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By Chief Stipe · Posted
To Our Valued RACE Members, Thank you for your continued patience, understanding, and support as we work towards a safe and confident return to racing at RACE Awapuni. We know this update will be disappointing for many, and everyone involved, from our track team to NZTR, officials, riders, and Club representatives, shares that feeling. However, taking a little more time is the right step to ensure that when racing does resume, it does so safely and with complete confidence in the surface. Following yesterday’s trials, a meeting was held with representatives from NZTR, RACE, the New Zealand Jockeys’ Association, and track advisor Liam O’Keeffe (Flemington). After reviewing conditions and rider feedback, all parties agreed that the track continues to improve but would benefit from more time before racing resumes. Across eleven heats involving 94 horses, both on the rail and around the markers, riders raised no safety concerns, and the track continues to show improvement. The consensus was that it would benefit from additional time to consolidate. Track consultant Liam O’Keeffe, who has been monitoring the track throughout the Return-to-Racing process, supported the decision. “Following significant rainfall over the past week (107mm in 10 days), the track presented as a heavy surface. Riders noted some kickback, and everyone agreed it would benefit from additional time to consolidate.” “It was pleasing to hear from senior riders that there was no slippage, but it will be important to run another set of trials under drier conditions to give the track a full and fair test,” he said. As a result, we will now work with NZTR to hold another set of trials in late October, when conditions are expected to be drier. We know this isn’t the outcome anyone had hoped for, but it’s an important step to ensure the track performs at its best when racing returns. The safety of our riders and horses remains our top priority, and we’re encouraged by the progress made so far. RACE will continue to work closely with NZTR to find an alternative venue for the November 1 race meeting and will share details as soon as they’re confirmed. Thank you again for your understanding and support. It means a great deal to everyone working hard behind the scenes to bring racing safely back to Awapuni. Yours in racing, Richard Simpson Chairman RACE Inc. -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Jockey Zac Purton gave Ka Ying Rising a “pass mark” and trainer David Hayes walked away confident the world’s best sprinter will improve significantly after this third-placed finish in a 1,000m trial in Sydney on Tuesday morning. In a star-studded trial featuring a host of Ka Ying Rising’s expected opponents in October 18’s The Everest (1,200m) at Randwick, he led out wide early before striding out down the middle of the track and finishing a close third under minimal urging from Purton. “It was...View the full article -
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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Ka Ying Rising will need to improve before The Everest after finishing third in a barrier trial at Randwick on Tuesday morning. Picture: HKJC. David Hayes expects Ka Ying Rising to improve significantly ahead of Group 1 The Everest (1200m) on 18 October after the world’s highest-rated sprinter finished third under Zac Purton in a 1000m barrier trial at Royal Randwick in Sydney on Tuesday morning. Pitted against potential The Everest rivals Overpass, Joliestar and Angel Capital as well as Group 1 King Charles III Stakes (1609m) contenders Fangirl and Mr Brightside and The Golden Eagle (1500m) entrant Linebacker, Ka Ying Rising was kept under restraint by Purton throughout as the pair coursed wide. The four-time Group 1 winner jumped smartly from barrier seven and cruised up Randwick’s straight on the outside of Linebacker (Zac Lloyd), who beat Overpass (Josh Parr) by half a head with Ka Ying Rising third, a head further away, in 58.39s. Mr Brightside was a distant fourth, almost five lengths from the winner. Hayes believes Ka Ya Rising will benefit from the trial, which featured the winners collectively of 71 races in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong, including 24 at Group 1 level, and combined prizemoney haul of more than HK$300 million. “It was a good, solid trial but he did need it,” Hayes said. “He blew a few cobwebs out and he’ll really come on a lot for that and he’ll have a nice gallop on Monday and he’ll be right for the big one,” Hayes said. “He’s about 20 pounds above his racing weight (about 1,150lb) and I’ll expect it (his weight) to come down a bit in the next week.” Purton echoed Hayes’ thoughts and said Ka Ying Rising needs to improve before next Saturday’s The Everest, a race which he has been installed a $1.70 favourite for with Aussie betting sites. “Pass mark, needs to improve. He hasn’t had a run for about a month and he hasn’t done too much serious work in that amount of time, so it was the first time he’s done anything competitive in a while. “The track was a little bit soft for him. He’s not totally at home on that ground. But I thought he trialled well enough. I think he’ll come on a bit from that. Obviously, it’s going to be a competitive race. The horses in Australia are peaking at the right time, so hopefully we can draw a good gate, get a dry track and I’m sure he’ll improve a bit off that. “He had a big blow after the trial and he’ll have another 200 metres to run in The Everest, he’s got 10 days to do a bit more work and improve – hopefully he can.” The winner of his past 13 starts, Ka Ying Rising has not started since triumphing in the Class 1 HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin on September 7. Hayes arranged for Ka Ying Rising to have a “full dress rehearsal” at Royal Randwick with the five-year-old spending time in the raceday tie-up stalls and the Theatre of the Horse, where he completed several laps and appeared slightly agitated. “Hopefully he’ll improve from the experience,” Hayes said of Hong Kong’s reigning Horse of the Year. “He’s had a look at Randwick now. He hasn’t been away from Sha Tin for a long time – that’s his only track – so to have a look around here was very, very good for him.” The field for the Everest, which is the richest turf race in the world with a purse of approximately HK$103 million, will be confirmed on Monday, October 13. View the full article -
Said it a million times, why 2 meetings up North every week, only need one at present, could easily run one maiden race for 15000, then another for 8 or 9 for the lesser lights, different ratings penaltys as well, it's not all doom and gloom, it just needs logical thinking, maybe they have to realise that Alexandra Park might need to miss the odd Friday for Cambridge, it's no big deal. Even Southlands numbers ain't too flash but at least they ain't getting any more days, don't need them.
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