Lightning strikes near the Belmont Park track forced stewards to halt Wednesday’s meeting after two races and six remaining events will be transferred across three weekend programs. Chief stipe Brad Lewis delayed the midweek meeting for an hour while assessing electrical storm activity in the track’s vicinity, but gave up hope racing could continue. Racing … [Read more…]
Matthew Chadwick joined his former master, Tony Cruz, and his current rival, Vincent Ho Chak-yiu, as the only home-grown jockeys to ride 500 Hong Kong winners when he partnered Power Koepp to win the Class Three Sauternes Cup (1,200) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. Chadwick, the 2008-09 champion apprentice rider when indentured to Cruz … [Read more…]
2023 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast opens for entries by Cruising Yacht Club of Australia 31 May 01:55 PDT Moneypenny finishes the 2022 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race © Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Entries have now opened for the 37th Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of … [Read more…]
Sydney Harbour Marathon – Reviving a classic by Mark Jardine 30 May 08:00 PDT 18ft Skiffs in the Sydney Harbour Marathon © John Stanley Collection It can be said that sailing’s diversity of classes is both a strength and a weakness. For some it means that whatever type of boat they want, there’s going … [Read more…]
TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTERMatt Cummings, Delray Beach, Fla., 5.175, 280.37 def. Jackie Fricke, Flemington, N.J., foul. TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR:Matt Gill, West Bridgewater, Mass., ’16 Camaro, 5.488, 268.33 def. Wayne Morris, Lincoln University, Pa., ’06 Firebird, 6.296, 181.69. COMPETITION ELIMINATOR1) Joe Carnasciale, Ashaway, R.I., ’06 Cavalier, I/SM, 8.768 seconds, -0.762 (under index)2) Peter Hanratty, Speonk, N.Y., … [Read more…]
Etchells Gold Coast Championship at Southport Yacht Club – Day 1 by Nic Douglass 27 May 14:37 PDT 27-28 May 2023 Fumanchu2 lead after Etchells Gold Coast Championship Day 1 © Nic Douglass for @sailorgirlhq The first day of the 2023 International Etchells Class Gold Coast Championship was sailed Saturday 27 May from the … [Read more…]
Cup Spy – May 25-26: Kiwis start Match Racing training off Takapuna by Richard Gladwell Sail-World NZ 27 May 07:46 PDT 28 May 2023 Emirates Team New Zealand – AC40 and the LEQ12 – Day 25, May 26, 2023 © Richard Gladwell – Sail-World.com/nz What happened in the Cup – May 25-26, 2023: Luna … [Read more…]
Scottish Series Day 1 by Janet West 27 May 01:25 PDT 26-29 May 2023 Day one of Scottish Series may have started with blue skies, but it was a course of two halves, with the best of the wind in the Tunnock’s sponsored north course, with David Denholm as PRO and Eilidh Miller as … [Read more…]
NSW Racing boss Peter V’landys’ appeal against a defamation lawsuit loss has been rejected by the Federal Court however a judge found he was “treated shabbily” in the bombshell ABC report. Mr V’landys last year appealed to the full bench of the Federal Court after losing a lawsuit in 2021 against the ABC over a … [Read more…]
The SkyNews.com.au experts have given their best bets with odds out to $41 for Saturday as group one racing returns to Eagle Farm. This weekend’s selected races include the Queensland Derby and Kingsford Smith Cup. Hawkesbury Race Club CEO James Heddo praised the upcoming racing event for its ability to retain high-quality horses, jockeys, … [Read more…]