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Hong Kong challengers have landed
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Skywalk breaks 1100m record in style
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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
John Size-trained galloper taken for further assessment after sustaining a suspected dislocated left front fetlock.View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Sam Agars SKY JEWELLERY - R10 (9) Smart young galloper can continue his impressive start Jay Rooney FLASH CURRENT - R5 (2) Big run off a slow speed last start and should get a more suitable tempo today Trackwork Spy SKY JEWELLERY - R10 (9) Narrowly missed last start but can return to winning ways here Phillip Woo HELENE FEELING - R7 (1) Holding his form very well and deserves another win this term Shannon (Vincent Wong) MOUNT EVEREST - R3 (2) Talented youngster won well on his debut and can score again Racing Post Online LIFELINE EXPRESS - R6 (1) Scored well over this C&D last start and can repeat the dose Tom Wood VOYAGE SAMURAI - R7 (5) Is holding his form well and should get a soft lead and be tough to peg backView the full article -
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Emma-Lee and David Browne planned to use Saturday’s A$130,000 Robert Taranto Handicap (1400m) at Caulfield as a lead-up to a country cup for Rhinoceros (NZ) (Vadamos), but the New Zealand-bred gelding had other ideas and rattled home for a $31 upset win. The six-year-old headed into Saturday’s race with a strong run of form away from the bright lights of metropolitan racing. He had won the Dunkeld Cup (1800m) in November and the Colac Cup (2000m) in February, followed by a fourth in the Echuca Cup (1400m) and a last-start second in the Bairnsdale Cup (1600m). The Brownes had the A$50,000 Warracknabeal Cup (1600m) on April 19 circled in their diary, but Rhinoceros caught them by surprise with a city win that will likely weight him out of that country feature. “I love this horse so much,” Emma-Lee Browne said. “I might have to get a rhino tattoo now. He’s a gem. He just keeps giving. He’s been up for a long time and I keep wondering when he’s going to want to go out, but he’s just loving his life and is an absolute marvel. “This was originally meant to just be a run along the way to the Warracknabeal Cup. We might have stuffed that up now. “This is my oldest daughter Chloe’s favourite horse. She’s hired a boat tonight for her 19th birthday, so I think the boat might be going off tonight.” Rhinoceros was ridden by Dean Yendall, who tucked him into fourth along the rail as Red Phantom (Estidhkaar) led the field up to the home turn. A gap opened between the two leaders around the home turn and Yendall drove Rhinoceros through it, drawing up alongside Red Phantom. That runner fought back, but Rhinoceros wore him down to win by a length. “You’d probably need a wheelbarrow to put all the weight in the saddle for the Warracknabeal Cup now,” Yendall said. “He even carried a bit of weight today with 59kg. He began cleanly and had no issues getting across. He settled beautifully behind the leaders. “I got dragged into the race nicely. He flowed into it and came through the middle. When I asked for a real good effort, he obliged and attacked the line really strongly.” Rhinoceros has now had 45 starts for 10 wins, seven placings and A$522,252 in stakes for his breeder Andrew Fowler, who shares ownership with Sparta Racing. Rhinoceros is by Vadamos out of the Lonhro mare Hot In Pink (NZ), who herself won two races over 1000m and 1200m. All of Hot In Pink’s three foals to race have been winners, including the Listed Wanganui Guineas (1200m) placegetter Crickets Chirping (NZ) (Belardo). Hot In Pink is a half-sister to the multiple Group Three winner and Group One-placed Melt (NZ) (Iffraaj), along with Elephant (NZ) (Shocking), a six-time winner for the Brownes including the Gr.3 Sandown Stakes (1500m). View the full article -
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New Zealand-bred filly Aeliana (NZ) (Castelvecchio) secured a special place in the 164-year history of the Gr.1 Australian Derby (2400m) with a stunning five-length blitz in the A$2 million classic at Randwick on Saturday. Aeliana became only the 10th filly to win the Australian Derby, and one of just two in the last 35 years. The other filly to win the race during that period was fellow New Zealand-bred Shamrocker (NZ) (O’Reilly) in 2011. The Chris Waller-trained Aeliana burst on the scene in the spring with back-to-back wins in the Gr.3 Reginald Allen Quality (1400m) at Randwick and by three and a half lengths in the Gr.3 Carbine Club Stakes (1600m) at Flemington. She concluded her breakthrough spring campaign with a flying finish into second in the Gr.1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield. Strong-finishing efforts for third in the Gr.2 Hobartville Stakes (1400m), fourth in the Gr.1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) and a desperately close second in the Gr.1 Rosehill Guineas (1600m) suggested Aeliana was crying out for the 2400m of the Australian Derby. She received a torrent of support through Saturday afternoon, tightening all the way into $2.25 as the best-backed runner in any of the 10 races on the opening day of The Championships. She was backed as if virtually unbeatable, and so it proved. Jockey Damian Lane put Aeliana well within striking distance, settling close up in fourth and one off the rail as Plymouth (The Autumn Sun) and Mustang Morgan (NZ) (Preferment) set the pace. That pair began to feel the pinch coming up to the home turn, but Aeliana was travelling with effortless ease as she cruised up beside them under a tight hold. Lane let her go inside the final 300m and the response was explosive. Aeliana charged clear in a Derby demolition job, opening up a five-length margin over Firm Agreement (Yes Yes Yes). Shanwah (NZ) (Too Darn Hot) finished third, with Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) winner Willydoit (NZ) (Tarzino) fourth after a tough wide run. “She was extraordinary,” Lane said. “She left the barriers well, just travelled great from the outset and felt a winner a long way out. She’s a super filly.” From 10 starts, Aeliana has now recorded four wins and three placings and has earned A$2.27 million for a Star Thoroughbreds ownership syndicate. Star Thoroughbreds bought her for $180,000 from Rich Hill Stud’s draft in Book 1 of Karaka 2023. Aeliana became the second Derby winner for both Lane and Waller. Lane previously won it aboard Jon Snow in 2017, while Waller won the Derby last year with Riff Rocket. “She’s a great filly and she deserved this,” Waller said on Saturday. “She was beaten a nose in the Thousand Guineas, beaten a nose by Broadsiding (Too Darn Hot) in the Rosehill Guineas – near-misses in two career-making races. So she really deserved a Group One win and she’s done it in style. “That was a dominant win. I don’t get as emotional these days as I used to, but that was really special. I was waiting for something to come with us at the 300m, and you could see there was some horses doing their best, but the way she opened up was really special.” Waller suggested that Aeliana is unlikely to back up into the Gr.1 Australian Oaks (2400m) against her own sex next Saturday. “My job is to look after her,” he said. “It would be unlikely that she would back up. But, wow, I can’t wait for the next chapter, because she’s a rising star.” Aeliana was bred by Nearco Stud and Rich Hill Thoroughbreds and is by Arrowfield Stud stallion Castelvecchio out of the Star Witness mare Temolie. Aeliana is the first foal to race out of Temolie, who was herself a placegetter on the racetrack and is a half-sister to Star Thoroughbreds’ Group One winner Invincibella (I am Invincible), as well as the Group Three winner Secret Blaze (Sizzling) and Listed winner Extreme Flight (Extreme Choice). Rich Hill Stud bought Temolie for A$200,000 from the 2021 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast, when she was carrying Aeliana. Temolie has been served by Rich Hill’s resident superstar sire Proisir every spring since then, producing filly foals in 2022 and 2023. The first of those Proisir fillies was bought by Ciaron Maher Bloodstock and TFI for $250,000 at Karaka 2024, while Aeliana’s owners Star Thoroughbreds paid $300,000 to buy the filly offered by Rich Hill during Book 1 of Karaka 2025 in January. View the full article
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