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Courier-Mail
2 days ago
- Sport
- Courier-Mail
Trainer Greg Wright has rethink on name change after The Right Way wins again at Doomben
Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. Former Kiwi aluminium smelter worker Greg Wright had been planning to right a wrong and change the name of his horse, but now he thinks it would be a mock. Six-year-old gelding The Right Way won as a well-backed $3 chance at Doomben on Saturday, making it three wins from his last five starts. Pro Tips View All All Tipsters - Last 12 Months Profit Profit 0 * ROI 0 Strike Rate 0 Units Tipped 0 Avg. Winner Odds 0 • 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! Scoring the BM90 Handicap (2000m) on Saturday was a sweet enough moment, but it was even better with Wright's dad Alister on track. Alister owns the galloper and splits his time between living in Australia and New Zealand. The Right Way was meant to be named The Wright Way, after the son and father team, but the name of the galloper was incorrectly submitted. 'I was going to apply to change the name, but I don't think I will now,' Greg Wright said. 'The horse is winning and I am worried if I change his name I might put the mock on him and he might stop winning. 'This was my first winner in Brisbane, this horse just loves to run and he gives you everything he has got.' • 'I almost had to have a beer to function': How hoop won booze battle When Greg Wright moved to Australia five years ago, he and his dad purchased mainly unraced young horses. The Right Way was one of those and was bought sight unseen on his pedigree by Alister Wright. Trainer Greg Wright (left) after The Right Way's win at Doomben, with Wright's Dad Alister pictured on the right. Picture: Trackside Photography A NEW RACING DAWN? The Brisbane Racing Club is seizing the moment in the quieter months of the racing season and hosting regular themed Saturdays to try to attract and engage new audiences. The recent Teddy Bears Picnic at the Races was one of those days, with a day of fun for families with the jumping castles, a children's disco and pony rides. Saturday at Doomben was the Mekka race day with doof doof music and other dance party style entertainment for the funky young crowd, headlined by Thundamentals. For the racing purists, there was co-mingling between the general admission crowd and the members. • 'Elitist, outdated, unengaging': AI's brutal warning for racing On September 6, there's a country music race day at Doomben and also a special wine lunch with Australian cricket great Ricky Ponting. Also upcoming is a day where 160 years of racing at Eagle Farm will be celebrated and it's understood the entry price on that day will be the equivalent of what it would have been 160 years ago. There's a bit of something for everyone on these off-season days and racing needs to chase these opportunities. 'We have challenged ourselves to look at more ways to broaden racing's appeal,' BRC chief executive Karl deKroo said. 'We are always going to have our rusted-on racing fans and that's great. 'But a big part of what we need to do is to look at our offerings and offer different things on different days.' It comes after artificial intelligence gave a brutal warning to racing, finding it was often 'elitist, outdated and unengaging'. The AI platform ChatGPT found racing should 'rebrand racing days as experience, not just betting events.' Originally published as Trainer Greg Wright has rethink on name change after The Right Way wins again at Doomben
News.com.au
2 days ago
- Sport
- News.com.au
Trainer Greg Wright has rethink on name change after The Right Way wins again at Doomben
Former Kiwi aluminium smelter worker Greg Wright had been planning to right a wrong and change the name of his horse, but now he thinks it would be a mock. Six-year-old gelding The Right Way won as a well-backed $3 chance at Doomben on Saturday, making it three wins from his last five starts. Scoring the BM90 Handicap (2000m) on Saturday was a sweet enough moment, but it was even better with Wright's dad Alister on track. Alister owns the galloper and splits his time between living in Australia and New Zealand. The Right Way was meant to be named The Wright Way, after the son and father team, but the name of the galloper was incorrectly submitted. Got it right! ✅ The Right Way hangs on at @IpswichTurfClub in the Stayers Final! @emilyyplang @RaceQLD â€' SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) June 21, 2025 'I was going to apply to change the name, but I don't think I will now,' Greg Wright said. 'The horse is winning and I am worried if I change his name I might put the mock on him and he might stop winning. 'This was my first winner in Brisbane, this horse just loves to run and he gives you everything he has got.' When Greg Wright moved to Australia five years ago, he and his dad purchased mainly unraced young horses. The Right Way was one of those and was bought sight unseen on his pedigree by Alister Wright. A NEW RACING DAWN? The Brisbane Racing Club is seizing the moment in the quieter months of the racing season and hosting regular themed Saturdays to try to attract and engage new audiences. The recent Teddy Bears Picnic at the Races was one of those days, with a day of fun for families with the jumping castles, a children's disco and pony rides. Saturday at Doomben was the Mekka race day with doof doof music and other dance party style entertainment for the funky young crowd, headlined by Thundamentals. For the racing purists, there was co-mingling between the general admission crowd and the members. On September 6, there's a country music race day at Doomben and also a special wine lunch with Australian cricket great Ricky Ponting. Also upcoming is a day where 160 years of racing at Eagle Farm will be celebrated and it's understood the entry price on that day will be the equivalent of what it would have been 160 years ago. There's a bit of something for everyone on these off-season days and racing needs to chase these opportunities. 'We have challenged ourselves to look at more ways to broaden racing's appeal,' BRC chief executive Karl deKroo said. 'We are always going to have our rusted-on racing fans and that's great. 'But a big part of what we need to do is to look at our offerings and offer different things on different days.' It comes after artificial intelligence gave a brutal warning to racing, finding it was often 'elitist, outdated and unengaging'. The AI platform ChatGPT found racing should 'rebrand racing days as experience, not just betting events.'
News.com.au
03-07-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Listed $300,000 Caloundra Cup: The Right Way or The Wright Way for owner Greg Wright?
Caloundra Cup hopeful The Right Way should have been called The Wright Way, but his trainer and former aluminium smelter worker Greg Wright certainly isn't complaining. Former Kiwi Wright, who moved to Queensland five years ago, says The Right Way was meant to be named after him and his father Alister who is the owner of the galloper. 'It should have been spelled with a 'W' but my Dad put the name of the horse through and he didn't tell his partner who was submitting it, that it was a 'W',' Wright laughed. 'It is a shame and we may even change it, because in Australia you can do that. 'When I moved over to Australia I purchased mainly unraced young horses, one of which is The Right Way who was bought sight unseen on his pedigree by my father who owns him. 'He is a big and slow-maturing lovely horse who I hope will continue to get better with age as he still does some dumb things like jumping the crossing and over-racing early if the tempo is too slow for his liking. 'He won the Stayers Final at Ipswich which was a target race, so anything else he does for the rest of this preparation is a bonus. 'At Ipswich he was aided by some great riding from Emily Lang. 'I said to someone it was a ten out of ten ride and they said 'no, it was twelve out of ten'.' Got it right! ✅ The Right Way hangs on at @IpswichTurfClub in the Stayers Final! @emilyyplang @RaceQLD — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) June 21, 2025 • Guineas bid a nod and a Winx to Tighe's mighty mare Bookmakers have taken notice of the five-year-old gelding's win over 2500m at Ipswich and he is rated a $12 chance for Saturday's Listed Caloundra Cup which is raced over 2400m. Wright's galloper has drawn the widest gate but drawing wide didn't worry him at Ipswich and Lang has again been tasked with working her magic. Wright is enjoying his new career in the Sunshine State which is a far cry from his former life in Invercargill, the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand. 'I worked shift work at the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter near Invercargill, for just short of 20 years,' Wright said. The Right Way gives a good kick to win Race 4 at @SCTurfClub! — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) June 8, 2025 • The Inflictor has spell put on hold after rainy realisation 'I was an owner/trainer of usually a couple of horses at a time, riding most of the work and the gallops myself. 'I worked my way up to be a Metal Scheduler and I co-ordinated the tapping of molten metal through to the cast house into the appropriate furnace, alloying the furnace to the specific alloy required and setting the tapping tickets for the next shift among other tasks. 'We decided to come to Australia when there was talk of shutting the smelter and my father Alister had been suggesting that the racing opportunities were far greater in Australia. 'I'd love to win at Caloundra with this horse, we have a light weight (53kg) and a lovely horse that we are already so proud of and lucky to have.'
