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AARON’S LEAP INTO HISTORY
May 5, 2021 3:05 pm
By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor
As jumps hero
Steve Pateman was being bumped around back in the field and
Clayton Douglas was on the ground with ripped britches after being bumped off, it was up to a first-timer to perfectly navigate the steeplechase course at
Warrnambool today.
Aaron Mitchell had never ridden the tricky course because he’d never ridden in a steeplechase, or a hurdle race, before today.
The 24-year-old’s impeccable display aboard the
Patrick Payne-trained
Can anyone recall a first-timer winning a jumps race at the Bool?
Five of the 12 starters either failed to finish the course or fell. Douglas (Ascot Red, lost rider) and
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DEATH AT THE BOOL DAYS AFTER CUP REVIEW
May 5, 2021 4:39 pm
By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor
Just days after
Anthony Van Dyck in last year’s
Melbourne Cup, a horse has perished at the
Warrnambool May carnival.
Fulmineus, an 11-year-old longshot, was euthanised after suffering serious injury in a fall in today’s 3450m steeplechase.
Two horses fell in the race but the other,
Ascot Red, was uninjured.
Fulmineus had returned from a 10-month injury lay-off in a flat race at Terang in March but hadn’t contested a steeplechase since running seventh in last year’s Grand Annual at Warrnambool.
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WARRNAMBOOL IN MAY, THE GREAT ESCAPE
May 3, 2021 2:32 pm
By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor
When jumps horses were dropping like flies a decade ago, prompting
Racing Victoria boss Rob Hines to conduct a crisis meeting in the
Warrnambool steward’s room on
Grand Annual Day, racing was confronted with a couple of unimaginables.
The three days of the
2009 May racing carnival were the darkest in jumps racing history. Six jumpers had perished in 14 days. Twelve had died in 12 months and three in three days at the Bool.
Hines declared “that’s it!” and suspended the sport after popular South Australian horse
Tips for this evening s races at the Punchestown Festival
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I think
ENTOUCAS (4/1) will win this. He was looking good to win the Grand Annual at Cheltenham before for a mistake two fences from home. He plugged away to finish second to Sky Pirate and can correct the record today.
HARRIE (28/1) is a big-price runner here for Willie Mullins who will be ridden prominently and is interesting for eachway terms.
16:50 - Mongey Communications La Touche Cup Cross Country Chase
BALLYBOKER BRIDGE (10/1) is a nice price and admirably consistent around Punchestown. The one blot on his Punchestown copybook came in February when he was pulled up in a race won by Shady Operator but before that he had a great record. He won this race in 2019 and lost little in two defeats to Neverrushacon last year. He would have had quite a few of these behind him on those occasions, including the second favourite Some Neck last November. He should be primed for this now and comes here fres
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