READ TODAY'S ISSUESHINKO KING DEAD
Shinko King (Fairy King) has died at Paxton Park in New Zealand. Shinko King sired 13 stakes winners including the Group One winners Bramble Rose, Eskimo Queen, Barinka and C’est La Guerre. Shinko King had been battling laminitis for many years, he was aged 21.
CAMPANOLOGIST TO STUD AT FAHRHOF
Multiple Group One winner Campanologist (Kingmambo) has been retired and will stand stud at Gestut Fahrhof, Germany in 2013. Campanologist was raced by Godolphin, he finished 16th in the 2010 Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m).
WORTHADD SCORES
Five-year-old entire Worthadd (Dubawi) won the Badener Meile (Gr 3, 1600m) at Baden-Baden on Thursday evening. Neatico (Medicean) was second, beaten two and a half lengths. Having his first start for new trainer Sir Mark Prescott, Worthadd was ridden by Mirco Demuro, who had been his regular jockey in Italy when the son of Dubawi was trained by Vincente Caruso. Worthadd finished second to Canford Cliffs (Tagula) in last year’s Lockinge Stakes (Gr 1, 1m).
SCONE CUP TO RASPBERRIES
Peter Snowden Makes it Back-to-Back Wins
Raspberries (Lonhro) stormed home late to take yesterday’s Scone Cup (Listed, 1600m) in front of a record crowd of 10,023 and gave his trainer Peter Snowden back-to-back wins in the race following Dysphonia’s (Lonhro) victory last year. Dysphonia’s win was Snowden’s first in the race.
Ridden by Kerrin McEvoy, Raspberries came from midfield and defeated Izababe (Zariz) by a long neck with the same distance back to the third horse Lightinthenite (Galileo), the well-backed favourite.
RACING NEWS
Academus Must Step Up
The Peter Snowden trained two-year-old gelding Academus (Lonhro) needs to step up to be competitive in today’s Champagne Classic (Gr 2, 1200m) at Doomben, the race that Snowden won last year with Free Wheeling (Ad Valorem).
INDUSTRY NEWS
Seymour Ready To Resume
The Seymour racetrack has been approved to resume racing following the conduct of official trials featuring 75 horses on Friday.Racing Victoria (RV) stewards and the Victorian Jockeys Association (VJA) have given the green light for the Seymour Racing Club (SRC) to proceed with its next scheduled meeting on 2 June.