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This weekend we had several horses running at various locations:

– Defiant Angel @ Flemington Race 5, 3pm
– Tear Gas @ Doomben Race 3, 2:48pm
– Held Hostage @ Morphettville Race 8, 5:48pm
– Coerced Witness @ Morphettville Race 1, 1:08pm
– Time Walker @ Beaumont Race 7, 5:44pm

– Defiant Angel made a massive run for 2nd at Flemington and will be looking for some good racing over the summer.
– Coerced Witness finished 5th and we are excited by the 3yo filly and her potential looking ahead
– Tear Gas ran an impressive 5th and will be looking to improve next start.
– Time Walker flashed home for an exciting 3rd at Beaumont and will look for longer distances over the coming weeks.

 

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The Grand National 2015 was won by Many Clouds, ridden by champion jockey Leighton Aspell. He is the first jockey to take two consecutive wins since Brian Fletcher with Red Rum in 1973/4. Trainer Oliver Sherwood said he would be now training for the Grand National in 2016 rather than the Gold Cup.

Leighton Aspell celebrates riding winner Many Clouds

Leighton Aspell celebrates riding champion stud Many Clouds

Read more about the exciting win here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/grand-national/11531394/Many-Clouds-Grand-National-display-one-of-the-very-best.html

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The Grand National 2015 has started, opening on the 9th April with 7 races to kick things off. It has been running at the same place since 1839 at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, UK. It is a hugely popular festival with a variety of events and races throughout the weekend, ending in the final Grand National race on Saturday 11th April.

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Aintree Racecourse 2015

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First day at Aintree 2015

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First morning at the Grand National 2015

On The Fringe at Aintree 2015

On The Fringe at Aintree 2015

 

Arctic Fire warming up at Aintree 2015

Arctic Fire warming up at Aintree 2015

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Panoramic of Aintree Racecourse 2015

It will do doubt be an exciting festival, with as always, a thrilling race for the Grand National on Saturday!
 

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Hooked (horse)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hooked
Sire Casino Prince
Dam Absolute Lure
Damsire Lure
Sex Stallion
Foaled 2010
Country Australia
Colour Bay
Breeder K J Hickman
Owner Sean Buckley
Record 20:4-0-2
Earnings $623,750
Major wins
Crystal Mile (2014)

hooked+sean+buckley+ultra+racingHooked (foaled 30 October 2010)[1] is a champion Australia Thoroughbred racehorse.

On 25 October 2014, he won the Crystal Mile.[2]

Background

Hooked is a 4 year old bay stallion from Australia and is trained by John P Thompson, based at Randwick. He is sired by the stallion Casino Prince out of the dam Absolute Lure.

Racing career

On 25th Oct 2014 at Moonee Valley, Hooked was ridden by Craig Williams and scored his most significant win to date, getting the money in the $200,000 Schweppes Crystal Mile, defeating Bull Point.

Hooked recorded a time of 1:34.98, falling just short of Cabeza’s benchmark of 1:34.78 seconds.

Craig Williams pushed Hooked forward from barrier one and settled on the tail of leader Havana Rey before surging clear before the bend and holding off the fast-finishing Bull Point and Desert Jeuney.

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SURPRISE Cox Plate winner Shamus Award has been retired from racing and will stand at Widden Stud in Australia next season for a fee of A$27,500 (£15,080/€18,360).

The son of young sire Snitzel defied odds of 20-1 when breaking his maiden in the Group 1 event, besting such top-class runners as Foreteller, Fiorente, It’s A Dundeel and Seville in the process. The Danny O’Brien-trained colt returned later in the season to land the Australian Guineas – becoming the first horse to complete the double.

On Thursday, O’Brien tweeted: “Very pleased to announce Shamus Award off to Australia’s leading Stud. Over to you Widden!”

Widden Stud, in New South Wales, will stand 11 stallions for the coming season. Making the announcement, stud owner Antony Thompson said: “Shamus Award is the first three-year-old ever to win the Cox Plate/Australian Guineas double and we are thrilled to have him join our roster alongside our other new addition, the brilliant dual Group 1-winning sprinter Zoustar – who also made history as the first three-year-old to win the Group 1 Golden Rose/Coolmore Stud Stakes double.

“To be honest, it feels a little like déjà vu, starting off two young stallions together that we believe are the best sire prospects in the land.

“We did it a few years ago with Sebring and Northern Meteor, which proved incredibly successful, so I had no hesitation in seizing the opportunity to do the same again this year.”

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Sean Buckley_CulminateCulminate is originally from New Zealand, owned by Sean Buckley and trained by Darren Weir is an 11 year old bay or brown mare (female).

In 2010 she raced into group 1 calculations with a determined victory in the Tristrarc Stakes at Caulfield. Culminate hugged the rails and cut the corner in the Tristarc while her rivals plotted a wider path but none were able to peg her back in the run to the line.

Jockey Michael Walker rounded off a winning double and thanked Buckley for his loyalty and belief in his ability.

”It’s been a long time coming, this win. Since I’ve come to Melbourne I’ve been riding for Sean and even though we had a few hiccups with this one having her injury, so this will pick us up,” Walker said.

”I knew that she wouldn’t have the speed to lead but she tricked me a bit today because she was a lot more forward than she was at Flemington.

”She pulled quite hard which took a bit of sprint out of her and she was on the worst ground but I just knew that she was a group 1 performer.”

One of New Zealand’s most consistent mares in recent years, Culminate also recorded a Group 1 placing at her first Australian campaign when runner up behind Typhoon Tracy in the 2009 Coolmore Classic (1500m) at Rosehill.

Read more about Culminate’s success at Horse Racing Only

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Perfect Promise racked up another series of firsts in taking the C.F. Orr Stakes (Aust-I) at Caulfield Feb. 11 2006.

Most significantly, the 6-year-old mare’s consummate victory in the $300,000 (Australian funds) feature saw her become the first South African-bred horse to win a group I in Australia or New Zealand.

The 1 1/2 length winner provided the first group I success for jockey Craig Newitt, and was having her first start for her owner Sean Buckley and trainer Lee Freedman.

Sean Buckley paid $725,000 for the daughter of Nureyev horse Caesour at auction in Sydney two months earlier to disperse the horses raced by the Written Bloodstock Syndicate of Mark Peters and Larry King.

It was one of a string of distaffer purchases made in 2006 by Buckley, CEO of the car care franchise company UltraTune. Grahame Begg prepared Perfect Promise for the previous owners. She became the first of her nationality to win an Australian group race in taking the Emancipation Stakes (Aust-II) in April, 2000 from the Freedman barn’s Uprize.

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Sean Buckley_Dane JuliaDane Julia was trained by Lee Freedman and is now an 11 year old  bay mare (female). She is the daughter of Caesour, a South African-based son of Nureyev.

Orignally from South Africa, Dane Julia has won nine of her 35 starts including Group One features in the Turffontein South African Fillies Classic and the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes.

Sean Buckley acquired the mare following strong international performances in New Zealand and South Africa. Dane Julia was a dual black type winner in Australia taking out both the Listed Wiggle Quality (1400m) and the Listed Summoned Stakes (1500m) during the 2009/2010 season. The daughter of Caesour won the Group 1 Fillies Classic (1800m) early in her career which commenced in South Africa and the 2009 Group 1 NZB Breeders Stakes (1600m) at Te Aroha.

Dane Julia, who is out of Danehill mare Princess Julia leaves racing with over $500,000 in prizemoney earnings. She exits  racing with strong career records which boast a diverse range of Group 1 results.

 

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