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Nothing wrong with the ride. Good on TAB refunding bets with bonus money. Blame the clowns that covered up the rail for what happened

Strong possibility, but isn't hindsight a wonderful thing?

Why?

Did she. How is that any more relevant than I bet on her?

David Hayes is chasing a last-minute Hong Kong Derby (2,000m) berth with China Win at Happy Valley on Wednesday night when he looks to triumph for the third consecutive time in the Class Three Lyttelton Handicap (1,800m). China Win was withdrawn on the eve of his last start due to an irregular heart rhythm, which threw Derby plans into doubt for the 67-rated galloper. The son of Super Seth has been working well since the scratching and has trialled eight days out from the upcoming run where he...View the full article

After coming within inches of the upset of the season in Saturday’s $4 million NZB Kiwi (1500m), rising star Belle Cheval (NZ) (Savabeel) is set to head to Sydney for the Gr.1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m). The Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson-trained filly put in a massive effort to go down by a short head to hot favourite Well Written (Written Tycoon) in the marquee race on Champions Day. Now plans are being put in place for her to travel to Sydney and take on the likes of Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) winner Ohope Wins (NZ) (Ocean Park), who carries the same green and white Yulong colours as Well Written and has already been transferred to champion trainer Chris Waller. The step up to a middle-distance at the end of the month looks made to order for the Savabeel filly, who won both her lead-up starts over 1200 and 1400m and on Saturday made up lengths on Well Written after still being in the rear on the home turn. “She was so close to what would have been a dream result, but we’re still thrilled with her, so proud of our wonderful filly,” co-owner/breeder David Archer said. “I had a good talk with Mark (Walker) yesterday and he was pleased to tell me she pulled up as if she hadn’t had a race. “That being the case, and subject to everything going to plan in the meantime, she will be flown to Sydney and run in the Vinery, which looks ideal as a fillies’ Group One over 2000 metres. “That will be it for this season, she won’t be going to the (ATC) Oaks (Gr.1, 2400m), and the most likely plan then will be to head down to the Mornington Peninsula for a spell with a view to a spring campaign in Victoria. “As much as we would like to start her in the first Group Ones of the spring back here, the risk of wet tracks at that stage of the season in New Zealand makes Melbourne a more attractive target.” In confirming those plans, Walker reiterated that provided Belle Cheval continues to please, she will be given the chance to add further Group One form to go with her third placing in the New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m). “While it would have been fantastic to win on Saturday, you could hardly be disappointed with her, it was a very good effort,” Walker said. “The way she races she should manage the step up in distance in the Vinery, so she’s gone to the water-treadmill this week and then we’ll build towards Sydney.” With plans already in place for star two-year-old Lara Antipova to be transferred to Te Akau’s Cranbourne stable with a view to one further start either in Melbourne or Sydney, Walker reports that his pair of proven maresQuintessa (NZ)(Shamus Award) andDamask Rose (NZ)(Savabeel) have further confirmed targets. “The way it panned out we were happy with Quintessa’s third from well back over 1400m on Saturday and the Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (Gr.1, 1600m) at Trentham at the end of the month is an obvious next start. “Damask Rose just missed getting up over 1600m at Flemington on Saturday and she’ll run next in the Sunline Stakes (Gr.2, 1600m) at Caulfield on Saturday week.” View the full article

Group Two Waikato Guineas winner Autumn Glory (NZ) (Ocean Park) is set to join the training partnership of Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr as she prepares for a possible start in the Gr.1 Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick on April 11. The Ocean Park filly has been one of the leading performers of the New Zealand classic season, finishing runner-up in both the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) behind Ohope Wins and last Saturday’s Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m), where she chased home stablemate Road To Paris. Autumn Glory, who was purchased by Yulong Investments prior to her Waikato Guineas triumph, will transfer from the stable of Roger James and Robert Wellwood and is expected to head straight to the Price-Kent satellite stable at Rosehill. View the full article

Fast Network (NZ)(Wrote) reaffirmed his standing among Hong Kong’s top sprinters with a determined victory in the HK$3.72 million Class 1 Essex Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, providing trainer Dennis Yip with a timely reward for the gelding’s consistent campaign. The five-year-old had already shown his quality earlier in the season when finishing third behind champion sprinter Ka Ying Rising (NZ) (Shamexpress) in both the Gr.1 Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) and the Gr.1 Centenary Sprint Cup (1200m). With the superstar absent this time, Fast Network capitalised to secure a well-deserved success. Carrying top weight of 61kg, Fast Network settled comfortably along the rail before finding a clear passage in the straight and quickening to defeat Sky Trust (So You Think) and Invincible Shield (I Am Invincible). He stopped the clock in 1:08.28, highlighting both his speed and resilience against a field that included several emerging sprinters. The victory rewarded a season of high-level performances for the Dennis Yip-trained runner, who has repeatedly competed with the best short-course horses in Hong Kong. “Everybody knows that Ka Ying Rising is too strong everywhere in the world but my horse is really consistent,” Yip said. “I think this race my horse was only about 80 percent, with the idea to have him ready for Dubai.” In normal times, the win would have been a timely launchpad for Dubai, but the situation off the track has become far more serious than any ordinary travel question. Hong Kong Jockey Club officials are weighing whether it is viable for Fast Network to head to the UAE for the Gr.1 Al Quoz Sprint (1200m) on March 28 after missile and drone attacks, airport disruption and airspace uncertainty threw travel plans across the region into chaos. The issue is far from theoretical for Hong Kong racing connections. Following last weekend’s Super Saturday meeting in Dubai, jockey Karis Teetan, trainer Chris So, several family members, the owners of the sprinter Sing Dragon (Written Tycoon) and support staff were temporarily stranded before finally returning home last week. Fast Network would need to leave Hong Kong on March 16 to take his place in the Dubai race programme, but Yip indicated the final decision will rest with the Jockey Club, with safety considerations taking priority. “If I can’t go to Dubai we will stay here and contest the Gr.2 Sprint Cup (1200m) here on April 6, so I guess we will race Ka Ying Rising again,” Yip said. “There have been many flights cancelled, then there is insurance. If there is war, maybe we can’t get insurance.” Bred by Highview Stud’s Kurtis Gillovic, Fast Network was purchased by Wexford Stables for $30,000 at the 2022 Karaka Book 2 Yearling Sales. Originally named Donnie Malone, Fast Network won a trial at Te Rapa for Wexford trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott before his sale to Hong Kong. Fast Network is one of eight individual winners from 11 runners in Hong Kong by Highview Stud stallion Wrote, a Group One winning son of High Chaparral. View the full article

Road To Paris (NZ) (Circus Maximus) crowned a momentous week for Windsor Park Stud when he provided the farm’s resident sire Circus Maximus with his first elite level success on Champions’ Day at Ellerslie. The Roger James and Robert Wellwood-trained representative triumphed in the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) in the hands of Geroge Rooke for Queensland breeder-owners Ron and Judi Wanless. His victory came hard on the heels of Windsor Park, with Mapperley Stud and Lion Rock Racing, signing Savabeel’s Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) winner Savaglee (NZ) to the stud’s stallion roster. There was also a further celebration at Ellerslie for the farm when Road To Paris’ stablemate Sweynesday (NZ) (Sweynesse), bred by Windsor Park Marketing Manager Mike Moran and wife Helen, won the Gr.3 King’s Plate (1200m). The lightly raced Road To Paris was making his seventh appearance, with his Derby success coming off a runner-up finish in the Gr.2 Avondale Guineas (2100m). “It was a wonderful day for us and pretty special to get a Blue Riband winner sired from the first crop of one of our stallions,” Windsor Park General Manager Steve Till said. “Back in the spring when Robert Wellwood was here at the farm, he said they had a horse they were setting on a Derby path and Roger’s now won it seven times and Robert has got his second in partnership. “This is by design and a massive compliment to them and their abilities as trainers.” A son of Galileo, Circus Maximus has delivered on lofty expectations following a glittering racing career that netted three Group One victories. “It’s pretty rare to have a New Zealand-based stallion win a New Zealand Derby from their first crop,” Till said. “We were lucky enough to have Thorn Park win it with Jimmy Choux (NZ) (Thorn Park). Group One races are hard enough to win, let alone a Derby. “We also had High Chaparral, who trifectaed an AJC Derby (Shoot Out, Descarado, Monaco Consul) from his first crop and to now to get one in your back yard is tremendous.” Road To Paris is Circus Maximus’ third individual Southern Hemisphere stakes winner, joining Towering Vision (NZ) (Listed Waikato Equine Veterinary Stakes, 1400m) and Circus Dancer (NZ) (Listed O’Leary’s Fillies’ Stakes, 1340m). “There’s any amount of top stables who are complimentary about the horses they have by Circus Maximus in their stables,” Till said. Among them domestically are Te Akau, Andrew Forsman and Stephen Marsh while Mick Price and Ciaron Maher are also Australian-based members of the fan club. “Circus Maximus is beautifully bred, being by one of the greatest sire stallions, if not the greatest of the modern era and out of a champion mare (Duntle),” Till said. “He’s a magnificent individual and it was interesting in the TV coverage to hear Jayne Ivil spruiking Road To Paris from the paddock and he certainly gets that from his Dad. “He has been so well supported in his first three seasons, averaging over 100 mares, so there’s very exciting times to come.” Adding to that, is Savaglee who will join Circus Maximus, Auguste Rodin, Paddington, Profondo, Shamexpress, Vanbrugh and Turn Me Loose at Windsor Park, while Armory stands in association at Mapperley. “It was wonderful to secure Savaglee, he was obviously a very good looking yearling because (The Oaks Stud owner) Dick Karreman and Rick Williams (General Manager) paid a lot of money ($400,000) for him,” Till said. “When we inspected him, it was easy to see why. He’s got race performance, type and pedigree and that’s very hard to get. “The Oaks were very easy to deal with and we managed to nail it down, so we’ve got another beautiful horse to offer breeders later this season.” View the full article

Most trainers dream of competing in the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) and Palmerston North horsewoman Lisa Latta may have found her horse to get her to Flemington on the first Tuesday in November. Talented stayer Manzor Blue (NZ) (Almanzor) once again proved her staying qualities at Ellerslie on Saturday when finishing runner-up behind Australian raider Paradise Storm (Masked Marvel) in the Gr.2 Auckland Cup (3200m). It comes just over a month after her victory in the Gr.3 Wellington Cup (3200m) at Trentham, and Latta was delighted to see the daughter of Almanzor vindicate her connections’ decision to pay the late nomination fee for the Auckland Cup. “I am really rapt with her,” Latta said. “Winning the Wellington Cup and then to carry on with it. She was the first New Zealand horse home, which is always good. We are really proud of what she has done.” The spelling paddock is now beckoning the five-year-old mare and Latta said she will sit down and devise a plan with Go Racing, who race the mare, about getting Manzor Blue to Melbourne in the spring. “She will go to the paddock now for six to eight weeks and then we may well look at something in Australia in the spring,” Latta said. “We will give her the chance (to get to the Melbourne Cup), but she has gone out for a well-deserved break now.” Latta also picked up another pleasing result on Champions Day with stablemate Platinum Attack (Santos), who placed in the Gr.3 King’s Plate (1200m), and the five-year-old gelding will now be set for a stakes race closer to home. “I was happy enough with the run,” Latta said. “The lack of speed in the race probably didn’t help him, they didn’t run a really fast time. He is better when the pace is on. “He will probably back up in the Lightning (Listed, 1200m) at Trentham in two weeks.” View the full article

You could be forgiven for thinking you were watching winter racing at Riverton on Sunday, with horses competing on a Heavy9 surface, but that played right into the hands of local wet track specialist Sight To See (NZ) (Time Test) in the AB Lime & Caldwell Contracting Wyndham Cup (2000m). The Kelvin Tyler-trained mare’s previous two victories had come on rain-affected going, and punters flocked to her when the wet weather arrived, backing her into a $3.40 favourite. From her wide draw, she settled towards the rear of the field before apprentice jockey Amber Riddell sent her around the pack from the 800m. She found the front within 200m and Riddell elected to continue her run out wide in the better footing. Several runners elected to take the short cut along the rail when turning for home, but Riddell kept to her strategy and it paid off, with Sight To See running out a length victor over Sefton (NZ) (Iffraaj). “She loves the mud and I was pretty confident she would go a good race,” Tyler said. “She is a really genuine horse so it was good to get it done. “The inside was the place to be early on and it started to get a bit chopped up. Sometimes it (going to the outside) doesn’t work and sometimes it does, but yesterday it worked well.” The daughter of Time Test had campaigned in the north in her previous two starts, finishing unplaced in both outings, including the $350,000 Remutaka Classic (1600m) at Trentham. As a result she missed out on tackling some of the earlier races in the Southern Cups Bonus Series, and while she will head to the series final, the Riverton Cup (2147m), next month, she won’t be eligible for the $50,000 winner-takes-all bonus. “Going to the Remutaka was the flipside of the coin to running in that series, so she won’t be eligible because you have got to run in three heats and that is her first one,” Tyler said. Sight To See’s victory sealed a treble at the meeting for Tyler, who was also victorious earlier on the card with Better Shared (NZ) (Overshare) in the Herbert Transport & Roughan Equine Dentist (1200m) and Ripa Time (NZ) (Time Test) in the Donald Eng & BWF Engineering (1400m). “It is always good to get it on your home track,” Tyler said. “It was a bit of a relief, I wasn’t quite sure where we were at with some of them because some of them were having their first start for a while. “Ripa Time has been screaming out for a bit of give in the track. She is a lovely wee filly, I really like her. Her ultimate target will be the Warstep (Listed, 2000m), I think she will be ideal over 2000m and hopefully the rain hangs around. “It was good to get a win with her because she has been going good races but has just been feeling the firmer tracks over the summer months. I backed off her a bit and the Time Tests really love the Heavy tracks. “Better Shared had a bit of time off and came back really good. She is a real speed horse. She will probably go straight into the Gore Guineas (Listed, 1200m) now.” Meanwhile, stablemate Freddie Time (NZ) (Time Test) is continuing to enjoy his time in the North Island, having won three races in the Central Districts this season and placed in three others, including the Gr.3 Manawatu Cup (2300m) and Listed Marton Cup (2200m). He has continued to thrive since his last start victory over a mile at Otaki and is set to return to Trentham later this month to tackle the Gr.2 Awapuni Gold Cup (2100m). “Every is going well there, so hopefully he can do it again,” Tyler said. View the full article

Agree.

Rubbish!! Collett only ever hit her once and the horse reacted. Collett carried the whip in her right hand and the only movement was when she gathered the reins and changed the whip to her left hand before the strike. Probably no need to use the whip either as she had Sweynesday covered.

I note former and very experienced jockey Bob Vance supports the theory it was the colour change that caused the horse to shy

I'm not convinced it was the sole reason but agree it could have been a factor. Horses see white exceptionally well. Presumably running rails are white so horses can see them which begs the question - why change the colour for the last 100m to something harder for the horse to see? No one can read the advertising on the rail anyway unless you are the Jockey on their way going through it. Perhaps the irony is it is so the Stipes know when to count the number of whip strikes in the last 100m!!!!

The Jockey should have right handed her. I'd say Collett's post race anger was directed at herself.

Not dissimilar to steering a vehicle around a bend, you begin to do so well beforehand. Similar also to jumpers having white painted sighter boards as a take-off point before a fence. Horses have nearly 360 degrees of peripheral vision but poor focus. In my view advertising paraphernalia wrapped around the running rail was the sole reason for Alabama Lass detouring at the point where the rail colour changed from white to black, to which second-rate officials/stewards were oblivious.

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert and jockey Juan Hernandez put the cap on a phenomenal weekend at Santa Anita Park March 8 as Forced Entry successfully graduated out of the maiden ranks with a win in the $101,000 Santa Ysabel Stakes (G3).View the full article

I know it's getting boring. Meeting News Riccarton Synthetic Trials Cancelled Due to lack of entries Riccarton Synthetic Trials Tuesday 10th March have been cancelled.

She rolled into the lane with all the momentum and Forced Entry (Charlatan) carried it right to her first black-type win in the GIII Santa Ysabel Stakes. Debuted Jan. 11 at this venue in a six-furlong turf maiden, she faded to last after having to fight every step of the way, but it was a much different result when she resurfaced Feb. 1 on this main track. Out to set the pace again, they were never able to reel her back in, and Forced Entry cantered home to win easily by 7 1/4 lengths. Stepping up into black-type, and graded, company for the first time here, the betting public gave the Bob Baffert filly a 5-2 chance to extend the conditioner's dominant streak in the race and she didn't disappoint. Content to watch the action unfold from fourth after GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies heroine Super Corredora (Gun Runner) tossed her head and missed the break, Forced Entry held her own from the two path behind :23.34 and a half-mile in :47.57. Inching closer to French Blue (Gun Runner) to keep her honest heading into the turn, the fillies had locked horns by the five-sixteenths. Pushing ahead of that longtime leader, Forced Entry was well in command by midstretch and had more than enough left to comfortably hold 22-1 longshot Bank Shot (Game Winner) to a 1 3/4-length margin. French Blue faded to third. The 8-5 favorite, Super Corredora, finished a distant sixth while My Love Caroline (Stay Thirsty) was eased and walked off. Baffert now claims six consecutive victories in the Santa Ysabel, and 11 overall in the race. Forced Entry earns 50 Kentucky Oaks points here, and currently sits in fifth on the leaderboard. Bank Shot (31) moved into 10th with her runner-up effort while French Blue (15) sits in 24th. “I broke better than everyone,” said winning rider Juan Hernandez. “But Bob was working this filly from kind of off the pace to see if she could handle it, and she was going pretty good in the morning. I saw the horse inside [French Blue] wanted to go, so I just said, “OK, go ahead and go. I'm just going to try like they have been teaching her in the morning, working from off the pace.” “The heavy favorite [Super Corredora] she didn't break, she missed the break completely and that just changed the whole race in general,” Baffert said. “After that happened, French Blue, she was just out there cruising. She is still a really nice filly. But Forced Entry, she has been training really well. She had been training with Crude Velocity, who won yesterday. It's nice when you have other nice horses to work with and keep them fit. I'm proud of the way they ran.” “It's nice this time of year when you have nice fillies and you are thinking Kentucky Oaks. It's [also] good for Charlatan. He was a good horse and [his offspring] are finally coming around now. We have a bunch of Charlatans that look good, so it's a big day for Charlatan.” FORCED ENTRY ($7.60) earns 5⃣0⃣ points toward the #KentuckyOaks and @BobBaffert's 6th consecutive win in the $100,000 Santa Ysabel Stakes (G3) with @JJHernandezS19 up at @SantaAnitaPark. Congratulations to owners Pegram, Watson or Weitman on your victory with this filly by… pic.twitter.com/p9UUH3lEwB — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) March 8, 2026 Pedigree Notes: Forced Entry is the first black-type winner for her dam, a multiple stakes placed mare on the Florida circuit named Violent Times (Violence). She is the mare's second to the races, but her first winner, and she does have a yearling half-brother by American Pharoah in the wings. Violent Times is due to Constitution for 2026. This is the female line of Brazilian Group 1 victress Verruma (Brz) (Emmson {Ire}), who was also Grade I-placed in the States as well as a graded winner of the GII Dahlia Handicap. Forced Entry is Charlatan's first North American graded winner, while Labwah was the stallion's first group winner when she took home top honors in the G3 UAE Oaks at the end of February in Meydan. Counting this victress, the stallion has four black-type winners and a stakes-placed runner in Japan named Princess Moko. Sunday, Santa Anita Park SANTA YSABEL S.-GIII, $101,000, Santa Anita, 3-8, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m, 1:44.79, ft. 1–FORCED ENTRY, 120, f, 3, by Charlatan 1st Dam: Violent Times (SW, $228,701), by Violence 2nd Dam: Make Time, by Empire Maker 3rd Dam: Time Reveals All, by Pulpit 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($375,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP). O-Michael E. Pegram, Karl Watson, and Paul Weitman; B-Stoneriggs Farm (KY); T-Bob Baffert; J-Juan J. Hernandez. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $102,500. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Bank Shot, 120, f, 3, Game Winner–Puskita, by Indian Charlie. 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($47,000 RNA Ylg '24 FTKJUL; $50,000 Ylg '24 FTKOCT; $160,000 2yo '25 OBSAPR). O-WSS Racing; B-Buck Pond Farm & John Wilmot (KY); T-Ryan Hanson. $20,000. 3–French Blue, 120, f, 3, Gun Runner–Twenty Carat, by Into Mischief. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. O/B-Three Chimneys Farm, LLC (KY); T-Bob Baffert. $12,000. Margins: 1 3/4, 1HF, 2 3/4. Odds: 2.80, 22.90, 2.50. Also Ran: Piney Woods, Cee Drew, Super Corredora, My Love Caroline. Click for the Equibase.com chart or the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Charlatan’s Forced Entry Too Strong in Santa Ysabel, Earns Oaks Points appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Gamma, you just can not chuck money into something when you just havent got it? HRNZ have massive problems going forward!

Galah, $1k drops in stakes for lower grade horses? What were the stakes for Cambridge etc. before Entain came with the dollars? Stakes in a couple of years are going to be a helluva lot less than a $1k drop!

It's just one race. (Run annually) or 4 races if you count the 1/2 million dollar trot at Cambridge and the Ascent and Velocity at Addington. It's not a straw breaking the camels back you all claim it to be. A huge amount of the Stake money is SUPPLIED by the owners/ Slot holders to run those events , or they wouldn't happen. I believe the total for the four races is $2,500,000 per year. Come on Guys !! so if the Slots sell for $1,400,000 for the FOUR races . that leaves just $1,100,000 that HRNZ spend to have FOUR of the TOP Races EVER SEEN each year, with the BEST COMPETITORS . definition. Best Competitors being the TOP owners, TOP Horses, Top trainers in 2 countries ! WOW WEEEE They Showcase Our Amazing Sport to the Whole World 🇳🇿🌏 . Attracting INTERNATIONAL Attention, and buyers Into our horse Market ( like Mike Tanev from Canada for example) a real BOOST for the Industry. and you BOAY fellows say . Don't Have them . Waste of money . $1,100,000 is too much for HRNZ to put in and run $ of the TOP races each year. ?? that's just fossil stuff . heads in the sand. Gallopers have a bloody million dollar race Every week of the year nearly. why should they have all the fun ???? We Are broke in Queensland too, But still put on the INTERDOMINION each year. Something HRNZ won't do because it costs too much run sadly. Just as you guys say . So Queensland do it anyway and pop in the entire $1,500,000 annually . a very large amount for a struggling harness industry ?. which a big chunk goes to Leap To Fame everytime 😆 . but whatever lol . It's good for the TRADITION and Spectacle of our fantastic Sport. It Keeps people aspiring to win BIG prizes. IMO they should run our Time Honoured Tradition as a SLOT Event and have Participant funding. It will come to that one day. Mark my words. The advantages of Slot racing are 10 Fold over what happens now. (relying on Entain , sponsor or Sires Stakes , etc funding) the Interdominion will join in one day. and BOAY says "Don't have them ' lol. worried about the budget lol. Best million dollars 💰 HRNZ ever spend each year. 4 great races enjoyed around the world. good on ya BOAY !!!! progressive lot you are. 😁😎😋

No ones ever said anything negative about the concept of slot races. the arguments are always about how they are funded. The cambridge club was very poorly run by all reports and part of their huge debt was from running the slot races. Thats why HRNZ stepped in and said,the nz harness industry can take the financial hit instead of cambridge. if you can give a reason why cambridge thought it was ok to add to their huge debt by running slot races,we would be happy to hear it. You will find in 2 or 3 years time,hrnz announcing say a $1000 stake cut for lower grade horses at tracks like cambridge and that will be linked to the likes of the losses generated by overspending on the likes of slot races.So,if slots are funded by hrnz,its the grass roots who will end up paying the price.

So Happy and Secured Freedom, the respective third- and fourth-place finishers in the March 7 San Felipe Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park, will likely continue on to the April 4 Santa Anita Derby (G1), their respective trainers said March 8.View the full article