Mon, 04/15/2024 - 08:38
HAPPY VALLEY SELECTIONS
(Wednesday, April 17, 2024)
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DRF Past Performances
AINTREE, England – The gelding with the catchy name had a flashy finish in Saturday’s Grade 1 Grand National at about 4 1/4 miles at Aintree Racecourse.
What I Am Maximus did from the final fence to the wire – a distance of slightly less than 500 yards – was nothing less than brilliant.
Ridden by Paul Townend for trainer Willie Mullins, I Am Maximus closed from about eighth after the 30th and final fence to take the lead in deep stretch. He rapidly pulled clear to win the $1.24 million race by 7 1/2 lengths as the 7-1 co-favorite with bookmakers.
AINTREE, England – A month later than expected, Jonbon won his first Grade 1 race of 2024 in Friday’s $314,125 Melling Chase at 2 1/2 miles at Aintree Racecourse, the fourth consecutive favorite or co-favorite to win in as many races on the seven-race program.
Regaleira is the lone filly facing colts in Sunday’s Grade 1 Japanese 2000 Guineas at Nakayama Racecourse, a familiar scenario for the two-time winner.
Last December, Regaleira beat 14 males and one other filly as the 2-1 co-favorite in a field of 16 in the Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes at 1 1/4 miles at Nakayama, her final start of the year.
AINTREE, England – This may take a little while.
The Grand National, one of the world’s most famous races, will be run at Aintree Racecourse on Saturday at a distance of about 4 1/4 miles on what is likely to be heavy turf.
Not only is the race run at a grueling distance over much tougher fences than a typical steeplechase, but the condition of the course will reduce a starting field of 34 to likely less than 10 finishers at the end of a race expected to take nearly 10 minutes.
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 14:43
Golden Sixty, Romantic Warrior and California Spangle headline Hong Kong’s selected runners for FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin on 28 April when the decorated trio faces an imposing international contingent from Japan and Great Britain spearheaded by fellow Group 1 winners Dubai Honour, Mad Cool and Champagne Color.
By Leo Schlink
Zac Purton’s relentless pursuit of Douglas Whyte’s Hong Kong record of 1,813 wins annexed another important milestone at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (10 April) when the Australian slotted a treble to become only the second jockey to ride 1,700 winners or more in Hong Kong.
Chasing a seventh Hong Kong jockeys’ championship, Purton extended a gaping lead in the 2023/24 standings to 30 wins over Karis Teetan (61) after the Australian snared a three-timer to take his seasonal tally to 91.
AINTREE, England – Pic d’Orhy, the veteran gelding who starts in Friday’s Grade 1 Melling Chase at 2 1/2 miles at Aintree Racecourse, has a career record in steeplechases separated by a breathing operation in the summer of 2022.
Before the operation, Pic d’Orhy was winless in two Grade 1 races in Britain. Since then, the 9-year-old has won two Grade 1 races and finished second in another.