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The Australian
4 days ago
- Sport
- The Australian
Taree preview: Horse who forgot how to win turns form around
Trainer Allan Kehoe will be the best part of 1000km from home and even further again from Taree when he tunes in to Friday's meeting to chart the progress of his stable trio Lease, Prince Of Sorts and Midnight Rabble. The Central Coast-based conditioner is in Melbourne preparing Wyong whiz Shaggy for his Vain Stakes (1100m) challenge at Caulfield. Kehoe will have a hand in Friday's feature with the stable's iron horse Lease down to contest the Hopkins Livermore Cup over 1412m. • PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet iQ member and get expert tips – with fully transparent return on investment statistics – from Racenet's team of professional punters at our Pro Tips section. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Lease, who shares his name with Jack and Bob Ingham's 1999 STC Tulloch Stakes winner, had his first start in early October, 2020, finishing down the order in the time-honoured Breeders' Plate. Fast forward three trainers and five years, Lease commemorated his 50th race start with an infrequent yet gritty and determined win at Coffs Harbour on the very same day the son of Choisir turned seven. 'Since he has come to us, he has turned his form around,'' Kehoe said. 'He has always been in the placings, he forgot how to win, but he's won three now for us. 'He is an honest old horse and with the sting out of the ground and going up to 1400m, and with a drop in weight, he should be thereabouts.' And while Lease has well and truly paid his board and lodgings since walking into Kehoe's Wyong barn, his stablemate Prince Of Sorts is a four-legged walking money-spinner for connections. Already a winner of close to $160,000, the son of hugely underrated stallion Tassort was purchased at the Inglis Classic Yearling Highway session in 2023 by Kehoe for $20,000. With four wins and five placings from 14 starts, Prince Of Sorts will open his 2025/26 campaign in the co-feature Can Assist Kristylea Cup Benchmark 82 (1007m). Prince Of Sorts most recent appearance was at the Scone stand-alone in mid-May when he was within three lengths of the winner of the 1700m Midway on the program. 'He was meant to barrier trial at Gosford last week or the week before but he had a bit of a temperature so we just pulled him out,'' Kehoe said. 'He is pretty sharp fresh. He wins those 800m trials and whatnot so he is a pretty handy horse. 'If he is within striking distance, he could be able to pounce on them I'd reckon. 'We are using it as a trial but a win wouldn't shock.' Prince Of Sorts and jockey Olivia Chambers win at Hawkesbury in April. Picture: Bradley Photos Kehoe's first runner on Friday is the lightly-raced and progressive three-year-old Midnight Rabble who will be ridden by his brother Jeff in the 1262m Kane Allan Electrical Maiden Handicap. 'He should run a very good race,'' Kehoe said. 'I had his two brothers and they were a bit sharper than him, he's more of a seven furlong (1400m) horse. He should be hard to beat. 'He should get through (the heavy ground), his two brothers got through it.' Once Friday is done and dusted, all of Kehoe's focus shifts back to the Kooringal-bred and owned gelding Shaggy who lost some of his lustre when rolled in Sydney first-up but can win back all of that shine and more if he adds his name to the Vain Stakes honour roll which boasts Everest winner, Giga Kick. Shaggy had also accepted for Saturday's Rosebud at Rosehill, the same race that his father Sandbar won in 2018, but is headed south instead. 'It was going to be real wet up in Sydney and we just wanted to get him on a bit better ground,'' Kehoe said. 'I worked him Melbourne the way other day, once or twice a week he does it, he should go all right.' ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Tamworth preview: Brown has huge belief in Big Short Reigning Grafton Guineas-winning trainer Wayne Brown has declared the cleverly named and exceedingly well-bred gelding Big Short as the best of quartet in action at his home track at Tamworth on Friday. Bred by Ingham Racing, Big Short was purpose-built to win a Golden Slipper just like previous 'cerise' winners Sweet Embrace, Guineas and Forensics. Big Short – to be ridden by Kody Nestor – is a son of 2016 Slipper winner Capitalist out of a mare by Flying Spur, who upset the Ingham's beloved Octagonal in the 1995 renewal. On top of that, Big Short's grandam was a daughter of Newhaven Park's 1987 Golden Slipper winner Marauding. 'Big Short has been an unlucky horse,'' Brown said. 'I think he is in a race that he will be very competitive in. He's my best hope anyway (today).' One of Brown's other runners blessed with a Slipper connection is Oenology whose fourth dam is Bint Marscay, who set a new benchmark time of 1:08.88 when winning the 1993 edition. As for Oenology, he will be a part of one of the strongest Class 3 runs in the country for some time over 1200m. 'Nice horse,'' Brown said. '(But) It is a very, very tough field that and the horse of Brett Robb's (Nimble Star) is a real nice horse and Oenology has drawn in the car park.' Brown's remaining two starters at Tamworth are the New Zealand bred, former Sydneysiders, Sethnique and City Gold Ready. Former Tulloch Lodger Sethnique will make his Brown stable debut in a Maiden Plate over 1200m. 'It is the right race to kick him off in but in saying that, the climate up here with the weather has been terrible and he hasn't done a lot of work,'' Brown said. 'Hopefully he will be competitive but he is nowhere near wound up for that sort of race. 'The idea is to kick him off and then we will regroup and see where we go with him but I like the horse. I think he will end up being a nice horse.' As for the 2024 NZ Derby participant City Gold Ready, he resumes in the McDonalds Class 1 Handicap (1400m). 'We just had a bit of an issue with him and he's had time off,'' Brown said. 'He needs 1600m or further. He'll be underdone but once again, he is a horse that will win some races.'
News.com.au
5 days ago
- Sport
- News.com.au
Taree preview: Allen Kehoe old-timer has new lease of life
Trainer Allan Kehoe will be the best part of 1000km from home and even further again from Taree when he tunes in to Friday's meeting to chart the progress of his stable trio Lease, Prince Of Sorts and Midnight Rabble. The Central Coast-based conditioner is in Melbourne preparing Wyong whiz Shaggy for his Vain Stakes (1100m) challenge at Caulfield. Kehoe will have a hand in Friday's feature with the stable's iron horse Lease down to contest the Hopkins Livermore Cup over 1412m. Lease, who shares his name with Jack and Bob Ingham's 1999 STC Tulloch Stakes winner, had his first start in early October, 2020, finishing down the order in the time-honoured Breeders' Plate. Fast forward three trainers and five years, Lease commemorated his 50th race start with an infrequent yet gritty and determined win at Coffs Harbour on the very same day the son of Choisir turned seven. 'Since he has come to us, he has turned his form around,'' Kehoe said. 'He has always been in the placings, he forgot how to win, but he's won three now for us. 'He is an honest old horse and with the sting out of the ground and going up to 1400m, and with a drop in weight, he should be thereabouts.' And while Lease has well and truly paid his board and lodgings since walking into Kehoe's Wyong barn, his stablemate Prince Of Sorts is a four-legged walking money-spinner for connections. Already a winner of close to $160,000, the son of hugely underrated stallion Tassort was purchased at the Inglis Classic Yearling Highway session in 2023 by Kehoe for $20,000. With four wins and five placings from 14 starts, Prince Of Sorts will open his 2025/26 campaign in the co-feature Can Assist Kristylea Cup Benchmark 82 (1007m). Prince Of Sorts most recent appearance was at the Scone stand-alone in mid-May when he was within three lengths of the winner of the 1700m Midway on the program. 'He was meant to barrier trial at Gosford last week or the week before but he had a bit of a temperature so we just pulled him out,'' Kehoe said. 'He is pretty sharp fresh. He wins those 800m trials and whatnot so he is a pretty handy horse. 'If he is within striking distance, he could be able to pounce on them I'd reckon. 'We are using it as a trial but a win wouldn't shock.' Kehoe's first runner on Friday is the lightly-raced and progressive three-year-old Midnight Rabble who will be ridden by his brother Jeff in the 1262m Kane Allan Electrical Maiden Handicap. 'He should run a very good race,'' Kehoe said. 'I had his two brothers and they were a bit sharper than him, he's more of a seven furlong (1400m) horse. He should be hard to beat. 'He should get through (the heavy ground), his two brothers got through it.' Once Friday is done and dusted, all of Kehoe's focus shifts back to the Kooringal-bred and owned gelding Shaggy who lost some of his lustre when rolled in Sydney first-up but can win back all of that shine and more if he adds his name to the Vain Stakes honour roll which boasts Everest winner, Giga Kick. Shaggy had also accepted for Saturday's Rosebud at Rosehill, the same race that his father Sandbar won in 2018, but is headed south instead. 'It was going to be real wet up in Sydney and we just wanted to get him on a bit better ground,'' Kehoe said. 'I worked him Melbourne the way other day, once or twice a week he does it, he should go all right.' â– â– â– â– â– Tamworth preview: Brown has huge belief in Big Short Reigning Grafton Guineas-winning trainer Wayne Brown has declared the cleverly named and exceedingly well-bred gelding Big Short as the best of quartet in action at his home track at Tamworth on Friday. Bred by Ingham Racing, Big Short was purpose-built to win a Golden Slipper just like previous 'cerise' winners Sweet Embrace, Guineas and Forensics. Big Short – to be ridden by Kody Nestor – is a son of 2016 Slipper winner Capitalist out of a mare by Flying Spur, who upset the Ingham's beloved Octagonal in the 1995 renewal. On top of that, Big Short's grandam was a daughter of Newhaven Park's 1987 Golden Slipper winner Marauding. 'Big Short has been an unlucky horse,'' Brown said. 'I think he is in a race that he will be very competitive in. He's my best hope anyway (today).' One of Brown's other runners blessed with a Slipper connection is Oenology whose fourth dam is Bint Marscay, who set a new benchmark time of 1:08.88 when winning the 1993 edition. As for Oenology, he will be a part of one of the strongest Class 3 runs in the country for some time over 1200m. 'Nice horse,'' Brown said. '(But) It is a very, very tough field that and the horse of Brett Robb's (Nimble Star) is a real nice horse and Oenology has drawn in the car park.' Brown's remaining two starters at Tamworth are the New Zealand bred, former Sydneysiders, Sethnique and City Gold Ready. Former Tulloch Lodger Sethnique will make his Brown stable debut in a Maiden Plate over 1200m. 'It is the right race to kick him off in but in saying that, the climate up here with the weather has been terrible and he hasn't done a lot of work,'' Brown said. 'Hopefully he will be competitive but he is nowhere near wound up for that sort of race. 'The idea is to kick him off and then we will regroup and see where we go with him but I like the horse. I think he will end up being a nice horse.' As for the 2024 NZ Derby participant City Gold Ready, he resumes in the McDonalds Class 1 Handicap (1400m). 'We just had a bit of an issue with him and he's had time off,'' Brown said. 'He needs 1600m or further. He'll be underdone but once again, he is a horse that will win some races.'
Cision Canada
01-08-2025
- Business
- Cision Canada
Earthworks Industries, Inc.
VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 1, 2025 /CNW/ - Earthworks Industries, Inc. (the "Company") wishes to report on the Complaint filed in the U.S District Court for the Eastern District of California by the Company's wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, Cortina Integrated Waste Management Inc., ("CIWM") challenging the Order of the U.S. Department of the Interior's, Board of Indian Appeals (IBIA), which purports to cancel the federally approved lease between CIWM and the Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation of the Cortina Rancheria, California. CIWM's Complaint challenges the IBIA order and requests the Court to enter a judgement for the Company providing the following relief. Declare that the IBIA decision violates the Administrative Procedures Act; Issue injunctive relief to vacate and set aside the IBIA decision affirming the Bureau of Indian Affairs' termination of the Lease; Reinstate the Lease; and Grant CIWM such other relief as the Court deems just and proper. CIWM and the United States ("U.S.") Department of the Interior, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs and Interior Board of Indian Appeals ("Federal Defendants") and Defendant-Intervenor Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation of the Cortina Rancheria ("Tribe") have continued to meet the timelines outlined in the joint briefing schedule referenced in the previous news release by the Company dated, April 11, 2025. The Federal Defendants' and Tribe's Opposition / Cross-motions were both timely submitted on June 30, 2025. While CIWM's Reply / Opposition filing was originally planned for July 30, 2025, it is now scheduled for August 8, 2025. The Federal Defendants' and Tribe's Cross-motion Reply is scheduled for August 29, 2025. CIWM has, in good faith, spent decades pursuing the project and has invested significant resources to undertake the steps necessary to permit and operate the project pursuant to the Lease and applicable law. We remain extremely confident in a successful resolution and reinstatement of the Lease. The Company looks forward to the tremendous opportunities in the waste industry for proper handling practices at additional locations that align with the highest standards from an environmental perspective. Forward Looking Statements: This news release contains "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" (collectively 'forward-looking statements") within the meaning of the applicable Canadian securities regulations. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements and are based on expectations, estimates and projections as of the date of this news release. Any statements that involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objective assumptions, future events or performance (often but not always using phrases such as "expects", or "does not expect", "is expected", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", "plans", "budget", "scheduled", "forecasts", "estimates", "believes" or "intends" or "may" or "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken to occur or be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and may be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of the Company or CIWM to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements are described under the "Risks and Uncertainties Statement" attached to this news release. Forward- looking statements contained herein are made as of the date of this News Release. The Company will update these forward-looking statement and Risks and Uncertainties as required to reflect new information, results, future events, circumstances, or if management's estimates or opinions should change, or otherwise. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, the reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its regulation services provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this News Release. SOURCE Earthworks Industries Inc.
The Star
24-07-2025
- Sport
- The Star
Cycling-Tour de France shortens stage 19 after cattle disease outbreak forces route change
Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 18 - Vif to Courchevel Col de la Loze - Courchevel Col de la Loze, France - July 24, 2025 Team Picnic PostNL's Oscar Onley, UAE Team Emirates XRG's Tadej Pogacar and Team Visma | Lease a Bike's Jonas Vingegaard in action during stage 18 Pool via REUTERS/Papon Bernard ALBERTVILLE, France (Reuters) -Friday's Stage 19 of the Tour de France has been shortened after an outbreak of contagious nodular dermatitis in cattle near the Col des Saisies forced authorities to cull livestock and restrict access to the area, race organisers said on Thursday. The 129.9-km stage from Albertville to La Plagne was due to include the ascent of the Col des Saisies, but the climb has now been scrapped to avoid the affected zone, ASO said in a statement. "In light of the distress experienced by the affected farmers and in order to preserve the smooth running of the race, it has been decided, in agreement with the relevant authorities, to modify the route," ASO said. The ceremonial start will take place as planned in Albertville, followed by a 7-km neutralised section before the official start an hour later than planned. Riders will rejoin the original course shortly before Beaufort, at the 52.4-km mark of the initial route. As a result, the stage will now be reduced to 95 km. The shortened stage still finishes in La Plagne and comes just two days before the Tour concludes in Paris on Sunday. (Reporting by Julien Pretot; editing by Pritha Sarkar)
NBC Sports
23-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Kooij wins 12th stage of Giro d'Italia in sprint finish, Del Toro keeps overall lead
VIADANA, Italy — Dutch cyclist Olav Kooij won the 12th stage of the Giro d'Italia in a sprint finish Thursday as Mexico's Isaac Del Toro slightly extended his overall lead in the pink jersey. Wout van Aert, the winner of Sunday's ninth stage, placed himself at the front as riders turned for home and led his Visma–Lease a Bike teammate Kooij into the final 200 meters. From there, Kooij then held off countryman Casper Van Uden and Britain's Ben Turner to secure the first Giro stage win of his career. 'I'd been waiting for this victory. In the previous two sprints, things didn't go as planned. But today, everything went smoothly and I'm really happy,' Kooij said. 'Only Wout can do such a long lead-out. I managed to jump onto Casper's wheel and then come around him.' They all finished in just under four hours. Del Toro picked up a two-second time bonus during an intermediate sprint section and leads by 33 seconds over Spaniard Juan Ayuso in second place and by 1 minute, 9 seconds from Italian Antonio Tiberi in third. The 21-year-old Del Toro became the first Mexican cyclist to lead the Giro when he finished second on Sunday. Thursday's stage started from Modena — home of the famed Basalmic vinegar and the sparkling red wine Lambrusco — and rolled through the countryside before finishing in Viadana in the Lombardy region. The slightly undulating 172-kilometer (107-mile) route was best suited to sprinters. In overcast and damp conditions a three-rider breakaway of Italians — Giosuè Epis, Andrea Pietrobon and Manuele Tarozzi — was caught about 37 kilometers from the end. Friday's slightly hilly 13th stage is 180 kilometers long, starting in Rovigo and finishing in Vicenza. The Giro ends in Rome on June 1. Primoz Roglic, the 2023 champion, is 1:26 behind Del Toro. The 35-year-old Roglic, a former ski jumper before turning to cycling, is aiming for a second Giro title and sixth Grand Tour title overall. The Slovenian has won the Spanish Vuelta a record-equaling four times. Roglic lost significant time after a crash and then a bike change on Sunday's tricky stage.
