Tomorrow's Australian Wide Tips

Friday, 23 August 2002 00:00

 

Melbourne
1	Chickie	Manang	Visage
2	Freegold	Southern Crown	Anyone We Know
3	Great Glen	Rohatyn	Cool Trent
4	Innovation Girl	Brief Embrace	Cocktail Evening
5	Elegant Fashion*	Le Zagaletta	Dash for Cash
6	El Nino	Marstic	Chong Tong
7	Ruby Slipper	Zabeels Angel	Miss La La
8	Chiming Door*	Foreign Affair	Auckland Blues
Sydney
1	Hello Pamela	Outlaws	Power of Pegasus
2	Periphery	Just Imagine	Floria
3	Victory Vein	Chocolate Starfish	Smash
4	Star of Florida*	Thorn Park	Half Hennessy
5	Lonhro*	Defier	Hoeberg
6	Marwin Gold	Shovoff	Shot of Thunder
7	One Under	Faiza	Sophistocat
8	Night Raider	Interbank	Harp of Tara
Adelaide
1	Quantum Leap	Naden	Kelmark
2	Upmarket Star	Defiant	Kooltrice
3	Gucci Guru	We Will Rock You	Miss Vodka
4	Get Up	Miss Revic	Manilow
5	Squillani*	Star Hit	Kurt
6	Our Fame	Jezarich	Carlin
7	Our Jermyn Street*	Harsh Praise	Daneforce
8	Ambroc	Enfold	He’s All Class
Brisbane
1	Strictly Smart	Penola	Interstorm
2	Huge Year*	Sammy	De Canny
3	Kymessa	Madame Carrera	Out Yonder
4	Miss Rutherford	Flash Valentine	Secret Polish
5	Glittering Affair	Malumba	Star of St. Covet
6	Foster	Our Mick	Pelecanos
7	Northern Friends	Pedro’s Girl	Typify
8	May Royal	Ceffyl	Pelt
Perth
1	Star of Vain	Halopak	Master Key
2	Anchor the Stars*	Vain Zoe	Stiletto Lady
3	Lone Lover	Real Storm	Maggoro
4	Dream of Storms	Fortunate Sally	Lady Fe
5	Mr. Why Gee Bee	Konjo	Twin Power
6	Honour the Name	Classic Lady	Kame’s Hope
7	King Luka*	Dash for Cover	Brigalow
8	Riptorn	Heavy Nova	Corporate Rocket
Gold Coast
1	In Cobargo*	Lauren Emily	Rhythmic Chief
2	Seaway Lad	Mick of Michael	Quavi
3	Dunedin Flyer	Secret Gardens	Garland in Bloom
4	Nattie	Kutisha’s Boy	The Boomba
5	Sundial*	Arakoola	Storm Princess
6	Miss Fairchild	Surfing Joe	Lion Hunt
7	Sensible	Wicked Woman	Alfred
8	Moon Jet	Zoffee Toffee	Lord Tennyson
Darwin
1	Bellotto Boy*	Tommy Tee	Acela
2	Anello Rosso	Arch Henry	Amber Essence
3	Ku Ring Gai Chase	Fine Option	Check Or Bet
4	Merry Beach	Kabatepe	Cheque Attack
5	Skiing*	Warisan	Ari Banu
Toowoomba
1	Day Pass	Hidden Ambition	Upwords
2	Stellar Spectra	Royal Successor	Naked Spur
3	Niven*	Rowdy Boy	Christmas Handout
4	Vain and Handy	Restoration	Gretzky
5	Avon Jewel*	Persian Charm	Let Fly
6	Samsun	Tarana Avenue	Ride the Seas
7	In Sync	Secret Gardens	Jesterana

Wine Set to Start Favourite at Mudgee

Tuesday, 20 August 2002 00:00

Mudgee's Wesfarmers Landmark Wine Celebration Race Day on Sunday September 8 could be the only race day where the favourite is the wine!

Mudgee Race Club chairman, Max Walker, says there's already been an unprecedented level of interest in the wine celebration race day.

"We're getting calls from all over Australia with great support from business," Max says.

"As well as the outstanding sponsorship from Wesfarmers, the Merrill Lynch group has organised with us to fly-in 90 high profile clients who will be wined, dined and entertained in our marquee village."

The club is planning for a crowd of about 4,000 for the eight-race wine celebration day which carries prizemoney totalling $60,000.

"It's the only race day where the favourite could be the wine," says Mudgee wine growers' Lucie White.

"For the first time the race day will be showcasing our local food and world famous wine exclusively; it will really be a case of come to the Mudgee races and taste the region. And to make a weekend of it, we’re encouraging all visitors to "graze" at a special pre-race day wine and food tasting session at the racecourse on the Saturday evening before the races."

Over a dozen local food and wine producers will be exhibiting at the meeting with racegoer’s able browse through the stalls and taste the local product.

Meanwhile, Max points out that while the parents are having a great day, a special programme of events has been developed to keep their children entertained all day.

"We're going all out to make this a real family day," he says.

And there are more of these highly successful meetings to come; NSW Country Racing Council Chief Executive, Brian Judd, points out that the Wesfarmers Landmark Mudgee Wine Celebration Race Day is part of a concept of "theme meetings" the CRC is focusing on developing through its seed funding programme throughout the State during the next 12 months.

Media Release - NSW CRC

Saturday's Spring Carnival Runners

Thursday, 22 August 2002 00:00

A number of Melbourne Spring Carnival aspirants will be hitting the track around Australia and New Zealand on Saturday.

Here's a quick list of who's running at which location and what feature events they are already nominated for by their connections.

(Feature races are Caulfield Guineas, Thousand Guineas, Victoria Derby, Victoria Oaks, Cox Plate, Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup).

CAULFIELD

Race 1 - 4YO & Up Mares - 1600m

MANANG - Caulfield Cup, Melbourne Cup

Race 2 - Open Hcp - 2000m

CHANTAGE - Caulfield Cup, Melbourne Cup
SOUTHERN CROWN - Caulfield Cup, Melbourne Cup

Race 3 - Vain Stakes (Listed) - 1200m

ROHATYN - Caulfield Guineas, Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, Victoria Derby
GREAT GLEN - Caulfield Guineas, Cox Plate, Victoria Derby
DELAGO BROM - Caulfield Guineas, Cox Plate, Victoria Derby
KING WELLS - Caulfield Guineas, Cox Plate, Victoria Derby
FRIGHTENING - Caulfield Guineas, Cox Plate, Victoria Derby
BROADBAND - Caulfield Guineas, Cox Plate, Victoria Derby
NATURAL BLITZ - Caulfield Guineas, Cox Plate, Victoria Derby
ACEE DEECEE - Caulfield Guineas
STEP AHEAD - Caulfield Guineas, Victoria Derby
CYBERIAD - Caulfield Guineas, Victoria Derby
AIN'T HERE - Caulfield Guineas, Victoria Derby
HELENUS - Caulfield Guineas, Victoria Derby
MAJOR WOODY - Caulfield Guineas, Victoria Derby

Race 4 - Quezette Stakes (Listed) - 1200m

BRIEF EMBRACE - Thousand Guineas, Caulfield Guineas, Victoria Oaks, Victoria Derby
INNOVATION GIRL - Thousand Guineas
FUJI DANCER - Thousand Guineas, Victoria Oaks
PRESUMED INNOCENT - Thousand Guineas
TOOK A CHANCE - Thousand Guineas, Victoria Oaks
CLASS SUCCESS - Thousand Guineas, Victoria Oaks
COCKTAIL EVENING - Thousand Guineas, Victoria Oaks
REGAL TESS - Thousand Guineas, Victoria Oaks
RORTRICE - Thousand Guineas, Victoria Oaks
RAVEN PROTECTOR - Thousand Guineas, Victoria Oaks
ADO ANNIE - Thousand Guineas
CHE BELLA MIA - Thousand Guineas
SHOOT THE STARS - Thousand Guineas, Victoria Oaks

Race 5 - JJ Liston Stakes (Group 2) - 1400m

SKY HEIGHTS - Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup
BREW - Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup
RAIN GAUGE - Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup
SPIRIT OF WESTBURY - Caulfield Cup, Melbourne Cup
MAGUIRE - Caulfield Cup, Melbourne Cup
FIRETAINE - Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup
DON EDUARDO - Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup
DASH FOR CASH - Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate
SILVER BARON - Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup
ROSE ARCHWAY - Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup
PIPER STAR - Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate
ELEGANT FASHION - Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup
TULLY TUNDER - Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup
THE BIG ASK - Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup
THE PUMPER - Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup

Race 6 - Welter - 1200m

TEARS ROYAL - Cox Plate
EAGLE RHYTHM - Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup
MARLIE - Caulfield Cup, Melbourne Cup
WEST TEXAS - Caulfield Cup, Melbourne Cup
ROMAN ARCH - Cox Plate

Race 7 - Sir Edward Dunlop Stakes (Listed) - 1200m

MOON DRAGON - Cox Plate, Caulfield Cup
LI LO LILL - Cox Plate, Caulfield Cup
PERNOD - Cox Plate, Caulfield Cup
TYROLEAN - Caulfield Cup
LIBERTY ROSE - Caulfield Cup

Race 8 - Hcp - 1600m

CAVALLO BRUNO - Caulfield Cup, Melbourne Cup
PANTANI - Caulfield Cup, Melbourne Cup
AUCKLAND BLUES - Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup

WARWICK FARM

Race 1 - Hcp - 2200m

POWER OF PEGASUS - Melbourne Cup
OUTLAWS - Caulfield Cup, Melbourne Cup

Race 2 - Special Conditions - 1300m

PLEA - Caulfield Cup, Melbourne Cup
PERIPHERY - Caulfield Cup

Race 3 - Silver Shadow Stakes (Group 2) - 1200m

CALAWAY GAL - Thousand Guineas, Caulfield Guineas
VICTORY VEIN - Thousand Guineas, Caulfield Guineas, Cox Plate, Victoria Oaks
SMASH - Thousand Guineas, Victoria Oaks
GHUROOB - Thousand Guineas
CHATELAINE - Thousand Guineas
STRATICA - Thousand Guineas, Caulfield Guineas

Race 4 - Up and Coming Stakes (Group 2) - 1200m

CHOISIR - Caulfield Guineas, Victoria Derby
HALF HENNESSY - Caulfield Guineas, Cox Plate, Victoria Derby
SNOWLAND - Caulfield Guineas
STAR OF FLORIDA - Caulfield Guineas
THORN PARK - Caulfield Guineas, Cox Plate
EASTWEST SUCCESS - Caulfield Guineas

Race 5 - Warwick Stakes (Group 2) - 1400m

DEFIER - Cox Plate
MR. BUREAUCRAT - Cox Plate
LONHRO - Cox Plate
CARNEGIE EXPRESS - Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup
HOEBERG - Cox Plate
REPUBLIC LASS - Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup

Race 6 - Show County Quality (Listed) - 1200m

SHOT OF THUNDER - Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate
VIVA LA VIE - - Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup

Race 7 - Toy Show Quality (Listed) - 1400m

YOUHADYOURWARNING - Caulfield Cup, Melbourne Cup
FAIZA - Cox Plate
ONE UNDER - Cox Plate

Race 8 - Hcp - 1600m

STAR OF THE SEAS - Caulfield Cup, Melbourne Cup
TIME OFF - Caulfield Cup, Melbourne Cup
DESERT BRIGADIER - Caulfield Cup
BACK IN STYLE - Melbourne Cup

CHELTENHAM

Race 2 - 3YO Hcp - 1000m

DARK HORIZON - Thousand Guineas, Victoria Oaks
DEFIANT - Thousand Guineas

Race 3 - 3YO Fillies Class One - 1254m

GUCCI GURU - Thousand Guineas, Victoria Oaks

Race 5 - Hcp - 1254m

OXFORD DOLLAR - Caulfield Cup, Melbourne Cup

Race 7 - 1MY-LY Hcp - 1454m

SOLDADO - Caulfield Cup, Melbourne Cup
ELATHEA - Caulfield Cup, Melbourne Cup

HASTINGS (NZ)

Race 8 - Mudgway Partsworld Stakes - 1400m

CENT HOME - Caulfield Cup
HAIL - Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup
LEICA GUV - Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup
PURE THEATRE - Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate
LA BELLA DAMA - Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate
SUNLINE - Cox Plate

ELLERSLIE (NZ)

Race 7 - Open Hcp - 1600m

CYCLADES - Caulfield Cup, Melbourne Cup

Mathrick's Appeal Fails

Tuesday, 20 August 2002 00:00

Apprentice jockey Gary Mathrick has been suspended until midnight on Thursday, September 12, 2002 after losing an appeal to the Racing Appeals Board yesterday.

The Stewards inquired into Mathrick's riding of Solovei in the Telstra Countrywide Class 4 Handicap, which was run at Ballarat on Saturday 20th July 2002.

Mathrick, was found guilty of a charge of having failed to take all reasonable and permissible measures from near the 800 metres to near the 400 metres to ensure Solovei was given full opportunity to win the race.

Mathrick's suspension will commence at midnight on Wednesday, August 21.

Media Release - Racing Victoria

Oliver a Runaway Winner in Scobie Breasley Medal

Wednesday, 21 August 2002 00:00

As expected champion Melbourne jockey Damien Oliver has scored a runaway win in the 2002 Scobie Breasley Medal, for Victoria's most brilliant jockey of the season.

For Oliver his fourth medal win tonight sent the record books flying, by polling the highest total and winning by the largest margin in history.

Not surprisingly Oliver's best polling came throughout the carnival times. He scored the majority of his points during the spring and autumn parts of the season.

When the final votes were read out for the start of the season Oliver topped the list with 91 votes, some 35 points more than his nearest rival Kerrin McEvoy. Nash Rawiller (49), Darren Gauci (44) and Brett Prebble (36) filled out the top five.

Oliver beat his previous record number of votes of 89, when he won the medal in 1999.

Reece Wheeler finished as the highest polling apprentice with 27 points.

The leading rider said he was delighted to win the award after what had been a great season.

"It's been a wonderful year," Oliver said.

The leading rider admitted to feeling a bit of pressure coming to tonight's award.

"There was a little bit of pressure there because everyone expected me to win," he said. "And it's just great to win this great award named in honour of a great gentleman and former champion in Scobie," he added.

"I'm still chasing the fifth Caulfield Cup and I'd like to share that record with you," he said with a smile to Breasley who is one ahead of Oliver in the Cup record with five wins.

Oliver thanked many people including his fellow rival jockeys who he said helped him in his record breaking season.

"Congratulations must go to all vote getters and all of the jockeys, they really help to push me harder."

"It's difficult to keep everyone happy all the time. But a lot of people stuck with me during the year and I have to really thank them for that."

Oliver also congratulated the winner of the Tommy Corrigan medal Brett Scott.

"It was great to see you come back. Noone deserves it more than you," he said to the leading jumps jockey.

Scobie Breasley, who the medal is named in honour of, said Oliver was a very worthy winner.

"Damien is a great jockey. One of the world's top jockeys and I am delighted he has won my medal for the fourth time and as i say he deserves it," Breasley said. "He's the best jockey and I congratulate him immensely."

When asked to compare Oliver against some of the greats of all time Breasley rated the modern day star as one of the best.

"I think Damien is a great jockey and he's still young. If possible he is going to better and I would put him in the category of the old timers like Bill Duncan, Jim Pike and Harold Badger."

TOP TEN VOTEGETTERS

Damien Oliver 91
Kerrin McEvoy 56
Nash Rawiller 49
Darren Gauci 44
Brett Prebble 36
Greg Childs 34
Steven Arnold 30
Patrick Payne 28
Reece Wheeler 27
Stephen Baster 24

SEASONAL BREAK DOWNS
Top Five Votegetters

WINTER

(June/July 2002)

Nash Rawiller 16

Reece Wheeler 15

Craig Newitt 11

Darren Gauci 10

Greg Childs 9

 

AUTUMN

(April/May 2002)

Damien Oliver 12

Kerrin McEvoy 10

Vincent Hall 8

Steven Arnold 6

Mark Zahra 6

 

AUTUMN

(February/March 2002)

Kerrin McEvoy 17

Damien Oliver 13

Scott Seamer 8

Danny Nikolic 8

Steven Arnold 7

 

SUMMER

(December 2001/January 2002)

Nash Rawiller 15

Patrick Payne 13

Darren Gauci 12

Brett Prebble 12

Rhys McLeod 11

 

SPRING

(October/November 2001)

Damien Oliver 24

Scott Seamer 10

Patrick Payne 8

Darren Gauci 8

Greg Childs 6

 

PRE-SPRING

(August/September 2001)

Damien Oliver 34

Nash Rawiller 14

Kerrin McEvoy 13

Brett Prebble 11

Greg Childs 8

 

PICS - Quentin Lang.

Bildaily Out to Fulfil Family Dream

Tuesday, 20 August 2002 00:00

Bidaily is on track to fulfil a family dream after he scored a comprehensive win at Moonee Valley on Saturday.

While Bel Esprit, Innovation Girl and Mistegic starred in their respective stakes races, the Rob McGuinness trained Bidaily was just as impressive winning the seventh event on the card.

Carrying the colours of the 1944 Melbourne Cup winner Sirius, Bidaily and Sally Wynne cruised home to win the Rosemount "V" Sparkling Handicap (1514) from the handy Freedman trained performer Bush Padre.

Bidaily is raced by the brother and sister combination of David and Elizabeth Turnbull, a name linked with the Melbourne Spring Carnival. The Group Two Turnbull Stakes, one of the Flemington features and lead ups to the Melbourne Cup, recongnises the contribution to racing of the family of Bidaily's breeders and owners.

Although admitting the four-year-old is probably not up to Group Two class at carnival time at this stage, Bidaily's trainer Rob McGuinness said he'd hope he could target the race.

"It would be great if we are able to get him to run in the Turnbull Stakes," McGuinness said. "I'm certain it would mean a lot his owners."

A son of the former Victorian sire Tertian, Bidaily is a well named commodity according to connections.

"Tertian actually means every other day," McGuinness reported. "Hence where Bidaily's name comes from."

While he may be a long way off from running in the Turnbull Stakes, Bidaily has made a positive start with his two and a half length demolition on the weekend.

PICS - Quentin Lang.

North Boy Galloping Toward Manikato Return

Wednesday, 21 August 2002 00:00

Brilliant sprinter North Boy is on track to clash with some of the country's top sprinters after an impressive work out in Adelaide on the weekend.

A member of the powerful Lindsay Park team, North Boy galloped solo between races at Victoria Park on Saturday and impressed connections.

"It was a very good gallop," trainer Tony McEvoy said. "It (the gallop) was just another step in his preparation for the Manikato."

North Boy, a son of the champion sire Rory's Jester, looks likely to clash with a top field when he runs first up in next month's Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley.

With a field expected to contain last Saturday's winners Bel Esprit and Mistegic, it will give McEvoy a good chance to see where the gelding is at.

A half brother to the champion Perth based middle distance performer Northerly, North Boy has not raced since a barnstorming three length track record breaking win in the Group Three Krisflyer Sprint in Singapore earlier this year.

North Boy was one of four McEvoy trained gallopers to gallop at Victoria Park.

European import Sandmason, handy staying prospect Soldado and the former kiwi Our Jermyn Street galloped together in good style.

PICS - The McEvoy spring charge warmed up at Victoria Park on Saturday when another four of the team galloped between races (Jenny Barnes).

Quinn Adds to Aussie Charge in Hong Kong

Tuesday, 20 August 2002 00:00

Leading Sydney based jockey Rod Quinn has enhanced the already powerful Australian influence on Hong Kong racing after it was announced he'd been awarded a contract to ride there.

Quinn was recognised for his outstanding form, which in recent seasons has seen a lucrative linking with powerhouse trainer John Hawkes. That partnership has led to recent feature wins from horses including Lonhro, Viscount and Lord Essex.

Having already ridden in overseas locations including Malaysia and New Zealand, Quinn will be able to ride in the country until the international race day, on December 15. The licence will enable him to ride from the start of the new season.

A winner of six Group One races, Quinn's overall tally of race successes sits now at over 1560. During his career he has won no less than 51 stakes races.

Hong Kong already has two of the top five jockeys - Shane Dye and Dwayne Dunn. Both riders, along with Michael Cahill, are also licenced for this coming season.

Two Trainers in Line for Viking Ruler's Brother

Tuesday, 20 August 2002 00:00

One of the highest priced yearlings from this year's Karaka Premier Sale is still without a trainer.

A full brother to Viking Ruler, the colt by Danehill is currently in pretraining after being purchased for NZ$800,000 earlier this year by Victorian based breeding farm Newlands.

Robert Alteri said on Saturday that his family had shortlisted the possible trainer to two candidates.

"It depends on whether we choose to race him in Melbourne or Sydney," Alteri said. "We've got one trainer chosen in both cities."

The colt, who will be Newlands foundation stallion when he retires, is the fifth foal from the multiple Group One winner Tristalove.

At stud Tristalove has already proven herself by producing the Spring Champion Stakes winner Viking Ruler and the now retired Group placegetter Chimeara.

Tristalove is out of the Railway Hcp (G1) winner (Our) Diamond Lover, who is one of a number of Group One stars out of the former New Zealand wonder broodmare Eight Carat.

Spring Hopefuls to Gallop at Werribee

Tuesday, 20 August 2002 00:00

Hong Kong star Helene Vitality and former Melbourne Cup winner Brew will be among a number of Spring hopefuls to gallop between races at Werribee tomorrow.

Brew is on the comeback trail after failing to make the grade as a police horse while the David Hayes-trained Helene Vitality has been entered for all three of Melbourne's Spring "majors" this year.

Details of the gallops are as follows:

AFTER RACE 3

Over 1000m at 2.00pm
HELENE VITALITY (David Hayes) to be ridden by Stephen Baster together with PURE VELOCITY (Tony McEvoy) to be ridden by Mark Zahra.

Over 1400m at 2.07pm
BREW (Mike Moroney) to be ridden by Kerrin McEvoy together with BENARRIVO (Bart Cummings) to be ridden by Andrew Findlay.

AFTER RACE 5

Over 1000 Metres at 3.12pm
USTINOV (Bart Cummings) to be ridden by Steven Arnold together with  FRIGHTENING (Bart Cummings) to be ridden by Rhys McLeod.

Media Release - Racing Victoria