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Racing has made strides in recent years in addressing the timing of its races in an effort to prevent events from going off at the same time but as any regular viewer of FanDuel TV knows, the split screen is still needed at times.View the full article -
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Go behind the scenes with Rusty Arnold trainees Echo Sound and Kilwin as they train for the Aug. 2 Test Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course. Assistant trainer Lyndsay Delello introduces us to both fillies, Johnathan Monge takes them for a gallop.View the full article -
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Right you are! I was confusing it with Grand Eagle, also previously owned by the Neills, wearing their colours, and trained by the Dunns. This makes the betting plunge more understandable. -
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By Michael Guerin Trainer Steven Reid almost doesn’t want to use the big “J word” when assessing the chances of debutante filly Smackdown at Addington tonight. But as is always the case Reid can’t help but be honest and frank about the recent stunning trial winner. “When she was coming up earlier in the season I thought there wasn’t anything between her and Jumal,” says Reid. There it is. Reid has mentioned Smackdown in the same breath as Jumal (pictured above), the Diamond Creek Stakes winner in April who is unbeaten in three starts and might be the most exciting juvenile pacer in the country. Reid is quick to temper the expectations around Smackdown in Race 6, the It’s Time To Book With Woodlands Mobile Pace (7.40pm) tonight but she still has plenty going for her in a field lacking experienced rivals. “She was right up there with Jumal when they were coming up but she kept growing, which saw her weaken off a bit. “She is almost 16 hands now but she still has plenty of ability.” Smackdown showed that when she beat her sole rival by 16 lengths in a recent Ashburton trial, pacing 1:56.6 for the mile. “She is obviously a really lovely filly but this was originally supposed to be a fillies only race and it is always harder taking on the boys in these races.” Reid says his only other problem with Smackdown is her trainer’s fresh up record. “I don’t often win with them on debut,” he laughs. “It is something I haven’t done a lot of, training horses to win on debut but she is a good filly and Samantha Ottley who drove her in that trial said she jogged it.” Aided by the scratching of one of the favourites in Franco Ankara, Smackdown is $2.60 with the TAB but there has been some interest in the Cullen-trained Zeus Lightning, who has been $8.50 to $3.50. As for Reid’s stable star Jumal, he will be back at the trials on August 13 and 20 as a Sires’ Stakes campaign looms. View the full article -
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By Michael Guerin Hot favourite Hawkeye Pierce could be forgiven for being a touch confused when he scores up from barrier 2 in the race of the night at Alexandra Park tonight. Because the four-year-old is far more used to bad draws and hard runs that what he faces in the Join TAB Racing Club Mobile over 1700m tonight (7.24pm). An impressive last-start winner when fresh up for trainers Logan Hollis and Shane Robertson, Hawkeye Pierce has been brave but often beaten, winning just three of his 16 starts. While his eight second placings suggests he is something of a “gunna”, Hollis says the barrier draw Gods have cursed Hawkeye Pierce. “He drew well in a couple of his early starts in only very small fields but he has barely drawn well in the last 18 months,” says Hollis. “That means he has often had really hard run when they consistently pace 2:40 for 2200m at The Park. “But I have never been disappointed in him.” Trainers complaining their horse never draws well is one of racing’s all-time greatest hits but in Hawkeye Pierce’s case, Hollis is spot on. In his last 10 starts he has drawn inside barrier 5 just once, with a draw sequence of 5-7-8-7-6-3-6-10-7-11, so barrier 2 tonight in going to see him using a lot less energy than usual to get or stay handy and almost certainly covering less overall ground. “The one thing about all his bad barrier draws is we don’t really know how much gate speed he has because he hasn’t had much chance to use it,” explains Hollis. “But one time I drove him at the workouts and asked him to leave the gate be bolted out so I think it will be there.” While backing horses with a three from 16 record at $1.70 may not make percentage sense Hawkeye Pierce looks to have found himself in an ideal race, with his two best performed rivals Village Rebel and Mighty Looee fresh up and drawn wide. Logan and Hollis, who have a very good strike rate, also have Minjee (R4, No.6) in the same race and suggest her widish draw is okay as she is better out and working in her races. Earlier in the night the small Pukekohe stable take Gotta Go Miki (R3, No.3) to a nice mares race with plenty of chances and Hollis says ability isn’t her issue. “She is a horse who has been sent to test us,” he laughs. “She has the ability to win this but does a lot wrong but she is worth following.” The surprise package of their stable this campaign has been Franco Salah (R6, No.8) who has been very tough in his latest runs but will need to be so again from the outside of the gate. “We didn’t know he could do what he has done this campaign so he has become a horse who is always a chance in this grade.” Tonight’s main trot will provide one of the other highlights as horses like Lord Popinjay (40m) and Romeo Foxtrot (30m) attempt to overcome their big handicaps in just 2200m, with their starts and the manners of their rivals crucial components. View the full article
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