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By Murray Fish · Posted
they run ballots for a few to play at being a owner for the day! as previously mentioned! I'm sure the Ballance sheet will make for interesting reading! a world where propaganda and reality meet! -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Ciaron Maher‘s Another Wil delivered a thrilling performance to claim the 2025 CF Orr Stakes at Caulfield, denying Mr Brightside a historic back-to-back victory in the season-opening Group 1. The Street Boss gelding, ridden to perfection by Jamie Melham, settled midfield before unleashing a powerful finish to overhaul the reigning champion in a thrilling photo […] The post 2025 CF Orr Stakes Winner Another Wil Beats Mr Brightside appeared first on HorseRacing.com.au. View the full article -
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Australian raider Here To Shock runs away with the Group 1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Australia took the spoils in Saturday’s eagerly anticipated trans-Tasman sprint clash at Te Rapa as Here To Shock and Bosustow filled the quinella in the Group 1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m). The presence of 11-race winner Here To Shock and last-start Magic Millions Guineas (1400m) hero Bosustow added international spice to an elite field of sprinters, which also featured top-flight Kiwi talent such as Grail Seeker, Savaglee, Luberon, Waitak and Babylon Berlin. But in the end, the local contingent was unable to repel the Australian invasion. Here To Shock broke only fairly from gate eight, but his star Australian jockey Nash Rawiller allowed him to stride forward down Te Rapa’s long back straight and move into second spot on the outside of Savaglee. Free-going mare Babylon Berlin took up her usual front-running role and clearly led the field up to the home turn, when Here To Shock cruised up alongside her. Rawiller turned his mount loose after the 300m mark and the $500,000 race was all over. Here To Shock roared away, opening up a four-length winning margin. Bosustow finished strongly out of the pack to take second in an all-Australian quinella. Standout three-year-old Savaglee was a long head away in a gallant third, with the same margin back to the fourth-placed Waitak. 2025 Group 1 BCD Group Sprint Replay – Here To Shock https://horsebetting.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Te-Rapa-2025-Group-1-BCD-Group-Sprint-08022025-Here-To-Shock-Ben-Will-JD-Hayes-Nash-Rawiller.mp4 Here To Shock was the only ride at Te Rapa on Saturday for Rawiller, who is easing back into riding after dislocating his shoulder in a fall on the Sunshine Coast in early January. “I’m rapt to come and win a Group One in New Zealand today,” he said. “I’ve had success whenever I’ve come here in the past. “I’ve had a month off with a bad shoulder injury. I’ve tried to do all the right things coming back from that. I just thought he was the perfect horse to come over and kick off on. It puts a smile on your face when they don’t let you down.” Here To Shock has now had 35 starts for 12 wins, seven placings and more than $2.6 million in stakes. He has won three of his five starts as a seven-year-old this season, including the A$1.5 million Alan Brown Stakes (1400m) and the A$1 million The Supernova (1400m). “I’m a bit blown away by him,” Rawiller said. “He’s shown that he can do that. He’s just racing with so much confidence now and has won some very good races in this preparation. “You sense he could go back to Australia and be very competitive in a Group One while he’s fit and confident and others might still be on their way up. He’s really got his tail up, this horse. He’s turned his career around and he just gives you a lot of confidence going forward.” Horse racing news View the full article -
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El Vencedor romps to a three-length win in the Group 1 Herbie Dyke Stakes. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Saturday’s Group 1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa marked another new high point in the career of the ever-improving El Vencedor, who took his career earnings past $1 million with a stunning three-length runaway. The son of Shocking initially showed promise as a sprinter, winning over 1200m in both New Zealand and Australia as a three-year-old and placing in the Group 3 Concorde Handicap (1200m) and Listed Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at four. But El Vencedor has come into his own over longer distances at the ages of five and six, starting with a runner-up finish in last year’s Thorndon Mile (1600m) in his first attempt at Group One level. He followed that up with a fourth in the Group 1 Otaki-Maori WFA Classic (1600m) and a brilliant breakthrough victory in the Group 1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie. El Vencedor’s prospects of matching or even exceeding those weight-for-age heroics in this preparation looked bleak when he finished last of 13 runners in the Gr.1 TAB Mufhasa Classic (1600m) at Trentham in early December, but his turnaround since then has been extraordinary. Trainer Stephen Marsh has brought the six-year-old back to his very best, while Australian-based jockey Rory Hutchings has clicked superbly with the gelding during his temporary return to New Zealand’s riding ranks this summer. El Vencedor’s resurgence began with a close third behind Snazzytavi and La Crique in the Group 1 Zabeel Classic (2000m) at Ellerslie on Boxing Day. He returned to the Auckland track for last Saturday’s Listed Fulton Family Stakes (1500m), which Marsh mainly used as a pipe-opener for the Herbie Dyke. But El Vencedor carried his 61kg topweight to an amazing five-length romp, sending a clear warning to those who were going to oppose him at Te Rapa. His fixed-odds quote tumbled through the seven days between those two runs, eventually jumping as a $2 favourite with horse racing betting sites in a race turned upside down by the midweek defections of Snazzytavi and Orchestral. Hutchings initially tried to dictate the terms of Saturday’s $700,000 feature, sending El Vencedor to the lead and turning into the back straight at only a steady tempo. But that plan went out the window when the slackening pace made the South Island raider Matscot over-race, which left his jockey Vinnie Colgan with no option but to allow him to stride forward to the front. El Vencedor tracked that rival until around the 600m mark, when Hutchings released the brakes and his mount took control of the race again. Within the space of just a handful of big bounds, he put a big gap between himself and the rest of the field. The chasers went to work in the straight, led by La Crique and the strong-finishing back-markers Whangaehu and Ladies Man, but El Vencedor was out on his own in front. 2025 Group 1 Herbie Dyke Stakes Replay – El Vencedor https://horsebetting.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Te-Rapa-2025-Group-1-Herbie-Dyke-Stakes-08022025-El-Vencedor-Stephen-Marsh-Rory-Hutchings.mp4 “This gives me a lot of satisfaction and I’m very proud of the horse,” Marsh said. “We had a plan to run him last Saturday and have him hard fit and ready to go today. “This takes him well over $1 million now and he’s just gone to another level. He seems to have finally matured. “He won a 1200m race in Australia early on his career and looked like he could win a Railway (Group 1, 1200m). He’s bred to stay, but he had never quite put everything together. Now he’s finally done that.” Hutchings has been in the saddle for El Vencedor’s Zabeel Classic placing, a five-length trial win at Matamata on January 14, and his power-packed performances in the Fulton Family Stakes and Herbie Dyke. “The reason I came home was to try to ride a big winner, and I’ve knocked it off,” the 29-year-old said. “The horse gave me an incredible feeling. It’s hard to be that confident in a Group One, but when he let down, I knew they’d have to be very good to catch him. I thought that on Boxing Day at Ellerslie too, and there was no Snazzytavi in this field today. “I was a little bit worried when the other horse went forward and took over. I’d just got my bloke into a good rhythm, and then that fired him up for probably 50m. But I was able to pop away from the fence and get him back into the rhythm again. The further we went, the stronger he got. “My arms were getting tired around the 600m, so I said, ‘Time to go, boy. Let’s make them chase us.’ The rest is history.” Bred and raced by Mark Freeman and David Price, El Vencedor has now had 39 starts for 10 wins, 14 placings and more than $1.2 million in prize-money. Saturday’s victory also took El Vencedor to the top of the points table for the Rich Hill Champion Middle Distance Series, which carries bonus payments of $300,000 for the horse that finishes first, $150,000 for second and $50,000 for third. The series will culminate in the Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes at Ellerslie on Champions Day on March 8. “We’ve still got Ellerslie, his favourite track, to go back to,” Marsh said. “He’s a big boy who’ll probably need to do something else between now and then. We’ll just play around with him and make sure we perfect his preparation.” Horse racing news View the full article -
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What Sha Tin Races Where Sha Tin Racecourse – Tai Po Rd, Sha Tin District, Hong Kong When Sunday, February 9, 2025 First Race 12:30pm HKT (3:30pm AEDT) Visit Dabble Sha Tin Racecourse is the destination for Hong Kong racing on Sunday afternoon, with a bumper 11-part program set down for decision. The rail is in the C course for the meeting, and with no signs of rainfall on the forecast, racegoers can expect a pristine Good 4 surface throughout the card. All the action is scheduled to get underway at 12:30pm local time. Best Bet at Sha Tin: La Forza The Jamie Richards-trained La Forza returns after a 37-week spell and appears primed for a first-up assault. The son of Toronado caught the eye in a recent barrier trial down the Sha Tin straight on January 21, closing on the heels of multiple Group 1 winner Lucky Sweynesse. His only win in three starts came at this course and distance last preparation with Zac Purton in the saddle, and although it’s been a lengthy absence for this relatively unexposed three-year-old, punters can expect La Forza to figure in the finish. Best Bet Race 3 – #3 La Forza (7) 3yo Gelding | T: Jamie Richards | J: Zac Purton (59.5kg) Next Best at Sha Tin: Light Years Charm Light Years Charm continues to have no luck in his debut Hong Kong season, with the Rubick gelding a good thing licked in his most recent effort at Sha Tin on January 19. The Australian import was held-up with nowhere to go on that occasion, with the four-year-old losing all momentum behind a wall of horses at a critical stage. Zac Purton has the task of overcoming gate 13 this time around, and with a bit more luck transit, Light Years Charm should have no issues justify favouritism with horse racing bookmakers. Next Best Race 7 – #7 Light Years Charm (13) 4yo Gelding | T: David Eustace | J: Zac Purton (56kg) Best Value at Sha Tin: Lucky Sam Gor Lucky Sam Gor has shown good potential heading into his debut assignment, closing off nicely in a recent barrier trial on the Sha Tin all-weather circuit on January 23. He was only asked to make minor inroads in the concluding stages, with Luke Ferraris keeping the son of Press Statement under a strong grip as they cruised through the wire. Kicking off the campaign over 1400m shows intent from the Mark Newnham barn, and provided Lucky Sam Gor can slot in for cover from stall eight, watch for this guy to be flashing home at an each-way price with Picklebet. Best Value Race 2 – #6 Lucky Sam Gor (8) 3yo Gelding | T: Mark Newnham | J: Luke Ferraris (58.5kg) Sunday quaddie tips for Sha Tin Sha Tin quadrella selections February 9, 2025 2-5-6 3-4-5-8-9-14 3-4-5-6-9 2-3-4-7-13 Horse racing tips View the full article
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