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Jay Rooney GALACTIC VOYAGE - R6 (3) Won well last start and can repeat the feat despite his wide draw today   Owen Goulding KARMA - R10 (2) Has been building all season and ran a cracker last start from miles back   Trackwork Spy CONRAD PATCH - R5 (6) Got going late for second last start and can go one better here   Phillip Woo HAPPY SHOOTER - R5 (4) Turned the corner with a smart win last start and can notch another success   Shannon (Vincent Wong) CALIFORNIA BAY - R2 (7) Ran a nice third to...View the full article

Talented but injury plagued sprinter Poetic Champion (NZ)(Super Seth) once again displayed his absolute class in a fresh state when he monstered his rivals in the Ancroft Developments (1200m) at Matamata. Carrying topweight of 59kgs, even after apprentice Sam McNab applied his 3kg claim, the son of Super Seth made no race of it once McNab found the lead from barrier rise and applied the blowtorch to his rivals from that point onwards. Poetic Champion was cruising as he rounded the home turn and quickly extended to a two-length margin over the chasing pack. McNab gave his mount a couple of flicks on the rump and he bounded away to win by just over three lengths at the line from Egyptian Queen (Zoustar), who chased him gamely all the way and the late closing Lachie. Trainer Tony Pike, who had also produced another promising mare in Thooza (NZ) (Almanzor) to win nicely earlier on the card, was thrilled to see his star back to his best although he knows that his racing career is on a day-by-day basis. “I think he could be a proper Group One sprinter if he hadn’t been plagued with knee issues all of his career,” Pike said. “When he is 100 percent sound he oozes class, but we generally can only get two or three starts out of him before the issues flare up and he has to go back to the paddock. “He was first-up today after 10 months off and he did what he normally does although we expected him to win in rating 75 company as he is much better than that. “I’m hopeful that as he matures, he will start to shake off some of the problems. He has pulled up better than I have seen before. “We’ll probably take him to Trentham next for the Lightning (Listed, 1200m) in April as he goes better left-handed with less pressure on his right knee, which is his worst.” Pike was also delighted with the performance of Thooza, who took out a rating 75 1400m contest in a tight three-way tussle at the finish of the fourth race on the card. “She (Thooza) is getting better and better as she matures and she was very good today,” he said. “She got run off her feet on a very firm track at Te Rapa last time but with a little more give in the surface today she was much better suited. “The way she is progressing she will deserve a shot at some black type, so we will be looking to see where we can go to try and achieve that goal.” Pike went within a long head of a winning treble with promising stayer Maldini (NZ) (Tarzino) succumbing to the late charge from Savoir Faire (NZ) (Savabeel) when beaten into second by just a long head in the open 2000m contest on the card. View the full article

It was an emotional moment at Wingatui on Saturday for Vicky Ramhit, with the Timaru trainer rewarding his parents for their support with a big winner’s cheque followingAladdins Jem’s (NZ)(Satono Aladdin) victory in the $200,000 ODT Southern Mile Final (1600m). Ramhit shares in the ownership of the mare with a small group, including his parents, Jagdish and Pratibha Ramhit, and they have enjoyed a fruitful run with the daughter of Satono Aladdin, including victory over 1400m during New Zealand Cup Week. Her last start win at Wingatui last month qualified her for the ODT Southern Mile Final and Ramhit was hopeful she would continue her good run of form in the rich feature. However, she was given no favours from her wide alley and leading South Island hoop Tina Comignaghi was forced to ride her for luck at the back of the pack. Turning for home she still had all before her and what looked to be an impenetrable wall of horses, but Comignaghi kept the faith, gaps opened, and her charge was able to burst through them, appearing late on the scene to capture victory by three-quarters of a length over Our Approval (NZ) (Ghibellines). “She is a gem, she is something else this horse,” Comignaghi said. “I was flat at the back of the field so I thought I would take my chances and ride for luck, the gaps opened and she burst through them. “He (Ramhit) is a great trainer, a good friend of mine, so I am super happy for him to get this win.” Ramhit, who is now training in a solo capacity after partnerships with John and Karen Parsons, and Bruce Tapper, was rapt to get the victory, particularly for his parents, and he was full of praise for Comignaghi’s ride. “She’s the first horse since I have been training that Mum and Dad own,” he said. “It’s very special. “She is a very good mare. I have given her a lot of time because she takes heaps of time to back-up after a race. “She (Comignaghi) is a talented jockey, I didn’t say anything to her, she knows what she is doing.” Ramhit hasn’t made any set plans with Aladdins Jem but said he will savour the win over the coming days before sitting down and hashing a plan. “I will get home and give it two days and then decide what to do with her,” he said. Bred by Okaharau Station, Aladdins Jem is out of Keepaflight (NZ), a half-sister to Group One performer Cog Hill (NZ) (Star Way). She initially had three starts for Wexford Stables before being offered on gavelhouse.com where she was purchased by Ramhit for $11,500. She has gone on to win three of her five starts for the South Canterbury horseman and accrued more than $170,000 in prizemoney. View the full article

Frankie Lor Fu-chuen is confident Numbers’ tactical advantage over Little Paradise can give him a defining boost in their much-anticipated clash in Sunday’s Classic Cup (1,800m). The two stand-outs heading into the second leg of the four-year-old series, Numbers will chase a hat-trick of victories while Little Paradise is fresh from a stunning triumph in the Classic Mile. Lor’s Australian import has made an instant impression in Hong Kong, following a first-up third at Happy Valley with a Class...View the full article

Spot on by you Mr Galah. Swayzee after getting the lead after half a lap was an unstoppable force. Repelled the strong bid by Leap To Fame to hold him off well. The Fast ones and the BIG ones were action tonight . KEAYANG Zahara winning by lengths at Melton on their trotters night in the Just believe Group 1 trot . Gus destroyed the trotters in Brisbane too trotting home a brilliant last quarter from the back of the field.  Also in Brisbane Greg Mitchell's new Purchase from NZ has won his first 2 starts in junior FFA's . WHO's Delight . defeated my old NZ fav horse 'Turn It Up' 2nd. looks like he's being super - seeded lol😂 At Menangle Don Hugo blasted to a victory in the FFA , and in the Paleface Adios Classic CAPTAIN"S MISTRESS was so impressive  I think she could be the Best yet ? She Left the field struggling by lengths behind in 1.49.   She is Supersonic and will be a match for Don Hugo or Leap To fame anyday .  and also Mick Boots New star horse was in action at Menangle . Introducing  to you  the 'Jamal' Oz equal horse = HOLLYWOOD STRIP.  could be the next Superstar the way he's going. Hollywood Strip , a Sweet Lou 3 year-old, made it 7 from 7 with another easy win. Has gone 1.50 miles his last five starts now (including some as a 2 yearold last Spring)  for trainer-driver Brad Hewitt. is going to test Jamal and the kiwi's real hard at some stage in a Derby or two or the Velocity even.  so the PICK 6 for me tonight backing the best ones going of Keayang Zahara $1.04, GUS $1.28, Who'sDelight $1.80, Don Hugo $1.04, Captain's Mistress $1.05 and Hollywood Strip $1.24.  WON and Paid $3.24  🤣😂💰 😎 retired now     

i would label you a very,very poor  form analyst  billy. the horse had won 8 races at 1200,but never beyond.So when you say it needed further,your just showing your ignorance.. Also had you bothered to look at its recent videos you would have seen runs beyond 1200, where the jockeys have taken off miles too early,only to come to the end of its run because it excels at 1200,not any further. .Always ridden poor.  as to having its chance today. Did you even watch the video.did you even see the head on. Again,you seem to have no idea if you did. anyway,i won't engage in debating with you after this post as i know i am just going to get a silly reply like the last time i did and like the one you posted on this topic.. its tragic for the horse and the horses connections that the horse has lost its life.  

The death of the G1 Irish Champion Stakes winner Economics, as confirmed on Friday, has rocked those connected with him at Poonawalla Stud Farms in India.  The five-year-old son of Night Of Thunder had been due to cover his first mare but was struck down by a displacement of his large colon. Having survived the initial surgery, Economics developed complications thereafter and could not be saved. Simone Poonawalla, managing director of Poonawalla Stud Farms, paid a heartfelt tribute to the young stallion, describing his demise as a “deeply personal loss”. She told TDN, “Economics had colic which required surgery to correct a large colon displacement. Without surgery there was no chance of the horse surviving. He came out of the surgery well but the hypoxic injury the gut sustained due to this displacement unfortunately resulted in him developing colitis post-surgery. Despite our best efforts and the best veterinary care from Dr. Phiroz Khambatta, Dr. Claire Hawkes, Dr. Hasneyn Mirza and Dr. Partheban, he could not be saved. “I have never seen a horse so strong and brave even through these agonising days of hope and despair.” Economics, whose victories also included the G2 Dante Stakes and G2 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano, had been recruited to stand among a strong line-up of stallions at the farm in Pune. Among those on the Poonawalla Stud roster are Territories, sire of Group 1 winners Lazzat and Rougir, former National Stud resident Mutasaabeq, the multiple Group 2 winner Chindit, and Satono Impresa, a son of Deep Impact. Poonawalla added, “This is the first time we've lost a stallion to colic since 1955, which makes this even more devastating. “We are utterly anguished. This is not just a loss of a super racehorse who had all the makings of becoming a great stallion, but a deeply personal loss to us. “We have laid him to rest with the most dignified burial he so rightfully deserves, and he will forever remain in a special place with us.” William Haggas, who trained Economics for Shaikh Isa Salman Al Khalifa, said, “Obviously this is very sad news for us because we had some wonderful days with him, but I am especially sad for the Poonawalla family. We had hoped that he would have a wonderful life in India but it was not to be. I know that they will have done everything in their power to try to save him.”   The post ‘Utterly Anguished’: Poonawalla Team Devastated by Loss of Economics appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Tragic, so sad to here that, and this race the unluckiest of all, thoughts go out to the connections, and the ole war horse.