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    • Wandering Eyes
      Louisiana Moves Toward Doing Away With Void-Claim Rules

      By Wandering Eyes · Posted

      The Louisiana Racing Commission is moving toward doing away with most of the state's rules that would void claims of racehorses for reasons including postrace lameness, injury, and even death. A public comment period begins June 20.View the full article
    • Brodie
      TAB accepts $40k bet on Telfer horse?

      By Brodie · Posted

      So why not let some of the restricted punters on for reasonable amounts to see if they can pluck $ off them? At the end of the day the odds are always in favour of the TAB? Where is their sporting spirit??  
    • Wandering Eyes
      New recruit makes perfect start for Gordon

      By Wandering Eyes · Posted

      Stable newcomer Paradis provided a pleasant surprise for Foxton trainer Suzy Gordon on Friday with a first-up victory in the Aquashield Roofing Maiden (1600m) at Otaki. The daughter of Complacent had previously been in the Hastings stable of Fred Pratt and Caitlin Johnson, for whom she had recorded three placings from eight starts between November of 2023 and July of 2024. Friday’s race at Otaki was the five-year-old’s first appearance in almost a year, first start for her new stable and first time racing over a distance shorter than 2100m. None of those factors stood in her way. After settling well back in third-last among a strung-out field, Paradis was urged along by jockey Bruno Queiroz and began to steadily gain ground coming down the side of the track. Queiroz spotted an opening along the inside at the home turn and cut back to the fence. Paradis kept up her long, sustained run, reeling in the tearaway leader Crafty Colin and racing past him in the last 50m to win by half a length. The first pair finished five and three-quarter lengths in front of the rest of the field. “I don’t think she’s ever started over less than 2100m before,” said Gordon, who also now shares in the ownership of Paradis. “In her first start for me today, I thought we’d start her out at a mile and see how we go. “She’d been working well. I thought she’d probably go a good race today, but I thought she might need to get up to 2000m.” Paradis was the first leg of a Matariki double at Otaki for Queiroz, who later added the Listed John Turkington Forestry Castletown Stakes (1200m) with Platinum Diamond. “Bruno gave the mare a beautiful ride today,” Gordon said. “He’s had three rides for me now for two wins and a second, so you can’t really do much better than that.” Friday’s success was the ninth win of the season for Gordon, equalling her personal-best tally from the 2017-18 season. Those nine wins have come from a total of only 87 starters, backed up another 11 second or third placings. View the full article
    • Wandering Eyes
      Ipswich Cup distance test for Poetic Drama

      By Wandering Eyes · Posted

      Trainers Tony and Maddysen Sears will have two runners in Saturday’s Listed Ipswich Cup (2150m), with Kiwi bred Poetic Drama (NZ) (Proisir) joined by stablemate Red Wave (Red Dazzler), who won last year’s edition of the race. Six-year-old mare Poetic Drama, who extends to a middle distance for the first time has been performing well at her past two starts in stakes grade, including a luckless sixth in the Magic Millions National Classic (1600m) two weeks ago. “Last start she got stuck behind a wall of horses. Albeit, it was a hard race, I think if she had have got out when Ang (jockey Angela Jones) wanted her to she would have been in the finish. She was totally untested,” Maddysen Sears said. “If she runs the journey, which we think she will, she will be really hard to beat. She is going very well. “It wouldn’t surprise me if both of our runners ran top three. “It is hard to split our pair. Red Wave is up five and a half kilos on last year whereas the mare has a low weight but is untested at the distance. But she is a Proisir and they do get the trip and she is showing signs she will.” Poetic Drama is bred and raced by Tony Falcone, who raced her sire Proisir. The Sears stable had a near-miss last weekend when Yellow Brick beat all but War Machine in the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m). Sears confirmed Yellow Brick would be given a freshen up and aimed at the Gr.1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) during the Sydney spring carnival. With Red Wave chasing back-to-back Ipswich Cup wins and Poetic Drama stepping up in trip, punters can explore form and markets at the best betting sites Australia for value odds this weekend. View the full article
    • Wandering Eyes
      Legendary Trainer Kevin Prendergast Dies Aged 91

      By Wandering Eyes · Posted

      Legendary trainer Kevin Prendergast has died at the age of 91. Prendergast won eight Irish Classics and managed the careers of some significant horses like Nebbiolo, Pidget, Artique Royale, Northern Treasure and Oscar Schindler right up throught to Awtaad, who won the Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh in 2016. His sole English Classic success came when Nebbiolo won the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket in 1977. A son of “Darkie”, himself a legendary trainer in his own right, Prendergast was a leading amateur jockey before embarking on his training career in 1963. One of Irish racing's all-time greats, Prendergast sent out winners for seven different decades. More to follow The post Legendary Trainer Kevin Prendergast Dies Aged 91 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

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