Day: 1 March 2024

What Hong Kong Classic Cup Where Sha Tin Racecourse – Tai Po Rd, Sha Tin District, Hong Kong When Sunday, March 3, 2024 First Race 1pm HKT (4pm AEDT) Visit Dabble The Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) — the second leg of the Four-Year-Old Classic Series — takes top billing on a quality 10-race program at Sha Tin this Sunday. The rail is in the B+2 position for the entire circuit, and with no rain predicted, it should be a genuine Good 4 surface. The opening event is scheduled to…

Interlinked will contest the Group 1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Racing Photos) Seven years after settling for second in their last raid on New Zealand’s premier classic, expat trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young are resigned to running into one better again when Interlinked contests the Group 1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. Busuttin and Young tackled the 2017 edition of the Derby with Rising Red, who ran a gallant second behind Gingernuts. That hugely popular chestnut later proved himself…

Orchestral will contest the Group 1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. Photo: Race Images Winning a Group 1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) is nothing new for Roger James, with the Cambridge trainer looking to extend his tally in the Classic to an even half dozen at Ellerslie on Saturday, while training partner Robert Wellwood will be looking for his first. Tidal Light (1986), Roysyn (1995), Zonda (1997), Hades (1999), and Silent Achiever (2012) currently fill Kingsclere Stables’ honour roll of New Zealand Derby winners, and they have…

What Moruya Races Where Moruya Jockey Club – 100 Donnelly Dr, Moruya NSW 2537 When Sunday, March 3, 2024 First Race 12:55pm AEDT Visit Dabble The $150,000 Country Championships Qualifier (1400m) headlines a massive eight-race program at Moruya on Sunday afternoon, with the action set to get underway at 12:55pm local time. The rail returns to the true position throughout the entire circuit, and with no rain forecast to hit the surface, it should be a Good 4 throughout the afternoon. Country Championships Qualifier: Associate Associate picked up a much-deserved…

Callsign Mav winning the 2021 edition of the Group 1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m). Photo Credit: Race Images – Peter Rubery The curtain has come down on the decorated career of Callsign Mav following his sixth placed run in last Saturday’s Group 1 Otaki-Maori Classic (1600m). Purchased as a weanling out of Windsor Park Stud’s 2017 National Weanling, Broodmate, & Mixed Bloodstock Sale for $3,000, he belied his initial purchase price when going on to win eight and place in 12 of his 38 career starts on both sides of…

Quintessa will contest the Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) Legarto catapulted herself into the spotlight in last year’s $1 million Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m), and Te Akau Racing is hopeful another Kiwi filly can follow suit in the Flemington feature on Saturday. That filly is Quintessa, a daughter of Shamus Award that has only once finished out of the top two in seven raceday starts, with her quartet of victories including the Group 1 Levin Classic (1600m) at…