Racing tips, talk etc

[tiger_one]

Ten of Sydney's best apprentices:


(back L-R) Ben Osmond, Coriah Keatings, Rebecca Bronett Prag, Jace McMurray, Zac Wadick,
(front) Anna Roper, Siena Grima, Shayleigh Ingelse, Molly Bourke & Braith Nock (plus William Stanley, absent).

 

[tiger_one]

Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty galloped to victory in muddy conditions at the 157th Belmont Stakes in Saratoga Springs, New York, on Saturday in the third leg of the Triple Crown.

Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty defeats Journalism again to take the 157th running of the Belmont Stakes

The race marked a kind of replay of the Kentucky Derby. Sovereignty finished in first, Journalism ended up in second again and Baeza was third — the same 1-2-3 as the Derby.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[tiger_one]

Via Sistina has been crowned the 2024/25 Australian Racehorse of the year

 

[innsaneink]

Love this foto finish

 

[tiger_one]

 

[tiger_one]

10 years later

 

[Halbrowne61]

Great days racing yesterday, I was at Caulfield for the Cup along with 28,000 others( biggest crowd since pre Covid) plus watching the 50,167 at Randwick took me back quite a few years when crowds were regularly of that size.
Spring racing warming up down in Bleak City, I’m off to the Geelong Cup on Wednesday then the Valley on Friday night and Saturday ( Cox Plate).
The track is closing for 2 years whilst it’s reconfigured and new stands built.
Will be a big day ! Daryl Braithwaite coming along to perform “Horses” for the closure. Melbourne equivalent of “Sweet Caroline “.

 

[Masterton]

Gotta admit, I was sceptical about Ka Ying Rising. That was a champion run.

 

[tiger_one]

Gotta admit, I was sceptical about Ka Ying Rising. That was a champion run.

And reading today's paper, the overseas betting went off.
Not surprisingly in Hong Kong (as you'd guess) but also in the USA where DAZN and Foxtel played the race and its build-up live - huge interest apparently.

 

[tiger_one]

 

[Halbrowne61]

Horror day at Geelong today, meeting abandoned, waste of bloody time given I’m 1.5 hrs each way from the course.
Bugger !

 

[Aceshigh]

Great days racing yesterday, I was at Caulfield for the Cup along with 28,000 others( biggest crowd since pre Covid) plus watching the 50,167 at Randwick took me back quite a few years when crowds were regularly of that size.
Spring racing warming up down in Bleak City, I’m off to the Geelong Cup on Wednesday then the Valley on Friday night and Saturday ( Cox Plate).
The track is closing for 2 years whilst it’s reconfigured and new stands built.
Will be a big day ! Daryl Braithwaite coming along to perform “Horses” for the closure. Melbourne equivalent of “Sweet Caroline “.

Spring racing in Melb is the best , Derby day is the pinnacle

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

Spring racing in Melb is the best , Derby day is the pinnacle

No price but Viva Sistina has been set for the Cox Plate I reckon.

 

[Aceshigh]

No price but Viva Sistina has been set for the Cox Plate I reckon.

Will be very hard to beat

 

[Buttface]

Spring racing in Melb is the best , Derby day is the pinnacle

The Melb cup goes ok. 🤷‍♂️