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Courier-Mail
3 days ago
- Sport
- Courier-Mail
Brisbane Cup on cards for Kiwi import Campaldino after third straight win at Eagle Farm
Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. Former Kiwi Campaldino must have felt like he was back in his former homeland as he relished the heavy Eagle Farm conditions to take out the Group 3 Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2400m). There were wild betting fluctuations in the staying event, raced on a Heavy 8 surface, as one-time favourite Immediacy took a bath in betting and blew from $4.20 to $7. • 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! Immediacy was given a good run in transit by James McDonald but the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained gelding never fired a shot and was beaten out of sight. Punters zeroed in on former import Dillian, trained by locals Will and Peter Hulbert, and he was backed from $10 to $5.50 favourite in the belief he was a swimmer. Dillian was also well beaten but, meanwhile, Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Campaldino ($7.50) was enjoying the conditions under jockey Tim Clark. This was a big step up from wins at a midweek event and the Orange Cup. But the four-year-old who started his racing career on the other side of the ditch has now put three consecutive wins on the board. 'He relished the conditions and he's been a progressive horse and he is starting to put is all together now,' Bott said. 'There's more upside there and he is racing with a bit of confidence. 'We came up here with a bit of confidence the way he'd been working since his last run and the way he's been all preparation. 'When the rain came it filled us with confidence.' Bott said it was onwards and upwards towards the Group 2 Brisbane Cup over 3200m on Stradbroke Handicap day at Eagle Farm in a fortnight. Clark said Campaldino felt like a new horse. 'He made a really big leap there coming from midweeks,' Clark said. 'He's just been a different horse since Gai and Adrian took the blinkers off him. 'He was wanting to overdo it. With the blinkers off he relaxes really well. 'He conserves his energy and it was a really dominant performance there. 'The way he's relaxing in his races is the key and I'm sure over two miles he'll do the same.' The Waterhouse and Bott and Clark team was back in business in the following race with New Endeavour taking out the Group 3 Lord Mayor's Cup (1800m). It was the former import's first win Down Under but he did boast a runner-up finish in last year's Group 1 Doomben Cup. Originally published as Brisbane Cup on cards for Kiwi import Campaldino after third straight win in Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Eagle Farm
Daily Telegraph
3 days ago
- Business
- Daily Telegraph
Brisbane Cup on cards for Kiwi import Campaldino after third straight win at Eagle Farm
Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. Former Kiwi Campaldino must have felt like he was back in his former homeland as he relished the heavy Eagle Farm conditions to take out the Group 3 Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2400m). There were wild betting fluctuations in the staying event, raced on a Heavy 8 surface, as one-time favourite Immediacy took a bath in betting and blew from $4.20 to $7. • 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! Immediacy was given a good run in transit by James McDonald but the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained gelding never fired a shot and was beaten out of sight. Punters zeroed in on former import Dillian, trained by locals Will and Peter Hulbert, and he was backed from $10 to $5.50 favourite in the belief he was a swimmer. Dillian was also well beaten but, meanwhile, Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Campaldino ($7.50) was enjoying the conditions under jockey Tim Clark. This was a big step up from wins at a midweek event and the Orange Cup. But the four-year-old who started his racing career on the other side of the ditch has now put three consecutive wins on the board. 'He relished the conditions and he's been a progressive horse and he is starting to put is all together now,' Bott said. 'There's more upside there and he is racing with a bit of confidence. 'We came up here with a bit of confidence the way he'd been working since his last run and the way he's been all preparation. 'When the rain came it filled us with confidence.' Bott said it was onwards and upwards towards the Group 2 Brisbane Cup over 3200m on Stradbroke Handicap day at Eagle Farm in a fortnight. Clark said Campaldino felt like a new horse. 'He made a really big leap there coming from midweeks,' Clark said. 'He's just been a different horse since Gai and Adrian took the blinkers off him. 'He was wanting to overdo it. With the blinkers off he relaxes really well. 'He conserves his energy and it was a really dominant performance there. 'The way he's relaxing in his races is the key and I'm sure over two miles he'll do the same.' The Waterhouse and Bott and Clark team was back in business in the following race with New Endeavour taking out the Group 3 Lord Mayor's Cup (1800m). It was the former import's first win Down Under but he did boast a runner-up finish in last year's Group 1 Doomben Cup. Originally published as Brisbane Cup on cards for Kiwi import Campaldino after third straight win in Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Eagle Farm
News.com.au
3 days ago
- Business
- News.com.au
Brisbane Cup on cards for Kiwi import Campaldino after third straight win in Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Eagle Farm
Former Kiwi Campaldino must have felt like he was back in his former homeland as he relished the heavy Eagle Farm conditions to take out the Group 3 Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2400m). There were wild betting fluctuations in the staying event, raced on a Heavy 8 surface, as one-time favourite Immediacy took a bath in betting and blew from $4.20 to $7. • 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! Immediacy was given a good run in transit by James McDonald but the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained gelding never fired a shot and was beaten out of sight. Punters zeroed in on former import Dillian, trained by locals Will and Peter Hulbert, and he was backed from $10 to $5.50 favourite in the belief he was a swimmer. Dillian was also well beaten but, meanwhile, Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott -trained Campaldino ($7.50) was enjoying the conditions under jockey Tim Clark. This was a big step up from wins at a midweek event and the Orange Cup. But the four-year-old who started his racing career on the other side of the ditch has now put three consecutive wins on the board. Campaldino runs away with the Queen Elizabeth II Cup and makes it three wins in a row! ðŸ�† @GaiWaterhouse1 | @clarkyhk | @BrisRacingClub â€' SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) May 31, 2025 'He relished the conditions and he's been a progressive horse and he is starting to put is all together now,' Bott said. 'There's more upside there and he is racing with a bit of confidence. 'We came up here with a bit of confidence the way he'd been working since his last run and the way he's been all preparation. 'When the rain came it filled us with confidence.' Bott said it was onwards and upwards towards the Group 2 Brisbane Cup over 3200m on Stradbroke Handicap day at Eagle Farm in a fortnight. Clark said Campaldino felt like a new horse. New Endeavour gets his first win in Australia in the G3 Sky Racing Lord Mayor's Cup, and it's a race-to-race double for team @GaiWaterhouse1 - @clarkyhk! 🙌 @BrisRacingClub â€' SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) May 31, 2025 'He made a really big leap there coming from midweeks,' Clark said. 'He's just been a different horse since Gai and Adrian took the blinkers off him. 'He was wanting to overdo it. With the blinkers off he relaxes really well. 'He conserves his energy and it was a really dominant performance there. 'The way he's relaxing in his races is the key and I'm sure over two miles he'll do the same.' The Waterhouse and Bott and Clark team was back in business in the following race with New Endeavour taking out the Group 3 Lord Mayor's Cup (1800m). It was the former import's first win Down Under but he did boast a runner-up finish in last year's Group 1 Doomben Cup.
News.com.au
5 days ago
- Business
- News.com.au
Will Hulbert has Melbourne Cup dream for ex-Ciaron Maher import Dillian
'He is bouncing around like a prize fighter, with belts hanging off his shoulders.' So quips Brisbane trainer Will Hulbert about the refreshed confidence of one-time European import Dillian, who has put two thumping wins on the board since the stayer arrived in Brisbane. Irish-bred Dillian started his racing journey in Europe before being sent to Ciaron Maher in Victoria who couldn't get a win out of him. His owners sent him north for a change of scenery and it has paid dividends so far with Will Hulbert and his dad Peter training him to a pair of confidence boosting wins. Dillian now steps up to the big league to tackle the Group 3 Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2400m) which will be raced at Eagle Farm on Saturday and has been rebadged from being previously raced as the Premier's Cup. Dillian is a $10 chance but Will Hulbert is convinced he can give the race a mighty shake and then he could even dare to dream of a fairytale Melbourne Cup mission in the spring. Dillian does the punters proud, dominating Race 2 at Eagle Farm! @HulbertRacing — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) April 26, 2025 • 'The confidence he has taken from his first (Brisbane) win to his second win, and even since then, is amazing,' Hulbert said of the six-year-old gelded son of Camelot. 'He is bouncing around like a prize fighter with belts hanging off his shoulders. 'He thinks he is the man. 'We are dreaming about winning a Melbourne Cup, although you don't really think someone from Brisbane can do it. 'But it would definitely start to come on the radar if he won well on Saturday and then went to the Brisbane Cup (3200m) and performed there too. 'They did it last year with (Queenslander) Knight's Choice last year, didn't they?' • Hi Barbie plans hinge on Sires' Produce showing Hulbert revealed how jockey Martin Harley, a former Irishman, had extreme confidence in Dillian. Harley had originally planned to ride him a kilogram over, at 55kg, on Saturday. But after partnering him in an impressive gallop last Saturday, Harley vowed he would get down to 54.5kg (half a kilogram over) for Saturday's assignment. 'Martin is over the moon with him and he doesn't ride at 54.5kg very often,' Hulbert said. 'This horse was an import, the owners paid a bit of money for him and a few others. 'He wasn't quite measuring up in Melbourne, so they thought they would send him up to Queensland to earn some prizemoney. 'We started him in a low grade race first-up and he got confidence out of that and took that into his next start where he beat better horses. 'He is just a natural stayer, with a stayers like him you don't have to waste three or four runs getting him fit and getting to a certain distance.' Meanwhile, Hulbert is tipping a vastly improved performance from two-year-old colt Thee Creek in Saturday's $1m BRC Sires' Produce Stakes (1400m). Thee Creek is an $81 chance in the Sires' after being beaten six length in the Spirit Of Boom Classic but Hulbert said the colt hated the heavy Doomben surface that day. 'He couldn't pick his feet up in the race the other day, his stride length was 50cm shorter than normal,' Hulbert said. 'He just couldn't stretch out in the testing ground and he is a much better horse than that. 'He couldn't handle the heavy at Doomben, it was quite bottomless and he couldn't really get though it.'
New Paper
07-05-2025
- Sport
- New Paper
Smart duo join Lim's Elite band
When we hear the word "elite" it is usually referring to something special. Like, top of the class or, the cream of the crop. Well, on the morning of May 6, the cream certainly rose to the top at the trials run off at the Selangor Turf Club. Elite Captain took the opener in dominant fashion and Elite Prince followed suit when he stole the show in the second hit-out of the morning. The wins from the two Elite horses owned by Mahalinggam Palanisamy must have given their trainer Richard Lim a bit of a spring to his step. The jockey-turned-trainer has endured a rather quiet time of late, having returned empty-handed from his last six race meetings. Boomba was the last winner - and ninth for 2025 - the former Kranji-based trainer led in on April 12. Lim had three runners involved in two of the four May 6 trials with his third racer - Legend Sixty-Three - taking second to stablemate Elite Prince in Trial No. 2. The Penang-born conditioner is famous for riding King And King to victory in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup, more notably, thereafter shaking hands with the British monarch, who was at Kranji to witness the race. Well, that was then. This is now and Lim is slowly but surely making his mark as a trainer. Back to the trials and Elite Captain and Elite Prince did not just win their trials, they clobbered the opposition into submission. Elite Captain took the first trial by 3¼ lengths while Elite Prince won by 2½ lengths in the second, but they also ran time. Both of them broke the minute-mark for the 1,000m trip. The "Captain" clocked an impressive 59.53sec while the "Prince" stopped the clock at 59.79sec. In the first trial, Elite Captain, who had Uzair Sharudin in the saddle, jumped out from barrier No. 4 in that field of eight, and rather easily found the lead. After taking a four-length lead from Stop The Water (Laercio de Souza), the son of Brazen Beau opened up in style to win with a leg in the air. Then in the second, Uzair again found himself being legged up on a winner. A son of Bon Hoffa, Elite Prince settled in third spot until the 150m mark when he went after the leader, Golden Thirty Six. Given a flick of the reins and a dig in the ribs, Elite Prince responded and skipped clear to win as he liked. Stablemate Legend Sixty-Three came on like a good horse to claim second spot. Another horse to turn heads at the trials was Combustion, who, incidentally, was until recently prepared by Lim (in Singapore as well), but has now moved to Lim Shung You's (no relation) yard. With jockey Lim Shung Uai up and starting from barrier No. 3 on the sand track, the El Roca five-year-old quickly settled into the slipstream of Good Star and Raising Sixty-One, who were one-two at the 600m mark. Given rein at the furlong marker, he did what his stablemates had done in the earlier trials. He let rip and gave his rivals no quarters, winning that hit-out by 3½ lengths easing up. Combustion, whose two career wins in Kranji were over the longer 1,600m and 2,000m, clocked 1min 2.29sec for the trip. Yes, it was a great day at the office for Lim, even if trial wins do not change stats or bank balances. What those mock races, however, do is give trainers an insight of what the future may hold, especially for horses who are still relatively unexposed to racing. In Elite Captain, Lim has a good one in the making. A one-time winner in Geelong (1,230m) when known as Bracarde, the four-year-old ran fourth on debut in Kuala Lumpur on April 27 and his showing at the trials tells us that he is on the improve. As for Elite Prince, he is a three-year-old and the trial was his second morning hit-out. He finished runner-up to Kitsune in his first one on turf at Kuala Lumpur on April 8. That first one was a decent showing and the latest had a bit of that "wow" factor. If Elite Prince, who arrived as an unraced from Australia, can bring that trial form to the races, he could turn useful for Lim. brian@
