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A collection of Preakness-inspired artworks are now on display for public voting at The Art of Racing, an online gallery which showcases art by those inspired by racing both on and off the track. Public voting will last two weeks with the winning piece featured on specially-created Preakness merchandise. Proceeds from the sales of the art will support Park Heights Renaissance, a non-profit dedicated to creating employment and housing in the Park Heights community. View the entire collection of The Art of Racing and vote here. The post Public Voting Open For Preakness-Inspired Art Contest appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Byron King's Top 12 on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, presented by Spendthrift Farm.View the full article

GII Risen Star S. winner Sierra Leone (Gun Runner) was named the favorite for Pool 5 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager. The 'TDN Rising Star' is the 5-1 morning-line choice in the pool that opens Friday, March 15, per a release from CDI. Other top interests in the pool include GII Rebel S. winner Timberlake (Into Mischief), GII Fountain of Youth S. victor Dornoch (Good Magic) and Eclipse champion 2-year-old Fierceness (City of Light). The lone future wager for the GI Kentucky Oaks also begins Friday with 'TDN Rising Star' and Rachel Alexandra S. winner Tarifa (Bernardini) topping the list of fillies at 8-1. The post Risen Star Winner Sierra Leone Made 5-1 Favorite In Pool 5 Of KY Derby Future Wager appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

There were few changes in this week's National Thoroughbred Association top Thoroughbred poll or for their 3-year-old counterparts. Last year's Pacific Classic (G1) winner Arabian Knight was the lone new member of the top 10. View the full article

GIII Robert B. Lewis S. winner and 'TDN Rising Star' Nysos (Nyquist) remains atop the leaderboard for week 7 as the NTRA's top 3-year-old in a poll released Tuesday. GII Risen Star S. winner Sierra Leone (Gun Runner) edged out Dornoch (Good Magic) for second with Timberlake (Into Mischief), Track Phantom (Quality Road) and Muth (Good Magic) also receiving votes. For the older horses, recent G1 Saudi Cup hero Senor Buscador (Mineshaft) took top honors ahead of National Treasure (Quality Road), Saudi Crown (Always Dreaming) and Newgate (Into Mischief). The post Unbeaten Nysos Remains Top 3-Year-Old In NTRA Poll appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Commissioner Doug Moore, the new Chair of the Association of Racing Commissioners International, made inaugural remarks Monday. Per a release from the ARCI, Moore called for unity amongst the racing industry along with reforms to HISA. Speaking about how penalties are assessed, Moore noted: “Previously, these fines varied from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, creating an illusion of inconsistent application of the rules. But the fact of the matter is that uniform fines are anything but uniform. Fines were and need to be assessed based on the financial structure of individual tracks. An equal fine assessed to a trainer at a track running for a purse structure of up to $500,000 per day is not the same as one given to a trainer racing where the daily purses are $100,000 per day.” Moore's full remarks can be viewed on the ARCI website. The post New ARCI Chair Calls For Unity And Suggests HISA Reform appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

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Terrence Franks, the top rookie contestant at the National Horseplayers Championship, will be honored with the James Nace Trophy. The 25th edition of the Championship, presented by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, begins Friday, March 15 and continues through Sunday, March 17. “Receiving the Jim Nace Trophy is a great honor and a moment II'll cherish, but it's also a reminder of the journey ahead,” said Franks. “The pursuit of excellence doesn't stop with an award; it's an ongoing process of learning, adapting, and thriving amidst the challenges.” “To all aspiring handicappers, success in this field is not just about making the right calls but also about continuous learning, adaptability, and a genuine love for the sport,” he continued. “Let passion be your guide, and never stop seeking knowledge.” To sign up for the 2024 NHC Tour, visit the NTRA website. The post Terrence Franks Honored As Top Rookie At National Horseplayers Championship appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

For a stallion farm, it's the equivalent of the “difficult second album” so notorious in the music industry. You've launched a new sire, and profited from the customary stampede of commercial mares. But the vogue proves to be cruelly fleeting. When he returns to the covering shed, the following spring, he offers exactly the same performance history, chromosomes and conformation as before. But suddenly the phone is cold. Precisely the factors that drove his debut book–novelty, plus security from imminent exposure of his competence (or otherwise) to replicate ability–have meanwhile prompted everybody to switch to the next bunch of rookies off the carousel. In the old days, farm accountants might reckon on three seasons to retrieve the investment required to land a stallion prospect. The model was “three and out.” Nowadays, they're having to calculate closer to “one and out.” In the verdict shared by one confidant, the market for second-season sires in 2024 is proving “brutal.” Already five years ago, one of the big commercial farms managed to find just 53 mares for the second book of a stallion that had started out the year before with 223. It's very hard to see who benefits from that kind of volatility. Knowing that the only thing as certain as demand for a new stallion is the brevity of attention, opening fees now tend to be very high. In fact, the percentage of sires that will achieve a viable niche in Kentucky naturally being very small, the majority will turn out to have started at the highest fee they will ever command. The agents and managers tell their clients that first-crop yearlings represent their one shot to land on the next Into Mischief or Tapit while he's still affordable. But if that were true, why don't they stick to their guns in the stallion's third and fourth seasons, when fees, books and medians are on a giddy slide? That, after all, is precisely when your vaunted “judgement” is about to be vindicated by his first runners. That leaves as their only real pretext the self-fulfilling one that a stallion's debut book will generally prove the biggest and best of his life. But if you've truly identified a stallion who can upgrade his mares, then wouldn't you want one of the few yearlings going to market the year after he has demonstrated that ability to a waiting world? Look, everyone is doing this stuff with their eyes open. The industrial model enables a stallion farm to charge a relatively lenient fee because they're going to process a ton of mares. But if a turf sprinter could last year cover 293 mares in his first book, then breeders already know that they had better stand out from the crowd. In fairness, these high-volume operations would surely prefer a consistent spread of temperate support, through four or five years, to the current polarities. True, some of them have mastered the challenge impressively, maintaining the famous “pipeline”–whether with their own mares, or through the kind of imaginative incentive schemes introduced by the late B. Wayne Hughes for an ice-cold second-year stallion named Into Mischief. And the farms that do struggle to maintain traffic can hardly blame commercial breeders, who need to put bread on their table. So we can only conclude that it all starts with those directing investment at ringside. So what can be done? Anecdotally, we're hearing of farms offering deals on second-year sires: two-for-one, even free seasons. We're also told that “nobody's talking about it.” Well, let's change that. At the end of this article you'll find an email address to share your views or experiences. In the meantime, one man characteristically prepared not only to address the situation but to do something about is Price Bell of Mill Ridge. This farm has made a pretty spectacular return to the stallion game with Oscar Performance, and is now determined to help its latest recruit face the headwind in his second year. Aloha West, winner of the GI Breeders' Cup Sprint at Del Mar in 2021, covered 83 mares in his first book. Emboldened by the quality they report in his first foals, Bell and the shareholders are offering a new incentive to keep the horse (an $8,500 cover) in the game. “If you're the breeder of record of an Aloha West that wins a maiden special weight, as a 2- or 3-year-old, you'll get a free season the next year,” Bell explains. “In other words, it's after actually having done something that you'll get rewarded. As opposed to what you hear now, where it's like, 'You get a free season this year, but then if the horse makes it, you're going to have to pay a $20,000 stud fee to breed back to him.' “Heaven forbid, Aloha West has 40 maiden winners his first crop? Then we'll have to give away 40 seasons. But it would also mean he's champion first-crop sire, so I'd love nothing more than that problem!” The point is that it should all come down to belief. “At the end of the day, if you stand a horse at stud, and support him with your mares, that's got to be because you believe that their foals will become successful racehorses,” Bell says. “And now that purse money is where it is, you can make that play. You won't always have to go to the commercial sales market. Yes, you've got more bills if you don't. But the reward, at the end, is potentially worth it.” Somehow, somewhere along the line, people have come up with this idea that there's a difference between breeding for the racetrack and breeding for the ring. For anyone prepared to play a slightly longer game, however, there should be nothing more commercial than putting a winner under your mare. “Absolutely,” Bell agrees. “For your mare and for your stallion, right? I mean, I don't have all the answers, anything like it–but I guess that is exactly my query about the whole thing.” Aloha West found himself in a very tough intake: Flightline, Life Is Good, Jackie's Warrior, Jack Christopher, Epicenter. But it was no picnic for Oscar Performance to lock horns with Justify, Good Magic, City of Light. And he duly had to earn his stripes through the standard adversities. “Oscar Performance actually had the same number of mares in his first and second years, which was like 120,” Bell says. “Just like Aloha West, because of the breadth, quality and belief of the shareholders, he was going to remain supported through those early years. He went 120, 120, 80, and then 60. And it was probably only as many as 60 because he had a winner at Keeneland in April. That got him another 10 mares or so in that fourth book.” Which brings us back to a point made earlier: if you actually believe in what you were doing, the fourth season is exactly when you would be playing: you get the best value about a horse even as he's about to announce his prowess for all to see. “And yet some horses don't even get to a fourth crop in America!” exclaims Bell. “I think my dad [Headley Bell] made that point when he bred to Arrogate in his fourth crop. There was a lot of uncertainty along the way, before he exploded with Cave Rock and all the rest. Nobody gets it right every time. Well, it's that yo-yo of chicken and feathers–you're still back at feathers. With the middle market so bifurcated, you stick to your guns because you're either going to be rewarded or you're not. There's no safe 'bond' play. If you hit, you're going to get well paid; and if you don't, you got nothing anyway. Oscar Performance | Photos By Z “That's why you do see some very shrewd breeders using horses in years three and four. And I'd like to believe that a little bit of that's happening right now. There's still a lot of mares to be booked. People have seen the incentives. They're like, 'Well, let's see her foal and then see what kind of deal I can get.' Which may also be a reaction from last year, which felt quite transitional.” Arguably, the staggering books reported in 2023 felt as though one or two farms were making a point after seeing off the proposed mare cap. But it's certainly interesting to hear these imaginative perspectives from Mill Ridge, which last engaged with the sector way back with Diesis and Gone West. After all, the whole environment has seen wild changes in the meantime. “We're all kind of sheep and if we're not careful we'll run ourselves right over a cliff,” Bell warns. “The whole beauty of the game, the whole reason we do it, is that ultimately no-one knows for sure where a good horse comes from. So if you believe in Aloha West, or any other horse, the whole quest should be about the finish line. “People say, 'Oh, I have a commercial broodmare band, therefore I should only breed the first-year sires.' I mean, I appreciate that. But if everyone has that attitude, then nobody stands out. And I think it also makes you question your horsemanship, your judgment. So maybe we should just get back to believing what we believe in, and going for it–above all, like I said, because purses are really good.” Bell, of course, has a heartening example front and center in the thriving Oscar Performance. “Our shareholders believed in him and look how well they've been rewarded,” he remarks. “Oscar Performance was pigeonholed. He didn't really have much support from pinhookers, because they were like, 'What am I going to do with a turf horse?' But then he starts having 2-year-olds winning six-furlong stakes on dirt. So now he's being supported because he's exceeded expectations. “And for Aloha West and Eclipse Thoroughbreds, it's always been the same: believe, and believe big. We really believe in this horse, in his brilliance and his opportunity to contribute to the breed. And that's why we want to reward those who believe with us.” The horse's obvious challenge, commercially, is that he didn't race until the February of his 4-year-old campaign. But Bell points out that he was routinely posting bullet works as a juvenile, before being sidelined. “So while it doesn't show in the form line, when you look at his work pattern, there's no doubting his 2-year-old quality,” he says. “And he's a gorgeous horse: not a typical Hard Spun, maybe, I think he gets more from the Speightstown mare: he's really typey and beautiful. So he's got the pedigree, he's got the brilliance, and then he has the great partners and other breeders who believe in him.” The paradox is that second-season sires actually face one question mark fewer than the rookies who enjoy such clamorous attention: breeders have at least had the chance to see what kind of stock they're putting on the ground. But even that will have its limits: Lookin At Lucky could never overcome the lack of physical glamor in his stock even after he produced winners of the GI Kentucky Derby and GI Breeders' Cup Classic. In the end, different people pin their belief on different things. But where there is authentic belief, then it's logical for both sides of the deal to keep the faith and share the rewards. “I mean, we're all looking for the golden ticket,” Bell concedes. “Maybe we need to recalibrate our expectations a little, and not always be searching for the lottery win. But I do think that if you're breeding a horse, you should at least believe that they're going to win a maiden race, right?” Contribute to the debate: Do you have something to add about the first-year/second-year sire conundrum for publication? Email suefinley@thetdn.com. 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Marie's Diamond (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}), the new resident at Diamond Stud Bellewstown, has had his first mares scanned in foal. These include Grain De Beaute (Ire) (Lawman {FR}), a half-sister to the Group 3 winner and black-type producer Beyond Desire (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), and Ilulisset (Fr) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire}), a half-sister to four black-type runners. Diamond Stud Bellewstown's Ciarán De Barra said, “We're delighted with how Marie's Diamond has been received. He's obviously a very good-looking horse, who had an exceptional racing career and breeders have been taken with him. We're being supported by some great breeders who are brave enough to support a new independent outfit like ours and we're very grateful for that.” The eight-year-old stallion has a bonus scheme in place for his first season, with a €25,000 Diamond Breeders' Bonus going to the breeder of his first juvenile winner and group winner in Ireland or Britain. The post First Mares in Foal for Marie’s Diamond appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Peter Williams has been in the racing game for long enough that he doesn’t get overawed by the big occasions these days. By his own reckoning, 2024 marks the 50th year that Williams has held a trainer’s licence, and on Saturday the New Zealander will saddle up Desert Lightning in the All-Star Mile at Caulfield. “It’s just a race, but we don’t get those sorts of races in New Zealand,” said Williams, who these days trains in partnership with his wife Dawn. “We’ve had horses in the Sydney Cup and things like that over the years, so it doesn’t get to me too much.” It’s been a while between visits to Melbourne for Williams, whose last trip to Caulfield was in March 2005 when he won a three-year-old handicap with Fiscal Madness (NZ) (Volksraad). Already a Group One winner, Desert Lightning (NZ) (Pride of Dubai) earned his spot in the All-Star Mile by taking out the Aotearoa Classic at Ellerslie in January, while since then, he finished third in the Gr.1 Otaki-Maori WFA Classic. “His races have been good,” Williams said. “His last start, he got a wet track … and he hated it. If he gets a reasonable track, he’ll be fine.” Desert Lightning arrived in Melbourne on Sunday and will have regular rider Vinnie Colgan in the saddle at Caulfield on Saturday. Sportsbet has the son of Pride Of Dubai at $17 in their market for the All-Star Mile. “He’s a good galloper and take Mr Brightside out of the race, he’s a chance,” Williams said. View the full article

Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) has suffered his first minor hiccup ahead of his defence of Saturday’s All-Star Mile at Caulfield, drawing the second-widest barrier for the A$4 million feature. Saturday’s All-Star Mile will feature the smallest field in the race’s six-year history, with just 12 contenders at final acceptances on Tuesday morning, before the race’s long-time odds-on favourite came up with barrier 11. The wide gate might give rivals a little more hope of rolling Mr Brightside, but it is worth noting that the previous time he came from a double-digit barrier he won as he liked, jumping from gate 14 of 14 to win last spring’s Gr.1 Memsie Stakes, also at Caulfield. Dual Group One winner Pride Of Jenni (Pride of Dubai), who is the only female in the race, is expected to pose the greatest danger to the favourite and she should find it easy enough to lead from barrier six. The decision by Racing Victoria to keep the final field at 12 has allowed this year’s line-up to boast the highest-ever average domestic rating of 108.3, despite there being the fewest number of G1 winners (six) to tackle the race. Ben Hayes said he feels the barrier will not trouble his highly versatile galloper. “I don’t think it’s too bad,” Hayes said. “The speed is drawn inside us. He’ll just jump and roll across. “He’s got a great record at Caulfield and he’s sat wide before on a fast tempo and really kicked away. “If anything, it keeps him out of trouble. “So, overall, happy. Obviously, barrier six would have been better but we can deal with barrier 11 no problems.” Hayes said he couldn’t be more pleased with Mr Brightside’s autumn campaign. “He hasn’t put a foot wrong,” he said. “His work on Monday morning was great and he was very fresh this morning in the paddock running around. “We can’t fault him. He’s very fit and well and he often peaks third-up in a prep and he’s ready to peak again.” View the full article

The Ciaron Maher stable has taken a different autumn approach with Pride Of Jenni (Pride of Dubai) to the one it adopted in the spring which landed the mare back-to-back Group One wins. Pride Of Jenni, who was bred by Trelawney Stud, will be five weeks between races when she runs second-up in the A$4 million All-Star Mile (1600m) at Caulfield on Saturday. The mare had five starts last spring and raced her way into peak fitness which culminated with Group One wins in the Empire Rose Stakes and Champions Mile during Melbourne Cup week. Jack Turnbull, assistant trainer with Maher, said Pride Of Jenni would strip a fit racehorse on Saturday despite having only the one start in the lead up. That outing was a brave second when nabbed on the line by Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) in the C F Orr Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield who is set to oppose Pride Of Jenni again on Saturday. “It has been a few weeks between runs on purpose,” Turnbull said. “Physically we couldn’t be happier, her demeanour is right where we want it, and you can’t knock her form. She beat him (Mr Brightside) in the spring. She’s improving as she gets older and she’s nearing the peak of her powers. “Naturally we will be forward, and we can be comfortable there, and we know she will be strong late, so it will be an interesting race. “We know she’s going very well. She strips a bit fitter, and we’ve kept the work up to her in between and we’re pretty confident that she is ready to run a bold race.” Turnbull said Pride Of Jenni had improved with age and maturity and placed a lot of emphasis on the training facilities at Cranbourne. He said the different training options had helped Pride Of Jenni become a more relaxed galloper. “She was very aggressive, 12 to 18 months ago, but as she’s getting older and getting more experience and more exposure she’s furnishing, both mentally and physically,” Turnbull said. “She has improved, because you can’t sustain a gallop for that long, running those fractions and sectionals, but now she comes back to her rider, takes a breath, gets into a rhythm, and she can work off that. “She’s a healthy horse and it’s a credit to her as she’s structurally very sound as you don’t get too many horses of her age that have a clean bill of health like she does.” The Maher stable will also saddle Holymanz (NZ) (Almanzor) in Saturday’s race. Turnbull said it was a credit to stable staff to reinvigorate Holymanz after the gelding was involved in a nasty fall in the Australian Guineas at Flemington12 months ago. “Confidence usually gets knocked out of them with a fall like that, but he thankfully came out of it physically OK,” Turnbull said. “He won the Coastal race at Geelong and that was the turning point. He had to win that or run well to warrant going over to New Zealand. “He’s won nearly $500,000 in prize money, so to run in a $4 million weight-for-age race, is not to be sneezed at. “The best case for him is they go stupid in front and Jenni underperforms and Mr Brightside doesn’t show up, because Holymanz will be there in the wings and has earned his place in the race.” View the full article

Langkawi (NZ) (Helmet) put in a pleasing runner-up performance in the Listed Kaimai Stakes (2000m) at Matamata last month and will return to the same course and distance on Wednesday where he will attempt to go one better in the Holster Engineering Lally And Symes South Waikato Cup. While pleased with their charge heading into his midweek assignment, weight is the biggest concern for trainers Peter and Shaun McKay, with the son of Helmet set to carry 60kg, 5.5kg more than his previous outing. “He has done well but it doesn’t help that he is now carrying topweight of 60kg, especially with the likes of Graham Richardson’s (Snazzytavi, 57.5kg) in there who looks pretty hard to beat,” Peter McKay said. “The other worry is the lack of speed in the race. He has got a habit of pulling in his races. If that is the case and nothing goes forward, we may have to jump and lead ourselves. We will work that one out once they have left the gates.” All going well after Wednesday’s hit-out, a trip to Trentham could be on the cards next month to contest the Gr.2 Awapuni Gold Cup (2100m). “We are looking at the Awapuni Cup or a week later is the Hawke’s Bay Cup (Listed, 2200m), but we are favouring the Awapuni Cup at this stage at the nice roomy track at Wellington,” McKay said. Stablemate Wolfgang (NZ) (Puccini) was also entered for the South Waikato Cup but was withdrawn following his victory over 2100m at Ellerslie last Saturday. “We just about didn’t get to the races after being held up in the traffic,” McKay said. “We got to the races as race two was going out and we were race three. “I didn’t want to be too tough on him and back him up after that, it was a good effort and he tried hard. He can now wait for three weeks or so (for his next start).” The stable will also be represented at their home track on Wednesday by last start placegetter Final Impact (NZ) (Sacred Falls) in the Nevron Farms 1600. “He went a really good race last start in a good field,” McKay said. “He is feeling really good at the moment so there is no reason why he can’t put his hand up tomorrow.” Meanwhile, Group Three-winning stablemate Sagunto (NZ) (O’Reilly) is enjoying some time in the paddock recuperating from a tendon injury following a pleasing summer where he won the Gr.3 Manawatu Cup (2300m) and was runner-up in the Gr.3 Trentham Stakes (2100m). “He twigged a tendon,” McKay said. “He had done it earlier in the season, that is why he had those two starts and then didn’t race for a fair while. He came back and had those couple of placings and then won that race and then ran second. “We swam him for a month, but I wasn’t happy with it (tendon), so he has gone out now and hope to come back as a young nine-year-old. “His best form comes at the same time every year (summer). Usually he has a couple of starts around Hawke’s Bay, but he may need to wait a little bit longer and give the tendon good time to come right. Hopefully he will head to the same targets again.” View the full article

Growing up on The Oaks Stud in Cambridge paved a way for a successful career in the thoroughbred breeding industry for Dean Williams, however, he got the racing bug young and is about to take an important step in fulfilling his dream of becoming a trainer. The son of The Oaks Stud General Manager Rick Williams, the thoroughbred industry has been engrained in Dean’s life from a young age, but it was the deeds of glamour mare Seachange on the track that lit a fire in him to pursue a career in the racing side of the industry instead of following in his father’s footsteps. “I fell in love with the racing side, probably thanks to Seachange and horses like Artistic and Darci Brahma,” Dean Williams said. “Despite some very good efforts from my parents for a number of years of trying to steer me in a different direction, which probably would have been a good financial decision, I think I was always going to head in this direction (racing).” Williams first worked for local trainer Stephen Marsh before becoming racing manager for Tony Pike and subsequently moved to Melbourne to work at Mike Moroney’s Flemington barn. Like most Kiwis, he then decided to head to Europe where he worked for leading Irish trainer Joseph O’Brien at his Owning Hill stable. It was just four months into working for O’Brien that Williams received an offer he couldn’t refuse from Flemington trainer Steve Richards – return to Melbourne to become his assistant trainer with a view to entering a training partnership down the line. Williams duly accepted the offer and has made his way back to Australia to take up the exciting opportunity with the Group One-winning trainer, and he is currently going through the process of applying for his assistant trainer’s license. Williams first became associated with Richards when his former employer Tony Pike was campaigning The Bostonian in Melbourne, and he became better acquainted with him when working at Flemington for Moroney, where the idea of a partnership was born. “When I was working for Tony Pike, we were bringing The Bostonian and a few other horses over to Melbourne and needed a place to stay. I was told that Steve Richards might have a couple of spare boxes, so I rang him and he was more than happy to look after us,” Williams said. “Our horses went over with Chris McNab (stable foreman) and he said how great a bloke he was to deal with and he had nothing but good things to say about him. “When I came to Melbourne to work for Mike Moroney, Steve was one of the first people I introduced myself to and we struck up a good relationship from day dot. It (partnership) was spoken about very briefly before I went overseas and he became a bit more serious about me joining forces with him a couple of months into my European stint. “I had a good chat with Steve and I had put it to him that I was keen to take on more responsibility and he was at the point where he wanted someone young there to help drive the business and bring in some new owners. “In his heyday, when he was training 40 or 50 horses, most of them were owned by one person, and in this day and age every horse is now syndicated, and it is a different approach to buying and selling horses. In that respect, I think he and I can work well together because I have been lucky enough with Tony and even at Mike’s to do quite a bit in bringing owners in and help syndicate horses. “We both had the same idea and it was all just a matter of me saying I would come back. I have been here two weeks now.” Williams is looking forward to what the future holds and is excited by the challenge of getting the stable to a point where he can enter a training partnership with Richards. “It will all depend on what happens in the next 12 to 18 months,” he said. “An assistant trainer’s license is always a good help, but we will certainly need to get numbers up and acquiring more boxes would be a big help as well.” Williams has already been active in trying to boost the stable’s numbers, purchasing yearlings at both New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling sale in January and Inglis’ Premier Yearling Sale in Melbourne. “We have managed to get five yearlings so far over Karaka and Melbourne, and we are looking at heading to Sydney Easter as well,” Williams said. Williams said friends and family have been a huge support, along with The Oaks Stud principal Dick Karreman, who has been a major backer in Williams’ purchases. While enjoying his new opportunity in Melbourne, Williams looks fondly back on his time in Europe where he was instrumental in organising Swedish jockey Per-Anders Graberg to head to New Zealand for a riding stint, and enjoyed his time in Ireland working for O’Brien. “I travelled for the first month in Europe and went to the Stockholm Cup, that is where I met Per-Anders Graberg and talked with him about heading to New Zealand to do a riding stint,” Williams said. “I went to the Arc before heading to Ireland and spent four months at Joseph’s. I couldn’t speaker high enough of the man, he was incredibly good to me and is amazing to all of his staff. You can see why he had plenty of staff in a time of getting them is really hard. “There were 300 horses on the hill and the place runs like a well-oiled machine. I couldn’t have learnt anymore in four months, it was a great experience. I had so many memories in such a short time. “I would have loved to have stayed for the Cheltenham Festival and even Royal Ascot but when Steve and I got serious about teaming up, it was a no-brainer to get back to Karaka and meet a few people and start getting some yearlings in the stable.” While just a short time into his new venture, Williams said he pinches himself every day when he gets to go to work at one of the most iconic racing venues in the world. “To be at Flemington every morning is a pretty easy place to wake up to and you are surrounded by quality horses,” he said. “Across from us is Godolphin, and you have got the likes of Waterhouse, Chris Waller, and Nick Ryan. It is pretty unbelievable really.” View the full article

Well-related juvenile Little Thief (NZ) (Dundeel) could earn himself a Group One berth following Wednesday’s AKW Farrier Two Year Old (1200m) at Matamata. The Dundeel colt finished an eye-catching fourth on debut a fortnight ago for trainer John Malcolm, recording the fastest closing sectionals despite being held-up for most of the Matamata straight, finishing an eventual length off Altari (NZ) (Savabeel). “We think a bit of the horse, but going into the race he was pretty green, with only one trial to prepare so it was a pretty big ask,” Malcolm said. “He performed up to expectation, but it would’ve been nice to be out a bit earlier (in the straight).” Out of Snitzel mare Stolen Gem, Little Thief is a half-brother to multiple Group One-performer To Catch A Thief (U S Navy Flag), who finished third in last year’s Gr.1 Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m), a race Malcolm hopes his younger sibling will contest on April 6 at Trentham. His chances will be further enhanced with a favourable draw of three on Wednesday, with Ryan Elliot engaged to ride. “If he runs how I think he can, he should be right there on Wednesday. If he wins, we’ll carry onto the Sires’, and if he doesn’t, then we’ll probably put him out for a spell,” he said. Malcolm operates the Cambridge-based Cheltenham Stables alongside wife and talented show-jumper Rachel, and the pair are renowned for their breaking-in, pre-training and Ready-To-Run Sale preparation. Little Thief was intended to be among their 10-strong draft at New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready To Run Sale last November, however, owners Ashford Lodge Ltd & the Shirley M Trust opted to retain the colt. “We broke him in, and he was initially meant to go through our Ready To Run draft. The owners decided to keep him, so he went into Graham Richardson’s (co-trainer of To Catch A Thief), and he went sore, and was a bit naughty in there, so he came back to us and we’ve just carried on with him,” Malcolm said. “He settled in really nicely here and the owners were keen to keep him in the environment he was happiest in.” Malcolm has a small team in training, while continuing to focus on the early education of his clients’ horses. Among the more recent success stories have been Group One winners Crocetti (NZ) (Zacinto), Orchestral (NZ) (Savabeel) and Desert Lightning (NZ) (Pride of Dubai). “I’ve just got a couple of other racehorses at the moment, another Ready To Run horse that we didn’t end up taking that was meant to trial up recently, but he just went a bit shin-sore, so he’s gone out along with another for the same reason,” he said. “I’ve also got another filly for one of Peter Williams’ clients that he’s asked us to get up and trial, so we’ll do that with her.” View the full article

Faraglioni (NZ) (El Roca) should be enjoying a well-deserved spell at the moment, but trainer Josh Shaw said his Group One performer had other ideas. The five-year-old mare has been a revelation for the Levin trainer this season, winning one and placing in five of her seven starts, including runner-up in the Gr.1 TAB Classic (1600m), Gr.2 Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) and Gr.2 Westbury Classic (1400m). The daughter of El Roca was fifth in the Gr.1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa last month, which Shaw had planned on being her last start of the preparation, but her antics in the paddock led her to come back into work just a week later. “After the sprint at Waikato I was going to chuck her out and forget about her for a couple of months, but after being in the paddock and charging around after four days I thought she was better being in work than doing herself an injury, so back she came,” Shaw said. Faraglioni had an exhibition gallop at Otaki last week and Shaw said that has brought her on nicely for the Gr.3 Cuddle Stakes (1600m) at Trentham on Saturday. “She worked up really nicely, so I have just been ticking her over for Saturday’s run,” he said. “She went a nice, easy three-quarter 1000m and worked home in the last 600m, it was a pretty sharp gallop in that last 600m. She worked with a couple of nice horses (Wewillrock and Sindee), so it was pleasing.” Faraglioni and Shaw have seen plenty of the North Island over the last couple of months, with the mare campaigning in Waikato and Auckland, and Shaw is looking forward to the much shorter drive down State Highway One this weekend. “Three of her last four runs have been at Pukekohe, Ellerslie and Te Rapa, so it will be quite good chucking her on the truck and only going an hour down the road,” he said. “She loves Trentham, she has only been there three times for a fourth, a win and a second.” Shaw has taken particular confidence from her runner-up performance behind Desert Lightning (NZ) (Pride of Dubai) in the TAB Classic at the Upper Hutt track in December, with the victor securing a wildcard in Saturday’s A$4 million All-Star Mile (1600m) with his win in the inaugural $1 million Aotearoa Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie in January. “Aegon came out of that race as well and then ran second in the Group One at Otaki (and has also been given a wildcard for the All-Star Mile), so the form is stacking up,” Shaw said. Faraglioni will step back up to a mile in Saturday’s contest, the same distance as her possible next assignment, the Gr.1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Ellerslie on March 30. “Back up to a mile, she is telling me she is ready for that now,” Shaw said. “A mile with a bit of give in the track, I think we will be right in it up to our eyeballs. “If she pulls up well and does everything right then we will be back up to Ellerslie for the New Zealand Breeders’. She doesn’t mind Ellerslie – one start on the course for a nice second in a good race. We will definitely be looking that way anyway. “She doesn’t know where her ceiling is. If we don’t find it shortly, we will keep chucking her in the deep-end. She deserves a good one.” View the full article

El Vencedor’s (NZ) (Shocking) career-best performance at Ellerslie to triumph at Group One level was tinged with a bittersweet note for breeder-owners David Price and Mark Freeman. The Stephen Marsh-trained son of Shocking added to the Wellington pair’s success with the family when he capped off a lucrative campaign with victory in Saturday’s Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m) under Irish jockey Joe Doyle. “It was off the charts really, you don’t go there expecting to beat what is probably the best horse (Legarto) in New Zealand and that was certainly the way I approached things,” Price said. “He is just so honest and really underrated, every time he starts he drifts in the betting and hardly ever gets selected by the pundits. “When you look at his record, he hasn’t finished further back than fourth in his previous eight starts and all in Group races.” They included success in the Gr.3 Eagle Technology Stakes (1600m) and a runner-up finish in the Gr.1 Thorndon Mile (1600m). Price and Freeman bred El Vencedor from the O’Reilly mare Strictly Maternal (NZ) who was unraced due to injury and has been a wonderful broodmare during her time at Libby and Sam Bleakley’s Highden Park. “Unfortunately, we had to have her put down a couple of weeks ago at Highden,” said Price, a financial adviser. “I went and saw her and the vet thought she had cancer, she had a swollen stomach and was losing weight. She looked like she was in foal, but she was 23. “Libby said she’s going to have to be put down and she didn’t want to go into the paddock and find her rolling around in pain. “Mark and I were of the same view, she has been an amazing horse for us so sadly we had to euthanise her and we wanted to do it before she was suffering. It was quite sad.” Strictly Maternal produced six winners from seven foals to race, including El Vendecor’s brother Chocante (NZ). He claimed the Gr.2 Brisbane Cup (2200m), the Gr.3 Counties Cup (2100m) and ran third in the Gr.1 The Metropolitan (2400m) when trained by Marsh for Price and Freeman. She is also the dam of the Hong Kong Derby (2400m) winner Sky Darci (NZ) (Darci Brahma), who was purchased out of Highden’s draft at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale for $160,000 in 2018. Strictly Maternal’s last foal is a two-year-old sister to El Vencedor and Chocante. “She is an absolute miracle baby, what happened was that we had retired the mare because she had cysts in her ovaries and it was hard for her to get pregnant. She was 21 and we thought that was it,” Price said. A subsequent scan suggested she may get in foal again and she duly did to Rich Hill Stud’s Shocking. “Our tough decision was did we go to Shocking, at that stage Stephen had said to me that El Vencedor would be the best horse we’d ever had, or Darci Brahma and Sky Darci hadn’t won the Derby then but looked quite promising,” Price said. “We had to choose and we went with the Shocking line and she had the foal, which was amazing and the family has been stunning. “Everything she has left has won bar one, and that horse (Golden Darci) ran third in a black type race (Listed El Roca – Sir Colin Meads Trophy, 1200m) so she has been fantastic.” Price is also breeding from the Bahhare mare Run To The Bank (NZ), who was successful on three occasions and placed in the Listed Sunline Vase (2100m). “I raced her and she’s had three to the races and they have all won, including Nest Egg,” he said. The son of Reliable Man has won five races, but ran out of luck in the Gr.2 Auckland Cup (3200m) when continuing his rivalry with Mahrajaan. “He was battered from pillar to post and he had only been beaten by half a-neck by Mahrajaan in the New Zealand Cup (Gr.3, 3200m) after we had drawn badly,” Price said. “I had the sister, Chakana, and she went to Australia and broke down after she ran fourth the Ipswich Cup (Listed, 2150m). “She had won four races and came back about six weeks ago after having 18 months off and won first-up over 1400m and then ran third and broke down again, so she’s retired. We never got to see the best of her.” Two-year-old half-sister Serendipitous (NZ), by Darci Brahma, is also in the Marsh stable and has been a trial winner and likely to debut in the coming weeks. View the full article

Entries for NZB’s 2024 National Weanling Sale are now open, with the Sale set to be held at the Karaka Sales Centre on Thursday 20 June. Continuing as a dedicated weanling only format, the Sale is a happy hunting ground for those searching for their next pinhook success story or racetrack star. The Sale also offers breeders an attractive platform to sell their young stock to a strong international and domestic audience, with the added bonus of Karaka Millions eligibility. The weanling session in 2023 returned more than $2.6 million, with a top price of $150,000 achieved for a Per Incanto colt on account of Brighthill Farm. Following the outstanding 2023-24 sales season, NZB’s Manager Director Andrew Seabrook is looking ahead to the boutique sale with confidence. “With all the positivity surrounding the industry at the moment, it should give breeders great confidence to bring these weanlings to the market.” “The Sale continues to attract strong international and domestic participation, with the opportunity for both end-users and traders given the genuine racing and investment types on offer. “The demand for Kiwi stock and stallions isn’t slowing down either, and with the Karaka Millions eligibility there will be plenty of interest in this Sale.” A proven source of success on the track, star NZB weanling graduates include recent Karaka Millions hero Tokyo Tycoon (NZ) (Satono Aladdin), Hong Kong performer Money Catcher (NZ) (Ferlax), plus Group One winners Pignan (NZ) (Staphanos), Callsign Mav (NZ) (Atlante), Jennifer Eccles (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) and more. All weanlings offered are eligible to be nominated for NZB’s lucrative Karaka Millions Series. Graduates can compete for a share in the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m), followed by the $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) as well as a $200,000 New Owners bonus. Entries for the National Weanling Sale are open from today and close on 26 April. To enter the Sale, visit NZB’s online portal at portal.nzb.co.nz or for enquiries contact NZB’s Bloodstock Administrator Mary Jane Harvey by calling +64 9 393 9832 or emailing MaryJane.Harvey@nzb.co.nz. For more information about the Sale, contact NZB Bloodstock Sales Manager Kane Jones on +64 27 274 4985 or email Kane.Jones@nzb.co.nz. View the full article

Tomodachi Kokoroe has earned over HK$6 million in stakes. Tomodachi Kokoroe has been one of this season’s best improvers and he’s aiming to join a select club when he shoots for a fifth win this season on Wednesday night at Happy Valley. Only two horses have won five races or more this term, I Give (six) and Happy Together (five), while Tomodachi Kokoroe has been a revelation for trainer David Hayes, netting his quartet across the past seven starts. A six-time winner in Australia pre-import, Tomodachi Kokoroe raced in the state of Queensland for the bulk of his career – where he was undefeated – scoring four times at Cairns and twice at Townsville, when known as Bank Bank Bank. “It’s quite amazing to think a horse who has come from Cairns is doing what he is doing in Hong Kong – amazing effort,” Hayes said. “When he arrived and I read the form I was a bit worried about Cairns, but when I started working him, he always worked like a good horse.” The 91-rater has career earnings of HK$6.81 million in Hong Kong. He won a hot Class 1 last month at Happy Valley, which saw him share DBS x Manulife Million Challenge top honours, while his previous three wins have come in Class 3 and Class 4. “He’s really held his form well, he’s won his last two starts from wide barriers (seven and 12), so they were good efforts – great rides by Karis Teetan,” Hayes said. Co-winner of the DBS x Manulife Million Challenge, Copartner Ambition (120lb), is also seeking a fifth win tomorrow night and races against Tomodachi Kokoroe. The HK$2.84 million dash also features Seasons Wit (135lb), Bundle Of Charm (129lb), Majestic Knight (128lb), Beauty Charge (127lb), Gummy Gummy (123lb), Bon’s A Pearla (122lb), Wonder Kit (121lb), Astrologer (119lb) and Youthful Deal (118lb). Aiming to surge past the 40-win mark this season, Hayes is eager to test Tomodachi Kokoroe at Sha Tin in the near future. “I can’t wait to try him over 1400 metres at Sha Tin. I think with his size and scope that he’ll develop into a nice horse in the upper classes at Sha Tin. He’ll go across after this race,” Hayes said. Hayes has 28 wins this term and earnings of HK$45.41 million for connections. “Not bad. I’ve only got a stable of 50 and I’m cemented in the top 10 – which is alright. I haven’t lost so many horses this season, which has been refreshing. Hitting mid-40s with a 50-horse stable would good, so I’m hoping for that,” Hayes said. Hayes is preparing Star Mac for the 147th HK$26 million Hong Kong Derby (2000m), while dual winner Ka Ying Rising is expected to return on the same day (Sunday, March 24). “Star Mac has pulled up well and I think he’ll appreciate the 2000 metres more than most horses going into the race. His two lead-up runs have been good,” Hayes said. Horse racing news View the full article

What Cranbourne Races Where Cranbourne Turf Club – 50 Grant St, Cranbourne VIC 3977 When Thursday, March 14, 2024 First Race 5:45pm AEDT Visit Dabble Thursday night racing in Victoria heads to Cranbourne Racecourse this week for an eight-race meeting. Perfect conditions will greet competitors, with the track rated a Good 4 and the rail sticking in its true position for the entire circuit. The action is set to commence at 5:45pm AEDT. Best Bet at Cranbourne: Kingwell The Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr-trained Kingwell was last seen chasing home the classy duo of Extratwo and Jennipending at Sandown on August 16. If he runs up to that form, he should be too good for his rivals on Thursday. Ben Melham will take the son of I Am Invincible to the front of the field and, all things being equal, should lead from barrier to box. Best Bet Race 8 – #5 Kingwell (5) 4yo Horse | T: Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | J: Ben Melham (59kg) +135 with Neds Next Best at Cranbourne: Divine Thoughts Divine Thoughts was held up for a run until the final 150m when running fifth on debut at Yarra Valley on February 24, but she produced a finish that screamed “back me next time”. Linda Meech hops on board, and from barrier four, the pair should gain an economical run in transit. If Divine Thoughts can replicate the turn of foot she produced on debut, she looks a good thing. Next Best Race 2 – #1 Divine Thoughts (4) 3yo Filly | T: Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman | J: Linda Meech (57kg) +160 with Picklebet Next Best Again at Cranbourne: Excess Excess was too bad to be true first-up down the Flemington straight and seemed to be searching for a corner throughout. The Julius Sandhu-trained filly gets back around a bend here and should appreciate dropping down to a midweek BM70. With Jamie Mott likely to have her leading the field up with next to no pressure, Excess should prove to slick over the 1000m. Next Best Again Race 5 – #6 Excess (3) 3yo Filly | T: Julius Sandhu | J: Jamie Mott (57.5kg) +180 with Dabble Thursday quaddie tips for Cranbourne races Cranbourne quadrella selections Thursday, March 14, 2024 2-4-6 1-2-3-4 2-4-7-8 5 | Copy this bet straight to your betslip Horse racing tips View the full article

Flemington and Randwick took the spotlight last Saturday, with multiple Group races featured on the two programs. Meanwhile, the Gold Coast, Murray Bridge and Bunbury held strong supporting cards throughout the day. In this week’s edition of The Follow Files, we have found three runners that you should add to your blackbook so you can track them in future starts. Randwick Track rating: Good 4 Rail position: +3m entire circuit Race 8: Group 1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) | Time: 1:33.94 Horse to follow: Tom Kitten (4th) Tom Kitten had put in two lacklustre performances on his return in the Eskimo Prince Stakes and Hobartville Stakes, but the James Cummings-trained colt finished an unlucky fourth behind Celestial Legend in the Group 1 Randwick Guineas last Saturday. The son of Harry Angel settled near the rear of the field and was held up until the 200m mark before pushing through a gap late. Although he has yet to win this preparation, this galloper is clearly looking for further than 1600m and should be peaking fourth-up. When to bet: The Group 1 Rosehill Guineas appears to be the ideal race for Tom Kitten next. Over a more suitable 1800m trip and with race fitness on his side, the colt looks like a great bet at +350 in the Rosehill Guineas futures market with online bookmakers. Flemington Track rating: Good 4 (Good 3 after R7) Rail position: +4m entire circuit Race 3: Quality Handicap (1400m) | Time: 1:25.07 Horse to follow: Vivy Air (2nd) One of the better runs in defeat across the country last Saturday was that of Vivy Air at Flemington. Starting her third preparation, the Archie Alexander-trained filly ran home strongly from the back of the field and flashed home into second place behind Legacies, only beaten by 0.4 lengths. After running third in the Group 2 Sandown Guineas last preparation, this daughter of Hellbent has returned well and should go very close to winning over further next time out. When to bet: Considering Vivy Air performs better on Soft ground (5:2-0-1) compared to Good conditions (3:0-2-0), Alexander may well take his filly to Sydney, where there is more chance of her getting a rain-affected track. In any race against her own age group or sex over 1600m, she should go very close second-up. Gold Coast Track rating: Good 4 Rail position: True entire circuit Race 5: Class 3 Handicap (1200m) | Time: 1:08.19 Horse to follow: John Rambo (2nd) After a day full of on-speed runners winning at the Gold Coast, the performance of John Rambo in the fifth race must be considered an outstanding run. The Tony Gollan-trained gelding settled worse than midfield and was many lengths off the leaders as the field turned into the home straight. The son of Adelaide then turned on the jets and went straight past the rest of the field in the final 300m as he attempted to chase down the runaway leader, but he could only bring the margin back down to 1.8 lengths. When to bet: With a strong record at 1200m (6:3-2-0), Gollan and his team could take John Rambo to another race over six furlongs at Eagle Farm, where he is undefeated at the track and trip. Top horse racing sites for blackbook features Horse racing tips View the full article

What Wyong Races Where Wyong Race Club & Function Centre – 71-73 Howarth St, Wyong NSW 2259 When Thursday, March 14, 2024 First Race 1:15pm AEDT Visit Dabble Pristine conditions are expected on Thursday afternoon at Wyong Race Club & Function Centre, where a competitive eight-race program awaits punters. The rail is in the true position for the entire circuit, and it should be a fair surface throughout the day. Racing is set to get underway at 1:15pm AEDT. Best Bet: Panic Panic had an impressive debut preparation for the Michael Freedman camp, posting two wins across four starts. His most recent victory came at Newcastle on November 4, just getting the head down to score by a nose. That eight-horse field has produced five subsequent winners, so with the form well and truly franked as the three-year-old returns from a 130-day spell, punters can back Panic with some confidence in this BM64 contest. Best Bet Race 2 – #2 Panic (9) 3yo Gelding | T: Michael Freedman | J: Tommy Berry (59.5kg) Bet with PlayUp Next Best: Cassiel Cassiel has won of three of his four jump-outs prior to his debut run. The Peter & Paul Snowden team has bided its time with the son of Harry Angel, giving the three-year-old a proper hit-out to salute in his latest piece of work at Rosehill on February 15. Kerrin McEvoy takes the reins from a soft draw in gate three, and with the early speed Cassiel has shown at the trials, expect him to lead throughout to score. Next Best Race 5 – #3 Cassiel (3) 3yo Colt | T: Peter & Paul Snowden | J: Kerrin McEvoy (58.5kg) Bet with Neds Best Value: Red Cobra Red Cobra does his best work at Wyong, where he broke his maiden on November 11 before being unable to make an impression in Class 1 company on November 29. He had simply come to the end of the campaign, and with a soft barrier trial at Newcastle on February 28 suggesting this guy is returning in good order, Red Cobra can outrun his double-figure price with online bookmakers. Best Value Race 4 – #9 Red Cobra (1) 4yo Gelding | T: Damien Lane | J: Anna Roper (a2kg) (56.5kg) Bet with Bet365 Wyong quaddie tips – Thursday 14/3/2024 Wyong quadrella selections Thursday, March 14, 2024 3-9-12 4-6-11-13-14 1-3-6-7-8 1-4-6-7-8 Horse racing tips View the full article

Jumps jockey Campbell Rawiller. (Photo by Reg Ryan/Racing Photos) Young gun Campbell Rawiller has suffered a suspected broken collarbone after falling from his mount Teofilo Star in the opening race at Warrnambool. Sent around as a -555.56 favourite with horse racing bookmakers, the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained jumper was well supported in the opening event to the new jumps racing season. However, in the early stages of the event, Rawiller and Teofilo Star would lose their footing at the third jump, taking out Darryl Horner Jnr and Serenade The Stars in the process. Both horses returned to the mounting yard with no injuries to report, as did Horner Jnr. Rawiller was on the track for some time post-race, with on-course reporters claiming he was talking to the medics. Rawiller was transported to the hospital with a suspected broken collarbone. Following a 70-minute delay, Calvi would win the second race on the Warrnambool card, with Horner Jnr recovering from the fall to pilot Eric Musgrove’s runner to victory. Warrnambool Race 1 Replay Horse racing news View the full article

Joint DBS x Manulife Million Challenge winners go head to head in a strong Class Two Soko Islands Handicap on Wednesday nightView the full article