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News.com.au
5 hours ago
- Sport
- News.com.au
‘Best horse we've had for a while': Trainers Jim and Greg Lee chasing Randwick victory with Glorious Moments on Saturday
Co-trainer Greg Lee believes Glorious Moments is the best horse his stable has produced at the races in years and reckons his untapped talent can deliver on that high opinion on home turf at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Glorious Moments has only raced three times as he nears the end of his three-year-old season but is ready to make up for lost time after injury hampered the early stages of his career. Lee and his brother Jim thought enough of Glorious Moments to run him in last year's Group 3 Pago Pago Stakes as a two-year-old but a lingering issue brought the son of Brutal's career to a halt. A quarter crack in his hoof forced Glorious Moments to the sidelines for more than a year. • PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet iQ member and get expert tips – with fully transparent return on investment statistics – from Racenet's team of professional punters at our Pro Tips section. SUBSCRIBE NOW! 'The only way that is going to repair is giving them time,' Greg Lee said. 'You do what you can to keep it together but unfortunately it didn't work out early in his career and he eventually had to go out. 'There were signs coming but you get the blacksmith there and pull it together like a vice but it's not the same, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. 'Put it this way, it's like you have half your toenail off and you are trying to run with it.' 'That's the best way to describe how sore it is.' There were highly-promising signs Glorious Moments had put the issue behind him in the lead-up to his return when he won a trial at Randwick by nine lengths. He backed up it up in his first race start in 59-weeks with a commanding 1-3/4 length success at Canterbury over 1250m on June 18. @aus_turf_club — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) June 18, 2025 • The Lees have elected to space his runs with Glorious Moments set to line up a more than a month between runs in The Agency Real Estate Benchmark 72 Handicap (1300m) with Heavelon Van Der Hoven aboard. 'When they've been out that long and you back them up to quick, normally they run bad,' Lee said. 'He won that race first-up but he hadn't run for a long time but he won easy. 'The gap between runs won't worry him.' Glorious Moments is the $4 favourite to make it back it consecutive victories to start his preparation with Stardeel ($4.20), Codetta ($5.50) and Signor Tortoni ($6) helping make up a competitive affair. • New ATC chairman floats fresh plan for Rosehill Lee expects Glorious Moments will be hard to beat again and is eager to set his sights on stakes racing if everything goes to plan in the coming months. 'I think he is the best horse we've had for a long while,' he said. 'I think he will run a mile plus. 'We will get his rating up and if he wins this, then he's won his two and then we make take him to Melbourne for a stakes race.' Convergent is another lightly-raced galloper trained by the Lee brothers that they have a lot of time for and predict has a stakes future. Convergent wins on debut for Jim & Greg Lee with @Reganbayliss in the saddle ðŸ'° @aus_turf_club — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) April 25, 2025 The son of Impending has only had two starts, winning his first before finishing runner-up in a 1500m Midway on June 7 at Royal Randwick. He will return to the races on August 9 at Royal Randwick with the Lees hoping to raise the bar high this spring. 'He's a good stayer and I think if he comes up you pick out races like the Moonee Valley Cup and The Metropolitan and see if they can do it,' Lee said. 'They do or they let you down and they aren't good enough. 'What makes him so good is he can sprint but I know he will get over 2000m and plus but the plus is yet to be seen.' The Lee brothers only have a small team of horses but have been hitting the target this season with a 20 per cent winning strike rate from their past 50 starters.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'So Impressive': Spectacular Grey Tops Fasig-Tipton July Digital Sale
'So Impressive': Spectacular Grey Tops Fasig-Tipton July Digital Sale originally appeared on Paulick Report. The Fasig-Tipton July Digital Sale closed Tuesday afternoon with 137 horses sold for $4,808,500. The sale averaged $35,098 with a clearance rate of 81 percent. The catalog offered horses of racing age, racing/broodmare prospects, 2-year-olds in training, breeding stock (including broodmares with foals at foot), and Grey (hip 30), a 7 ¾-length debut winner at Monmouth Park on July 12, sold for $625,000 to Epic Horses, LLC, to top the sale. Offered as a horse of racing age by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent, the 2-year-old daughter of Not This Time's eye-catching debut earned her 'TDN Rising Star' honors. 'We are thrilled to have bought Spectacular Grey,' said Shannon Potter, Thoroughbred Advisor to Epic Horses, LLC. 'The way she won her debut was so impressive, and she's by Not This Time, who has quickly proven himself to be one of the top sires in the world. Being by Not This Time, she should get better with age and more distance.''I love buying off the Fasig-Tipton Digital Platform,' continued Potter. 'Fasig-Tipton Digital brings you exciting offerings like Spectacular Grey on a year-round basis. The platform is so easy to use. You have access to all the buying resources you could ever want with just a couple clicks of the mouse.'Top hips sold also included: Malarchuk (hip 32), a 4-year-old son of Nyquist, sold for $525,000 to Reddam Racing & ERJ Racing. Offered as a horse of racing age by Chad C. Brown, agent, the colt entered the sale off a back-to-back wins at Saratoga. Fancy Love (hip 6), a broodmare in foal to Arcangelo, sold for $260,000 to Mahmud Mouni from the consignment of Hartwell Farm, agent. The Not For Love mare sold with her 2025 Oscar Performance filly at foot. Fancy Love is the dam of stakes record setting Bashford Manor winner Romeo, who recently sold for a record $1.7 million at the Fasig-Tipton July Selected Horses of Racing Age sale. Ivy League (hip 8), a broodmare in foal to Arabian Knight, sold for $200,000 to Milam Farm, LLC, from the consignment of Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa, agent. A stakes placed daughter of Medaglia d'Oro, Ivy League was offered carrying her first foal. 'Nearly 1,000 registered bidders and a wave of new prospective buyers underscored the continued strength of demand for racehorses,' said Leif Aaron, Director of Digital Sales. 'The breeding stock market performed exceptionally well for this time of year, generating nearly $1.5 million in gross sales and averaging close to $30,000 per horse. This was a truly international marketplace, with multiple purchases destined for overseas buyers.'Full results are available next digital sale will be the August Digital Sale, to be held August 21-26. Entries close August 11. This story was originally reported by Paulick Report on Jul 22, 2025, where it first appeared.
The Sun
2 days ago
- The Sun
Tragedy as woman in her 60s dies after ‘falling from horse that was spooked by dog'
A WOMAN has died after being thrown from a horse when it was scared by a dog. The rider, in her 60s, was rushed to hospital after falling off. A dog is thought to have spooked the horse and, after throwing the woman, the mount ran away but it was later found safe. Police said the owner of the pet remained on scene. Sadly, the rider died of her injuries after the fall in Leeds on Sunday. An investigation is ongoing and any witnesses have been asked to contact West Yorkshire Police. Senior Investigating Officer Superintendent Emma Winfield said: 'This was a tragic incident where a woman has sadly lost her life. "Our thoughts remain with her family who are being supported by specialist officers. 'We are currently working to establish the events leading up to the incident. "I would ask anyone with any information to please come forward.'
BBC News
3 days ago
- BBC News
Woman dies after falling from horse spooked by dog in Leeds
A woman has died after falling from a horse when it was spooked by a dog, West Yorkshire Police woman, in her 60s, was taken to hospital after being thrown from the horse near Bullerthorpe Lane, in the Newsam Green are of Leeds on force said she later died as a result of her Emma Winfield, said: "This was a tragic incident where a woman has sadly lost her life, and our thoughts remain with her family who are being supported by specialist officers." The force said it was reported that shortly before the incident, a dog had been present near to the horse, which ran off after throwing its rider, was later found safe and uninjured, A police spokesperson said the owner of the dog had remained on scene, adding that an investigation into the incident was still in its early witnesses to the incident have been asked to contact police. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
New York Times
3 days ago
- New York Times
N.Y.C. Carriage Driver Cleared of Animal Cruelty After Horse's Death
One hot summer day in 2022, a horse named Ryder collapsed in Midtown Manhattan after a seven-hour workday pulling a carriage through Central Park. Videos of Ryder lying on his side on Ninth Avenue, his ribs visible through his stomach as police officers coaxed him to get up, circulated on social media, eliciting alarm. The fervor peaked two months later, when Ryder was euthanized: He was too unhealthy, veterinarians said, to maintain a good quality of life. The next year, the city charged his driver, Ian McKeever, with one count of overdriving, torturing and injuring animals. This month, Mr. McKeever became the first carriage driver in the city to stand trial for animal cruelty. And on Monday, a jury cleared him, delivering a rebuke to animal-rights activists who saw Ryder's death as ammunition for their effort to eradicate New York's horse-drawn carriage industry, a mainstay of the city for more than 150 years. Mr. McKeever, 57, had faced up to a year in prison if convicted. He let out a sob and put his head in his hands when the verdict was read. This is a developing story and will be updated.
