Day: 22 April 2024

What Happy Valley Races Where Happy Valley Racecourse – Wong Nai Chung Rd, Happy Valley, Hong Kong When Wednesday, April 24, 2024 First Race 6:40pm HKT (8:40pm AEST) Visit Dabble Happy Valley is the destination for Hong Kong racing on Wednesday evening, with a bumper nine-race program set to get underway at 6:40pm local time. The rail is in the C+3 position, which usually favours on-speed runners. Heavy rain is forecast in the lead-up, however, so with testing conditions throughout the night, it may simply be a matter of which…

What Geelong Races Where Geelong Racecourse – 99 Breakwater Rd, Breakwater VIC 3219 When Wednesday, April 24, 2024 First Race 1pm AEST Visit Dabble Geelong is the destination for racing in Victoria on Wednesday, with a competitive eight-race card on the menu. The forecast promises cool conditions but no rain, and with the track rated a Good 4 and the rail out 3m for the entire circuit, there are no excuses for fancied runners. The action at Geelong will commence at 1pm AEST. Best Bet at Geelong: Verifier Despite winning…

Rangiora trainer John Blackadder with Jasmine Fawcett. Photo: Race Images South John Blackadder will travel down to Phar Lap Raceway on Wednesday with the appeal of an Entain – NZB Insurance Pearl Series bonus for Yoshime. Yoshime has produced a pair of strong runner-up finishes to Rubicon Reigns and subsequent Rating 65 winner Contemplation Bay in early March and looks a strong chance of breaking maiden status in the fillies and mares event. “I gave her a couple of weeks off after her last race to give her a freshen-up,…

Domain Ace winning the Listed Starway Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Westbury Stud stalwart Swiss Ace continues to be a reliable source of winners and the Group 1-winning sprinter was again to the fore at the weekend. His unbeaten son Domain Ace was an impressive juvenile stakes winner at Te Rapa on Saturday while Sabah Ace continued his march through the grades in Singapore with victory at Kranji on Sunday evening. Swiss Ace’s genuine three-year-old daughter Race Ace also collected her third black-type placing…

Espadas winning at Ellerslie on Saturday. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Espadas could be destined for a future across the Tasman following his maiden victory at Ellerslie on Saturday. The three-year-old son of Ace High put in a pleasing performance for third on debut over 1200m at Pukekohe last month and was duly backed into +270 favouritism with horse racing bookmakers at Ellerslie on Saturday. From his wide draw, Espadas was caught out three-wide early and jockey Ace Lawson-Carroll elected to press on with his charge. The pair had no…

Nimble Nimbus (No. 12) is a six-time winner in Hong Kong. Nimble Nimbus has been one of this season’s surprise packages and trainer Ricky Yiu is remaining optimistic the Sacred Falls gelding can step it up again when he contests the HK$28 million Group 1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, April 28. The six-year-old has been a solid competitor with six wins across his 29-start career. He didn’t tackle his first Group race until his 24th outing, however, since then he has evolved into a Group…