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News.com.au
3 days ago
- Business
- News.com.au
Rosehill Gardens Saturday tips, inside mail: $14 chance set for ‘peak' performance
Khumbila, named after a mountain in the Himalayas that has never been climbed, is set for a 'peak' performance of his own when he resumes in the Midway Handicap (1100m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Gerald Ryan, who trains in partnership with Sterling Alexiou, said rising five-year-old Khumbila was coming up well for his winter preparation before revealing the origin of the horse's name. 'Apparently Khumbila is a mountain close to Everest which has never been climbed, they say it is too hard,'' Ryan said. 'This horse is by All Too Hard so that is where he got his name.'' Khumbila, the racehorse, has only had 12 starts but has shown glimpses of talent with two wins and five minor placings. Ryan believes Khumbila might be better suited when kept to sprint distances after failing when pushed out to 1500m last spring. 'We might have stretched him too far last preparation chasing that Four Pillars race,'' Ryan said. 'Then we brought him back to a shorter journey at Wyong and he ran terrific to finish third. 'But he got 'crook' and had a temperature after that run so we sent him for a spell.'' Khumbila impressed in a recent Rosehill 900m barrier trial when a close third to stakes winners Robusto and Semillion. The Ingham winner Robusto returns with a strong trial win at Rosehill on Friday. The @BBakerRacing gelding, a last start second in The Lakes, runs down Semillion in the 900m heat with Khumbila in third. @tabcomau — Racing NSW (@racing_nsw) May 9, 2025 'I thought he trialled nicely, he has returned in good order and is going really well,'' Ryan enthused. In latest TAB Fixed Odds betting, Khumbila is at generous odds of $14 for the Midway for which the Paul Murray -trained Harry's Bar is the $4 favourite. The Ryan and Alexiou stable has two runners for their home track meeting with Pajanti going second-up into the TAB Handicap (1200m). Pajanti returned with a fast-finishing second to Memoria at Randwic k last month and Ryan said it had been a deliberate tactic to give the mare four weeks between runs. Memoria leads from start to finish to take out Race 7 at Randwick! @Leesracing — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) April 26, 2025 'We feel Pajanti is good fresh so we waited a month for this race,'' Ryan said. 'Then she has three weeks into the Gai Waterhouse Classic. We are trying to get some black type with her as she is an expensive mare.'' Pajanti is at $9.50 in latest betting behind the Joe Pride -trained Weeping Woman at $4.60. At Eagle Farm, Ryan is hoping promising Just Party gets some luck in running after drawing right off the track for the Group 3 $300,000 Fred Best Classic (1400m). Just Party, a son of unbeaten US Triple Crown winner Justify, resumed with a fast-finishing second to Media World in the Hawkesbury Guineas earlier this month. They again clash in the Fred Best Classic with both rated at $8 behind the Chris Waller -trained Angel Capital at $3.10 favourite. ðŸŒ� Media World hangs on in the G3 @hawkesburyrc Guineas and makes it two in a row! @SnowdenRacing1 | @G1TySchil | @YulongInvest — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) May 3, 2025 â– â– â– â– â– Race 1: Zebra Finch $4.80-$4.60 Race 2: Boys Night Out $3.30-$2.80, Warrior For Peace $5-$3.50 Race 3: Harry's Bar $4.20-$4, I Am Brave $6.50-$4.40, Lady Extreme $8.50-$4.60, Vegas Raider $12-$6 Race 4: Hopper $12-$7 Race 5: Ellipsis $11-$4.60, Massira $19-$10 Race 6: Pure Alpha $7.50-$5.50, Little Cointreau $7.50-$6, Scalextrics $18-$9.50 Race 7: Kerguelen $3.30-$3.10, Unstopabull $11-$6, Spanish Fox $26-$10, Smashing Time $26-$11 Race 8: Glory Daze $11-$4.60, Major Beel $8-$6, Private Legacy $8-$6.50, Touristic $11-$7.50, Shahzad $26-$12 Race 9: Misterkipchoge $8-$5 including a $1000 each way at $7/$2.30, Cormac T $8-$6.50, Anderson Bridge $15-$8, Half Yours $11-$8.50 with a bet of $2000 at $9, Good Prize $19-$10 Race 10: Weeping Woman $8-$4.60 A filly chasing a third win from five starts has been strongly fancied to make it two wins from two start this preparation at Rosehill on Saturday. Story: @ClintonPayne ðŸ'‡ — Racenet (@RacenetTweets) May 30, 2025 • Ray & Duff's Rosehill Saturday tips: $3 best bet â– â– â– â– â– EARLY QUADDIE TIPS Race 3: 7,8,9,14 Race 4: 2,6,12,13 Race 5: 1,4,5,13 Race 6: 3,4,5 QUADDIE TIPS Race 7: 2,10,16 Race 8: 1,5,8,9 Race 9: 2,4,7,8 Race 10: 7,9,10,17 James Molony is looking at a runner with a bit of value in Race 1 at Rosehill ðŸ�‡ Sign up to Racenet IQ to start using the Sectionals feature ðŸ'‰ Imagine what you could be buying instead. — Racenet (@RacenetTweets) May 29, 2025 • Shayne O'Cass's race-by-race tips, analysis for Rosehill Gardens on Saturday â– â– â– â– â– PRICE CHECK The Lord Mayor's Cup (race 8) is an open race with plenty of market moves. GLORY DAZE (5) has been the bigger firmer from $11 to $4.60 while rivals MAJOR BEEL (1) has tightened from $8 to $6 and PRIVATE LEGACY (9) from $8 to $6.50. TOURISTIC (8) ($11-$7.50) and SHAHZAD (13) ($26-$12) are other big firmers. Glory Daze powers home to win at Randwick for @cmaherracing at big odds! ðŸ'° — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) May 24, 2025 • Rosehill Turf Talk: Ray Thomas's $41 tip in key Saturday feature â– â– â– â– â– SECTIONAL STARS Race 3 No.14 I AM BRAVE was very impressive on debut at Scone during the two-day Cup carnival, winning her maiden over 1000m in a swift 57.07s despite the soft track conditions. She ran her final 600m in 33.85s as she raced clear of her rivals. Race 7 No.9 UNSTOPABULL turned for home with his 14 rivals in front of him but he switched back towards the inside and drove through the field, finishing fast for fifth to Zealously. He would have run his last 600m in sub-34s, one of the fastest closing sectionals of the day. Zealously with a big win after leading all the way at Scone! ðŸ'¨ @NockBraith | @SnowdenRacing1 — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) May 17, 2025 • â– â– â– â– â– TRIAL POINTERS Race 3 No.5 KHUMBILA is resuming after a five-month break but he trialled very well at Rosehill on May 9 when third to stakes winners Robusto and Semillion. Khumbila, who was fresh and keen in the trial, raced three wide without cover throughout the 900m heat and was still closing off nicely to finish within a length of the winner. Race 7 No.3 FULLY LIT hasn't raced since the Golden Slipper last year when he ran 10th to Lady Of Camelot. Fully Lit showed plenty of ability last season winning the Inglis Millennium and also finishing a close second in the Black Opal. He's had two barrier trials to prepare for his comeback, finishing third after racing wide to I Am Brave at Randwick on April 24 then racing on speed and holding his ground when third to Ellipsis at Warwick Farm two weeks ago. The @GaiWaterhouse1 -Bott 2YOs are unstoppable! ðŸ'¥ Fully Lit wins the $2 million @inglis_sales Millennium from a tricky draw in tough fashion. — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) February 10, 2024 • Gibbons' injury silver lining: 'It was a break I didn't know I wanted but needed' â– â– â– â– â– BEST BET Race 7 No.10 KERGUELEN is a promising Godolphin sprinter resuming after six months. He has not missed a top two finish in five starts, winning twice, including his runaway win on debut at Kembla nearly a year ago when he put 10 lengths on his chasing rivals in heavy going. He also won at Warwick Farm in heavy going that same preparation. Trainer James Cummings has given Kerguelen two very easy trials to prepare for his comeback, the most recent when he was kept under a tight hold before finishing a close sixth to Angel Capital on the Polytrack at Warwick Farm. He handles wet tracks and sprints well fresh. Angel Capital (#HarryAngel), the multiple Group winner, stepped out at Warwick Farm trials today ðŸ'‡ — Darley in Australia (@DarleyAus) May 22, 2025 • Schiller to be sidelined for six weeks with fracture â– â– â– â– â– VALUE Race 4 No.12 LIKE LUKEY resumed in the Scone Country Cup and came from near last on the turn with a strong run through near the inside to finish second, beaten less than a length by all-the-way upset winner Who Ever Thought. Like Lukey's comeback effort at 1400m was eye-catching, going out to 1500m suits, she's drawn well and should settle closer to the lead, and she won second-up by a big margin when last in work. Like Lukey is very genuine and terrific each way value around $12.
7NEWS
5 days ago
- Sport
- 7NEWS
Much-loved jockey Tyler Schiller in hospital after scary pre-race fall at Canterbury Park
Much-loved jockey Tyler Schiller was involved in a nasty pre-race incident on Wednesday and rushed to hospital. Racing NSW confirmed the fall at Canterbury Park, saying Schiller was 'dislodged from his mount going onto the track prior to the running of Race 1'. Schiller was riding Rockabye Roxy onto the track when the Gary Portelli-trained filly suddenly bucked. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today Schiller hit the deck and was immediately in significant pain. He was reportedly complaining of pain through his sternum and back following the fall, and needed the 'green whistle' as he waited to be transferred to the Royal Prince Alfred hospital. 'He's conscious and moving his arms and legs,' Racing NSW later said. 'But he's experiencing back pain so he will be transported to hospital via ambulance for further assessment.' The incident meant there was delay to all the Canterbury races with the last race pushed back to 5pm. Later, after concerns arose about Schiller's health, the popular jockey took to social media. He posted a picture of himself on X (formerly Twitter) from his hospital bed, wearing a neck brace. 'Alive,' he said. Schiller has been booked for three races this Saturday at Eagle Farm. He was set to partner $4.50 favourite Gallo Nero in the Group 2 BRC Sires' Produce Stakes, Superalloy in the Group 1 Queensland Derby, and Payline in the Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup.
Sydney Morning Herald
5 days ago
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Rosehill rejection: Why did ATC members look a gift horse in the mouth?
Not since 100-to-1 outsider Prince of Penzance defied the odds to win the 2015 Melbourne Cup has a result so deeply confounded established racing logic. The rejection by members of the Australian Turf Club of a $5 billion proposal to sell Rosehill Gardens Racecourse to the NSW government comes close. The prospect of 25,000 new homes on a site situated in the heart of Australia's fastest-growing region were stakes Premier Chris Minns had no option to mount. Under the National Housing Accord he has committed to delivering 377,000 new homes across NSW by 2029. Weigh up the racecourse's adjacency to a newly-constructed light rail network, a coming metro line and a surging jobs hub in Parramatta, and the odds looked impossible to ignore. The NSW government has made no secret of the centrality of housing supply to its agenda. From its establishment last year of the Housing Delivery Authority, through to its pursuit of its Transport Oriented Development initiative, its colours were clear and unambiguous. Recent measures by the premier to upscale the state's production of modular homes – and the contingent manufacturing jobs boost – only upped the stakes. As did the commitment from Peter V'landys, chief executive and board member of Racing NSW, to 'ensure the revenue derived from the [Rosehill] proposal is reinvested to benefit the racing industry as a whole'. Even these assurances couldn't get the proposal over the line. Nor did the prospect of around $2 billion in upgrades to other racetracks, or the sweetener of food, beverage and membership fee concessions. If I know punters' logic, the reason might lie in sentiment, rather than logic. Let me tell you why. Loading My grandpop, Harry, was a veteran of the 1945 New Guinea campaign. He would forlornly recall he was 'too tall' to be a jockey. Still, he remained a lifelong horseracing devotee. He lived in a fibro housing commission house in Granville, due to the state's last great housing shortage post-World War II. It was only five minutes from Rosehill racetrack, where he would periodically venture to, 'see a man about a dog'. Normally unassuming, Harry would harshly shush all of us grandkids when the races came on his 'transistor'. Either that, or he'd send us to the corner shop to buy him a packet of Rothmans Extra Mild cigarettes. 'Get some lollies' with the change he would add. When I was older, I asked Harry in gambling parlance what the 'tells' were in backing a horse trackside. 'Form be damned', he would rail. 'If you see a horse in the mounting yard sweating too much on a chilly day, give it a miss', he advised. 'Ears up, ears up!' That was his favoured sign. An alert, edgy horse was a sure bet, pop assured me.
The Age
5 days ago
- Business
- The Age
Rosehill rejection: Why did ATC members look a gift horse in the mouth?
Not since 100-to-1 outsider Prince of Penzance defied the odds to win the 2015 Melbourne Cup has a result so deeply confounded established racing logic. The rejection by members of the Australian Turf Club of a $5 billion proposal to sell Rosehill Gardens Racecourse to the NSW government comes close. The prospect of 25,000 new homes on a site situated in the heart of Australia's fastest-growing region were stakes Premier Chris Minns had no option to mount. Under the National Housing Accord he has committed to delivering 377,000 new homes across NSW by 2029. Weigh up the racecourse's adjacency to a newly-constructed light rail network, a coming metro line and a surging jobs hub in Parramatta, and the odds looked impossible to ignore. The NSW government has made no secret of the centrality of housing supply to its agenda. From its establishment last year of the Housing Delivery Authority, through to its pursuit of its Transport Oriented Development initiative, its colours were clear and unambiguous. Recent measures by the premier to upscale the state's production of modular homes – and the contingent manufacturing jobs boost – only upped the stakes. As did the commitment from Peter V'landys, chief executive and board member of Racing NSW, to 'ensure the revenue derived from the [Rosehill] proposal is reinvested to benefit the racing industry as a whole'. Even these assurances couldn't get the proposal over the line. Nor did the prospect of around $2 billion in upgrades to other racetracks, or the sweetener of food, beverage and membership fee concessions. If I know punters' logic, the reason might lie in sentiment, rather than logic. Let me tell you why. Loading My grandpop, Harry, was a veteran of the 1945 New Guinea campaign. He would forlornly recall he was 'too tall' to be a jockey. Still, he remained a lifelong horseracing devotee. He lived in a fibro housing commission house in Granville, due to the state's last great housing shortage post-World War II. It was only five minutes from Rosehill racetrack, where he would periodically venture to, 'see a man about a dog'. Normally unassuming, Harry would harshly shush all of us grandkids when the races came on his 'transistor'. Either that, or he'd send us to the corner shop to buy him a packet of Rothmans Extra Mild cigarettes. 'Get some lollies' with the change he would add. When I was older, I asked Harry in gambling parlance what the 'tells' were in backing a horse trackside. 'Form be damned', he would rail. 'If you see a horse in the mounting yard sweating too much on a chilly day, give it a miss', he advised. 'Ears up, ears up!' That was his favoured sign. An alert, edgy horse was a sure bet, pop assured me.
Sydney Morning Herald
6 days ago
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Doomed from the start: Why the great Rosehill sell-off failed
'I was swamped afterwards for controlling a meeting that saw the best of ATC membership, civility, construction … yes, there were strong points of view on a couple of occasions, there was a response from the audience, but it was minor over more than an hour of speaker after speaker.' V'landys isn't untouched by the defeat. Racing NSW supported the sale behind the scenes, and the power he wields has also come under scrutiny as the Rosehill controversy became a proxy battle in a broader conflict over racing's direction and leadership. A disappointed Premier Chris Minns singled him out after the vote, saying, 'Sydney could do with 10 Peter V'landys rather than one, and we'd be a more exciting, more dynamic city'. As the racecourse's owner, though, it was the ATC that devised and delivered the proposal, and it was behind the pace from the outset. Minns and McGauran announced the proposal 18 months ago, and just weeks later, in February last year, blindsided turf club members gathered at Rosehill at one of several forums. McGauran, a former minister in John Howard's government, addressed members, as did renowned trainer Gai Waterhouse, who has eight wins in the Golden Slipper, Rosehill's signature race, to her name. But it was the reaction that day of fellow trainer Chris Waller – the man behind champion mare Winx's record-breaking career – which turned the dial. 'Gai spoke up on social media nearly straight away, so you knew immediately that she was against it,' said Vicky Leonard, a member of the Save Rosehill group of trainers, owners and breeders, which challenged the sale process. 'Obviously Gai got up at that [forum] and was fairly aggressive, and she doesn't mince her words. 'But a lot of people didn't realise how upset Chris was until then. He's a very considered person, and he's also got a very close relationship to V'landys. So to have him speak out against anything that PVL endorses is pretty rare. That's why it was quite staggering.' Plans were then in their infancy, and it showed. Waller, whose stables are at Rosehill, reportedly said in a prepared statement that the designs presented looked like they had 'just been whipped up overnight'. The reception set the tone for what was to come, with opponents of the sale seizing on uncertainty over what the Sydney racing landscape would look like without Rosehill, and other unanswered questions. A split on the ATC board and a public slanging match between McGauran and vice-chair Tim Hale over what price the track could fetch was another setback, as was a referral to the Independent Commission Against Corruption, even though it quickly dismissed concerns over Minns' dealings with race club official and long-time friend Steve McMahon. Loading An entrenched distrust of racing's institutions also played its part in the 'No' vote win, as did the timing issues faced because of the urgency of deciding while a station could still be built on the new Sydney Metro West line. While the vote was twice delayed, proponents of the sale recovered ground in the weeks in the run-up to Tuesday's finish line as the ATC finally settled on a way forward. Warwick Farm Racecourse would be redeveloped into a top-line metropolitan track at a cost of $800 million, and a golf course at Penrith would be converted into a fourth track for the city. A loyalty scheme in which members would have their fees waived and receive $1000 food and drink credits for five years also seemed to hit the right note, despite being derided by opponents as a bid to buy votes. A new 'lifestyle club' was also to be built at Randwick. 'There is a demographic that exclusively uses Randwick and they're probably younger … I think the free membership and the $1000 [credit] has resonated,' said former ATC chairman and Macquarie Group executive director Laurie Macri. 'I've spoken to a lot of members … I was at dinner the other night with four of my mates, and they were all voting 'No'. But between the four of them, they had six kids, all under 30, all live in eastern suburbs, and five had voted 'Yes' and one had voted 'No'. ' Prominent industry figures such as trainer Richard Freedman and Charles Kelly of leading horse stud Newhaven Park also publicly backed it this month, and V'landys moved to allay fears that Racing NSW would scoop up the proceeds. In the end, it wasn't quite enough. Those who pushed for the sale point the finger at vested interests and misinformation for bringing it undone. Loading The role of Waterhouse, who fought it tooth and nail despite her bookmaker husband Robbie offering up land in western Sydney for a new track, was also significant. McGauran admits the lack of detail provided to members until last month wounded the Yes cause but says it was the 'nature of the beast'. 'Unfortunately, because it was an unsolicited proposal process, everything was back to front,' he said. 'It was a land deal, so we couldn't talk about it until the deal was done. 'We had nothing to show for months except those basic drawings. It was always the cart before the horse. I would have loved to have spent months planning it down to its final detail and then releasing it to members, but it was never possible under the confidential negotiations with the government.' While Minns' housing solution is out the window, racing will go on, the grandstands populated during carnival time and mostly empty at others. With the ATC reliant on Racing NSW for top-ups from betting revenue, tired facilities in need of a revamp and McGauran worried about the sport's declining social standing, the question for Sydney racing is whether it will regret knocking back a so-called deal of a lifetime. The members, however, have spoken. As they say, that's racing.
