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3 days ago | 
punters.com.au | Luke Sheehan
These two went from likely contenders to gone in dramatic fashion Check out a few things you might have missed in the wide world of racing over the past week.
QUIRKY (from abroad)62yo jockey set to make comeback (USA)They say the riding bug never really dies for jockeys - this guy in the US might be about to vindicate that claim. After 4372 winners, 62-year-old jockey Patrick Valenzuela is preparing to return to race riding after eight years out of it.
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1 week ago | 
punters.com.au | Luke Sheehan
An unraced 2YO might have booked his ticket to Hong Kong with a 14.5L shellacking of a Toowoomba trial field on Tuesday. The Mark Currie-trained Eli Creek was up against four rivals in the 925m heat, and made them look second-rate when rattling home in 54.96s over the 925m. Apprentice Shania Willis was on board for the sweet steer, but it might be her last sit on him if the sale plans come to fruition.
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1 week ago | 
punters.com.au | Luke Sheehan
Major-winning jockeys Damian Lane and Michael Dee both had memorable moments in Japan on the weekend. Lane, a frequent visitor and winner on his Japanese trips, claimed the G1 Tenno Sho (3200m) aboard Redentor ($3.10F). The Tenno Sho (the Spring edition) is not just your average G1 either with a prize pool of 574,500,000 Japanese yen (about AUD$6.1m). The race heated up a long way from home as third-fav Justin Palace ($4.90) started looping the field to make his run.
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1 week ago | 
punters.com.au | Luke Sheehan
Here's a few things you might have missed in the wide world of racing over the past week. QUIRKY (from abroad)Say that race name quickly five times (UK)The TV producer will have the dump button ready to go when this race was coming up ... bit of a tough one for pundits to negotiate.
Which justice do you fancy? (NZ)'Just' Justice, or Poetic Justice? As if a racecaller's gig isn't hard enough, then these two horses line up together. And wouldn't you know it, they finished 4th/5th too ...
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1 week ago | 
punters.com.au | Luke Sheehan
With all eyes on another Pride Of Dubai progeny on Saturday, this fellow flew the flag in NSW. Six-year-old gelding Jumeirah Beach ($6) was coming into the Hawkesbury BM72 Midway off a Doomben win three weeks ago, which was his first race win in close to 18 months. That previous win was at Hawkesbury in November 2023 when he parked second in a six-horse field and dominated.
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2 weeks ago | 
punters.com.au | Luke Sheehan
Horse tried to take the shortest way home! Here's a few things you might have missed from the wide world of racing over the past week.
QUIRKY (from abroad)Familiar face in unfamiliar territory (Japan)We're used to seeing Damian Lane do big things in Japan - and combine with Japanese horses here, there and everywhere (see Sunday). Now embarking on a little adventure in the racing-mad jurisdiction is Kiwi expat and usually Vic-based rider Michael Dee.
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1 month ago | 
punters.com.au | Luke Sheehan
The track at Jundah in western Qld is underwater Check out a few things you might have missed in the wide world of racing over the past week.
QUIRKY (from abroad)Expensive filly struggling to hit the board (NZ)Million-dollar horses are a dime a dozen these days, but still, you'd be holding hope of them producing something on track. NZ-based filly Sister Cynane certainly has carried expectation, sent out at $1.70, $1.70, $1.60 & $1.30 in her four goes.
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1 month ago | 
punters.com.au | Luke Sheehan
You've probably heard J-Mac is riding Romantic Warrior this weekend. The superstar partnership is aiming at taking the horse's prizemoney earnings to around AUD$47m - eye-watering stuff - if they can win the Dubai Turf, Race 7 on the card. What you might not have heard is McDonald is also hopping aboard a horse he's had a few rides on earlier in the evening. Ex-Waller galloper Sword Point is in the G2 Godolpin Mile at Meydan, the horse now with Hong Kong trainer Frankie Lor.
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1 month ago | 
punters.com.au | Luke Sheehan
The loose horse trotted back through the crowd Here's a few things you might have missed in the wide world of racing over the past week.
QUIRKY (from abroad)
Precarious situation negotiated with consummate ease (UK)Five-year-old gelding Break Point might be a bit smarter than anyone could credit him for. At the first hurdle on Saturday, he gave his rider Philip Armson the flick - but that wasn't the end of his party tricks (the jockey's OK btw).
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1 month ago | 
punters.com.au | Luke Sheehan
The ever-polarising Pride Of Jenni Here are some of the more well-fancied beaten runners on Saturday and what we're doing with them here on in. READ: Saturday racing in review
FORGIVENunthorpe ($10) - Flemington R1 (1100m)She wasn't exactly a strong fancy to fire first-up, but think she can improve sharply back around a bend - this was her first go down the straight, and while she was beaten 4.5L, she also wasn't in the ideal part of the track. Could see her improving sharply second-up.
