If you go to the supermarket once a week and partake of the free fruit for kids and the free samples of fancy cheese while doing your shopping, that's fine. If you go three times a day to ransack the free fruit and cheese while not buying anything, eventually they'll ban you from the store.

That City Of Troy is much much better than I thought.  Very good. Voyage had a lovely track gallop on the course proper with no weight on his back.  There is a Group 3 10 furlong race at ascot.  Waipiro won it last year.  I will go Voyage this year.

Warmonger tumbled in the betting for both the Melbourne Cup and Caulfield Cup and brought a first top-tier success for his unheralded South Island sire War Decree when he became the fourth straight New Zealand-bred to win the Queensland Derby.View the full article

The New York Racing Association June 2 highlighted the availability of positron emission tomography (PET) at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.View the full article

William Lawrence and Three Chimneys Farm's Delahaye was not to be denied her first graded victory as she stormed down the Churchill Downs stretch to win the 1 1/16-mile $249,668 Mint Julep (G3T) June 2.View the full article

I notice Noel McCutcheon in the list as well with NZOM. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/horowhenua-chronicle/news/kings-birthday-honours-2024-levins-noel-mccutcheon-honoured-for-services-to-racing/M477OBDXJZG3RBCIU7QIBRUD54/

I would say so. She's settled back in Palmerston North.

The first day of the Epsom Derby Festival took place on a cold and cloudy afternoon with drizzle in the air. It wasn't really the best conditions for Ladies Day but on the track the turf was officially Good to Soft with most of the heavy showers which afflicted London the previous day staying away. Two Group 1 races starting with the Coronation Cup over the iconic 2400m across the Downs. EMILY UPJOHN, last year's winner, proved a weak favourite as trainer John Gosden, who is very straight with the media, said the filly was a lazy worker and this was a "prep for her summer campaign". The money came for both LUXEMBOURG (4s to 9/4) and HAMISH (7s to 4s). As I often say, there's no point getting older if you don't wiser and giving Ryan Moore a freebie on the front end is asking for trouble. Moore rode a superb race on LUXEMBOURG and didn't have to do too much to hold the running on HAMISH in a race where the money spoke volumes. Let's not forget LUXEMBOURG was 2/1 favourite for the 2022 Derby after running third in the 2000 Guineas and Aidan O'Brien indicated post race 2400m would be the trip for this one with a tilt at the King George at Ascot at the end of July the next target. Could we see him in the Arc - I suspect he might end up in the Breeders Cup Turf.  HAMISH ran a blinder - the ground probably wasn't soft enough for this type who plies his trade in Group 3 races where he has an excellent record. The true was however LUXEMBOURG had too much class. The French raider FEED THE FLAME was held up at the back off a steady race and was beaten as soon as the pace lifted - he was six lengths behind HAMISH in third. John Gosden said post-race he thought EMILY UPJOHN had blown up 600m down and the race would bring her on a lot. He also thought the ground was slow enough - she goes next to the Hardwicke at Ascot. They ran the 2400m in 2 minutes 42.12 seconds so nearly seven seconds off Standard - the ground was on the slow side and, unusually for Epsom, thetre was a strong headwind up the straight which can also excuse the modest time. Following the success of LUXEMBOURG, the first Group 1 for Aidan O'Brien in England this season, the money came for YLANG YLANG in the Oaks but she was strongly opposed by EZELIYA, representing legendary trainer Dermot Weld, who last won the Oaks with BLUE WIND in 1981. I don't need to remind anyone on this forum of the legend that is Dermot Weld. The trainer of 1993 Melbourne Cup winner, VINTAGE CROP, he may not get the numbers of the quality of Aidan O'Brien and Ballydoyle but the Aga Khan family has been a supporter for decades and there's no doubt he still knows how to handle the good ones. EZELIYA did this well under Chris Hayes and in truth there weren't many anxious moments. Of the twelve, only six ever really got competitive. Fillies like FOREST FAIRY, SECRET SATIRE, RUBIES ARE RED and the royal runner TREASURE were all well beaten. Hayes always looked happy on EZELIYA and she quickened well 400m down to lead and run down DANCE SEQUENCE on whom William Buick had gone down the inside route when challenging,. Buick's filly didn't look happy on the camber and I imagine connections will want her on a more conventional track like The Curragh or York next time. WAR CHIMES outran her 50/1 odds in third with Lingfield Oaks Trial winner YOU GOT TO ME beaten nine lengths in fourth in front of CAUGHT U LOOKING and favourite YLANG YLANG who was held up out the back by Moore but who failed to pick up much and for me didn't really stay.  The winner is by Dubawi (he sired both first and second) out of Eziyra who ran third in both the Irish and Yorkshire Oaks in 2018. Clearly she likes a little bit of juice in the ground but I imagine The Curragh will be the next step - could she be an Arc contender? EZELIYA has certainly put down a marker to the 3-y-o middle distance colts. For Weld, it was a wonderful return to Epsom - as said, he doesn't have the numbers of other yards but at 75 and with 25 classic wins in England, he remains at the top of his profession.  

Jayne is quality.  Does anyone know if this is permanent?  Thx

great  to  see he  has been recognized   for all his  hard work  over the years  for horse racing  

Romantic Warrior surged to victory over Japan's top milers in the Yasuda Kinen (G1) June 2 at Tokyo Racecourse, earning his fifth straight top-level victory in three jurisdictions.View the full article

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If you are looking for a million-to-one shot, then that's the likely odds on someone actually getting the $53,888 they want on StubHub.com for a seat at the historic first-ever Belmont at Saratoga Race Course. View the full article

The first-ever Belmont Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course will bring together two diverse versions of a racing partnership. View the full article

Evangeline Downs hosted the annual celebration of Louisiana-bred Thoroughbreds with an exciting Louisiana Legends Night card June 1 that was highlighted by Brittlyn Stable's grade 3 winner Ova Charged taking the Mademoiselle.View the full article

name the commentators  from nz  not wanted anymore that have  been succesful  and the others that got a raw deal quite alot from kevin payne to jason teaz to pat cumerford to tom wood in a big way tony lee his treatment was a disgrace who else 

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You only have to look at the Menangle and Melton harness meetings on any given Saturday night and see all of the 'NZ's' on display in every race all night long. Over half the field in some cases. 

Warning: Controversial opinion follows. The stake money on offer is ok as long as the handicapping system is structured to support it. Yes, winning one race is where the majority of horses stop, but throwing more money at that first win won't change the real problem. What has to happen is that the 2nd, 3rd and 4th wins become achievable, and bringing 5, 10 and 15 wins horses back into the same fields as 1 win horses will NEVER achieve that. We need a ratings system that spreads out the classes instead of compressing them. Sure give the old 15 win $150k earners a chance to race where they're competitive, but not at the expense of the half decent newcomers. The Aussies don't want a bar of the 15 win, $150k earner 10yo, but they'll snap up the promising 1 win, $8k earner 4yo that gets used as cannon fodder in a heartbeat. The brains trust running the game think that breeding numbers is the issue. It's not. Retention of racing stock, even if it only keeps them for and extra season to win those extra 2, 3 or 4 races is the problem. It beggars belief that the muppets at HRNZ are happy with a ratings system that has (I'm guessing numbers here) 50% or more of the horses in work rated at or below the 50 rating they started out with! Breeding bonuses will achieve nothing except line the pockets of a select few. 2yo incentives will achieve nothing except line the pockets of the same select few. All the Entain money is doing at the moment is making the sale to Aussie the only sensible option for most owners as soon as their horse wins it's first race. The minor exception is for the really nice horses who can win 4 or 5 races before they tap out and have to be sold to Aussie too.

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