Shum on Romantic Warrior

Trainers John Sargent and Gary Portelli are hopeful, rather than confident, that they can spring an upset when the outstanding Treasurethe Moment makes her Sydney debut in the 2,000-meter (about 1 1/4-mile) Vinery Stud Stakes (G1) March 29 at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse. Sargent saddles Powers of Opal, who’s already felt the sting of Treasurethe Moment’s class…

Stablemates Public Assembly  and Sun Of Hill , the one-two finishers in the April 26 Royal Heroine Stakes (G3T), were both in good order and enjoying a leisurely morning along trainer Phil D’Amato’s shedrow April 27.  “They both came out of the race great,” D’Amato reported.  Public Assembly, who was making her stakes debut, won the…

Benefitting from steady and sure play from the start, Dan Piazza, a financial advisor from Chicago, went virtually from gate to wire and held off a late close from Tom Boyd at the Final Table to win the 26th NTRA National Horseplayers Championship at the Horseshoe Las Vegas March 14-16 in Las Vegas. Piazza’s victory…

The April 5 Dubai World Cup card this year falls a week later than is traditionally the case, a development in large part driven by the dates of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which comes to an end with Eid al-Fitr expected to fall Sunday evening (March 30).  The combination of Meydan staging its…

Tom Pedulla offers takeaways from reigning Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna ‘s latest stellar performance in the $1.25 million Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) at Oaklawn Park, the last Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifying race in the $400,000 Lexington Stakes (G3) at Keeneland, and other major stakes races contested at both sites. The Lexington awarded Derby qualifying points…

Image: Bradley Photos In form staying mare Alalcance is all the rage in the Ladbrokes.com.au all in market for the Sydney Cup (3200m) this Saturday at Randwick. The GaiBott mare was dominant from the front in the Chairmans last Saturday and looks primed for the two miles. She heads betting at $2.70. The class of…