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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Half Yours has been backed heavily to win the Caulfield Cup after a fast finishing fourth in the Turnbull Stakes. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Racing Photos) Two horses have been handed weight penalties for the $5 million Caulfield Cup (2400m) which will be held on Saturday week, following their respective victories over the weekend. Ciaron Maher’s Royal Supremacy, winner of The Group 1 Metropolitan (2400m) at Randwick on Saturday, rises from 51kg to 52.5kg in the weight scale having received a penalty of 1.5kg for the Caulfield showpiece. Dominant Group 3 Bart Cummings (2500m) winner Valiant King, who ran ninth in last year’s Caulfield Cup for Chris Waller, rises from 51kg to 52kg in the weight scale having received a penalty of 1kg for this year’s edition. The penalties see Royal Supremacy and Valiant King progress to 26th and 27th respectively in the Caulfield Cup order of entry with both horses currently $15 with racing betting sites behind race favourite Half Yours (52.5kg), who ran a slashing fourth in the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) on Saturday. Half Yours is now the $3.50 favourite for the Caulfield Cup, after opening as long as $27 with Picklebet. Both Royal Supremacy and Valiant King also hold entries for the $10 million Melbourne Cup (3200m), with Valiant King securing the fourth live golden ticket into the race that stops a nation alongside Parchment Party, Deakin and Revelare thanks to his Bart Cummings victory. Although both horses remain at 51kg in the iconic race due to the 2kg difference in weight scales between the two Cups this year, the penalty effectively applies against the weight-for-age scale so Royal Supremacy progresses to 32nd in the order of entry. “It was an easy win for Royal Supremacy on Saturday, he moved into the race effortlessly at the top of the straight and was too strong through the line for his rivals,” said David Hegan, Racing Victoria’s (RV) Head of Handicapping. “As a result, he was worthy of a reassessment and takes a 1.5kg Caulfield Cup penalty to rise off the limit of 51kg to 52.5kg while moving up seven spots to 26th in the order of entry. “This places him one spot in the order behind Birdman who carried 1.5kg more than Royal Supremacy in the Metropolitan, but would meet him on level weight terms for that 2.6 length defeat. “In the Bart Cummings, off the very strong pace set by Gilded Water, many were found wanting in the latter stages of the race but Valiant King was the exception, barnstorming from the back of the field to win by an expanding 2.75 lengths on the line. “His runaway victory earns him a 1kg Caulfield Cup penalty off the limit of 51kg to 52kg while moving up 10 spots to 27th in the order of entry. “Neither horse takes a weight penalty for the Melbourne Cup and while Valiant King secured ballot exemption on Saturday, Royal Supremacy does progress up the order nine places from 41st to 32nd given that he is now 9kg below the weight-for-age benchmark for an older male. “Both horse’s true Melbourne Cup weights based on handicap form would now be 50.5kg and 50.0kg respectively, however with the minimum lifted to 51kg this year they were already handicapped on the limit weight and thus their weight won’t change. This takes into account the fact that Caulfield Cup weights are 2kg higher than Melbourne Cup weights this year due to the topweights.” Bart Cummings placegetters Torranzino (second) and Gilded Water (third) both also improved their chances of gaining a start in the Melbourne Cup by passing the first elimination clause and moving up to 48th and 50th respectively in the order of entry. View the full article -
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Sailor Jack produced an impressive trial win at Awapuni on Monday. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Sailor Jack impressed trainers Shaun and Hazel Fannin with his trial victory at Awapuni on Monday, and they have their fingers crossed their home track will be back in commission for his first major test of the season. The five-win gelding took out his 1400m heat in the hands of Chris Dell, beating a handy field, which included last-start Group One winner Quintessa. It was the eight-year-old gelding’s fourth trial this time in, with his trainers searching for better footing. “We were really happy with him,” Hazel Fannin said. “This prep, we would have liked to have had him to a race by now, but there has been a lot of rain around, so we have had to wait a little longer than we expected, but he is still coming to hand really nicely. “It was a pretty tidy field today, so we were rapt with how he went.” More: How to bet on NZ horse racing Fannin is looking forward to Sailor Jack resuming in the next fortnight, with the Power Farming Feilding Cup (2100m) at Awapuni’s scheduled meeting on November 1 his first major aim of the spring. “We will look to kick him off in the (rating) 75 mile next Sunday at Waverley,” she said. “Waverley always plays really well, so that should suit him regardless of the weather. “All going to plan with the Awapuni track, he’ll hopefully go to the Feilding Cup two weeks after that.” Awapuni’s newly renovated grass track still needs to be given the green light to return to racing, with Monday’s trials playing an integral part in that process. The Palmerston North track has been out of commission for two years, having initially been set to return to racing on ANZAC Day earlier this year. However, that meeting was abandoned following a slip in the opening race. The track subsequently underwent further remedial work, with RACE calling on the expertise of Flemington track manager Liam O’Keefe to assist in that process. A set of trials took place at the Palmerston North venue in August, and while the club were pleased with the way the track handled those trials, a track inspection a week later confirmed the track needed more time. Fannin was pleased with how the track handled the trials on Monday and is hoping it is in line for a return to racing next month. “There is a lot more grass on it,” she said. “We will wait to see what the powers at be decide with the track, but it seemed to hold up well. “There is still a bit of shiftiness in the track, but there is improvement since the last time it was open for galloping compared to this time coming back to the trials. “It would be nice to be back at the home track, it is less travel for owners and bringing costs down for them is always a big bonus. It would be great to be back racing here as soon as we can.” View the full article -
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David Eustace is hoping the likes of Sports Legend and Amazing Award can kick-start his season as he looks to break his duck at Happy Valley on Wednesday evening. The 34-year-old is the only trainer without a win to his name this campaign, with the only other maiden for the season, Pierre Ng Pang-chi, getting off the mark at Sha Tin on Saturday. The slow start was something that Eustace was expecting, however, and after securing a strong haul of 36 winners in his first season in Hong Kong, the...View the full article -
Trials were today, 6 October - got through all heats. What was the verdict? Was anyone there? Anyone heard? Watched a couple online - looked like a fair bit of matter chipping out & being kicked up? A local trainer was quoted & mentioned it was shifty. And silence so far from the powers that be is a bit worrying? (I feel like they'd be shouting from the rooftops if the limited return to the turf was a resounding success ...) Maybe the outcome is still being processed through the PR machine (Corporate Communications I believe they call themselves ...) J. -
I think it is great that horses get to race throughout NZ! The problem is that after the Entain money dries up they will not be racing for the stakes that they currently are! HRNZ should not be blowing the money they currently are and have nothing to show for it! They need to wake up and not try and pretend they are the heroes in keeping racing going with the stakes they are paying! The truth if the matter us that racing is really not travelling well at all despite what Brad Steele tries to tell us!
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