Jerome Reynier began the 2026 Cagnes-sur-Mer festival with intent with a one-two in the opener led home by Al Rateel (Violence).
Sent off the 7-5 favourite for the 7 1/2-furlong debutantes contest staged on the turf, Mustafa Bousaif's 100,000gns Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up purchase was soon in front under Antonio Orani.
Finding plenty for pressure in the straight, the bay hit the line with 1 1/2 lengths to spare over stablemate Aspire (Zarak).
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Might make sense having a 1700 raceday at Ashburton tomorrow if Nelson didnt have a miles day 2 days earlier, Nelson need to revert to 2400 races on day 2, I suspect it would help numbers.
Newmarket, it is absolutely stupidity coming from the Clubs programming these short distance races!
If they believe it is going to encourage punters to wager they are delusional!
If they think that these short races is going to entice people to go on course for a day of short 2 minute races, then once again totally delusional!
All horses can run a mile and it is just not appealing to the majority of harness followers, but then again harness officialdom are doing very little to keep the industry going!
Whoever is deciding to program these miles are clearly not working in the best interests of trying to appeal to the public!
There are a couple of horses that I wouldve wagered on, but not over 1700m!
Chris So Wai-yin hopes his stable star Hong Lok Golf will be equal to the task as he steps out in distance at Happy Valley on Wednesday night for the Group Three January Cup (1,800m).
The son of Grunt was a revelation in his first season in Hong Kong, winning six of his seven starts, including a pair of Class Two races.
He ended the campaign with a victory on his first start at the city circuit over the 1,650m distance, before finding things a bit tough over an inadequate 1,400m on his return...View the full article