Wandering Eyes

Dubai Honour and Tom Marquand combine to win the 2025 Group 1 Tancred Stakes at Rosehill Photo: Bradleyphotos.com.au The William Haggas-trained Dubai Honour ($3.10) has remained undefeated in three starts down under, adding the Group 1 Tancred Stakes (2400m) to his resume in a stunning display at Rosehill on Tuesday afternoon. The Pride Of Dubai gelding returned to Australia for the first time since claiming the 2023 editions of the Group 1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m) and Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m), with the world traveller looking to bounce off an excellent runner-up effort in the Group 1 Hong Kong Vase (2400m) at Sha Tin on December 8. ‘Aussie’ Tom Marquand returned to Australia to continue his association with the now seven-year-old gelding, gaining the perfect run throughout after drawing barrier three on Tuesday. It allowed Dubai Honour to settle in the one-one throughout the 2400m journey, while the Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) winner Duke De Sessa ($5.50) pressed forward to secure the early lead, ticking over some moderate sectionals under Harry Coffey. Arapaho () loomed to his outside to keep an honest tempo in testing conditions, as the likes of Vauban ($3.10) and Zarir ($26) were happy to sit quietly in the back-half of the field. Click here for all Rosehill race replays. There was a mid-race move courtesy of Nash Rawiller aboard River Of Stars () as the leading pair attempted to slow it up in the middle stages. It allowed Dubai Honour to slowly build the revs as they turned for home, with Marquand slicing between runners to strike the lead at the furlong pole. Duke De Sessa held his ground to secure second, while Vauban hit the line well as a perfect audition for the Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m) on Day 2 of The Championships. Dubai Honour was all class in the end, however, securing his third Group 1 win in Australia. Stable representative Isabella Paul was on track to discuss the win, and a potential second-up run to take on Via Sistina in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (200m). “Anyone that knows me knows how special this horse is to me and the whole team,” said Paul. “He is an absolute star and at seven years old he has proved again that he is at that top class level. I couldn’t be happier. “He’s the most perfect horse to travel and he never misses a beat. We never have to worry about him and he is the easiest horse in the world. “We joke that he is like a labrador because he is just like my pet. “I’m so proud of him, proud of Tom (Marquand) and the whole team. “I’ll get him home and see how he is. He’ll have some fluids tonight and we’ll take care of him nicely. We’ll trot him up in the morning and see how he goes. “But I think stepping back down to 2000-metres, we haven’t got an option, but there is no reason to try after that performance.” Tom Marquand then spoke post-race. “I’ve been here a couple of weeks and it was starting to get a bit dull,” said Marquand. “I’m lucky that I’ve been riding a few for Australian-based trainers but you come here to compete in the Group Ones and it is really satisfying when you pull it off. “It was a boring day on Saturday and I thought the rain was coming, good draw, everything is in line but then extra few days was great. “He felt like the winner and as a jockey there’s horses that give you certain feelings and at the top of the straight I went out rather than going back in. “I think he’d won either way, to be honest. Issy does a great job every year and WIlliam and Mohamed Obaida, to be brave enough to bring them back time and time again, I’ve got the easy job, I think.” Dubai Honour is now on the second line of betting at $5 with the top online bookmakers for the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Stakes on April 12. Horse racing news View the full article

General Salute arrived in time to claim the Group 3 Star Kingdom Stakes. Photo: Bradleyphotos.com.au General Salute has come with a withering burst of speed to claim his maiden Group success in the Group 3 Star Kingdom Stakes at Rosehill on Tuesday afternoon. The Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou-trained gelding returned with a nice victory in a Benchmark 94 Handicap at Kembla Grange, and he has bounced through that well to claim a narrow win second up as the +320 favourite with Picklebet. Uncommon James (+900) pushed forward to take up the lead from Insurrection (+2000) and Ostraka (+550), while the likes of Espionage (+450) and Mazu (+380) gained good runs behind the speed. The leader was put under pressure early in the home straight, and Ostraka cruised past him to take up the lead and kicked a length clear of the field. However, in the final 100m, it appeared as though he was starting to take smaller steps, which gave Dragonstone (+1300) and General Salute a chance to finish over the top. Both of the swoopers went to the line together, with General Salute claiming victory over Dragonstone by a narrow margin, while Ostraka boxed on for third place. Click here for all Rosehill race replays. Gerald Ryan represented the winning stable in the post-race interview. “Mainly because we had a lot of feet trouble and he used to get a lot of quarter cracks. After he ran in the Hawkesbury Guineas last year, we cut his feet right away back to the bone and let him grow a new hoof,” Ryan said of the winner and why he thinks he has returned to form. “The owners have been very patient. He’s always had the ability. “Some of the races we ran him in, he was running well behind good horses, and he has come back well. He’s got no feet problems now. “We’re shoeing him differently, racing him in normal plates and we look after him. He’s going great. “After his last run he had blood coming out of his foot so that is when we decided to do drastic measures and cut one foot right away. “He came back from the vets on Christmas Eve and he hasn’t had a problem since. “It is an old trick but it is the first time I’ve ever done it. “I knew of it and in this day and age you have to be careful about doing it but I got an old farrier in and he suggested doing it so we did. “There is another similar 1200-metre race at Randwick in a couple of weeks time. I’ve said that this horse wouldn’t surprise me if he got to a Stradbroke.” Tyler Schiller was complimentary of the winner. “I thought his win at Kembla was quite impressive,” Schiller said. “When he found, I thought he wasn’t entitled to. “He was on the deck and he picked up again in that last fifty and surged. “I was really happy when I came back and saw my number because I’ve been getting pipped all day.” The top horse racing bookmakers currently have General Star as a $21 shot for the Group 1 Stradrboke Handicap in June. Horse racing news View the full article

Australian ace eager to see Caspar Fownes-trained gelding break more evenly from the barriers at city circuit on Wednesday night.View the full article

Recent Curragh maiden winner Dupont Law (Ire) (Le Havre {Ire}) is the latest high-class prospect to have been sold to continue his career abroad, with his handler Ciaran Murphy explaining that such a windfall is now needed every year in order to survive in the training ranks in Ireland. Dupont Law was split three ways between Murphy, bloodstock agent Ross Doyle and owner William Drew, whose red and white silks were carried by the three-year-old to victory in that 1m Curragh maiden last month. While Murphy says he derived just as much pleasure from the confidence he gained in sending out a Curragh maiden winner, he admitted that such a touch came just in time, and that the earnings from the sale would help keep his Mullingar-based stable on “the straight and narrow” for the foreseeable future. Dupont Law was shrewdly acquired by Murphy and Doyle during the Book 2 session of the Goffs Orby Sale for just €37,000. It is understood that the horse sold for many multitudes of that figure to Bloodstock agent Mark McStay on behalf of American clients while the Australian market were underbidders on the horse. “From a financial point of view, we could have done with this touch last autumn, but we did right by the horse and let him develop into the three-year-old that we thought he'd be,” the trainer explained. “He always shaped like a mile-and-a-quarter/mile-and-a-half horse on the Flat so we knew he'd be very marketable this spring. The satisfaction that came with waiting and getting everything right with him was just as good as getting the money to be honest.” Murphy added, “I'll be totally honest, unless you get a proper touch like this every year, you're going to struggle as a trainer. The training business is only wiping its face right now. The cost of everything has gone up even in the past three or four years. You need a lot of staff in order to do the job properly-more so than in other industries-and the price of everything has gone up. If you can keep your head above water in this game, you're probably doing well and then, if you can get a touch, it's that bit sweeter.” Ross Doyle | Tattersalls The sale of Dupont Law represents another sweet bit of business for Murphy and Doyle. The relationship got off to the best possible start when Murphy recommended an unraced horse to Doyle a number of years ago and the pair have done an increased amount of business together ever since with Dupont Law the culmination of such. Murphy explained, “I started to do business with Ross about five or six years ago. He's bought some very nice horses off me and took my word on them all. When Ross approached me about getting involved in one or two horses, I was absolutely thrilled because I knew he was easy to work with and an absolute gentleman. It was a big thing for me to get involved with Ross initially. He's been a big help to me and, with the client base he has, he's been a huge addition.” He added, “Ross bought a Twilight Son (GB) [Charity Gain (Ire)] horse off me for Hong Kong a few years ago. He was a lovely, big horse who hadn't run, but Ross had an order for Hong Kong and he took my word that this horse was good enough to fill it. The horse has gone on to win two valuable races out there so I think that gave Ross confidence and it also gave me a huge amount of confidence as well. Bottler'secret (Ire) (Dragon Pulse {Ire}) came along after that–Ross bought him after he won at Naas and he ended up winning a Grade 2 over hurdles for his new connections. There were a few little bits in between but I have always had a good vibe off Ross.” While Doyle has supplied Murphy with plenty of ammunition in recent times, it's the trainer who actually deserves the most credit in spotting Dupont Law at the sales. And while the €37,000 spent on the backward-looking Le Havre yearling, who was bred by the Tsui family's Sunderland Holding Inc, is more than the trainer usually spends at the sales, Murphy recalled how he was in good company on the horse. “When I spotted him, I knew the type of horse that Ross likes, and I just said to him that we'd go in after this lad and try to buy him. Listen, I loved Dupont Law when I saw him and Bill Dwan from Castlebridge recommended him highly so it was a no-brainer. Noel Meade was the underbidder so we knew we were in the right space. That has actually happened to me plenty down through the years, falling on the same horse as Noel Meade. We clearly like the same type of horse. We paid €37,000, which is a bit more than I would usually give for a horse, but we really liked him and thankfully it has worked out.” He added, “Ross rang me an hour after we bought the horse to tell me that his friend William would be interested in taking a third. So we split the horse three ways. That was William's first horse with us and I'm just over the moon that it worked out for him.” It's not long ago that Murphy's Charlestown Stables was mostly made up of National Hunt horses. Who could forget Liberty Counsel winning the Irish Grand National for the stable back in 2013 when Dot Love still held the licence? Murphy only took over the training officially in 2021 but there has been a steady diversification towards more Flat runners with the stable's tally climbing from six winners on the level in that debut season to eight last year. Murphy admits that he would like to continue to grow the Flat side of the operation and, while the sale of Dupont Law will be a massive help in that respect, he won't be going gung ho at the yearling sales either. He explained, “We only bought a handful of yearlings last year. For what we were looking for, we just found that we weren't able to buy them. We just didn't have the money there to go out and speculate and I don't have a backer to do that. So when I buy one, I usually keep a share myself. That's the way I work it. And then you can only just hope that some of them will work out. We bought a couple of yearlings last year but we're going to have to wait for them because I love the mile/mile-and-a-quarter horse. As we saw with Dupont Law, there's a big market to Hong Kong, Australia and America for the mile-plus horse and then there's also quite a lucrative market to sell a juvenile hurdler so it's just an area that makes a lot of sense. “I'd be quite reserved financially because you never know what's around the corner! There's always bills that need to be paid! But definitely, this will help us to get on the straight and narrow. Winning a Curragh maiden is a big help to me, too, because when you go to the sales, people know that you can achieve that. I'd be very hopeful that, when the yearling sales come around in the autumn, there will be a few people there to tap me on the shoulder. That's where I want to be. I'd love to have a nice batch of Flat horses coming through every year.” The post Massive Windfall For Murphy As Curragh Maiden Winner Is Sold To America appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Treasurethemoment winning the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes. Photo: Bradleyphotos.com.au The Matt Laurie-trained Treasurethe Moment ($1.40) has kept her undefeated preparation intact, blousing her rivals to claim a dominant victory in the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill on Tuesday afternoon. The daughter of Alabama Express is yet to put a foot wrong since claiming the Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) in the spring, chalking up a hat-trick of wins to kick-off the autumn as she attempts to secure the VRC Oaks/ATC Oaks double. The Vinery couldn’t have unfolded any better for the ultra-talented three-year-old, with Damien Lane allowing the short-priced favourite with horse racing bookmakers to stride into the one-one as Powers Of Opal ($23) fired up in the early stages. Fellow Melbourne raider Benagil () looked to trail her every step of the way and got the perfect run in behind the speed, while Declichy Boulevard ($11) refused to settle under the urgings of Nash Rawiller, racing ungenerously despite lobbing on the leaders’ back in the middle stages. Powers Of Opal couldn’t sustain her effort when turning for home as Treasurethe Moment took over at the 300m pole, and while the likes of Benagil and Verona Rose () were making some inroads in the final furlong, they were simply no match for the star filly. The now two-time Group 1 winner couldn’t have been more impressive on the testing conditions and appears on track to complete the Oaks double on Day 2 of The Championships. Click here for all Rosehill race relays. Matt Laurie was on course at Rosehill to break down the win. “She’s a dream horse,” said Laurie. “She’ll learn a lot today. I think she got a little bit lost. She didn’t have that trail. They spread out enough and she was sitting out on a limb with nothing really there to follow. “Looked a little bit lost but when she got into it she was really good late so she’s only going to be better for the experience. “It is great to win another Group 1 and great to win one for Yulong. “She is proven at that distance (Oaks 2400m) and she’s going to lap it up. She’s just got better and better. We have been here for nearly a fortnight and she lost a little bit of weight on the way up and wasn’t completely settled but as we got deeper, she got better and better and I was pleased with her today. “Ten days into the Oaks will be perfect.” Damien Lane was impressed with the win in testing conditions as well as he spoke post-race. “She’s very uncomplicated,” said Lane. “She went to the barriers well and she has trained on her Sydney leg. The race worked out well. She didn’t love the heavy ground but because she’s so honest she just kept on keeping on.” “On the softer ground she didn’t quicken as well as what she normally would but she’s so honest and I think she’ll handle whatever you throw at her. She’ll excel, though, on firm ground.” Treasurethe Moment is now a firm $1.60 favourite for the Group 1 ATC Oaks (2400m) at Randwick on April 12. Horse racing news View the full article

Quality six-year-old mare Lekvarte (NZ) (Reliable Man) recorded a hard-fought Group Two victory when landing the Emancipation Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill on Tuesday. The Joe Pride-trained mare was previously a three-time winner at Group Three level and narrowly prevailed from favourite Lazzura who was held up before making late-ground to finish second. A ten time winner, Lekvarte’s best form had been on firmer ground than the heavy8 presented on Tuesday, and she had previously been unplaced in five attempts on heavy going. “Gee she sprinted quickly on that ground and if you look at her form she has been a horse who has struggled on wet ground,” Pride said. “That was a really good run and a Group Two, she’s in the Chairman’s Sale in six week’s time. She’ll have one more run in the Queen Of The Turf (Gr.1, 1600m) but she’s done her job in so many ways already so to get another good win out of her, it’ll be a sad day when she finishes. “She’s a lovely mare. Excellent win and nice to see a mare at her age still racing on so well.” Winning jockey Josh Parr said Pride had given him great confidence going into the race and said the mare was in exceptional condition. “I couldn’t believe the power that she gave me when she travelled up behind them then got clear air and let go. It is a fun job at times, I’ll tell you,” Parr said. By Westbury Stud stallion Reliable Man, Lekvarte is out of the black-type Encosta de Lago mare Plumm, who was runner-up in the Gr.3 Adrian Knox Stakes (2000m) for Grahame Begg. The talented grey was sold as a yearling through the Westbury Stud Book 1 draft at Karaka in 2020, knocked down to BK Racing & Breeding in conjunction with Andrew Williams Bloodstock for $210,000. Lekvarte has now won A$1,140,330 in prizemoney. View the full article

Favourite backers breathed a collective sigh of relief when a small margin victory went the way of $1.50 chance Ceolwulf (NZ) (Tavistock) in a photo-finish to the Gr.2 Neville Sellwood Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill on Tuesday. The Joe Pride-trained four-year-old carried 59.5kg topweight to wear down Just Fine by a nose with Our Gold Hope in third. “It wasn’t really the result that counted today – it is easy to say that after a race – but it is more about the performance,” Pride said. “I’ll be honest, he presented like he was going to win by a couple of lengths but he didn’t do that. “That was only his second go on a heavy track and while he went well on it in the Derby when he was younger, maybe he’d prefer something a bit firmer now.” Ridden by Chad Schofield, Pride said Ceolwulf would take good progression from the victory after stepping up 500m in trip with a big weight on a testing track. “That is why I wanted to run him over 2000m as the majority of my horses and this horse as well, the second run over 2000m they have, they are better,” Pride said. “He’ll have to be a lot better this week.” “I wanted a good hitout for him over 2000m and he certainly got that. He’s still presenting a little bit big. He was 522-kilos when we put him on the scales yesterday. “Putting that in perspective, he was low 480s when he won the King Charles (Gr.1, 1600m). He’s never going to get down to that weight again but I’d like to see him drop another five or ten. “We’ll give him a couple of nice gallops in between now and the Queen Elizabeth (Gr.1, 2000m). Something to reflect on.” Ceolwulf was bred by Cambridge Stud owners Brendan and Jo Lindsay and is a son of the Shamardal mare Las Brisas. The gelding is a graduate of the 2022 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale, where Pride and part-owner Leighton Howl went to $170,000 to secure him from Riversley Park’s draft. A dual Group One winner at a mile, Ceolwulf has now won five of his 18 starts and advanced his career earnings to A$5,779,900. View the full article

Foxton trainer Gail Temperton feels she has some unfinished business with the Gr.3 Manawatu Breeders’ Stakes (2040m) and she is hoping to rectify that on Saturday at Wanganui. Temperton placed in last year’s edition of the race with Royal Flower (NZ) (Proisir), a mare she bred and races with her partner Stanley Alexander under their Taikorea Thoroughbreds banner, and she is hoping for an improved result this weekend. The six-year-old daughter of Proisir has been raced sparingly since last autumn, having the one run in spring before returning to the racetrack earlier this month, and Temperton said she has returned a much stronger horse. “I thought she was due for a decent spell and so she had a couple months off, and I think she is much stronger now, so I am pleased I did that,” she said. Royal Flower finished last in her first-up assignment over 1200m before returning to form when runner-up over 2100m in rating 75 grade at Hawera, much to the delight of Temperton, who is looking forward to seeing her step back up to stakes level this weekend. “She had a big spell and she had only had a 1200m flat race, in which she was last, it was a big ask for her and she went well last start,” she said. The Wanganui track was rated a Soft5 on Tuesday morning, with rain forecast in the lead-up to Saturday. The wet outlook doesn’t concern Temperton, with Royal Flower having recorded two of her six victories on Heavy tracks. “She wouldn’t be any good in a (Heavy)10, but anything below a 10 at Wanganui she should be fine,” Temperton said. Royal Flower will be met in Saturday’s contest by in-form mare Our Jumala, who was victorious in the Gr.3 Cuddle Stakes (1600m) at Trentham last month. The six-year-old daughter of Zed also placed in last year’s Manawatu Breeders’ and Temperton is looking forward to round two this weekend. “I see Our Jumala is in the race again so it will be interesting to see how we all get on,” she said. Royal Flower tackled the Gr.2 Travis Stakes (2000m) last year following her Manawatu Breeders’ placing, but Temperton said she hasn’t committed to any firm plans post this weekend’s run. “It (last start runner-up performance) came as a surprise to me that she went as good as she did, albeit only in a rating 75, so I haven’t really thought past Saturday,” she said. “We will see how she goes on Saturday and take it from there.” Temperton will also head to Wanganui with Never Look Back (NZ) (Shocking), who is in line for a jumping future following Saturday’s 2040m rating 75 contest. “Never Look Back is a funny horse. He is pretty honest but isn’t fast enough for the very good tracks and he struggles when it is really heavy,” Temperton said. “I think he will go okay. When he went bad in January in the Marton Cup (Listed, 2200m) at Trentham, the plan was to go on to the Wellington Cup (Gr.3, 3200m) but he came off the track very lame that day and he had bruised the sole of his foot. That interrupted our continuation to the longer distances, which is what I would have preferred. “We will give him a go on Saturday. He jumps really well, and it is well-known that I love the jumpers, so that is what he will be doing next if he doesn’t go fabulous on Saturday. “I have been jumping him for two years, so it has always been in my plans to be jumping. It is a good sport that I love.” View the full article

A start in next Saturday’s Southern Alps Challenge (1600m) is in the offing for Ears Back (NZ) (Jakkalberry), but the talented mare must overcome recent barrier woes in her lead-up run at Ashburton on Thursday to make the $350,000 target. A six-year-old by Jakkalberry, Ears Back has seven wins to her name including this season’s Timaru Cup (1600m). She was among the favoured runners in the Listed Hazlett Stakes (1400m) in February but uncharacteristically failed to load and was late-scratched. The mare returned to Wingatui last month and finished sixth in the Gr.3 White Robe Lodge WFA (1600m), but it was a sense of déjà vu for connections in the Gr.3 South Island Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton as she refused to enter and was ruled out of the race. Returning to the jump-outs, Ears Back had no issues at the gates and was entered for Ashburton’s midweek meeting where she will carry top-weight under Billy Jacobson in the Greg Jones Memorial (1300m). “We had to go to a jump-out and put a blindfold on her, and she walked straight in,” Blackadder said. “Here’s hoping for Thursday. “She’s had some nice fast work down the beach to keep her up to the mark, we’re targeting the Southern Alps and she needed a run before then.” Blackadder’s Rangiora stable will have a further four representatives assured of a start at the meeting, including Reverberations (Real Impact) returning from a spell. The son of Real Impact has performed consistently for Blackadder since joining the stable last winter but was sent for a spell after the West Coast circuit. “He’s done a lot of slow work in the build-up this time, he’s quite a fine horse and he’s filled out nicely, he’s come back really well,” he said. Reverberations will take his place in the Agraforum Growing Innovation (1600m), while three-year-old filly Charlotte Jane contests the McIntosh Catering (1400m), her second appearance to the races after finishing fourth on debut. “I was very happy with her there, she’s trained on very well and she’s got a nice draw,” Blackadder said. “I haven’t had much to do with Toni (Davies, apprentice jockey) before, but I’ve been watching her and she rides nicely.” A newer member to his team is Islebefine (Brazen Beau), a former northerner who will appreciate better track conditions in the Hygain Maiden Stayers (2200m). “He didn’t like the heavy track last time so he should be better suited this week, it was a good run though,” Blackadder said. View the full article

What Happy Valley Races Where Happy Valley Racecourse – Wong Nai Chung Rd, Happy Valley, Hong Kong When Wednesday, April 1, 2025 First Race 6:40pm HKT (9:40pm AEDT) Visit Dabble Happy Valley Racecourse is the destination for Hong Kong racing on Wednesday evening, with a bumper nine-race program set to commence at 6:40pm local time. The rail is in the C+3 throughout the night, and with pristine conditions forecast in the lead-up, punters can expect a genuine Good 4 surface. Check out our best bets and quaddie selections for Happy Valley down below. Best Bet at Happy Valley: Groovy Feeling The Jamie Richards-trained Groovy Feeling put in two strong performances to kick off his Hong Kong career and didn’t have much luck in either outing. The son of Cable Bay was forced to check off heels on multiple occasions, debuting at a massive price with horse racing bookmakers at Sha Tin on December 22 before sitting wide without cover at the same track and trip on January 1. He’s had three barrier trials to get set for this after three months off the scene, and provided the breaks fall his way from barrier five, expect Groovy Feeling to be flashing over the top at start three. Best Bet Race 4 – #6 Groovy Feeling (5) 4yo Gelding | T: Jamie Richards | J: Ben Thompson (58.5kg) Next Best at Happy Valley: Top Time Top Time was unsuited to the sit-and-sprint that unfolded at Sha Tin on February 9, holding his ground comfortably behind Gallant Epoch to finish in third, 2.2 lengths away. The second horse, Master Trillion, has already franked the form going on to score since, and with Top Time likely to relish stepping out to the 1650m in a genuinely run affair, expect this guy to be a big improver heading into start six. Next Best Race 6 – #7 Top Time (3) 3yo Gelding | T: Chris So | J: Keagan De Melo (57.5kg) Best Value at Happy Valley: Money Catcher It’s hard to believe Money Catcher hasn’t tasted success since January 2023, but he finally gets the ideal setup, stepping back into Class 3 company for the first time since his Hong Kong debut. The seven-year-old comes through a strong form race at Sha Tin on March 9, beaten less than four lengths by the likes of Bundle Award and Markwin, both of which acquitted themselves well in the final leg of the four-year-old series. Expect Declan McDonogh to slide across and take it up with relative ease from stall seven with no speed engaged, and although there are other with more upside, Money Catcher can only run well here at the each-way price with . Best Value Race 3 – #1 Money Catcher (7) 7yo Gelding | T: Frankie Lor | J: Declan McDonogh (61kg) Wednesday quaddie tips for Happy Valley Happy Valley quadrella selections April 1, 2025 2-3-6-7-12 1-4-6-7 1-4-6-8 1-2-3-7 Horse racing tips View the full article

Lekvarte arrived in time to claim the Group 2 Emancipation Stakes at Rosehill. Photo: Bradleyphotos.com.au Veteran mare Lekvarte ($18) delivered a stirring performance to claim the Group 2 Emancipation Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill Gardens on Tuesday, rewarding the Joe Pride stable with another feature win and setting up a potential farewell tilt at Group 1 level. With Josh Parr in the saddle, Lekvarte powered home late on the Heavy 8 track, showing a turn of foot rarely seen from her on rain-affected ground. The six-year-old daughter of Reliable Man had previously struggled in the wet but defied that reputation to nab race favourite Lazzura ($2.50F) right on the line, winning by a short head at $19 with . Click here for all Rosehill race relays. “She sprinted incredibly well,” Pride said. “She’s been such a reliable mare, and with the Chairman’s Sale coming up, this win only adds to her profile. She’ll go to the Queen of the Turf next and it’ll be a sad day when she finishes, but she’s still got something to give.” Parr, who has had a long association with the grey mare, said she gave him an electric feel when peeling off heels and letting down strongly inside the final 300m. “Joe was confident heading in,” Parr said. “Once I got clear running, she just surged. She gave me a real buzz — it’s fun when they do that.” Harlem Queen ($8.50) boxed on gamely to grab third, 1.75 lengths off the winner, while Coeur Volante had little room in the straight and finished fourth in a blanket finish behind the placegetters. Now a three-time Group 3 winner, Lekvarte’s tally stands at 10 wins from 36 starts and over $1.1 million in prizemoney. She has already cemented herself as a valuable broodmare prospect, and a bold showing in the Group 1 Queen of the Turf (1600m) on April 12 could be the perfect swansong. The top horse racing bookmakers currently have her labelled a $21 hope in the Queen of the Turf Stakes on April 12. Horse racing news View the full article

What Warwick Farm Races Where Warwick Farm Racecourse – 2 Hume Hwy, Warwick Farm NSW 2170 When Wednesday, April 2, 2025 First Race 1:45pm AEDT Visit Dabble Metro racing returns to Warwick Farm Racecourse on Wednesday afternoon, with a competitive eight-part program set for decision. The rail reverts to the true position the entire circuit, and with improving conditions forecast leading into race day, expect the Heavy 8 rating to gain an upgrade into the Soft range. The opening event is scheduled to get underway at 1:45pm local time. Best Bet at Warwick Farm: Modella Modella returns after a 62-day spell and blousing her rivals at Kembla Grange on January 29, breaking her maiden status in stylish fashion. She rounded them up impressively in the final furlong to suggest she’s ready to take the leap into metro company, and the Lee & Cherie Curtis barn appear to have found a nice BM72 assignment for their progressive filly. Tommy Berry should get the perfect suck run behind the speed from gate four, and provided she can let down with a similar turn-of-speed, Modella will prove hard to hold out at a good price with . Best Bet Race 3 – #12 Modella (4) 3yo Filly | T: Lee & Cherie Curtis | J: Tommy Berry (54kg) Next Best at Warwick Farm: Be Real Be Real appears set to peak third-up in the campaign after taking on the girls in the Group 3 Epona Stakes (1900m) at Rosehill on March 22. The daughter of Iffraaj was doing her best work late on that occasion, closing to within two lengths of Mare Of Mt Buller. She’s been crying out for 2200m, and although Tyler Schiller will need to produce a cracking ride from stall 10, Be Real must be considered the one to beat dropping back into this BM78 contest. Next Best Race 6 – #4 Be Real (10) 4yo Mare | T: Brad Widdup | J: Tyler Schiller (60kg) Best Value at Warwick Farm: Perspiration The Ciaron Maher barn have been patient with their placement of Perspiration as she returns from a 185-day spell. The Too Darn Hot colt was a dominant winner of the Listed Heritage Stakes (1100m) at the end of last preparation before being sent to the paddock, with the lightly raced three-year-old only failing to find the frame once in his five career starts. There’s plenty of depth in this BM78 contest, however, with the likes of Zealously and Wondereach sure to have many admirers, so expect Perspiration to represent a good price with horse racing bookmakers as he kicks off the campaign. Best Value Race 7 – #3 Perspiration (6) 3yo Colt | T: Ciaron Maher | J: Zac Lloyd (61kg) Wednesday quaddie tips for Warwick Farm Warwick Farm quadrella selections April 1, 2025 5-7 1-4-7 1-2-3-6-12 1-3-5-10-11-12-15-16 | Copy this bet straight to your betslip Horse racing tips View the full article

A start in next Saturday’s Southern Alps Challenge (1600m) is in the offing for Ears Back, but the talented mare must overcome recent barrier woes in her lead-up run at Ashburton on Thursday to make the $350,000 target. A six-year-old by Jakkalberry, Ears Back has seven wins to her name, including this season’s Timaru Cup (1600m). She was among the favoured runners in the Listed Hazlett Stakes (1400m) in February but uncharacteristically failed to load and was late-scratched. The mare returned to Wingatui last month and finished sixth in the Group 3 White Robe Lodge WFA (1600m), but it was a sense of déjà vu for connections in the Group 3 South Island Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton as she refused to enter and was ruled out of the race. Returning to the jump-outs, Ears Back had no issues at the gates and was entered for Ashburton’s midweek meeting, where she will carry top weight under Billy Jacobson in the Greg Jones Memorial (1300m). “We had to go to a jump-out and put a blindfold on her, and she walked straight in,” Blackadder said. “Here’s hoping for Thursday. “She’s had some nice fast work down the beach to keep her up to the mark, we’re targeting the Southern Alps and she needed a run before then.” Blackadder’s Rangiora stable will have a further four representatives assured of a start at the meeting, including Reverberations returning from a spell. The son of Real Impact has performed consistently for Blackadder since joining the stable last winter but was sent for a spell after the West Coast circuit. “He’s done a lot of slow work in the build-up this time, he’s quite a fine horse and he’s filled out nicely, he’s come back really well,” he said. Reverberations will take his place in the Agraforum Growing Innovation (1600m), while three-year-old filly Charlotte Jane contests the McIntosh Catering (1400m), her second appearance to the races after finishing fourth on debut. “I was very happy with her there, she’s trained on very well and she’s got a nice draw,” Blackadder said. “I haven’t had much to do with Toni (Davies, apprentice jockey) before, but I’ve been watching her and she rides nicely.” A newer member to his team is Islebefine, a former northerner who will appreciate better track conditions in the Hygain Maiden Stayers (2200m). “He didn’t like the heavy track last time so he should be better suited this week, it was a good run though,” Blackadder said. Horse racing news View the full article

What Ballarat Races Where Ballarat Turf Club – 72 Midas Rd, Miners Rest VIC 3352 When Wednesday, April 2, 2025 First Race 1:30pm AEDT Visit Dabble The Ballarat Turf Club is the destination for midweek racing in Victoria this Wednesday afternoon. An overcast day is forecast for race day, and with the track rated a Good 4 at the time of acceptances and the rail out 6m, there will be no excuses for fancied runners. The first of eight races at Ballarat is set to jump at 1:20pm AEDT. Best Bet at Ballarat: Alma Rise Alma Rise simply looks like the best bet of the year so far in this BM78 over 2000m. The four-year-old mare returned in super fashion when beaten three lengths in the Group 3 Matron Stakes (1600m) at Flemington, where she was held up for a run at the 100m mark and was not fully tested. She boasts three wins from as many starts at the trip, and if she finds the right run in transit, Alma Rise’s rivals will not know which way she went when she goes for home. Best Bet Race 7 – #6 Alma Rise (6) 4yo Mare | T: Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman | J: Blake Shinn (56kg) Next Best at Ballarat: Detroit City Detroit City has been well beaten in all three starts this campaign, but the massive step back in grade to a BM70 should suit him perfectly. The three-year-old gelding was beaten four lengths first-up by Angel Capital in Group 2 company before struggling in the Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) and then again in the Group 2 Alister Clark Stakes (2040m). The drop to 1600m at this level should work in his favour, and as long as Jamie Mott can find cover from barrier 10, Detroit City should have a class edge on his rivals. Next Best Race 5 – #2 Detroit City (10) 3yo Gelding | T: Dominic Sutton | J: Jamie Mott (59.5kg) Best Value at Ballarat: Judge Jenni The way Judge Jenni hit the line over 1606m at Terang on March 21 suggests the 2000m trip on Wednesday will suit. The Justify mare settled at the rear of the field and made up good ground in the home straight to be beaten by 1.8 lengths. The extra 400m will give her more time to build through the gears, and as long as Craig Newitt has her in clear air, Judge Jenni will prove hard to run down at $7 with . Best Value Race 4 – #10 Judge Jenni (6) 4yo Mare | T: Lindsey Smith | J: Craig Newitt (57.5kg) Wednesday quaddie tips for Ballarat Ballarat quadrella selections Wednesday, April 2, 2025 2-4-9 3-6-7-9 6 1-2-3-4-5 | Copy this bet straight to your betslip Horse racing tips View the full article

Race 1 COCHRANES FARM MACHINERY RATING 2600m XRATED (S Wynne) – Trainer Mr. R Dennis advised Stewards, he was satisfied with the post-race condition of XRATED, and will continue on with the current preparation of the mare, where he may look to nominate XRATED at the Southland RC meeting on Sunday 6 April. Race 3 PETERSENS JEWELLERS LADIES BRACELET 1400m THOSE OCEAN EYES (R Mudhoo) – Trainer Ms. A Furlong reported to Stewards, that on Monday 24 March, THOSE OCEAN EYES underwent blood tests with no abnormalities being detected. A Furlong further advised it is her intention to carry on with the filly’s current preparation. DREAM OF THE MOON (C Barnes) – Te Akau Racing Manager Mr. R Trumper advised Stewards, that the stable was satisfied with the post-race condition of DREAM OF THE MOON, and the intention is to continue on with its current preparation. Race 6 GO RACING RATING 65 1200m CHARM MANHATTAN (J Fawcett) – Trainer Ms. K Williams reported to Stewards, she was satisfied with the post-race condition of CHARM MANHATTEN, however, the gelding was given a brief freshen up. K Williams further advised the intention is to continue on with CHARM MANHATTEN’S current preparation where she may look to nominate the gelding at the Canterbury JC meeting on Saturday 12 April. Race 7 SEATON FAMILY MEMORIAL HORORATA GOLD CUP 1800m HE’S A DOOZY (Y Atchamah) – Trainer Ms. L Latta reported to Stewards, she was satisfied with the post-race condition of HE’S A DOOZY, and it is her intention to carry on with the gelding’s current preparation. The post Canterbury Jockey Club @ Riccarton Park, Saturday 22 March 2025 appeared first on RIB. View the full article

By Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk From her West Melton base Amber Lethaby will take five horses south to Timaru on Wednesday. The Timaru Harness Racing’s midweek meeting is a first for the club. It marks the first time they’ll race on the grass track usually reserved for the gallopers at Phar Lap Raceway. From her five chances Lethaby reckons some can certainly run in the money. “When you look at Racey Krusa, Sweet Glory and Gamely they are all each-way chances, the other two I would just be watching.” A three-race winner, Racey Krusa is the best supported at $4.80 in Race 5, the Equine Veterinary Services / Jim Williamson Memorial Trot. “Getting the country’s leading driver doesn’t hurt,” says Lethaby. Blair Orange has been engaged to drive with the stable’s go-to driver Sheree Tomlinson committed with Zsazsa Binx. The in-form Tomlinson will drive the stable’s other four runners. “The 2100 metres will really suit him,” Lethaby said of Racey Krusa, “he’s not as good over 2600.” The eight-year-old hinted he’s too far away from another win with a third last start at Oamaru. Also third last start, at Waimate, was Gamely. She lines up in Race 3, the Southwest Refrigeration Limited Pace. “She’s going well,” says Lethaby, “but we are always having trouble with her taking the passing lane.” “That’s probably cost her two wins so far.” She’s had three placings from nine race day starts so far. Lethaby is also keen on Sweet Glory’s chances in Race 6, the Performance Equine Ltd Mobile Pace. She has won one from 16 with her success coming at Methven in February. “She’s had bad draws and bad luck since then though we were disappointed with her at Oamaru last time.” In that run she finished 12th on March 23. “She didn’t sprint on as we know she can and if she runs up to her ability she’s an each-way chance.” Lethaby’s other two runners are Star Invasion, a 15 start maiden, in Race 1, the Brosnan Transport Passing Lane Trot and Santa Cruz, a five-year-old gelding on debut in Race 2, the New World Timaru Mobile Pace. “Injuries meant we had to put him aside for two years but it’s nice to get him to the races finally though he will need the run.” The nine race card starts at 12.34pm Footnote : Anyone travelling south to get to Timaru races on Wednesday please be aware that there are roadworks on State Highway 1 at Ealing. There will be Stop/Go traffic management with a 30km/h speed restriction. This may result in extensive delays. Plan your journey accordingly allowing extra time for your travel. View the full article

Tancred Stakes Day. Photo: Bradleyphotos.com.au Tancred Stakes Day 2025 awaits punters at Rosehill on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, with a blockbuster 10-race program set to unfold. The Group 1 Tancred Stakes (2400m) headlines an action-packed day of elite racing in Sydney. With the Sydney Autumn Carnival in full swing, stay up to date with all the race replays, results, and dividends provided by top horse racing bookmakers here. Free Rosehill Race Replays & Full Results 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Race 1 – Midway Handicap (1300m) Race Replay & Results https://horsebetting.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Rosehill-Race-1-Midway-Handicap-01042025-Tenderize-Gary-Portelli-Molly-Bourke.mp4 Place No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Fixed Odds (W) Fixed Odds (P) 1st 10 Tenderize Gary Portelli Molly Bourke $5.50 $2.10 2nd 9 Piraeus Richard & Will Freedman Tommy Berry $2.30 3rd 17 Putt For Dough Mick Attard Tom Sherry $2.60 4th 7 Glounthaune Gregory Hickman Jason Collett Exotic Bet Type Results Dividend Quinella 10-9 $20.40 Exacta 10-9 $39.50 Duet 10-9 $6.50 Duet 10-17 $8.10 Duet 9-17 $6.90 Trifecta 10-9-17 $238.10 First Four 10-9-17-7 $1,234.40 Horse racing news View the full article

Like the Brooklyn Bridge and Broadway, the Wood Memorial Stakes (G2) is intrinsically linked to New York, and of all the significant Kentucky Derby (G1) prep races, this is the one final test that every horseman wants to ace.View the full article

Coolmore partners Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor, and Derrick Smith announced March 31 they have joined the ownership group of Kentucky Derby (G1) contender Journalism, who also will stand at Ashford Stud after his retirement.View the full article

The New York Racing Association has dealt with a myriad of reasons for cancellations over the years. Inclement weather, smoke from wildfires, and a pandemic, in particular, stand out among the list. But what happened March 30 was indeed a first.View the full article

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It’s a best of season one! Michael looks back at all of the big moments, notable interviews, re-rides the emotional rollercoasters, and dives back into some of his favourite moments, before a final check-in and update on Mickey G. Guerin Report – Ep.31 – Best Of View the full article

Connections of top-class mare Joliestar (Zoustar) will wait until later this week before making a call on her involvement at Randwick at the weekend. A start in Saturday’s Gr.1 TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) is in the balance for Chris Waller’s representative due to Sydney’s inclement weather and no chances will be taken with Cambridge Stud’s high-profile daughter of Zoustar. “It would be nice to give her one more run before we tip her out for a spell and then come back for the spring,” Cambridge Stud chief executive Henry Plumptre said. “We want a horse for next season and we don’t want her to get beaten by running her on a track that she might finish fifth or sixth on, she’s too good for that. “Historically, we’ve had no luck with this Randwick carnival weather-wise, we’ve run a number of horses over here which would have been reasonable chances, but they’ve just not handled heavy surfaces at all. “That’s been no-one’s fault, it’s just the way the weather is in Sydney in the autumn now, it’s so unpredictable.” Joliestar stamped her quality when successful in last season’s Gr.1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) on top of the ground at Caulfield and was spelled following luckless midfield finishes in the Gr.1 The Everest (1200m) and Golden Eagle (1500m). She ran third when opening her current preparation in the Gr.2 Expressway Stakes (1200m) before returning to Melbourne to thump her opposition in the Gr.1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington. Joliestar has continued to thrive since returning to Waller’s Rosehill base. “Chris is obviously hoping the weather improves so it’s all fingers crossed because the mare is very well and had a nice quiet trial last Friday,” Plumptre said. “It’s a question of waiting and seeing what happens later in the week. Barrier draws and the weather we can’t fix.” Meanwhile, the stud’s outstanding Tavistock mare Snazzytavi continues her battle with laminitis. “She’s had further minor surgery (on Monday) on that off fore foot to try and alleviate some of the discomfort,” Plumptre said. “At this stage, the best way to describe it is that she’s holding her own.” Snazzytavi won nine of her 15 starts from the Matamata stable of Graham Richardson and Rogan Norvall, including Group One victories in the Zabeel Classic (2000m) and Livamol Classic (2040m). View the full article

Trainer Peter Didham was pleased to see his regally-bred mare Manifique (NZ) (Savabeel) return to form at Trentham last Saturday when finishing runner-up behind Waitak in the Gr.2 Awapuni Gold Cup (2400m). The daughter of New Zealand Champion Sire Savabeel and multiple Group One winner Shez Sinsational has been an enigma for the Awapuni trainer but rewarded his faith with a gallant effort over the weekend. “I am always expecting that (good performance) with her, she just disappoints me quite often,” Didham said. “She has got a tonne of talent. She’ll go a bottler and then every time I think she is going to win her next one she just throws in an average one, and I still can’t work out why. “She has been checked out so many times it’s not funny, but she just has a tendency to hang every now and then and when you are hanging in on one rein, you are not thinking about running on. “She settled beautifully on Saturday and put in some huge strides. Waitak is a class horse, and he deserved to win, but to get a Group Two placing for my owners I was over the moon.” Further Group targets await Manifique next month, but Didham is still weighing up between two options at either end of the country. “She has pulled up well, she is going to have two or three easy days,” he said. “I was thinking about the Hawke’s Bay Cup (Listed, 2200m) in two weeks, but she seems better fresher, so she will either go to the Travis Stakes (Gr.2, 2000m, at Te Rapa) or Canterbury Gold Cup (Gr.3, 2000m, at Riccarton).” While pleased with Manfique’s performance, Didham was left slightly disappointed in the showings of his two juveniles in the Gr.1 Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m), with War Princess (NZ) (U S Navy Flag) and Shameless Star (NZ) (Shamexpress) finishing third-to-last and last respectively. “They have both gone out to the paddock,” Didham said. “It might have been a bridge too far, they went very hard. I don’t regret having a go at a Group One worth $550,000, that is what we bought them for, to run in two and three-year-old races.” Meanwhile, Didham will head to Waverley with two representatives on Friday. Three-year-old gelding Lucullan (Rich Enuff) has placed in both of his starts to date and Didham is hoping for an improved result this week in the Mark Forst Electrical (1100m), while Gum Basher (NZ) (Vespa) will contest the Paul Jones Construction (1400m). “Lucullan should go reasonably well, and Gum Basher is wanting a bit of rain, which is meant to come,” Didham said. View the full article

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