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The Age
11 hours ago
- Sport
- The Age
Race-by-race preview and tips for Scone on Thursday
Track Soft 6 and rail out 2m from 1600m to 400m & True the remainder. RACE 1 3. Empress Tsarina is a tough filly who can bounce back deep into the campaign and coming back sharply in trip. Was placed three times on rain-affected ground at provincial level before doing it tough from the draw over a longer trip at Muswellbrook 23 days ago on a shifty surface. Reliable weight carrier who will settle well off speed and then taken to the outside past the 400m. 4. Rockadeel is a filly by Russian Revolution, and a big market watch on debut for the local Rodney Northam stable behind two progressive trials. 1. The Warrior can improve sharply at his second start after debuting in deeper provincial company. 5. She's So Fly is a filly by Flying Artie on debut off a dominant recent trial win in soft ground for the Kristen Buchanan yard, although she has plenty of gear additions, including bandages front and back. 2. Third Base having his second outing can run into the money. RACE 2 9. Magurtz, a two-year-old by Tassort in the Scott Singleton stable, looks set to make a winning debut at home. Has had three lead-up trials all over the 1000m, winning the latest two both times on a soft 7 rating. 8. See You Then is a rival local drawn closer in, and looms as the clear threat and quinella runner third-up in her first full prep having missed narrowly in two runs at Tamworth so far. Gap to the rest headed by 5. Wanavan, a stablemate of the top selection who can run into the money second-up over 100m further, while another local 6. Flying Molly adds value into exotics third-up. RACE 3 1. Charleroi is a talented home track three-year-old who seemingly has a mortgage on this modest affair for a normally competitive level. Has won two of his last four, careering away from the trail by nearly seven lengths two starts ago before chasing home a tough winner in higher grade at Gosford 12 days ago. Much better suited back on a much bigger track, and the extra 100m is a further plus settling just off the speed. 7. Storm Park is an improver over further after running home late in a provincial BM 64, with a stronger jockey taking over. 3. Rothrock is a shade over the odds well into the prep with the blinkers coming off, while at bigger odds 2. Oakfield Mamselle third-up with a jockey change goes in all wider exotics.
New Paper
12-07-2025
- Sport
- New Paper
Cross-border Pride and joy
Leading Sydney trainer Joseph Pride enjoyed a good day at not one, but two offices in Australia on July 12. The 2024-25 Australian horse racing season may be drawing to an end with only around two weeks remaining, but the Warwick Farm handler was not letting up on his quest for more winners to pad up his successful campaign, even across borders. At home in Randwick, he struck a race-to-race double with two from his team of four runners - King's Secret ($22) in a Benchmark 72 handicap (1,100m) followed by Aberlour ($71) in a Benchmark 78 handicap (1,800m), both with A$160,000 (S$135,000) purses - to tie with Ciaron Maher on the Sydney metropolitan trainer's premiership on 45 winners, but still staying in fifth place on a countback for seconds. In racing, trainers never split their winners, be it in a lowly Class 1 at Wagga or a Group 1 in Flemington, and Pride is no different. However, if his geographical location on that day was anything to go by, a greater sense of "Pride and joy" must have been felt 700km away from home - Caulfield. A little less than three hours after cheering his duo home from the simulcast TV monitors at the Melbourne racecourse, and the obligatory phone chats to the owners and stable supervisor Orla Pearl, Pride was reaping the rich reward for his hit-and-run one-horse mission with consistent mare In Flight in the A$200,000 Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes (1,100m). Typical of airline flights, the $16 favourite was also late to take off. Three wide at the rear, the Flying Artie four-year-old must have given her punters the same fingernail-chewing moments as a passenger waiting for hours on the tarmac. But once Craig Williams throttled her up upon straightening, she finally became airborne, sprouting wings towards a soft landing with one length to spare from New York Lustre (Jamie Melham). Even for Pride, it was only when the Proven Thoroughbred black and lime green silks were over the line that he could release his pent-up nervous energy with a cathartic fist pump from his Caulfield vantage point. "I thought we would be a lot closer in the run and not tracking out so wide," he said. "That is probably what made it so awkward for her, but as soon as she straightened up and balanced up, she was good - she's a pretty good mare, this mare." The Proven colours also flew high at one half of Pride's Sydney double, King's Secret, who is the half-brother of one of Pride's and Proven's best horses, Group 1 Epsom Handicap winner Private Eye. "It's impressive. To see a mare throw horses like that again and again and to have the family in the stable. It's something special," said Pearl to Sky News, referring to their dam Confidential Queen. The mood was a lot less joyous in the Daniel Meagher camp in Caulfield, though. The former Kranji-based Australian trainer's two-time Singapore Horse of the Year Lim's Kosciuszko was soundly beaten in eighth place - his third defeat in as many starts since moving to Australia. One race earlier, Singapore Derby winner Lim's Saltoro fared even worse. After three encouraging runs at the same track, the 10-time Kranji winner put in his worst run by beating one home. In mitigation, he was eased out of the race in the home straight by jockey Jason Maskiell, who kept looking down to his left and right, as if something had gone amiss. The win by In Flight, who may be aimed at either the Oakleigh Plate or The Galaxy next year, also capped a treble for Williams, who has now whittled down the gap on the back-from-injury leader, Blake Shinn - who did not win any race - to four wins (67 versus 63). With five metropolitan meetings still left, the Shinn-Williams showdown will keep racegoers on the edge of their seats at the business end of the Melbourne season. manyan@
South China Morning Post
10-02-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Classic Cup top 10: My Wish and Packing Angel lead early rankings
Classic Mile victor and Francis Lui's exciting galloper headline the Post's ratings for the second leg of the four-year-old series by Jay Rooney on Monday, February 10, 2025 11:47 AM My Wish (right) wins the Classic Mile under Luke Ferraris. Photos: Kenneth Chan After My Wish claimed the Classic Mile with a tough victory, attention now turns to the second leg of the four-year-old series, the Classic Cup on March 2. The step up to 1,800m will suit some but others will be challenged by the trip in what is traditionally the key lead-up race to the city's most coveted feature, the HK$26 million Hong Kong Derby (2,000m) on March 23. The Post has ranked the top 10 contenders for the Classic Cup. 1. My Wish Mark Newnham's pint-sized gelding slipped slightly under the radar heading into the Classic Mile but stamped his claims as a force to be reckoned with. — HKJC Racing (@HKJC_Racing) February 3, 2025 Newnham made a great point post-race – when My Wish has hit the front in his races this season, he has not been headed. He might be a son of a sprinting sire in Flying Artie, but there is some staying blood on his dam side and his ability to race on the speed and keep finding in the straight will again give him a big advantage over several key rivals. 2. Packing Angel While he will face a rise in class and distance, Packing Angel will no doubt be an exciting addition to the four-year-old series after three straight wins. Francis Lui Kin-wai's promising galloper was a dominant Class Three winner over 1,400m on Classic Mile day, despite missing two days of work with a hoof abscess in the lead-up, and he was to be Zac Purton's ride before he was injured. As a son of Melbourne Cup (3,200m) winner Shocking, he should handle further ground. 3. Mickley The British import once again had excuses in the Classic Mile, but his eye-catching performance puts him right in the mix for the next two legs of the Classic Series. Despite being unbalanced as a result of heavy contact from Markwin in the straight, the John Size-trained gelding stormed home in the second-fastest final 400m of the race to finish fifth. 4. Divano Lui's talented galloper dispelled any queries he would run a strong mile emphatically, almost pinching the Classic Mile with a barnstorming run from last. He was the only horse to break 22 seconds for the final 400m when beaten a neck. If he can back that up rising to 1,800m, he can figure prominently again. 5. Rubylot The David Hayes-trained gelding was snagged back to near last from gate 10 and made his run down the outside when sixth, running the third-fastest final 400m of the Classic Mile. With his pedigree indicating the rise to 1,800m will be ideal, he is certainly capable of improving on that performance. 6. Noisy Boy Another likely addition from outside the Classic Mile, Dennis Yip Chor-hong's import will chase a third straight win after saluting over 2,200m and 2,000m. The drop back to 1,800m might not be ideal, but the former Australian Group Two runner-up looks on track to run a big race en route to the Derby. 7. Cap Ferrat Nothing went right for the Australian import in the Classic Mile, fading to finish 12th after travelling wide without cover for most of the race. He was narrowly beaten on his Hong Kong debut behind Mickley and will get better over more ground, with his pre-import record highlighted by a second in the Group One Spring Champion Stakes (2,000m). 8. Mid Winter Wind The South African import created a big impression on his Hong Kong debut for Newnham, rocketing home to score over 1,200m at Sha Tin. While it would be a quick rise to make it to the Classic Cup and Derby, he was tested up to 2,000m pre-import and shapes as a contender with X-factor. Newnham plans to step him up to a mile on Sunday. 9. Californiatotality Tony Cruz's tough on-speed galloper looks a stayer in the making and is fresh from a strong 1,800m win on Sunday. It was the son of Zoustar's second success at the trip and Cruz is bullish about his prospects over the 2,000m of the Derby. 10. Packing Hermod Sent off the $2.8 favourite in the Classic Mile, Lui's quality galloper had every chance but fell short when beaten half a length in third. While the step up to 1,800m is a query and Purton has jumped off, he is still more than capable and shouldn't be written off.
