NEWS

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  Gold-Fun among Hong Kong horses nominated for Royal Ascot meeting READ MORE

  Richard Gibson’s miler-turned Group One-winning sprinter Gold-Fun was among the Hong Kong nominations for the Royal Ascot meeting yesterday and the trainer said it was “probable” the six-year-old would head overseas after contesting The Sprint Cup on Sunday at Sha Tin. Gold-Fun is nominated for the King’s Stand Stakes (1,000m) and Diamond Jubilee Stakes (1,200m). […]
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  Kourkam Likely To Target Panthers Hawkesbury Gold Cup READ MORE

  Locally-based trainer Tony McEvoy has indicated he may target the Group 3 $150,000 Panthers Hawkesbury Gold Cup (1600m) with recent Albury Cup winner Kourkam. Kourkam was scratched from Royal Randwick on Saturday due to a bruised heel with the stable now eyeing off the huge Hawkesbury stand-alone Saturday meeting on May 2. The imported gelding […]
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  Tony McEvoy not ready to pop the Kourk on French stayer just yet READ MORE

  Tony McEvoy has had more success than most with the imported European stayer, but expectations are being kept in check with French-bred Kourkam before the group 3 JRA Plate at Randwick on Saturday. “In this field if he ran top five it would be a pass mark,” McEvoy said. Bookmakers are expecting the Albury Gold […]
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  Tough Sydney Cup a test for Big Memory READ MORE

  Tony McEvoy thinks Big Memory is “a group 1 horse” but doubts him in his goal for the autumn, the Sydney Cup at Randwick on Saturday. “This is the race we have targeted but I don’t think I have seen a tougher Sydney Cup,” McEvoy said. “You have the Melbourne Cup winner [Protectionist] and the […]
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  MAJOR RACES

  Kourkam takes home Gold Cup READ MORE

  A HIT and run mission on the Albury Gold Cup by jockey Kerrin McEvoy paid the ultimate dividend when Kourkam scored a decisive win in the $170,000 feature yesterday. McEvoy flew into Albury on the morning of the race for two rides, including Kourkam, for his uncle, Tony McEvoy. The 2000 Melbourne Cup-winning jockey left […]
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  French import ready to peak in Albury Cup READ MORE

  Trainer Tony McEvoy is confident French import Kourkam has “come on” since his last start and ready to run a cracking race in Friday’s $170,000 Commercial Club Albury Gold Cup (2000m). The five-year-old gelding is coming off a last start 2-1/4 lengths third to Suavito and Sertorius in the Group II Blamey Stakes (1600m) at […]
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  Big Memory ready for Mornington Cup test READ MORE

  Big Memory can confirm he is on target for a rich race in Sydney as he also tries to lock in a Caulfield Cup start when he runs at Mornington. The Mornington Cup has been in trainer Tony McEvoy’s plans for Big Memory all campaign, with the $1.6 million Group One Sydney Cup on April […]
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  Gibson has his trio primed for Sunday’s BMW Hong Kong Derby READ MORE

  AKEED MOFEED and GOLD-FUN announced Pan Sutong’s arrival as a big-time owner with their exploits in the 2013 Hong Kong Four-Year-Old Series. The pinnacle of that tri-race challenge was the former’s victory in the BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) with the latter a creditable third. On Sunday (15 March), Pan and trainer Richard Gibson will […]
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  Former French galloper on way to Easter Cup READ MORE

  Trainer Tony McEvoy admits he has made an “aggressive placement” by running former French galloper Kourkam in Saturday’s Group 2 $200,000 Blamey Stakes. The traditional 1600-metre contest has attracted a strong line-up of just nine runners, but included in the field is last start Group 1 Futurity Stakes winner Suavito, and runner-up Smokin’ Joey. “He’s […]
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  McEvoy looking past Australian Cup with Big Memory READ MORE

  Herbert Power Handicap winner Big Memory certainly deserves his place in Saturday’s Group 1 $1 million Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington. Yet, trainer Tony McEvoy is looking beyond Saturday’s big Group 1 to a race later this month, and indeed another race in seven months. “He’s in good order, no doubt of that, but he […]