-
Available Subscriptions
The Rest of the World
71,106 topics in this forum
-
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 106 views
-
-
- Journalists
Report: Country House Out of Preakness
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 84 views
-
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 93 views
-
-
- Journalists
Maximum Security Arrives at Monmouth Park
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 88 views
-
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 84 views
-
-
- Journalists
Can you win a million with the RaceBets Million
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 221 views
-
- Journalists
May-Day!
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 89 views
-
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 98 views
-
-
- Journalists
Pat Smullen Retires
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 110 views
-
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 115 views
-
-
- Journalists
KHRC Denies West Appeal
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 118 views
-
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 129 views
-
-
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 107 views
-
-
- Journalists
Guineas Winners Target Irish Counterparts
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 93 views
-
- Journalists
The TDN Derby Wrap
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 90 views
-
- Journalists
Observations for May 7
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 96 views
-
- Journalists
DHS to Accept Visa Petitions Beginning May 8
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 105 views
-
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 101 views
-
-
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 107 views
-
-
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 92 views
-
-
- Journalists
Bourbon War Joins Preakness Cast
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 96 views
-
- Journalists
MJC to Offer Trainer Bonuses Preakness Weekend
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 100 views
-
- Journalists
The Weekly Wrap: Crown A Thorny Topic
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 108 views
-
- Journalists
Chester Preview – Wednesday
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 82 views
-
- Journalists
R.A.C.E Fund Auction Kicks off May 24
-
- Journalists
- 0 replies
- 801 views
Announcements
-
Posts
-
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Veteran east coast rider Kendrick Carmouche led all jockeys for the week in wins with nine riding between Parx Racing and Aqueduct, including a win in a stakes race. The panel of racing experts voted Carmouche Jockey of the Week for Dec. 30- Jan. 5.View the full article -
The more you look at this the more stupid it looks, how could anyone things this was going to be of benefit to the local industry? -
It really doesn't for them. They ll do it again. They don't care. CS doesn't think the racing mafia exist in NZ.
-
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
David Hayes is confident Ka Ying Rising (NZ) (Shamexpress) is primed to continue his barnstorming form in the HK$13 million G1 Centenary Sprint Cup (1200m) on 19 January after the star sprinter dominated a 1200m trial at Sha Tin this morning (Thursday, 9 January). Partnered by regular rider Zac Purton, the G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) victor sat three-wide early before coasting to the lead and was untroubled in beating G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m) winner Voyage Bubble by three quarters of length in 1m 10.43s. The pair cleared out from the rest of the nine-horse trial with Lady’s Choice third, almost eight lengths away, with Helios Express and Galaxy Patch finishing fifth and seventh, respectively. Confirming plans to chase the HK$5 million bonus on offer for the winner of the Hong Kong Speed Series – the Centenary Sprint Cup, G1 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m) on 23 February and the G1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) on 27 April – Hayes was delighted with today’s hit-out. “We’re very happy with the trial. He was a little bit fresh before the trial, so this will just settle him down for next week and you couldn’t have asked for more, could you? It was a beautiful trial,” Hayes said. “Zac didn’t move on him and he went through the motions very well with big margins to third and fourth. It was pretty good.” Seven-time Hong Kong champion jockey Purton was also impressed with the trial as Ka Ying Rising bids to extend an eight-race winning streak. “With the time between runs, he always gets a little bit fresh and when he’s fresh, that’s when he gets a bit agitated,” Purton said. “So, the trial’s always nice to knock the edge off him a bit and on race day, he’s settled his nerves.” John Size was satisfied with Helios Express, who will challenge Ka Ying Rising in the Centenary Sprint Cup after finishing only half a length behind the 128-rater in the LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint on 8 December. “He trialled the way he normally does, he just sort of goes through the motions and he’s probably not a good trialler on the dirt track, but he just does his work and that’s all we really expect from him,” said Size, who has also entered Bauhinia Sprint Trophy Handicap (1000m) winner Howdeepisyourlove in next week’s feature. Size be represented by Beauty Eternal and Red Lion in HK$13 million G1 Stewards’ Cup (1600m) at Sha Tin on 19 January, hopeful the duo can topple Voyage Bubble after finishing fourth and eighth, respectively, behind Ricky Yiu’s 128-rater in the LONGINES Hong Kong Mile. Beauty Eternal finished third, beaten only half a length, behind Find My Love in today’s second 1200m batch. “He looked like he did his work properly, he seems in pretty good order, he’s pretty relaxed and I think he seems to be going on with his preparation quite normally,” Size said. Purton added: “He’s moving well and trialling well. We just need him to take his trials to the races. We know he’s got the ability when he produces it, we’re just waiting for him to do it at the moment. But I do feel like he keeps heading in the right way, just that little bit every time.” Hong Kong racing continues at Sha Tin on Sunday (12 January) with the Class 5 Wu Kai Sha Handicap (1200m, dirt) at 1pm. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
The new year has already started well for Spain's leading trainer Guillermo Arizkorreta. On January 4, the 13-time champion notched his 1,000th victory in the country when Liam Norris's homebred Stellaris (GB) (Recoletos {Fr}) won at Pineda. By now, Arizkorreta should have landed in Dubai where he has already made history by saddling the first Spanish-bred and -trained winner at the carnival with Plantagenet (Spa) back in 2012. The son of Trade Fair (GB) returned to Dubai to win again the following season, and this year his trainer has sent his largest team of six horses to Meydan in a bid to add to his impressive overseas record. “We try to travel as much as possible. We've been having lots of runners in France lately and we like to travel farther away as well,” says Arizkorreta, a former leading amateur rider who saw plenty of the racing world in his days competing in the Fegentri series and later working for Luca Cumani in the UK, Con Collins in Ireland and his compatriot Carlos Laffon-Parias in France. Home he went, eventually, and just in time for La Zarzuela racecourse in Madrid to reopen for racing after a near-decade-long hiatus. It is fair to say that Arizkorreta has dominated his country's racing scene since then. He wouldn't say it himself, however, for he is far too self-effacing, and he laughs at the suggestion that he is Spain's answer to Andre Fabre. “Well, I'm from the same city as Andre Fabre – he was born in San Sebastián,” is his only admission on that front. Of his immediate international plans, which include having two runners on Friday at Meydan in Sky Hawk (GB) (Advertise {GB}) and Thundering (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), he says, “My biggest client has had a couple of horses in Dubai in the past and he was keen to have more there this year. We plan to send handicappers to those races which have good prize-money – kind of 80-rated horses. We bought a few at the Horses-in-Training Sale in Newmarket and we have sent a few who have run in Spain.” The six-year-old Thundering will be making his debut for Arizkoretta and his owner Horses & Berries having won twice for Kevin Ryan before changing hands last October at Tattersalls. Sky Hawk was bought from the same sale a year earlier after making one start for Richard Fahey and the four-year-old is now a dual winner in Spain, as well as finishing runner-up in another four of his eight starts last year. “We've had horses in Dubai six or seven times now overall,” Arizkorreta says. “It's very hard to win there. We've had a few places and the horses have generally run well but it is very competitive. I was thinking about going to Bahrain but I didn't find a horse in the end, but I hope to have a runner in the International Handicap in Saudi.” Guillermo Arizkorreta at Tattersalls in Newmarket | Laura Green Along with one of his proudest days on home turf when winning the Listed Gran Premio de Madrid for the first time with Madrileno (GB) (Sir Percy {GB}) in 2016, Arizkorreta has gradually compiled a decent stakes record and, despite the dearth of black-type races in Spain, now has ten stakes wins to his credit. These include a double on arguably the biggest day of his career to date when he won consecutive group races on the same card in Baden-Baden. Kitty Marion (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}) landed the G3 Goldene Peitsche and was swiftly followed into the winner'e enclosure when Rodaballo (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) won the G2 Oettingen Rennen. “We've been lucky when we've travelled and we try to go to France as often as we can as it's not too far from Madrid,” he says. “Maybe 20 to 25 per cent of our runners are in France. We find suitable races wherever we can – in Germany, Switzerland or Italy. We love travelling.” The trainer's most recent notable success in France came last October with the Listed Grand Criterium de Bordeaux winner Bulnes (Ire) (Galileo Gold {Ire}). His stable housed not just this top two-year-old colt in Spain last year but also the country's leading juvenile filly, Octans (Spa) (The Grey Gatsby {Ire}). While Bulnes will remain in the Spanish capital in the countdown to the domestic 2,000 Guineas (Gran Premio Cimera) in Madrid in late April, Octans is already in Dubai where she will attempt to enhance her impressive record from last year of four wins and a second from five starts. “We're going to try to have her in the sun and run a couple of races in Dubai before she comes back and then her aim is the Spanish Guineas [Gran Premio Valderas],” says Arizkorreta, who has now been based at La Zarzuela since 2006. The stunning racecourse, which has the downtown cityscape of Madrid as a backdrop, also acts as the country's largest training centre, with just over 400 horses across the resident trainers. Another Arizkorreta winner in the circle at La Zarzuela, Madrid | Emma Berry “Madrid racecourse still has good prize-money and is still very popular with the locals but racing in Spain is not growing, that's for sure. There are around 800 horses in training overall in the country and roughly 400 races a year,” says the trainer. As this week's cover star of the Spanish racing publication A Galopar, Arizkorreta would certainly give the racing fans of his home nation plenty to cheer about if he can strike again on the international stage in the Middle East. While Alcaraz (Fr) (Intello {Ger}), a relation to Treve (Fr) whom he bought from Jean-Claude Rouget's stable last year, looks set to represent him in Riyadh, the team in Dubai includes the well-bred Shamran (GB) (Kingman {GB}), another recent purchase, this time from breeder Imad Al Sagar and trainer Harry Charlton, at Tattersalls last October. Rated 82, the four-year-old could be in action at Meydan as soon as next week. Competitive that action may be, but it would be no surprise to see the flag of Spain flying once more in Dubai, courtesy of its country's most enterprising trainer. The post History-Making Arizkorreta Flies Flag For Spain Again appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
-
-
Topics
-
