Hobartville Stakes (1400m) last…
Month: March 2021
2021 Australian Cup Betting Update: Fifty Stars Favourite for Title Defence
Fifty Stars is the clear favourite to go back-to-back with a successful title defence in Saturday’s Group 1 $1.5 million Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington. Fifty Stars if favourite to go back-to-back in the Australian Cup 2021 on ‘Super Saturday’ at HQ. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos. Part of the bumper ‘Super Saturday’ race card at HQ, this season’s Australian Cup field features 17 weight-for-age hopefuls including the past two Lindsay Park-trained champions. Veteran nine-year-old Harlem took out the race in 2018 and 2019 before a fourth last Melbourne Autumn Racing…
2021 Newmarket Handicap Field: Perth Queen Takes on Star Fillies
Grant & Alana Williams’ star WA-trained mare Celebrity Queen will be looking to continue her excellent autumn in Melbourne when she takes on star fillies September Run and Swats That in the Group 1 $1.25 million Seppelt Wines Newmarket Handicap (1200m). Celebrity Queen (inside) runs in the 2021 Newmarket Handicap off a dead-heat win in the Oakleigh Plate. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos. The four-year-old daughter of Redoute’s Choice came to Melbourne on the back of an ultra-consistent record at home in Perth that included a second in the Group 1…
Super Football’s Hong Kong Derby hopes hinge on continued progress
Super Football scores back-to-back wins. Super Football’s (113lb) Hong Kong Derby (2000m) aspirations will be put to the test this Sunday (7 March) at Sha Tin as he shoots for a hat-trick of wins and a boost in the ratings high enough to warrant consideration for Hong Kong’s most prestigious race in a fortnight’s time. Trained by Jimmy Ting, the youngster has soared into calculations for the HK$24 million contest on 21 March with two smart wins over the mile at Sha Tin, but this weekend he faces his stiffest…
Super Football’s Hong Kong Derby hopes on the line
Super Football’s (NZ) (More Than Ready) BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) aspirations will be put to the test this Sunday (7 March) at Sha Tin as he shoots for a hat-trick of wins and a boost in the ratings high enough to warrant consideration for Hong Kong’s most prestigious race in a fortnight’s time. Trained by Jimmy Ting, the youngster has soared into calculations for the HK$24 million contest on 21 March with two smart wins over the mile at Sha Tin, but this weekend he faces his stiffest…
Humidor out for Australian Cup repeat
Evergreen galloper Humidor will be vying to win his second Gr.1 Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington on Saturday. The New Zealand-bred eight-year-old won the race four years ago and trainer Chris Waller is hoping he can add a second Cup to his mantle this weekend. The son of Teofilo ran fourth first-up in the Gr.1 CF Orr Stakes (1400m) last month and Waller believes he will be a big threat on Saturday. “I think it is the right year for him,” Waller said. “Obviously he is not getting any younger,…
SAIL AWAY, ‘FASTNET’
The Watchdog expects it’ll be ‘plain sailing’ for an emerging talent. He’s only had four starts but ‘floated’ to a sizzling 24.94sec (Best) win last week at Ballarat. Will he be at ‘full mast’ again? Find out by clicking on today’s ‘Daily Mail’.
Houdini’s greatest ‘escape’?
Magical stayer Houdini Boy has pulled off some miraculous ‘escapes’. But a return to racing would be his greatest! Houdini Boy underwent surgery to repair a fractured right hock on Monday and his trainer Kel Greenough provided the following post-op report: “He had two screws inserted into his hock and he’s most unlikely to race again. It’s not good for us, but that’s life. You’ve just got to move on.” However, as the adage goes, ‘where there’s hope there’s life’. Thus, Greenough is not totally ruling out a possible comeback.…
Relieved Williams hopes for local Derby win
Byerley Park trainer Peter Williams was a relieved man when the news came through that Ellerslie would play host to the Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) meeting on Sunday. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Friday afternoon that Auckland will move out of lockdown and drop to level 2 from Sunday at 6am, after five days of zero cases of COVID-19 community transmission. The rest of the country will move to level one. Williams, who trains in partnership with wife Dawn, has a team of six runners entered for…
Derby remains in Auckland
The Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) meeting will take place at Ellerslie on Sunday after New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden announced Auckland would drop to COVID-19 Alert Level 2 at 6am on Sunday. “We realise that this has been a very testing time for our trainers, jockeys and owners leading into one of the biggest meetings of the season as we were faced yet another COVID curve ball,” New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing chief executive Bernard Saundry said. “From the moment the Prime Minister announced the change in alert…