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Tony Calo has been named the new track announcer at Ellis Park Racing & Gaming, Churchill Downs Incorporated announced Monday. The North California native, who replaces the departing Scott Shapiro, will continue to serve as the announcer at Turfway Park Racing & Gaming in addition to a handicapping analyst at Churchill Downs. Aside from his duties as an announcer, Calo will join Joe Kristufek, Kaitlin Free and, newly-promoted handicapping analyst, Kevin Kilroy on the Churchill Downs simulcast feed for the Spring, September and Fall Meets. “I'm honored to become the new announcer at Ellis Park,” Calo said. “Thank you to everyone at Churchill Downs Incorporated for this opportunity. Kentucky has become one of the strongest year-round circuits in North America and I'm thrilled to be a part of the great teams at Churchill Downs, Ellis Park and Turfway Park.” Calo previously served as the announcer at Bay Meadows, Golden Gate Fields and, most recently, Finger Lakes. Kilroy, who served as a member of the media relations department for the past two seasons at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, joins the handicapping team at Churchill Downs where he will be an analyst covering the racing at Churchill Downs, Colonial Downs, Ellis Park, Fair Grounds and Turfway Park. Calo and Kilroy will begin their new roles at the start of the Churchill Downs Spring Meet Apr. 27. The post Tony Calo Named New Track Announcer at Ellis appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Asfoora (Aus) (Flying Artie {Aus}), a multiple Group 2 winner in her native Australia, is likely to travel to Britain next month with a view to running in some of the top sprints in Europe. The five-year-old Asfoora is yet to win in Group 1 company on home soil, but she proved her wellbeing when finishing a close-up fourth in Saturday's G1 Galaxy H. at Rosehill for the second year in succession. That run teed her up perfectly for an overseas campaign according to trainer Henry Dwyer, who cited a lack of opportunities in Australia in the coming weeks as a key reason behind the decision to travel. Reflecting on Asfoora's run in the Galaxy, Dwyer told Racing.com, “She was great, [it was] just a bit frustrating to get beaten 0.8 lengths and run fourth but she ran as well as she could. I've got a few calls to make in the next couple of days to work out what's what, [but I'm] still keen for us to head over there. “At the end of the day, there are zero races for her here and there are six races for her over there, so we may as well go over. She's come through the run well, she's just travelled so well, which is great knowing what's ahead.” The post European Campaign on the Cards for Aussie Star Asfoora appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Annaf (Ire) (Muhaarar {GB}) has been ruled out of the G1 Al Quoz Sprint on Dubai World Cup night having picked up a respiratory illness in transit. Trained by Mick Appleby, Annaf was last seen securing a lucrative payday for his connections when landing the $2-million G2 1351 Turf Sprint in Saudi Arabia, bursting clear in the closing stages to win by three quarters of a length. The five-year-old had another big pot in his sights in the shape of the $1.5-million Al Quoz Sprint at Meydan on Saturday, March 30, but those plans have now had to be shelved as he prepares to return to his trainer's Oakham base. Appleby said, “He got taken ill on the flight over, but it is not life threatening or anything and he's hopefully going to be fine, it's just prevented him from running. It's a shame but it's a risk you take when they are flying a fair bit. He came home after Saudi and was heading back out so maybe it was just a bit too much for him. “He should be fine and the vets out in Dubai in the hospital are happy with him–he should be fine to come back home when the other one [Roberto Escobarr] does. We'll probably get him ready for Ascot now, that will probably be the main aim.” A run at Royal Ascot could also be on the cards for Annaf's stablemate, Big Evs (Ire), who won four of his six starts as a two-year-old in 2023, culminating with another high-profile international success for his stable when landing the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint at Santa Anita in November. “He's great and has wintered really well,” Appleby said of the son of Blue Point (Ire). “He's not far off being ready to run, we just need to decide where we are going to run. The obvious race would have been the Commonwealth Cup, but that is six furlongs and we don't really want to try him over six first time back, so we're not really sure where we will start back. The weather is not helping and it's raining again here now. “I think in the early season we will definitely be sticking to five furlongs. We're obviously going to have to try him at six at some point and the way he won at Goodwood on that heavy ground, you would say he would stay the six.” The post Annaf Misses Dubai Date Due to Travel Setback appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

He's such a fixture here, he's even on the sandwich menu. Here you go: the Copelan, grilled cheddar and onion on pumpernickel. True, that only makes Dr. Robert Copelan an institution within an institution. Lunch at Lil's Coffee House on Main Street is a ritual cherished by many other horse folk in the neighborhood of Paris, Kentucky. But it's certainly a joy, for all of them, to see the great veterinarian seated alongside veteran radio host Ercel Ellis Jr., at their usual table in the corner, exchanging wit and wisdom accumulated through an aggregate 189 years-the vast majority among horsemen and horses. And when I say horses, I mean horses. Copelan once held Citation on the end of a shank. Ellis, for his part, remembers being taken to see a stallion by his father, who had 20 years previously been the first to slip a halter over the same horse's ears as a foal. His name was Man o' War. It's a genuine privilege, then, to sample the pristine recollection and observation that unites the old friends, especially on a day when they're able to make up for TDN's intrusion with the company of a rather more welcome interloper in Arthur B. Hancock III-a mere stripling, barely into his 80s. (Ellis is 92, Copelan 97.) Man o' War, Citation, Sunday Silence. Where do we start? How can we ever finish? Somehow we must make do with an hour or so of chat and this inadequate record. Right now Ellis is talking about his maternal grandfather, a Civil War veteran who seems to have spent his entire waking life in the saddle. “He died the year I was born,” he says. “I don't believe he ever was in a car. One time he rode a horse up the steps of the Phoenix Hotel in downtown Lexington. He was up and down those courthouse steps all the time, as well. They'd ask him to lead the Labor Day parade down Main Street. My mother was standing there watching and she heard this lady behind her saying, 'Look at old Colonel Redd, leading the Labor Day parade. Never worked a day in his life!'” In 1929 Ellis's father was hired to manage Dixiana Farm by its new owner, Charles T. Fisher. “And he was there until he died in 1964,” Ellis says. “Wonderful place to grow up. Mata Hari was foaled in the same 'crop' as me, 1931. She was top of the Experimental Handicap over the colts. Ended up dam of Spy Song, good speed horse for Dixiana and a very good sire as well. “Mata Hari was out a Man o' War mare named War Woman. I'm pretty sure she was supposed to go to E.R. Bradley's to breed to one of those stud horses over there, but they just couldn't get her loaded. Next day, same thing. And they had this unraced horse named Peter Hastings turned out there. They said, 'We gotta breed this damned mare!' So they brought her round to him, and the only runner he ever sired was Mata Hari.” But it was on tales of Man o' War that Ellis was raised. Like the time a clocker sought out his groom at Saratoga. “What's the name of that big red colt?” “Man o' War.” “Who's he by?” “By himself, mostly.” Sunday Silence in Japan | Junji Fukuda Or the day he came to stand at Elizabeth Dangerfield's farm. “They'd turned him out the first time and, that horse, all he ever wanted to do was run,” Ellis says. “So he was flying, and she called the groom out and said: 'Tom, God's sake go catch that horse before he gets hurt.' And he said, 'Miss Elizabeth, if all those good horses in New York couldn't catch him, how d'you expect me to?'” “I'd trade anything to have been brought up at a place like Dixiana,” Copelan complains. “I was raised in the city. My father was managing editor of the Cincinnati Times-Star, which was owned by the Taft family. I always wanted a pony, but my parents would never get me one. So I had to wait until I was in Ohio State when I borrowed a fraternity brother's car, went out to Darby Dan and got a job with the broodmares.” Copelan always had the build to be a jockey and, back then, that was still his dream. “There was a mile racetrack on the farm,” he recalls. “We weren't allowed up there, but I couldn't get my mind off it while I was rubbing these broodmares. So one day I waited until after everybody left at 4 p.m. They had this spotted pony there and I put a saddle on him and rode down between these paddocks, where they had a yearling that was going to be sold at Keeneland. I remember one of them was out of Bloodroot [1946 Broodmare of the Year]. Well, these yearlings had never seen a spotted pony. And so one of them came running, jumped out onto the road in front of me, jumped into the other paddock, then with that other yearling raced down to the end, they both jumped that fence, and down into Big Darby Creek.” Copelan pauses. He's a masterly storyteller, unfurling the words with dry precision. “I wanted to be dead,” he resumes. “I'd done something that was illegal and dishonest, and didn't know but what those two colts were drowned. So I rode that pony up to Will Corman's house-he was the manager-and knocked the front door. And Mrs. Corman came to the door. 'It's suppertime!' 'Yes ma'am, I know, but I need to see Will.' 'You come back after supper!' And she started shutting the door. 'Mrs. Corman, please God, listen to me: I've done something and I need Will.' So Will came out. 'Well, what the **** you done now?' So we went down there and by now it's getting dark. It was eight or nine feet down into the Creek, but finally we saw their eyes in the flashlight. And we put shanks on them and didn't they just hop up that bank. We hosed them off, and Will said, 'These two S.O.B.s can't be worth a quarter. There's not a goddamned scratch on either of them!' And sure as the world, neither one broke their maiden.” Next morning Copelan was on the carpet before the hardboot legend, Olin Gentry. “And he was very calm,” Copelan says, still exuding relief and gratitude 75 years later. “He said, 'You did a damned foolish thing yesterday. I hope you learned a lesson. I know you wanted to be a jockey. I remember when I did.' And no matter what anybody ever said about Mr. Gentry, after that they couldn't say it in front of me.” During veterinary college Copelan spent a couple of summers as an exercise rider at Calumet. For one of them, Citation was on the farm for running repairs. Once having held a medical tray for that horse, not even a patient like Secretariat was going to find Copelan overawed. As for Ellis, he served with the navy in Korea before joining Dixiana's trainer Jack Hodgins at the Fair Grounds. That was where he first became aware of Copelan, who had just started in practice there. “We knew that we both came from this area,” Copelan says. “I saw him every day, and he saw me every day. But we never spoke to one another.” “He had time to run around with girls,” Ellis retorts teasingly. “When you worked for Jack Hodgins, all you ever wanted was to grab an hour of sleep. He had a lot of old time racetrackers working for him, and after payday I never knew how many stalls, I'd have to clean next morning. When we shipped back up to Kentucky or Chicago, first you had to load the horses and then you had to load the drunks. But though he was a tough old so-and-so, he kept them on.” The first time their paths crossed unavoidably, Copelan was sent to inspect a couple of 2-year-olds Ellis was trying to sell. “He turned them both down,” Ellis says. “I thought to myself: what a ****. But he was right. Neither one of them was worth a ham sandwich.” Deciding that the racetrack was no place for a newlywed, Ellis switched to press and advertising. In 1958 he started filling in for the regular host of a 15-minute radio broadcast, “Post Time,” long the principal national hub for the latest results. Eventually he took over–and he's been “too stupid to stop” ever since, since 1998 entertaining devotees with two hours of “Horse Tales” every Saturday morning. In fact, neither of these gentlemen have made much concession to age, albeit Ellis has conceded that he can no longer tend the couple of retired claimers he used to train. Instead he visits them every Sunday at Old Friends, where they rub shoulders with household names. Yet Copelan yields nothing to his friend in terms of professional longevity. Five years the senior of the pair, he only ended a 65-year career in 2018, at 91-a career so pioneering that you routinely hear him invoked as an inspiration by outstanding practitioners of the next generation. But does Copelan want to tell us about the innovations he authored, or the champions he repaired? Nope: once again, he's instead telling a story against himself. “Lester Joffrion trained a horse for a wealthy man from Chicago, and thought he was off behind,” Copelan recalls. “So I went to Arlington and they brought him up with a rider on. I said, 'Okay, jog him up there 100 yards, and then turn around and jog him back.' 'Oh man,' he said, 'you can't do that with this horse.' 'What d'you mean?' 'Jog him up there, he'd run off with you.' And I said, 'Let's get this straight, you mean to tell me you can't jog this S.O.B. 100 yards?' 'That's right.' 'Get down off that goddamned horse.'” Copelan went back to the car for the boots he'd used to pay his way through college, exercising horses at Beulah Park. “And I had a white coverall, remember when veterinarians used to wear those? So up I get onto that horse, with Lester on the pony next to me. So we jogged the 100 yards, turned round, jogged back. And just for the hell of it I jogged him another 100. So now we're on the racetrack and I said, 'Let's just jog him off here as well.' And Lester said, 'Doc, you know what you're doing?' 'Of course I do.' 'Because, listen to me, this S.O.B. is tougher than hell.' 'Well, we'll see. Turn him loose.'” Copelan pauses. We know what's coming. Sure enough, the horse takes off. Copelan recalls yelling back, asking how far this horse was ready to go? “And I just heard this voice fading away: 'To the Rocky Mountaaaiins…” You really need to hear those unhurried, wry tones for the full, hilarious effect. “I hadn't been on a horse for a number of years,” Copelan continues. “And soon my ace leg, the shorter of the two stirrups, went paralyzed: I had no feeling in it. So I was putting my weight on the outside, and this horse was running his butt off. I really was afraid for my life. And I thought to myself: 'You wanted to show them? Now look at you, you're going to kill yourself.' “I didn't even know whether I'd gone by the wire and was going round again. But suddenly I saw this crowd at the gate, where the gallopers were coming on, so I just eased him to the outside, woah, and he pulled right up. And Lester galloped over and said, 'You can't breathe can you, you dumb so-and-so?'” He shook his head, panting. And we, too, find ourselves wordless-only with mirth-after the pay-off. “And you know the second last page of the Racing Form, where they published the workouts, and the horse that worked the fastest was in black letters? Well, I got black letters for my half-mile.” But that episode had a happy sequel. It turned out that the horse's groom Sonny Henderson was originally from Lexington and, later, when he'd had enough shipping up and down between Chicago and New Orleans, he applied for a job at the surgery. “And he worked with us for maybe 35 years,” Copelan says. “He meant a great deal to me: a wonderful man, knew his job so well. He and I were about the same size, and he's buried in one of my suits.” The presence at the table of his old friend's son now prompts Copelan to share a couple of memories of Bull Hancock. Like the time at Hialeah when Bull asked him to X-ray a horse's knee. Copelan developed the picture and was coming back through the gate when Bull spotted him. “And he came toward me at what I considered a higher speed than normal,” Copelan recalls. “As you know, he was an imposing figure. And he had that hat on, that the sweat had leaked through. 'Well, what did the X-ray show?' 'Bull, he's got a slab fracture.' And he took off that hat, threw it on the ground and stomped on it. 'Hell, I promise you one thing, I'm not going to operate on that S.O.B., I'll tell you that!' And he turned around and started back over toward the barn. And I was glad he was going that way. And then turned round and said, 'What day you want him up there?'” Arthur Hancock at Stone Farm | EquiSport Drone was another that had the same injury. Copelan remembers arriving at the Thoroughbred Club dinner straight after getting the results. When told, the big man was again distraught. “Goddamit!” he bellowed. “Right, I'm going to stand him, $25,000 a share! Are you in?” “And I said yes!” says Copelan with a chuckle. “I didn't have anything like that money. But John Thornbury [his partner in Sunnyside Farm] and I bought a share, and he was certainly a good investment.” “Daddy said he was best horse he ever had,” Hancock observes. “He could outrun Dike by 10 lengths, and Dike was third to Majestic Prince and Arts And Letters in the Derby. It broke Daddy's heart when he had that fracture. I remember him saying at supper, 'Lord's got his finger pointed at me, I'm never going to win the goddamned Derby. Best horse I ever had, and this happens.'” As a celebrated raconteur himself, Hancock is soon on a roll. He's telling us how Forli came to Claiborne after being confined to his stall for some time, recuperating from injury. This was before tranquillizers were available, so his father suggested they walk the horse three or four hours before turning him out. Hancock mimics the reply made by the farm veterinarian, Colonel Sager, in his upstate New York accents: “Oh, Mr. Bull, he's like a hospital patient that's been in bed two months. He's not going to have any energy.” “So Daddy said okay, and we took him out in the field,” Hancock recalls. “We lined the paddock, I was there in one of corners. Well, Forli took off, jumped a double fence, cleared the first, hit the second, flipped over. I jumped across into the other paddock and caught him. All he'd done was skin a stifle. And Daddy just said, 'Goddam, Colonel!'” Another time Sager decided that he would solve a curious quirk in Nasrullah, who never wanted to be observed eating. “As soon as you walked up to his stall, he'd just stop,” Hancock says. “Wouldn't eat, wouldn't chew, he'd just stand there like a statue. So the Colonel said, 'I'm going to break the old gentleman of that habit.' And he pulled a chair up right in front of the stall. Eventually he came back and said, 'I sat there for three hours and in all that time the old gentleman didn't move once. So I decided to let him enjoy his meal and left.'” All too soon, it's time to go. The talk has been regularly interrupted by friends and admirers, several women planting a kiss on Copelan's pate. These are all remarkable men, of a vigor and sparkle that amply entitles them to outstay even Fred W. Hooper, who lived to 103. It was Hooper who sent Susan's Girl to Copelan after she broke down in California. He patched her up so well that she was able to return and win a championship at six, adding to those already won at three and four. Hooper expressed his gratitude by naming her son by Tri Jet for the man who had salvaged her. Copelan, the horse, won three Grade Is as a 2-year-old. In terms of caliber, however, even that puts him behind his human namesake. At the end of lunch Copelan gives a flawless recital of High Flight, the extraordinary poem written by the Spitfire pilot John Gillespie Magee Jr., who was just 19 when killed in a mid-air collision in 1941: Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds – and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of… What amazing things we humans are capable of, at 19 or 97! It is the “surly bonds” of time itself that these gentlemen appear to have slipped. And if a younger person will always leave their company feeling younger still, that has absolutely nothing to do with a mere contrast in years. It's because these men remind us, whatever our age, to live to the full each new day that we're granted. The post Lunching With Legends at Lil’s appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. 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The ban on direct equine exports to the European Union (EU) from South Africa has been lifted, South African Equine Health and Protocols (SAEHP) announced on Monday. It is 13 years since South Africa was last able to export registered equines directly to the EU. SAEHP was formed in 2018 and has been working with the South African Government for the past six years to achieve this export milestone, with the timing of the first official EU audit, scheduled for 2020, having to be delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, after the audit was rescheduled and carried out in 2022, the South African Department of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) has now received official notification that the reinstatement of direct EU equine exports has been approved, following a meeting of the EU Commission Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed – Controls and Import Conditions Section. Dr Mpho Maja, director of animal health at DALRRD, said, “I am very pleased with the outcome; this shows that when we work together, we can achieve what is thought to be impossible. I send my gratitude to the equine industry and provincial veterinary services for the support provided in ensuring compliance to the requirements. I look forward to our horses flying the flag internationally and making us all proud.” David Abery, chairman of SAEHP, added, “This is very exciting news, and thank you to everyone involved in making it happen. It is anticipated that this opening up of direct EU exports will, over time, give a significant boost to not just the South African thoroughbred racing and breeding industry, but also to the other equine disciplines, all of which have been somewhat internationally isolated for many years. “It is vital that what has now been achieved is maintained, and we look forward to working with all relevant stakeholders to ensure the functions of SAEHP are well funded and developed as required, so that we can support industry in maximising the value which flows from an efficient and strong horse export system.” The post Direct Equine Exports from South Africa to the EU Approved After Lengthy Ban 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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Stakes assignments are in the offing for promising three-year-old Paragon following his convincing win in the Life Flight Save Time Saves Lives (1300m) at Tauherenikau on Sunday. Bred by Cambridge Stud principals Brendan and Jo Lindsay, the couple race the son of Embellish with Alan and Kerry Harper, who have enjoyed early success with the Roger James and Robert Wellwood-trained youngster in just a handful of starts. He had particularly shown promise as a two-year-old when finishing runner-up in both of his juvenile starts, including the Listed Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Pukekohe last May. He was spelled following a disappointing two-start spring preparation, and his connections were pleased to see him bounce back first-up on Sunday. Paragon was fair away and was sent forward to take up the pace-making role by jockey Jonathan Riddell. The pair didn’t relinquish their advantage and Paragon ran out a two-length victor over Tivaci’s Affair, with Rosalita a further short neck back in third. “He has shown plenty of promise, so it is good to get a maiden win out of the way,” Cambridge Stud’s head of sales and nominations Scott Calder said. “It was a really nice win, and it was nice to see him do it so convincingly. “He was a stakes performer as a two-year-old, so he has always shown plenty, particularly considering he is a mid-November foal. “The way he is bred, and being by Embellish, we always hoped he was going to get better at three, so it was nice to see him get a win on the board. “We are getting later in the season, but I am sure Rob and Roger will hatch a plan, he is a horse we think can go on with it from here.” Paragon descends from Cambridge Stud royalty, with his second-dam being Group One winner Tristalove, who has produced Group One winner Viking Ruler and Group One performers Lovetrista, Kempinksy, and Diamond Like. Paragon’s dam Love Diamonds has also been a successful producer, leaving the likes of Group Two winner and New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of her Year Queen Of Diamonds, and Group Three performer Lovetessa. View the full article

Kenny Moore resisted the urge to chase the $650,000 Summer Series Bonus with his Group One performer Lady Telena in favour of targeting southern riches, and his decision is looking to have paid off. Following Lady Telena’s placing in the Gr.1 Thorndon Mile (1600m) at Trentham in January and seventh-placed run in the Gr.1 Herbie Dyle Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa in February, the daughter of Vespa was in contention for the $100,000 and $50,000 bonuses for the second and third series placegetters, but trainer and part-owner Moore elected to resist heading north once more to tackle the final leg of the series, the Gr.1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie earlier this month. “She was in the hunt, but we didn’t go to the Bonecrusher because at the time I thought Legarto was unbeatable, but as it happened she was,” Moore said. “We had to get back here because we had to have two starts in the South Island to be eligible for that $350,000 race (Southern Alps Challenge), so she couldn’t have gone to the Bonecrusher and gone for that, so I chose to go for the South Island one instead. “It is good to have a home too, I was getting sick of travelling and I like having my babies with me.” Lady Telena showed she is more than up to the task of tackling next month’s Southern Alps Challenge (1600m) when finishing runner-up behind Burgie in the Gr.3 South Island Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton on Saturday. “It was a brilliant finish with amazing sectionals, it was just a shame we couldn’t be a tad closer on the turn, but that is racing,” Moore said. “It is a Group Three, as well as a Group One placing now, so that is great. “She is just such a good girl, she is that little horse that could, and she does.” Moore has been pleased with the way she has come through Saturday’s run and can’t wait to try and snare the lion’s share of the big prizemoney up for grabs in the last innovation race of the season. “She is jumping out of her skin. I couldn’t be happier with her,” he said. “She is going to go forward for the Southern Alps, it is a nice chance for us little chaps to have a chance at something a little bit bigger without the big boys being in the picture.” Lady Telena has really come of age this year and Moore said he is pleasantly surprised by the success she has been having in the top echelon of racing in New Zealand. “In the first month of training her I thought she had the ability to win a race or two, but she kept improving,” he said. “She is nothing to look at, she is quite a plain, ordinary horse and you wouldn’t think she is anything special, but whatever we throw at her, she just steps up to the mark and takes it on.” Meanwhile, Moore is looking forward to kicking off the winter campaigns of a couple of his team next week. “We have got the winter team coming along now,” he said. “Steve Austin and Franni Caccini will kick-off at Ashburton next week.” View the full article

Brian Anderton’s association with Burgie’s family goes back decades and it’s one that continues to deliver stakes successes. With son and training partner Shane, the New Zealand Hall of Famer celebrated another satisfying victory with the Ghibellines mare when she won the Gr.3 South Island Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton on Saturday in the hands of Corey Campbell. It also signalled a deserved change of fortune for Burgie, who lost her rider at barrier rise in the Gr.3 White Robe Lodge WFA (1600m) before she was narrowly denied at Gore. “It’s been pretty frustrating with her, but we got the prize and it was a good ride by Corey,” Anderton said. “Shane puts a hell of a lot of work into the training now, I’m more of an observer, so I’m thrilled for him. “Burgie’s a great autumn mare as she comes in season a lot during the summer and can be quite difficult, but at this time of the year she’s a different horse altogether. “Unfortunately, there’s not a lot more coming up for her so we’ll probably look at the weight-for-age race at Christchurch (Gr.3 Canterbury Gold Cup, 2000m).” Anderton bred Burgie at the family’s White Robe Lodge operation with his late wife Lorraine and races her with long-standing clients BJ’s Southern Syndicate. “That all goes back to a horse called Master Mellay, that’s when I first started training for that syndicate and they’ve had a lot of nice horses along the way,” he said. Master Mellay entered Anderton’s stable half a decade ago as a four-year-old and was a winner on the flat and over hurdles. “It’s the longest I’ve ever trained for a syndicate, it was yonks ago,” he said. Anderton’s entry into the Burgie family began in 1992 at a New Zealand Bloodstock Sale in the South Island. “One of my best mates Dennis Roughan and Jack Mears, who were clients of mine years and years ago, said they wouldn’t mind buying a broodmare,” he said. “Two mares sold after the sale, one was the Mellay mare Bright Girl who I bought for them. “Then Josie came up and she was by Ribotlight, who I loved, out of Bright Girl and I bought her to breed out of and have had a lot of luck.” Dam of the Gr.3 Stewards’ Handicap winner Renee, Josie was successful on four occasions and is the granddam of the Gallant Guru mare Norah. She won six races and is the mother of Burgie, who has now added the Breeders’ Stakes to her previous black type victory in the Listed Warstep Stakes (2000m). Norah also has a four-year-old sister to Burgie named Mabel, who has placed in a brief career. “She has got the ability but isn’t strong enough, so we decided to leave her until next autumn and give her a good, long break,” Anderton said. The mare also has a juvenile colt by Jon Snow, a Ghibellines yearling and is in foal to associate White Robe sire Ancient Spirit. View the full article

Independent research has shown that Te Akau Racing Principal David Ellis is the leading buyer of yearlings and he knows more about finding the right horses than almost anybody else on the planet! View the full article

Nucleonic is proving to be a broodmare gem for Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis, who shares in the ownership of the mare with Westonlea Bloodstock’s David and Matthew Peacocke. The family have been put up in lights by the recent deeds of her daughter Qali Al Farrasha, with the Almanzor filly finishing runner-up in the Gr.3 Sunline Vase (2100m) at Ellerslie earlier this month before running third in the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham. While there is plenty of excitement surrounding the three-year-old filly, her year younger full-brother Nucleozor is showing he has inherited the family talent when extending his undefeated streak to two at Riccarton on Saturday when taking out the Entain – NZB Insurance Pearl Series Race (1000m) at Riccarton on Saturday by 3-1/4 lengths. “It was another really good win by Nucleozor,” said Mark Walker, who trains in partnership with Sam Bergerson. “He’s a horse with a lot of scope and size about him and obviously has plenty of natural ability. “We expect he’ll only get better with time and age, so whatever he’s doing now is just a bonus. He has the makings of a lovely three-year-old.” Nucleozor will now likely head to the Listed Welcome Stakes (1000m) at Riccarton next month ahead of the Listed Champagne Stakes (1200m) in May. The family is entrenched at Te Akau Stud, with Ellis having raced their granddam Mexican Rose, who was a Champion 2YO & 3YO in Singapore, after impressing when winning two of her three starts in New Zealand. “Greg Tomlinson (Nearco Stud) and I bought Mexican Rose,” Ellis said. “We sold two O’Reilly colts out of her for a good return and her weanling topped the sale in 2016. “She was pretty smart, Nucleonic, and this is her third foal, so it’s great to get another promising horse like this early in her breeding career. “The Peacocke family has had a lot of success with Te Akau, racing Avantage among others, and have a long family involvement in racing. “Nucleozor is a really professional young horse with plenty of ability, and Hunter (Durrant, Riccarton Stable Foreman) and our team of staff at Riccarton are doing a great job with him and all the horse there.” Later on the card, Beau Brummell secured a stable double when taking out the Selwyn District Council TAB Southern Alps Qualifier (1600m). “It was very good win and positive ride by Ashvin (Goindasamy),” Walker said. “He’s really starting to come of age. “He’s maturing nicely with age, like other three-year-olds we’ve got in the stable by Embellish, and they look like they’re going to continue improving.” Bred by David Ellis and Karyn Fenton-Ellis, Beau Brummell is shared by the couple in ownership with Waikato Thoroughbred Racing board of directors Glenn Holmes and his wife Cathie Holmes. Ellis purchased his sire Embellish as a yearling at Karaka, and the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) winner stands at Cambridge Stud, with his oldest progeny being three-year-olds. Held in high regard as a racehorse and future stallion by Ellis, his belief has been vindicated as the stable leads way with six individual winners by the young sire. “He’s made a great start to his stallion career with winners in New Zealand and Australia, and this bloke (Beau Brummell) joins some really nice winners we’ve had by him in the stable,” Ellis said. “He ran a good race for fourth in Southland Guineas after only winning his Maiden the week beforehand, and he displayed really good attributes to win. “Talisker recorded a hat-trick of wins before finishing second in the 2000 Guineas (Gr. 1, 1600m) and What You Wish For and Glitzy Glory are another couple of promising winners by Embellish that we’ve got in the stable. “His oldest are only three-year-olds and I think he’s doing a great job at stud.” View the full article

Lightweight rider eager to hang around in the city after Jockey Club extends his licence until May 1View the full article

What Happy Valley Races Where Happy Valley Racecourse – Wong Nai Chung Rd, Happy Valley, Hong Kong When Wednesday, March 27, 2024 First Race 6:40pm HKT (9:40pm AEDT) Visit Dabble Hong Kong racing returns to the bright lights of the city circuit at Happy Valley Racecourse on Wednesday night, where a bumper nine-race program awaits punters. The rail is in the A position throughout the evening, and with no rain forecast to hit the course proper, the track should maintain its current Good 4 rating at the time of writing. The opening event is scheduled to get underway at 6:40pm local time. Best Bet: Beauty Infinity Punters will need to wait until the Happy Valley finale for the best bet as Beauty Infinity looks to redeem himself after a luckless last start performance. The son of Toronado got caught three-wide throughout the 1200m journey on that occasion but showed plenty of determination to find the minor money despite the torrid run in transit. He retains the services of Hong Kong Derby-winning jockey Zac Purton on Wednesday, and so long as Beauty Infinity gets some cover this time, watch for him to make a mess of his rivals before setting sights on better than Class 3 company. Best Bet Race 9 – #4 Beauty Infinity (6) 4yo Gelding | T: John Size | J: Zac Purton (58kg) Bet with Bet365 Next Best: Sharpen Bright It took forever for Sharpen Bright to warm to the task in his most recent outing at this course and distance on February 7, eventually muscling his way into a runner-up finish behind Romantic Fantasy. He gets a significant swing in the weight on two key rivals from that form reference, and with gate three, the gelding by Redwood should be able to slot in much closer to the speed. Karis Teetan takes the reins this time for the David Hall-trained galloper, and despite being winless in eight starts, that can all change on Wednesday evening. Next Best Race 2 – #5 Sharpen Bright (3) 4yo Gelding | T: David Hall | J: Karis Teetan (56kg) Bet with Unibet Best Value: Comet Splendido Comet Splendido finds himself dropping back into Class 4 company for the first time in his 18 start Hong Kong career and gets the ideal setup to bounce back to the winners’ enclosure. The son of War Command did enough first-up at Sha Tin on March 3 to suggest he has returned in super order despite being unable to match motors with the likes of Blue Marlin. This appears a much more manageable task for the six-year-old gelding, and with his only Hong Kong win coming at this course and distance, Comet Splendido can add to his tally. Best Value Race 5 – #2 Comet Splendido (2) 6yo Gelding | T: Danny Shum | J: Ben Thompson (61kg) Bet with Neds Hong Kong quaddie tips – Wednesday 27/3/2024 Wyong quadrella selections Wednesday, March 27, 2024 1-3-4-5-8-9-12 1-2-4-5-6-8 1-2-3-5-6-8-9-10-12 4 Horse racing tips View the full article

What Kensington Races Where Royal Randwick Racecourse – Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031 When Wednesday, March 27, 2024 First Race 1:45pm AEDT Visit Dabble NSW metro racing heads to Randwick on Wednesday afternoon, where the Kensington circuit is set to host a competitive eight-race program. The rail moves out +3m for the meeting, and with no rain predicted in the lead-up, participants should anticipate a genuine Good 4 surface. The track should play fairly throughout the afternoon, with all the action scheduled to get underway at 1:45pm local time. Best Bet at Randwick-Kensington: Ballroom Bella Ballroom Bella appears set to peak third-up into the campaign after an enormous effort in the Listed Fireball Stakes (1100m) at Randwick on March 9. She got back to last before attempting to swoop the entire field turning for home, with only Infancy and Corniche holding her off in the concluding stages. She drops back significantly in grade entering this BM78 contest, and with Regan Bayliss given the opportunity to sit closer in the run from barrier five, Ballroom Bella can add her third win to the resume. Best Bet Race 6 – #3 Ballroom Bella (5) 3yo Filly | T: Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou | J: Regan Bayliss (58.5kg) Bet with Bet365 Next Best at Randwick-Kensington: Imperial Force Two eye-catching barrier trials have the Chris Waller-trained Imperial Force ready to go on debut and the stable seem to have picked out an ideal kick-off point. This Open Handicap for the two-year-olds seems to lack depth on paper, with most of the field made up of debutants trying to make a first-up impression. The son of Snitzel looked to trial the best of this lot, and with James McDonald taking the reins on race-day to bolster confidence, Imperial Force will prove hard to hold out. Next Best Race 1 – #4 Imperial Force (1) 2yo Colt | T: Chris Waller | J: James McDonald (57kg) Bet with Dabble Best Value at Randwick-Kensington: Zondee City Of Lights was sensational in her most recent outing in the Group 3 Aspiration Quality (1600m) at Randwick on March 9 and looks set to bounce back to the winners’ circle. She was storming through the wire before running into a wall of horses, and she was still only narrowly defeated by 2.2 lengths. She steps up to the 1800m for the first time in the campaign, and with barrier two allowing Chad Schofield to seek the one-one throughout, City Of Lights must be considered the one to beat in the final event. Best Value Race 8 – #3 City Of Lights (2) 4yo Mare | T: Joseph Pride | J: Chad Schofield (56.55kg) Bet with PlayUp Wednesday quaddie tips – Randwick Kensington races Kensington quadrella selections Wednesday, March 27, 2024 1-4-5 1-2-3-4 2-3-5-6-8 1-2-3-5-11 Horse racing tips View the full article

Vinery Stud Stakes contender Kimochi. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Racing Photos) Gary Portelli has announced his intentions to target Kimochi at Saturday’s prestigious Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill. Despite the notable presence of star New Zealand filly Orchestral and Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) victor Zardozi, who captured the Group 2 Phar Lap Stakes (1500m) in her latest outing, Portelli remains optimistic about Kimochi’s prospects in her maiden attempt over 2000 metres. “I think they’ve got it wrong,” expressed Portelli in reference to the early betting markets. “Zougotcha, what price would she be in a race like that? We’ve stretched Zougotcha in a Coolmore. She’s done nothing wrong, my filly. “I know you’ve got two Group 1 winners there, my filly hasn’t won one yet but she has raced the best of them. “I don’t think she should be that far out of the market, that’s for sure. “She’s in great order. She’s going to the right race for her, I believe, over the 2000 metres. I’m pretty happy with her.” “After the Thousand Guineas, Craig Williams said, ‘mate, she feels like a 2000-metre horse all day long’. “She wants to settle, she wants to please you, she hasn’t got that zip that she does fresh. So I think we’re going to the right race at the right time.” Kimochi is currently a +500 winning hope leading horse racing bookmakers for the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes. Horse racing news View the full article

Kerrin McEvoy (red cap) lifting Zapateo to Group 1 victory in The Galaxy Photo: RacingNSW Kerrin McEvoy’s autumn carnival has been cut short due to a serious injury sustained during Golden Slipper Day at Rosehill. The unfortunate incident occurred when McEvoy fell from Tintookie in the Group 3 Birthday Card Stakes (1200m), resulting in a fractured vertebrae, specifically his C6. The fall came after McEvoy piloted the James Cummings-trained Zapateo to victory in The Galaxy (1100m). Despite being conscious when he left the track, the Melbourne Cup-winning jockey faces a four-week hiatus following an upcoming MRI scan on Monday. The injury’s progress will then be reassessed before McEvoy can return to racing action. Horse racing news View the full article

Veteran handler gains ‘good experience’ in the Land of the Rising Sun during Victor The Winner’s Group One Takamatsunomiya Kinen (1,200m) raidView the full article

It was the third win in four starts for the 3-year-old, who made his debut finishing 10th in a Dec. 3, 2023 maiden optional claimer at Gulfstream Park, where he ran his first three races. View the full article

It was a monumental day for jockey Umberto Rispoli at Turfway Park March 23. Not only did he secure the grand prize, the $700,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) with Endlessly, but he also earned his 2,000th victory in the saddle.View the full article

Ruby Rocks made it two home cup wins in as many months at Tauherenikau on Sunday when taking out the Trust House Enhancing Our Community Masterton Cup (2050m). The daughter of Burgundy was victorious over the same track and distance on Waitangi Day last month when taking out the Wairarapa Cup, and owner-breeder-trainer Roger Allen was confident of another bold showing on the Soft5 footing. Ruby Rocks jumped well and was sent straight to the front by jockey Jonathan Riddell where they were able to dictate terms. The Bill Thurlow-trained Field Of Gold pressed forward to challenge Ruby Rocks around the final turn, heading his rival with 200m to go, however, Ruby Rocks’ tenacity proved too strong and she fought back to regain her lead and hold out race favourite Titled to win by a length. Opaki-based Allen said he was pleased to get his mare’s name etched in another local Cup. “She got the Wairarapa and Masterton Cup double, which was great. It was very pleasing to get that win,” he said. “She was headed and then she just showed so much determination, she fought back. She is a gutsy mare and just doesn’t give up, she loves it. “She likes that track too and she has finally got firm tracks. All last summer it was wet, and we didn’t have any firm tracks, and now we have got them and she is thriving.” Out of two-win Black Minnaloushe mare Rapidpower, Ruby Rocks has now won eight of her 43 career starts and more than $150,000 in prizemoney, and Allen said attaining black-type is now the primary objective with his mare. “I am thinking of stopping breeding and buying yearlings, so you don’t have as long to wait, so getting some black-type (with Ruby Rocks before she is offered for sale as a broodmare) is important,” Allen said. “We are looking at going to the Manawatu Breeders’ (Gr.3, 2100m) at Trentham (on Saturday week) where she will be against mares and fillies, and not big geldings.” With winter fast approaching and Ruby Rocks liking for firm tracks, Allen said she may only have a couple of more starts before she heads to the spelling paddock, but he is keen to press on with his charge for as long as possible. “She is just thriving at the moment, she is loving it,” he said. “If we have still got firm tracks then we will keep going, but as soon as it gets wet she can got out for the winter.” View the full article

Step into the spotlight and join us for an unforgettable evening of elegance, philanthropy, and celebration at The CatWalk Trust’s LUMINARY event! Ladies, it’s time to dust off your most dazzling dresses, and gentlemen, don your sharpest suits – because on Saturday, June 22, we’re rolling out the red carpet at the newly refurbished Newmarket Room at Ellerslie Racecourse, Auckland, New Zealand. Tickets to this magical soirée are available now, offering you the chance to immerse yourself in an evening of glamour and giving. With a lineup of exciting events, including live entertainment, gourmet dining, and much more, LUMINARY promises a night to remember. But that’s not all! A shining star of the evening is our highly anticipated charity auction, where generosity knows no bounds. Thanks to the incredible support of our community, CatWalk has raised invaluable funds year after year to support cutting-edge research to cure spinal cord injury. This year, we’re thrilled to welcome Newgate Farm to the live auction stage! Led by the visionary Henry Field, Newgate Farm stands as a beacon of excellence in the thoroughbred industry. With bold stallion selections and a commitment to top-tier care, they’ve risen to become one of Australasia’s leading thoroughbred farms in just 14 short years. Among their stellar lineup stands Capitalist, the Champion Australian Two-Year-Old of 2015/16, whose lightning-fast speed and impact on the track are matched only by his influence in the breeding shed. Capitalist’s progeny have earned nearly $8 million this season alone, making him a coveted asset for breeders worldwide. Thanks to Newgate’s generous contribution, we’re thrilled to announce that a service fee to Capitalist will be up for grabs at our LUMINARY event. Don’t miss your chance to bid on this exclusive opportunity to support world-class spinal cord injury research! For more information and to secure your tickets to LUMINARY, visit www.catwalk.org.nz. Can’t attend in person? Phone bids will be accepted – simply contact Chris@catwalk.org.nz to register your interest and learn more. Join us as we highlight spinal cord injury research progress and share in the exciting future at LUMINARY – an evening where every bid brings us one step closer to a cure. Together, let’s make a difference! View the full article

What Taree Races Where Manning Valley Race Club – Racecourse Dr, Taree NSW 2430 When Tuesday, January 26, 2024 First Race 1:15pm AEDT Visit Dabble Manning Valley Race Club is the destination for country racing on Tuesday afternoon, with a competitive eight-race program lined up for punters. The rail is in the true position the entire circuit for the meeting, and although the track is currently rated a Heavy 9 at the time of writing, the forecast does predict drying days ahead, so expect an upgrade prior to the opening event at 1:15pm AEDT. Taree Best Bet: Rum Diary Rum Diary managed two minor placings before being sent to the paddock by the Kris Lees camp and gets set to return after 118 days off the scene. The son of Written By ran into some quality types at the end of last preparation, going down by two lengths in his most recent start to the progressive Bojangles at Wyong on November 11. Two soft barrier trials have the three-year-old returning in excellent order, and with some class on this opposition, Rum Diary will go close to breaking his maiden on Tuesday. Best Bet Race 3 – #3 Rum Diary (9) 3yo Gelding | T: Kris Lees | J: Andrew Gibbons (58.5kg) +150 with Neds Next Best At Taree: Antisocial Antisocial has savaged the line in her two starts at Dubbo to kick-off the campaign and looks primed for a third-up peak. The Brett Cavanough-trained filly has been crying out for a step up in trip after getting run off her feet early in her races, and the 1250m on Monday afternoon should be ideal. Watch for Grant Buckley to send her back towards the rear again, but with enough time to wind up in the straight, Antisocial can finish best. Next Best Race 5 – #4 Antisocial (11) 3yo Filly | T: Brett Cavanough | J: Grant Buckley (57.5kg) +320 with Dabble Best Value At Taree: Magic Stella Tanglewood Jimmy represents good each-way value with online bookmakers heading to Taree for the Wayne Wilkes barn. The son of Stratum Star has been solid through the wire in his two starts to date, with his latest catching the eye at Muswellbrook on March 15. He might still want further than the 1600m journey on offer in this event, but with claiming apprentice Shae Wilkes getting 4kg off his back, Tanglewood Jimmy still appears over the odds in this wide-open maiden contest. Best Value Race 2 – #7 Tanglewood Jimmy (1) 3yo Colt | T: Wayne Wilkes | J: Shae Wilkes (a4) (58.5kg) +1600 with PlayUp Taree Tuesday quaddie tips – 26/3/2024 Taree quadrella selections Tuesday, March 26, 2024 1-3-4-7-10 1-2-3-6-7 1-2-5-9 1-2-3-9 | Copy this bet straight to your betslip More horse racing tips View the full article

Massive Sovereign edges out Galaxy Patch and Ka Ying Generation. Dennis Yip will consider a tilt at the Group 1 QEII Cup (2000m) next month after former Irish stayer Massive Sovereign completed an extraordinary rise to glory with a spectacular win in the HK$26 million Hong Kong Derby (2000m) under Zac Purton at Sha Tin on Sunday. Providing Yip with his first triumph in the Classic and Purton’s second after Luger in 2015, Massive Sovereign clocked the fastest time in Derby history – 1:59.85 – since the race distance was changed to 2000m in 2000, bettering champion Golden Sixty’s time of 2:00.15, set in 2020. In a thrilling finish, Massive Sovereign charged from the tail of the field to beat Galaxy Patch by a neck. Front-runner Ka Ya Generation was a neck further back in third place as all three place-getters broke two minutes on the good to firm surface in front of 60,976 spectators. Formerly known as Broadhurst when trained by Aidan O’Brien in Ireland, Massive Sovereign was having only his second Hong Kong start after having secured a place in the Hong Kong Derby with a stunning debut win over today’s course and distance on March 3. Backed into +340 on the strength of that win, Massive Sovereign sat at the rear of the field before gradually edging closer while tracking Helios Express, who was bidding for a clean sweep of the Four-Year-Old Classic Series after snaring both the Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) and the Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m). While Helios Express finished eighth, Massive Sovereign emerged from a chasing pack to stymie Andrea Atzeni’s daring all-the-way bid on Ka Ying Generation – who threatened to defy his +3900 odds after sweeping to a five-length lead at the 400m. Weaving into clear running, Massive Sovereign responded strongly under a desperate Purton with a final sectional of 22.58s to overhaul a courageous Ka Ying Generation, while also defying Galaxy Patch, who clocked 22.40s for the last 400m. 2024 Hong Kong Derby Replay – Massive Sovereign Hong Kong champion trainer in 2012/13, Yip revelled in the most important success of his career. “It’s very exciting. I think the Derby for me is more important than the championship…but this one for my life is the big one,” Yip said. “He’s a very special horse with a very good mind. The last 200m I was very nervous but I rely on Zac. He is the champion jockey in Hong Kong and everything was good with the horse. “This horse, the first day he arrived in Hong Kong, he (Purton) sent me the video (of Massive Sovereign winning at Leopardstown) and told me he thought he was a nice horse and asked me if he could ride him. “I’ve already entered him for (the FWD QEII Cup) at the end of April. I will see how the horse pulls up. If he’s good and he improves, I will go this way. “I’m very happy, it’s amazing for my life. What a memory.” Purton described securing the ride on Massive Sovereign – a No Nay Never gelding who won two of five starts for O’Brien – as the fruit of several “sliding doors” moments. “There are all those sliding doors moments in the season leading up to it. At once stage, I thought I was going to ride Ensued and the owner wanted Ryan (Moore), then I thought I would ride Helios (Express) and I was away when Hughy (Bowman) won on him and then I watched him win the first two legs (of the Four-Year-Old Classic Series),” Purton said. “I didn’t really have a horse for the Derby until this bloke won so, like when I won on Luger, it was a late pick-up ride into the race. “I feel extremely honoured and privileged to have found such a horse to win it. To win the race itself, it’s the most prestigious race in Hong Kong and I’ve had a frustrating run in this race and a frustrating season, so it’s nice to get another big one – and probably the biggest one among the local races overall. “He’s shown us so far that he’s the ideal horse here in Hong Kong and he’s got such a good attitude. He just takes everything in his stride since he got here. I loved him in the mornings, you love a lot of horses in the morning but they don’t turn up on race days – this guy has turned up on race day so far. “I’m not sure how good he’s going to be, only time will tell but he’s done a good job so far. “When the leader was that far in front, and that horse (Ka Ying Generation) keeps galloping – he doesn’t stop or give up – he might have tired a little bit but he didn’t capitulate, so he made me earn it. I always thought I was going to get close, but how close you can’t be sure. “Once I got to the 200m, I could feel I had his measure.” Horse racing news View the full article

Horse Racing on Monday, March 25 will feature five meetings in Australia. Our racing analysts here at horsebetting.com.au have found you the top bets and the quaddie numbers for the meeting at Warrnambool. Monday Racing Tips – March 25, 2024 Warrnambool Racing Tips As always there a plenty of promotions available for Australian racing fans, check out all the top online bookmakers to see what daily promotions they have. If you are looking for a new bookmaker for the horse racing taking place on March 25, 2024 check out our guide to the best online racing betting sites. Horse racing tips View the full article

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