FINALS Golden Slipper 16-Sep MATO 2yo Sprint 75k Sires Produce 16-Sep ROCK 2yo Short 75k Champagne Stakes 16-Sep MATO 2yo Medium 75k Grand Prix Stakes 16-Sep SYDN 2yo Long 75k Track King Open 17-Sep LOND Open Epic 10k Track King Open 17-Sep ROCK Open Epic 10k Great Sphinx 17-Sep RIVE…
April 24, 2016 Relaunch bounces back with a vengeance and win the Lowe Cup By The Saint Poetry in motion was a phrase I heard someone say yesterday, when 5yo Triple Crown Champion Relaunch ran away from the field winning his 7th world cup title in a time of…
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A LOSER’S ALIBI: PLAY THE BLAME GAME. Hearing the excuses offered up by sportsmen and women for losses, where in just about every instance the blame lies with someone else and external factors are always the culprit, is one of the most common “turn-offs” in sport. It’s yet another example…
Reading between the lines and from what is being chatted about, racing in Singapore is in a very strange place. Literally. Then again, for those of us who have had to spend any length of time in the Lion City, Singapore will always be Swingabore and a very strange place…
I write today with great sadness. In the lead up to this year’s Melbourne Cup, much ado was made about the grand old boy Red Cadeaux’s 5th assault on our great race. In previous years I had underestimated the red horse’s abilities while selecting our trifecta horses for myself and…
GAI WATERHOUSE STABLES TO BE SOLD TO HONG KONG CONNECTIONS? WELL, KUNG HEI FAT CHOY, DIM SUMS!? That’s the word, and we believe it. After almost a year of negotiations involving Lady GaiGai- and Lord Rob, of course- along with her very savvy Racing Manager Adrian Bott and the connections…
The timely and unambiguous closing statement of last week’s Asian Racing Conference by Asian Racing Federation (ARF) Chairman and Hong Kong Jockey Club Chief Executive Winfried Engelbrecht－Bresges proposing the establishment of a regional task force to develop an ARF Anti-Illegal Betting Strategy, is an overwhelmingly positive step in the right direction.…
Very few of the racegoers who watched a horse called Gay Future walking around the parade ring before the 4.20 race at Cartmel racecourse exactly 40 years ago today, on August bank holiday Monday 1974, would have fancied his chances. Read the full story here
Super Bowl players and racehorses have more in common than you might think. Super Bowl week is in full swing, and it coincides with the start of Triple Crown season in the world of horse racing. While the Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos prepare to face off in San Francisco…