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Dec 9, 2024 | 
racenet.com.au | Ray Thomas
Private Eye or Gringotts must shoulder a burden that no horse has managed successfully for more than 100 years to win the Group 2 $2m The Ingham (1600m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Racing NSW handicappers have allocated Private Eye topweight with 61kg and Gringotts is next on 60.5kg for the feature race.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
racenet.com.au | Ray Thomas
The exciting Private Harry didn't need to put a margin on his chasing rivals to provide another demonstration of his obvious class and sprinting talent at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Private Harry wasn't comfortable in the wet track conditions but still was never seriously challenged in the Petaluma Handicap (1200m).
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
racenet.com.au | Ray Thomas
Corey Brown will have an extra spring in his step when he returns to commentary duties with Sky Thoroughbred Central at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. The former champion jockey recently had surgery to remove two steel rods and multiple screws that were inserted to stabilise a spinal fracture sustained in a race fall five years ago that prematurely ended his celebrated riding career. "I can feel a massive difference already.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
racenet.com.au | Ray Thomas
Champion trainer Peter Snowden has studied the speed map before deciding to give Sydney's most improved sprinter Fire Star the opportunity to record a fourth consecutive city win in the Toyota Forklifts Handicap (1100m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Fire Star has drawn the outside barrier in the 12-horse field but Snowden felt the chestnut has sufficient early tactical speed to get across into a favourable position. "The draw is not good but you can't get around it,'' Snowden said.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
racenet.com.au | Ray Thomas
HK Jockey Club Hub Without A Fight ready for battle in Vase We take a look at how the Australian horses, trainers and jockeys - yes we’ve included James McDonald in that - have fared following Thursday’s barrier draw for Group 1 races at the HKIR on Sunday.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
racenet.com.au | Ray Thomas
Jim Maxwell, the voice of Australian summers for decades, is torn between his two great sporting passions at iconic venues 1400km apart on Saturday. Maxwell is the ABC's premier cricket commentator and will be behind the microphone as Australia take on India in the Second Test in Adelaide. But the venerable sports broadcaster is also a passionate horse racing fan and a part-owner of Fiddlers Green, one of the leading chances in the Canadian Club Handicap (1500m) at Rosehill Gardens.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
racenet.com.au | Ray Thomas
Rosehill Gardens, the Sydney racetrack that might be sold to create a major housing development, won't host another race meeting for six weeks after Saturday. Track staff will use this opportunity to do some remedial work on the course proper before racing returns there on January 18. But Rosehill is going to stay in the headlines over summer particularly with the NSW parliamentary select committee report into the racecourse sale proposal due to be released on Friday.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
racenet.com.au | Ray Thomas
Sydney jockey Rachel King will take on the world when she rides at the Longines International Jockeys' Championship in Hong Kong on Wednesday night. But it will be a hit-and-run mission for King who plans to return for the Sydney double-header later this week at Randwick's Kensington meeting on Friday and Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
racenet.com.au | Ray Thomas
Private Eye shelved retirement plans and reminded everyone of his talent and class with a runaway win at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Even trainer Joe Pride was searching for answers after Private Eye snapped a 14-month winless streak when he raced away to a three length win in the Group 3 $250,000 Festival Stakes (1500m). "This horse keeps me guessing," Pride said.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
racenet.com.au | Ray Thomas
NSW Race Reviews Saturday Racing Trainer John Sargent conceded he had some "choice words" for jockey Kerrin McEvoy when trapped three-wide early on his stayer Casual Connection at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. "But then I noted that Kerrin had the horse balanced in a nice rhythm and then finally got in with cover," Sargent said.
