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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Mighty Commander will be among the key chances in the Class 3 Harbour View Handicap at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. Picture: HKJC. Two of the early pace-setters in the 2025/26 trainers’ championship will send strong contingents to Happy Valley on Wednesday night, looking to open up a gap at the top of the standings. Caspar Fownes prepares six runners, hoping to improve on his seven wins so far this season at his favourite hunting ground. Mark Newnham has made an explosive start to his third campaign in Hong Kong racing, and he saddles seven runners. Three of Fownes’ six have already visited the winner’s arch this season, but none have escaped the attention of the handicapper for their efforts and find themselves in elevated company on Wednesday night. Mighty Commander (119lb), who will be ridden again by Ellis Wong in the first section of the Class 3 Harbour View Handicap (1200m), is one of Fownes’ leading chances after winning smartly over 1200m last time out despite mostly campaigning over 1650m. While Australian betting sites are yet to release odds for the Happy Valley meeting, these should drop on Tuesday at the latest. “He seems to be in good form – winning the 1200 (metres) first up in Class 4. Now he goes up to a higher grade,” Fownes said. “It’s always tougher in Class 3, but he’s proven to us that he can be close in Class 3, so there’s no reason why he can’t be competitive again at this distance.” Fownes, who has a remarkable 38% strike rate at the city course this term, also backs up Super Sicario (117lb), who was impressive in a wire-to-wire win at the Valley last month. Karis Teetan takes the ride on the four-year-old son of Tivaci in the first section of the Class 4 Man Cheung Handicap (1650m). “He’s a little bit gobby – he still doesn’t respect the bit too much,” Fownes said. “He’s another horse that got the job done in Class 5 and goes up to Class 4 with the light weight. “As long as he’s well-behaved and gives Karis a good ride, I’m sure he’ll be competitive.” Newnham’s hand is highlighted by Spicy Gold (132lb) in the second section of the Class 3 Harbour View Handicap (1200m), who returns to his preferred distance after disappointing in his first run this season over 1000m three weeks ago. “(1000m) was just a bit sharp for him, but he’s been very consistent at 1200m at Happy Valley, and he probably needed the race to bring his fitness up,” Newnham said. “He’s had a good preparation since that race.” Four-year-old Lunar Dash (131lb) was well-supported in his two outings last season despite failing to land for his backers. But he maintains the confidence of champion jockey Zac Purton in the second section of the Class 4 Li Yuen Handicap (1200m), and Newnham thinks the PPG will be in the mix. “He’s drawn well in (gate) five. He’s got early pace. We’ve been riding him just off the speed in his trials and he’s been finishing well. So if he can settle in the first four, I think he’ll be in the finish,” Newnham said. Monday’s (6 October) barrier trials at Sha Tin were highlighted by the reappearance of John Size’s exciting Four-Year-Old Classic Series prospect Sky Jewellery. Despite a leisurely gallop under Hugh Bowman, Size said the gelding is progressing nicely. “Nothing to see this morning – just giving him a jump out and letting him know he’s back at work,” Size said. “I think everything’s in order, but we’ve still got a long way to go. We’ll bring him along slowly and see what happens.” Wednesday’s nine-race card at Happy Valley gets underway at 6.35pm with the Class 5 Pedder Handicap (1800m). View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
On the Oct. 6 episode of BloodHorse Monday: Spendthrift's Ned Toffey and trainer Brendan Walsh highlight their opening weekend success at Keeneland. D. J. Stable's Jonathan Green talks their strategic reduction at the Keeneland November Sale.View the full article -
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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
While racing continues to see a decline in race days, races, and starts, the all-important third quarter economic indicators saw growth in purses and handle for those remaining race days.View the full article -
i actually watched the first race at marburg. I actually think racing at marburg seems more competitive and everyone has a pre conceived plan of trying ,at least a bit more than they do at the likes of albion park in my opnion.. so marburg is an ok look for the industry from a betting perspective. but race 1 run yesterday wasn't. i had a very small bet on the race and backed the favorite to win ,it was paying $2.80. well they had a false start the first time as the 4 horse never looked like pacing away,then in the re start you could tell it would break,but it mangaed to get to the first bend before doing so,then unfortunately checked 4 of the other runners enough to make you think there was only 3 chances left. The favorite had taken the lead easily early. Well they had only gone 300m with the front 3 about 10 and 20 lengths in front of the 4th and 5th horses, when t mcmullen did what she sometimes does and hooked off the inside and attacked the favorite for the lead. Normally you would think well fair enough,but this time It seemed such a dumb move as she was on the outsider and was attacking the favorite when clearly her horse was being pushed to go faster than it could,so hey, you could tell it was gone as soon as she did that,but they still ran along very fast for about a round like that befiore she sent out the white flag and was stopping badly. Well because they had run along so fast,the field remained spread out and the favorite looked like it was going to win by the length of the straight the way it was travelling. But then they called the race off with a round to go,because the number 4 horse had broken again when at the back,had been taken to the outside of the track by its driver with a gear issue and the mobile vehicle and starter crew vehicle decided to park up on the track while they gave that bloke a hand .The stewsrds saw this and decided to call the race off with a round to go. So if you looked at the video,you could see the horse that had the gear problem had gone on tis merry way well before the horses in the race got to where it had been,,but the starters assistants just stood next to their vehicle in the middle of the track nonchalontly walking back to the vehicle just before the race was called off. They didn't even try to get out of the way after the race was called off,just watching the field run past them,even though none of the horses in the race shied at it,maybe knowing the race had been called off ,thinking well whats the pointb of driving off as its a no race anyway. it was all rather strange.i didn't bother to watch any more races from marburg after that,just changed channels again.
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