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Ah the Homeby,one of those jumps races i remember as a kid,that is now no longer. -
By Murray Fish · Posted
Home news thoroughbreds George Simon: I've seen a lot in my time, this wasn't great George Simon • June 16th, 2025 4:52 PM Uncle Charlie, the winner of a severely disrupted Ken & Rodger Browne Memorial at Te Rapa on Saturday, June 14. Credit: Race Images. Over the years, I reckon I'd seen everything imaginable from my vantage point in the Commentary Box. Then I called the Ken and Roger Browne Memorial Steeplechase at Te Rapa last Saturday. If you haven't seen the race, go and have a squizz at the replay on the Trackside site. Sign-Up Offer Join TAB and enjoy up to $100 in bonus cash with our 400% deposit offer Max deposit $25. New customers only. T&Cs apply. R18 Bet Responsibly. Claim Now That will give context around this column. From an "entertainment" perspective I'm sure there were many who watched what unfolded barely believing what they were seeing. If watching horses and riders falling off and careering all over the racetrack is your cup of tea, then you were in your element. However, from a jumps racing enthusiast viewpoint, it wasn't what you wanted to see. I don't think many people were expecting what transpired as the small seven horse field of maiden steeplechasers set off on their 3900m, 17 fence journey. The first three fences were dispatched efficiently by all seven runners. Run of the mill stuff, nothing to report. Then the fun and games started, and quite literally the circus came to town. As the field moved out into "the country" by the 800m on their first of two laps, Zeefa Zed dislodged rider Emily Farr. Bad luck for connections and those punters who'd wagered on Zeefa Zed but thankfully horse and rider were uninjured. A few hundred meters later as the field made their way up the straight with just over a lap to go, the race took a dramatic twist. Hot favourite Countryman, ridden by Kylan Wiles crashed on landing after jumping the fence before the stand double. Unfortunately, Fabulous Nancy with Joshua Parker aboard, who'd been minding its own business back at the tail of the field, cannoned into the prone Countryman and unseated Parker. After starting with seven runners, we were down to four and hadn't even completed the first lap. But wait, as they say in those ubiquitous television advertisements, there's more. After all remaining runners cleared the stand double and made their way to the fence leaving the straight, one of the riderless horses cut in front of the leader Canulovemeagain just prior to the fence. This caused Canulovemeagain to baulk at the fence and essentially firing rider Corey Wiles into the fence. Right behind that runner was Muse with Hamish McNeill aboard, and after having to veer sharply to evade Canulovemeagain, McNeill was unbalanced and also unseated from his mount. Also caught up in that skirmish were the only other two runners, Uncle Charlie and Catch And Release. Fortunately for Uncle Charlie he had enough momentum up to scramble over the fence although his rider Portia Matthews nearly parted company on landing. Trust me, you can't make this stuff up. The only other survivor, Catch And Release had also got involved in the skirmish and hadn't jumped the fence, but importantly his rider Dean Parker was still in the saddle. So, with a lap still to run and six more fences still to negotiate, we were down to just Uncle Charlie and Catch And Release, provided they jumped the remaining fences. History tells us that Uncle Charlie did jump the remaining fences and went on to record a near 90 length winning margin over the only other finisher, Catch And Release. All horses and riders were uninjured which was a relief. But as a jumping fan myself, I have to say it wasn't a good look. Yes, there were extenuating circumstances with riderless horses creating havoc setting off a chain of barely believable events. Also, this was a maiden field, so these are some of the more inexperienced steeplechasers going around. However, with Jumps racing under the microscope from various quarters both inside and outside of the racing industry, I hope we don't see a repeat of what we saw last Saturday, anytime soon. Jumps racing can't afford that. -
If it is a legitimate bet then it just endorses once again just how ethically wrong the TAB acts! They wont let punters loyal to the NZ TAB for decades on go win a reasonable amount! However another punter who is know to them to be a very poor punter, they allow them the opportunity to lose another $40k? And yet they advertise that they are concerned for those that lose a lot of money? Concerned my xxxx, they are only there to protect the yield and their own salary. -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
There will be a Hong Kong flavour to Thursday’s Group One Ascot Gold Cup (3,991m) at Royal Ascot but local owner Boniface Ho Ka-kui will no doubt be realistic about the chances of Wonder Legend in a race packed with crack stayers. Trained by James Ferguson with Daniel Muscutt to take the ride, Wonder Legend brings winning form into the race but finds himself on the fifth line of betting in overseas fixed-odds markets at around $34. Leading the way is the Aidan O’Brien-trained Illinois at $2.75,...View the full article -
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