What Happy Valley Races Where Happy Valley Racecourse – Wong Nai Chung Rd, Happy Valley, Hong Kong When Wednesday, September 11, 2024 First Race 7:10pm HKT (9:10pm AEST) Visit Dabble Hong Kong racing returns to the bright lights of Happy Valley on Wednesday evening, with a highly competitive eight-race program set for decision. The rail is in the A position, and with only light showers forecast in the lead-up, participants should be racing on a Good 4 surface throughout the night. The action is scheduled to get underway at 7:10pm…
Day: 9 September 2024
Outstanding mare tops Te Akau season success
Te Akau Racing collected top honours at the 2024 New Zealand Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Awards on Sunday evening, which was headlined by Imperatriz, who was named Horse of the Year, while the Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson partnership were Trainer of the Year. Based in New Zealand, Singapore and more recently, Australia, Te Akau has collected the past four domestic Trainer of the Year awards with Jamie Richards (3) and last year’s record-breaking season by Walker, with the latter earning another title last season when training in partnership…
Vale Contributer
The Davison family and the team at Mapperley Stud are in mourning after the shock loss of their good friend and Group One-producing sire Contributer. The champion son of High Chaparral was starting his ninth season at the Matamata farm but sadly passed away on Sunday morning. A dual Group One winner on the racetrack, Contributer was crowned Champion Australian Middle-Distance Horse of the Year in 2015 following a brilliant autumn campaign where he won the Gr.2 Apollo Stakes (1400m), Gr.1 Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m) and the Gr.1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m)…
Empire Rose a possibility for Faraglioni
Levin trainer Josh Shaw is daring to dream with Faraglioni this spring following her eye-catching runner-up effort in Saturday’s Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings. The six-year-old daughter of El Roca was a bridesmaid at elite level for the second time after posting the same result in last year’s Gr.1 TAB Classic (1600m), and now Shaw is eyeing further Group One targets on either side of the Tasman. Faraglioni went into Saturday off the back of a pleasing trial win over 1100m at Taupo last month, but was out of…
Albatross spreads her wings at Wingatui
Kelvin Tyler has plenty of travel ahead of him in the coming weeks and he was pleased to pick up a success closer to home at Wingatui on Sunday with Albatross. A daughter of Sacred Falls, Albatross has a tidy record on Heavy track conditions and returned to her favourite surface at the meeting, after tackling the Good 4 at Riccarton last month. Contesting the KB Contractors (1600m) in Rating 75 company, she was equal favourite alongside Smooth Operator at $4.30. Albatross was swiftly away from the inside barrier and…
Antipodean wins Selangor Gold Cup
Antipodean (NZ) (Derryn) fought hard to win the M$200,000 Selangor Gold Cup (1600m) at Selangor racecourse on the track and the stewards room on a special day for jockey Bernardo Pinheiro who rode six winners. Young guns Antipodean and Golden Pegasus were the only horses seriously backed to the win the Selangor Gold Cup this year and as expected dominated the finish of the race. The two horses had swept the Selangor Turf Club age group races this season, with Antipodean winning the three-year-old series and Golden Pegasus the four-year-old…
Randwick-Kensington tips & quaddie | Wednesday, September 11
What Kensington Races Where Royal Randwick Racecourse – Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031 When Wednesday, September 11, 2024 First Race 1.25pm AEST Visit Dabble Royal Randwick is the destination for metro racing on Wednesday afternoon, with a quickfire seven-race program set for decision on the Kensington circuit. The rail moves out +3m for the entire circuit, and with warm spring conditions forecast in the lead-up, punters can expect a genuine Good 4 surface. The opening event is scheduled to get underway at 1:25pm local time. Best Bet at Randwick-Kensington: Maori…
Tatura races free betting tips & best odds | September 10, 2024
What Tatura Races Where Tatura & Shepparton Racing Club When Tuesday, September 10, 2024 First Race 1pm AEST Visit Dabble Racing in Victoria heads to Tatura on Tuesday afternoon for a nine-race meeting. Perfect conditions will greet punters and horses, with clear skies above and a Good 4 surface underneath. The rail sticks in the true position throughout, with the action getting underway at 1pm AEST. Best Bet at Tatura: Mitchellstown The team at Lindsay Park will send last-start Wangaratta maiden winner Mitchellstown into a BM58 over 1600m. The Fastnet…
Rue De Royale finally breaks maiden ranks
Rue De Royale winning at Bendigo. (Photo by Brett Holburt/Racing Photos) Group 2-placed colt Rue De Royale delivered an impressive performance to finally break his maiden on his ninth attempt, claiming a 1300-metre race at Bendigo on Sunday. Trained by Tony and Calvin McEvoy, the three-year-old had a disappointing finish in the Group 1 Golden Slipper (1200m) in March and came into Sunday’s race following a fifth-place finish at Moonee Valley in August. However, Rue De Royale showed his potential, pulling away under jockey John Allen to defeat Athanatos by…
Star mare Imperatriz crowned Horse of the Year
Girl power reigned supreme at the 2024 New Zealand Thoroughbred Horse of the Year awards in Hamilton on Sunday. Champion Matamata mare Imperatriz, as expected, was named Horse of the Year and all five flat racing categories were won by female gallopers. Imperatriz also took the sprinter-miler category, top filly Orchestral was named as both the champion three-year-old and champion stayer, Velocious earned the two-year-old title and Legarto topped the voting in the middle-distance category. The only male horse to triumph was West Coast, who is the jumper of the…