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    • looking at last year,the smaller fields and race numbers came in july-september,so maybe no southland harness racing between july and mid september. I'sn't it just common sense to cut out the southland meetings which run at a loss during those months and incentivise redirecting the resources(i.e. the horses) into racing in canterbury or auckland during those same months when their fields are light in numbers,thus increasing the returns from those races.
    • The 2025 Albury Cup Day meeting has been abandoned due to significant rainfall. The highly anticipated Albury Gold Cup meeting has been abandoned after heavy rainfall rendered the track unsafe for racing. Racing NSW stewards made the early call on Friday morning, following more than 40mm of rain in the past 24 hours, leaving surface water across the course. Albury Racing Club CEO Steve Hetherton confirmed the cancellation of all scheduled activities for the day, urging racegoers not to head to the track. “Unfortunately, the racing has been cancelled, and the club has made the decision to call off all activities,” Hetherton said. “We understand this is disappointing for everyone involved.” Local trainer Kym Davison expressed his frustration at losing another Albury Gold Cup meeting, recalling the event’s previous washout in 2019. “The old hex strikes again,” Davison said. “You might expect to lose a meeting once in 50 years, but not twice in such a short period. It’s a huge blow for the club, considering the massive amount of work that goes into preparing for a day like this.” While the club remains in discussions with Racing NSW about a potential rescheduling, Hetherton admitted the complexities involved. “Finding a new date is not that easy. There are significant impacts on other clubs when trying to reschedule,” he said. “We can’t disrupt other meetings, especially in our region. An announcement will be made in due course.” Horse racing news View the full article
    • Up-and-comer Risque Ruler will face the biggest test of her short career in Saturday’s Gr.3 Wentwood Grange Cuddle Stakes (1600m) at Trentham, and her regular rider Chris Dell is confident she will be up to the task. The four-year-old daughter of Mongolian Khan has made a big impression with powerful finishes for three wins and a second from her last four starts. Risque Ruler scored back-to-back wins over 1600m at Ellerslie in November and 1300m at Te Rapa in December, then flew from last into second in a 1500m race at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day. In her only appearance since then, Risque Ruler roared home from the back of a 14-horse field for a super-impressive win in the $350,000 Sir Patrick Hogan Karapiro Classic (1600m) at Te Rapa on February 8. Risque Ruler has had a total of eight starts for three wins, two placings and $256,395 in stakes. She was bred by Windsor Park Stud and is a half-sister to the six-race winner and Group Three-placed It’s Business Time. Saturday’s $200,000 fillies and mares’ feature is another step up in class for the Janelle Millar-trained Risque Ruler, who the TAB rates an $8 chance among an even line-up. My Lips Are Sealed is the $4.80 favourite, with Pearl Of Alsace at $6 and Risque Ruler, Kelly Coe and Our Jumala sharing third favouritism. Dell, who has been in the saddle for five of Risque Ruler’s eight starts and two of her wins, expects the promising mare to make her presence felt. “Just from the way she’s been winning those races, it’s clear that she possesses the turn of foot of a pretty good horse,” he said. “She’s always shown a lot of ability. Janelle really liked her as a young horse and has had her earmarked for good things for quite a while. “I was lucky enough to ride her a fair bit in her early education, and then in her first trial this time in, she produced a performance that alerted us that she was putting things together and had an exciting campaign in front of her. “She’s had a good build-up for the Cuddle Stakes. Janelle has spaced her races out, as she always does. “It’s always a challenge stepping up to black-type company after running in graded races, that could be one of the only concerns, but it wouldn’t surprise us at all if she was up to it.” Dell hopes for continued improvement in the Trentham track, which was a Heavy8 earlier in the week but had come back to Soft6 by Friday morning. “She has a phenomenal turn of foot on a good surface, so she wouldn’t want the track to be too wet,” Dell said. Dell and Millar will also team up in Saturday’s The Frac Club New Zealand St Leger (2500m), which they won last year with Testify Me. Their runner this time around is Final Return, whose recent starts have produced a fourth in the Gr.3 Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2400m), third in the Gr.2 Avondale Cup (2400m) and a last-start sixth in the Gr.2 Auckland Cup (3200m). “He’s been so consistent and has definitely shown that he’s up to that top-class Cup company, albeit without picking up a victory,” Dell said. “He just needs to be ridden to have one shot at them. Things went wrong for him in the Auckland Cup, where he got shuffled back and I thought he was a bit of a tragedy beaten. “There’s not much of a spread in the weights under the set weights and penalties conditions on Saturday, so the best stayer will come to the forefront. “Janelle and I won the race last year with Testify Me, and we’d love to get a bit of redemption after that Auckland Cup run and go back-to-back.” View the full article
    • Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott will take a trio of three-year-olds to Trentham on Saturday in search of a second straight win in the Gr.2 IRT Wellington Guineas (1400m). The Matamata trainers won the race by a wide margin last year with Grail Seeker, who has gone on to add the Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) and Telegraph (1200m) as a four-year-old this season. This year’s Wexford Stables contingent is made up of Sethito, Cheaha and Wounder. Sethito finished sixth in the inaugural $3.5 million NZB Kiwi (1500m) at Ellerslie two weeks ago. She was blocked for the first half of the home straight, but produced a strong finish when she found clear air in the final 200m. She crossed the finish line 3.4 lengths behind the winner Damask Rose. A well-related daughter of Super Seth and multiple Group One winner Suavito, Sethito has won three of her seven starts including this season’s Gr.3 Bonecrusher Stakes (1400m) and Listed Uncle Remus Stakes (1400m). She will shoot for a third stakes win over that same distance on Saturday. “Sethito came through her very good run in the Kiwi well,” Scott said. “We just thought this looked like another suitable opportunity for her to race for some more black type. She galloped very nicely this week and we see this as being probably her pet distance. Vinnie Colgan will ride her and she should be a good chance.” Sethito has drawn the second-from-outside gate and is rated a $5.50 second favourite by the TAB. Last-start winner Tardelli heads the market at $3.70. O’Sullivan and Scott’s other runners are the $12 chance Cheaha and $23 shot Wounder. Cheaha made a big impression with a debut victory at Rotorua in December, then only battled home in fifth in his first try at 1400m at Matamata. He dropped back in trip and produced a barnstorming finish from second-last to run third in the Gr.3 Almanzor Trophy (1200m) at Ellerslie in January. “Cheaha’s best form has been over 1200m, so going up to 1400m is a test for him,” Scott said. “But he trialled nicely last week and had a good hitout on Tuesday. We believe he’s going very well.” Wounder showed early promise with a win and two fourths from her first three starts, then stepped up to 1800m and finished sixth in last month’s Listed Oaks Prelude. “Some of Wounder’s form has been very strong coming through the grades,” Scott said. “We got her up to 1800m last time and she just didn’t look quite as strong in the finish. Bringing her back in trip, we expect an improved performance.” O’Sullivan and Scott’s other runners at Trentham on Saturday are Kelly Coe in the Gr.3 Wentwood Grange Cuddle Stakes (1600m) and Lux Libertas in the Listed Bill Tito Book Repair Specialist Lightning Handicap (1200m). Kelly Coe is stepping down from the elite level, having finished eighth and only three lengths from the winner Provence in the Gr.1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Ellerslie on March 8. “Kelly Coe took on Group One company at Ellerslie last time and didn’t finish far away at all, and she didn’t have everything go her way in the running either,” Scott said. “Switching back left-handed suits her, most of her racing has been that way around. She’s also won at Trentham previously, and we think this looks a very suitable race to target with her.” Lux Libertas made rapid progress through the grades between July and November last year, when an eight-race sequence produced five wins and a second in the Gr.2 Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1400m). The four-year-old Almanzor mare was last seen in the Listed Lisa Chittick Champagne Stakes (1400m) at Matamata on February 15, where she ran eighth behind Legarto after a three-wide run. “She’s had a nice little freshen up since the Lisa Chittick a few weeks ago,” Scott said. “It’s a step down in distance, but it’s a bit more of a testing 1200m there at Trentham and we wouldn’t be surprised at all if she was very competitive on the fresh side.” View the full article
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