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Hahaha For a site that is meant to be so wonderful (self-proclaimed ad nauseum), a lot of them seem to spend a lot of time reading your site. Anyway, the site is only a shadow of what it used to be when Dave and Ange started it, and it very quickly became an enjoyable forum for the industry. The FB site has become a lot more informative and the 'go to' place for people in the industry these days, notwithstanding the conspiracy rants from CW A point to consider, if it was so wonderful, this site and indirectly RP would never exist -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Having ridden in six previous editions of The Everest (1200m) as well as multiple clashes with Ka Ying Rising in Hong Kong, jockey James McDonald has a good idea of what to expect when the world’s highest-rated sprinter makes his Australian debut in the A$20 million feature at Randwick on Saturday. McDonald is the only jockey to have ever beaten Ka Ying Rising, twice edging out the New Zealand-bred champion aboard Wunderbar at Sha Tin in January 2024. Since then, McDonald has been among the beaten brigade on several occasions during the Shamexpress gelding’s spectacular 13-race winning streak, including the Gr.1 Hong Kong Sprint (1200m), Centenary Sprint Cup (1200m) and Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m). But McDonald is well aware that Ka Ying Rising faces a very different challenge in Saturday’s Everest. McDonald won the world’s richest sprint aboard Nature Strip in 2021, while his five other rides in the race have produced a fourth (Nature Strip, 2022), a sixth (Hawaii Five Oh, 2023) two sevenths (Nature Strip, 2020 and Joliestar, 2024) and an 11th (Arcadia Queen, 2019). McDonald will ride the Chris Waller-trained Joliestar on Saturday for Cambridge Stud owners Sir Brendan and Lady Jo Lindsay. “Ka Ying Rising is a superstar, he’s an absolute superstar,” McDonald said. “If he brings his Sha Tin form, he’s sometimes almost impossible to beat, the way his figures read. I’ve ridden some good horses against him and he’s made them look pretty second-rate, to be fair. “But this is a different kettle of fish. This is probably the toughest test to date for him and he’s going to know he’s in a horse race, especially with the likes of Jimmysstar, Briasa, Joliestar and Lady Shenandoah coming at him. He’s going to have to be at the top of his game.” Joliestar will be one of three runners in the race for Waller, who has celebrated previous Everest wins with Yes Yes Yes in 2019 and Nature Strip two years later. The champion trainer will also saddle Lady Shenandoah and Angel Capital. “The best thing about Ka Ying Rising being in the race is that it brings an international flavour to this year’s event,” Waller said. “That’s what we want to see here in Australia. “We’ve got the best sprinters in the world and we take them overseas and normally get it right. So to see the horse coming here with the world’s highest rating, Australia has got something to prove. “Having that international flavour gives more credit to the race, it’s taking the world’s imagination and everybody will be watching The Everest on Saturday afternoon. Let’s hope that Australia – our horses – can beat Ka Ying Rising, because he’s a superstar. “All three of ours are, in my eyes, good enough to win the race and every horse will have to be at their best to win the race. It’s just a great contest. It’s no different to an Olympic sprint final – everyone has to be at on their game, get a good clean start and have everything go their way and you need to be strong over the last metres of the race. “It’s the best of the best coming together on Saturday at Randwick. It’s an exciting race, the build-up has been huge, it’s a sell-out crowd. They’re all eager to find out the result. “All I can say is Joliestar, she’s a mature mare now, she’s in the zone now, great first-up win. Lady Shenandoah is coming off that defeat, but there were legitimate reasons for it and we think she’s a rising star and will be there next year in The Everest as well. “And Angel Capital is the unknown. He’s a rising star, like Lady Shenandoah, he hasn’t won at the elite level yet but the things we see at home on the training track are quite phenomenal and if he brings that to the races from his good draw (three), he could beat them all.” Ka Ying Rising will start from barrier seven under Zac Purton on Saturday. The TAB rates him a $1.80 favourite, with Joliestar the second elect at $6.50. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Ellerslie has been the scene of some of El Vencedor’s most memorable performances, and Saturday’s Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m) could see the reigning New Zealand Horse of the Year become only the second horse to win four Group One races at the Auckland track. El Vencedor recorded his first Group One win with a giant-killing victory over $1.20 favourite Legarto in the Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m) in March of 2024. He returned last season to add the Otaki-Maori WFA Classic (1600m) and a repeat result in the Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes as part of a campaign that also featured a Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) win at Te Rapa. In the almost five decades since the Group and Listed structure was introduced in New Zealand, the only four-time Group One winner at Ellerslie was Hall of Fame inductee Horlicks, who captured two editions of the Air New Zealand Stakes (2000m) and two editions of the DB Draught Classic (2000m). Saturday’s Livamol Classic will be the third start of the season for El Vencedor, who resumed with an eye-catching fifth in the Gr.1 Proisir Plate (1400m) at Ellerslie on September 6. He crossed the line only two lengths behind the winner Quintessa. In the Gr.1 Howden Insurance Mile (1600m) on a Heavy9 track at Te Rapa three weeks later, the seven-year-old son of Shocking finished seventh and four lengths behind Waitak. “I’ve been happy with his performances in both of those first two legs of the Triple Crown,” trainer Stephen Marsh said. “His first-up run in the Proisir at Ellerslie was great, and then he wasn’t bad in the Mile at Te Rapa either. I think that race just showed that he really prefers better footing these days. He’ll get that at Ellerslie. “As far as everything he’s doing at home goes, he’s just kept getting better and better with each race under his belt. “Wiremu Pinn rides him again on Saturday, he gets on well with the horse. I think El Vencedor could be the real improver heading into the third leg of the series.” Two other factors in El Vencedor’s favour are the increasing distance and the return to Ellerslie. The Livamol is run over a similar trip to his 2000m Herbie Dyke Stakes and back-to-back Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes successes. His seven starts at Ellerslie, meanwhile, have produced five black-type wins. “Going up to 2000m and being back at Ellerslie are really key,” Marsh said. El Vencedor headlines a big day at Ellerslie on Saturday for Marsh, who also has last-start Gr.3 Sunline Vase (1400m) placegetter Little Black Dress and super-impressive debut winner Well Written contesting the Gr.2 Windsor Park Stud Soliloquy Stakes (1400m). In the Elsdon Park (1400m), the Cambridge trainer will be represented by Group Two winner Bourbon Empress and dominant first-up winner Tardelli. “Little Black Dress was much better last start and wasn’t beaten far by those two top fillies (Tajana and Lollapalooza),” Marsh said. “She was still a bit wayward, so we’ve added blinkers. She’s galloped in blinkers and seems to have her mind a bit more on the job. I think she’s really improved. “Well Written is a lovely filly and won brilliantly on debut. She’s taking on the big girls now, but she’s pretty exciting. “Tardelli was hugely impressive first-up. He couldn’t have won that race any better. “Going from 57.5kg to 60.5kg is never easy second-up, and especially against a talented field this weekend. But he’s a big, strong horse that we rate very highly and we really think he can do it. He hasn’t missed a beat since his first-up win. “Bourbon Empress is coming up well too. Her two trials were both very nice, and especially the last one which was terrific. She gets in nicely with 54kg and I think she’ll run well. They’re both horses that could be running in some big races this season.” View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Promising stayer Danjuro has been a work in progress with time expected to further improve his racing manners. The son of Saxon Warrior has showed his talent with four wins on the board and the promise of adding to that record when he steps out in the Steelform Roofing Waverley Cup (2200m) on Sunday. “He’s always showed ability, but he is quirky and he ran off at Wellington one day,” said Peter Didham, who prepares the five-year-old with son Trent. “He’s done a couple of odd things and can be on and off the bridle, he’s like a big baby. “A horse like this probably wouldn’t have been broken in until he was three or four in the old days, he’s a beautiful horse but big and gangly.” Danjuro posted his third middle-distance success last time out and the winning margin didn’t do the son of Saxon Warrior justice. “At Otaki, he was going to win by three lengths and then he just switched off and won by a head,” Didham said. “Racing and time will sort that out I feel, we’ll just take him along quietly this year and I think next year he could end up a better Cups horse.” Danjuro was a debut winner and at his third appearance finished sixth behind Crocetti in the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m), but Didham knew the best would be seen of the gelding over ground. “I always thought he’d be a stayer with his body frame, and we work him like that. I’m happy with where he’s at and when he behaves himself in his races, he’s got it left at the finish,” he said. Danjuro will be partnered by Kavish Chowdhoory, who has been aboard in the gelding’s last six appearances. “It’s good to have a regular rider on him, he’s not a hugely difficult horse to ride though and the more you get to know him, the more you like him,” Didham said. “He’s run second at Waverley before and drawn one he should be able to race in behind the pace.” The stable will have multiple runners at the meeting and at Trentham on Saturday. “We’ve got seven in and they’re all nice each-way chances and Shameless Star has been working well since she won,” Didham said. “She has to step up to the Rating 65 grade and for a three-year-old filly that can be a bit tough, but she’s going well.” Among their Trentham runners is Felucca, who will run in the Graham’s Painters Handicap (1400m). The Time Test mare won both of her trials before she finished a close second when resuming in her first raceday appearance for seven months. View the full article -
By Chief Stipe · Posted
I see the Premier Anti-Racing Forum prodded by the no principled @Pete Lane are bagging Karyn Fenton-Ellis. That typifies that site. Karyn would have to be one of the most enthusiastic hard working woman in racing I have had the pleasure of meeting. A friend of mine was encouraged to buy a share in a Te Akau yearling and I have been fortunate to see first hand Karyn's work and communication. An example was when Karyn was following Imperatriz (which she had a share in) in that period of successive Grp 1's in Australia and my friend would receive replies to emails in the early hours of the morning and not one didn't go unanswered. Ironcially if anyone has experienced how harmful online media can be it is Karyn and I'm sure she will bring that perspective to the BSA.
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