Australian jockey Zac Purton has rocketed into third place in the Hong Kong jockeys’ premiership courtesy of a winning treble at Happy Valley. Purton opened his account with a win aboard Industrial Legend before adding to his tally with victories on Wind Damper and Charity Spirit, who took out the [...]
Last year’s winner Ballabriggs heads the 82 entries for the Grand National at Aintree on April 14. The 11-year-old provided trainer Donald McCain, son of the legendary Ginger McCain, with an emotional first triumph in the world’s most famous steeplechase. McCain also has Charlie Hall Chase winner Weird Al and [...]
Champion trainer Paul Nicholls has given superstar hurdler Big Buck’s a clean bill of health following his 15th straight win at Cheltenham on Saturday. The Andy Stewart-owned nine-year-old briefly looked in trouble as Dynaste kicked clear turning for home in the Cleeve Hurdle but Ruby Walsh never really had to [...]
The Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot has been renamed the Diamond Jubilee Stakes to mark this important milestone in The Queen’s reign. The Group One race over six furlongs (1200m) takes place on Saturday, June 23. It was known as the Cork And Orrery Stakes until 2002 when it [...]
British race clubs are trying to save important jumps meetings this week by laying frost sheets with icy weather predicted over the next few days. Sandown have deployed frost covers in an effort to safeguard Saturday’s fixture featuring the Grade One Challengers Novices’ Chase. “We decided the cover the track [...]
Hong Kong agent Willie Leung had a blank cheque in his bid to secure So You Think’s three-quarter brother. Leung went to $800,000, the highest price to date at New Zealand’s Premier Yearling Sale, to secure the colt by High Chaparral out of La Souvenir, a daughter of So You [...]
Well known New Zealand syndicator David Ellis waited until the end of selling to make his biggest mark on day one of New Zealand’s Premier Yearling Sale at Karaka. Ellis hadn’t spent more than $200,000 until five lots from the end when he went to $NZ740,000 ($A577,000) for a Stravinsky-Jesmonds [...]
Given he’s been buying horses from New Zealand since 1958, it’s no surprise Bart Cummings is almost regarded as an honorary Kiwi. As of Monday, it’s official. He’s now the first foreigner to be given a place in the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame. Cummings was inducted at a [...]
Henrietta Knight is to give Calgary Bay another tilt at the Grand National after the nine-year-old put up a creditable weight-carrying performance to win the Sky Bet Chase at Doncaster. Knight had felt 11st 11lb (75kg) might prevent Calgary Bay (12-1) from taking Sunday’s competitive handicap chase but she was [...]
Stephen Baster has made a solid start to his six month riding stint in Singapore with his second winning double in a week. Baster’s two winners on Sunday were the Steven Burridge-trained Awakened and Bulldozer for trainer Mok Zhan Lun to go with his two winners last Tuesday. Coincidentally, Baster [...]
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