Day: 23 February 2024

What Hong Kong Gold Cup Day Where Sha Tin Racecourse – Tai Po Rd, Sha Tin District, Hong Kong When Sunday, February 25, 2024 First Race 1pm HKT (4pm AEDT) Visit Dabble Group 1 action returns to Sha Tin on Sunday afternoon, with the Group 1 Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) headlining a bumper 10-race program. The rail is in the A+3 position throughout, and with the radar suggesting no rain will hit the course proper, punters should expect a genuine Good 4 for race-day. The opening race is scheduled…

What Mudgee Races Where Mudgee Race Club – Ulan Rd, Bombira NSW 2850 When Sunday, February 25, 2024 First Race 12:55pm AEDT Visit Dabble Racing heads to Mudgee on Sunday afternoon, with the $150,000 Country Championships Qualifier taking top billing on a massive eight-race program. The rail is out +4m between the 900m and 600m markers, while it sits true for the remainder. It should be a fair afternoon of racing, with an improving Soft 6 surface expected for race-day. The opening race is set to get underway at 12:55pm…

A star-studded field of three-year-olds vying for Randwick Guineas glory takes centre stage at Rosehill Gardens for the 2024 Hobartville Stakes in Sydney on Saturday. Group 1 winner Tom Kitten is the three-year-old to beat at set weights in the Hobartville this weekend. Photo: Steve Hart. This Group 2, $400,000 race features 13 contenders, with Godolphin’s Tom Kitten leading the charge at $3.50 in the latest Hobartville markets at Ladbrokes. The Spring Champion Stakes winner aims to bounce back from an unplaced effort in his first run this prep. Partnered by…

Disappointing news for racing fans as Peter & Paul Snowden’s colt Bodyguard has been scratched from the 2024 Blue Diamond Stakes. The unbeaten colt, a leading contender, failed two veterinary examinations due to lameness. Bodyguard has been withdrawn from the 2024 Blue Diamond Stakes field due to lameness. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos. Bodyguard, a $1.6 million purchase, was aiming for his third win from three starts and the prestigious Prelude-Blue Diamond double. His scratching leaves jockey Mark Zahra without a ride in the race. The Snowdens still have Fearless in…

Strapper Lorraine Edwards, winning jockey Aaron Sweeney and trainer Dick Leech after Early Crow won the $135,000 Palmerston Sprint (1200m) at Fannie Bay during the 2023 Darwin Cup Carnival. (Picture: Caroline Camilleri/Darwin Photography Professionals) Early Crow returns on Saturday at Pioneer Park as he eyes the Pioneer Sprint (1200m) on April 6 during the Alice Springs Cup Carnival. After spending six months in the paddock following his Palmerston Sprint win last August, the five-year-old gelding will find it tough against a high-quality field over 1100m at Benchmark 76 level. Throw…

Sword Point is a two-time winner in Hong Kong for Frankie Lor. Frankie Lor will saddle Money Catcher and Sword Point against the might of Romantic Warrior in Sunday’s HK$13 million Group 1 Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin. The Triple Crown’s second leg features 11 runners, including Voyage Bubble, winner of the first leg – the HK$13 million Group 1 Stewards’ Cup (1600m). Romantic Warrior heads the declarations and is chasing a sixth Group 1 crown from the widest barrier. Money Catcher and Sword Point return aiming…

Solidify (outside) will contest the Cavallo Farm & Chris Rutten Bloodstock 3YO (1600m) at Otaki on Saturday. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Hall of Fame trainer Graeme Rogerson has bigger and better things in mind for all three of his runners at Otaki on Saturday, including a potential quick back-up into next weekend’s Group 1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) at Ellerslie. Rogerson will run Solidify in Saturday’s $40,000 Cavallo Farm & Chris Rutten Bloodstock 3YO (1600m). “If he runs a good race at Otaki tomorrow and pulls up well afterwards,…