Racing Blog August 2022

Can't get me again RS .....ever ! Smile

The Farm , R.4 N. 8 . Redwood Shadow , blinkers on , forms fair , worth a thought . ( gotta keep the interest up ) Wink

Billy Egan has undergone secondary surgery following his race fall at Pakenham Synthetic last Friday.

Egan was cleared of all breaks in his left arm, as once feared, but was later diagnosed with compartment syndrome, requiring an operation in the early hours of Saturday.

The 32-year-old jockey had further surgery at Dandenong Hospital on Monday to address nerve and ligament damage.

“He’s had another surgery on Monday, he’s been in quite a bit of discomfort,” VJA boss Matt Hyland said.

“We are confident the surgery will aid his recovery.

“Post this latest surgery we will then be in a better position to assess his recovery time.”

Egan has been in wonderful form this season and prior to his fall was second on the Victorian Jockeys Premiership with 12 wins already in August.

Just half an hour before his fall at Pakenham Synthetic, Egan punched home Field Of Roses ($9) to bring up trainer Gavin Bedggood’s first winner for the new season.

Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing

Benalla abandoned after race 3

Victoria’s Monday meeting at Benalla has been abandoned after three races due to visibility concerns.

Three maiden events were completed before on the Heavy (10) track, downgraded from Heavy (8) retrospectively to the first race at 1pm, before the eight-race card was scrapped 90 minutes later.

As per standard practice, the jockeys riding in the fourth race, the $27,000 Foote Waste Solutions Maiden Plate (1406m), voted on whether to continue the meeting and the majority of 14 jockeys due to ride in the event decided it was unsafe to proceed.

Racing.com’s on-course correspondent Ben Sporle reported that jockeys were comfortable with the condition of the track but had visibility concerns due to the level of ‘kick back’ from the turf surface.

Victorian racing moves to Ballarat Synthetic on Tuesday with the next turf meeting in the state scheduled for Sandown Lakeside on Wednesday with the track officially rated Soft (6) as of 8am on Monday morning.

There has been widespread rainfall across Melbourne since that track inspection and with further rain forecast on Tuesday, Sandown Lakeside is likely to race in the heavy range.

Edited by Gay3 - 29 Aug 2022 at 3:14pm

Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing

Interesting and a fair call imo Shawy, though am surprised a Prism owners audio could be downloaded 'cos that way third parties could be given digital inside info.

He certainly has

2. Costless

T: Julius Sandhu J: Jamie Mott

(59.5kg)

Capitalist x Perfect Truth (IRE)

Wisdom has been chasing me but I've always outrun it!

Hasn't Julius Sandhu improved this fellow:

7th of 8	HAWK 31Aug21 1000m Soft5 3Y MDN-SW $35,000 ($1,000) Jay Ford 57kg Barrier 4 1st Sebring's Rose 55kg, 2nd Kahawaty 55kg 0:58.60 (600m 33.95), 4.23L, 3rd@800m, 3rd@400m, $1.95/$2.45/$2.40/$2.45
Training information change: Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes to Annabel Neasham
T 5th of 9	W FM 16Dec21 804m Soft5 3YCGMDN-BT $000 Brodie Loy 0kg Barrier 0 1st Iggy 0kg, 2nd Choisir's Choice 0kg 0:46.84 (600m 33.45), 5.64L
7th of 8	NOWR 09Jan22 1100m Heavy8 CGE MDN-SW $24,000 ($500) Rory Hutchings 57.5kg Barrier 2 1st Bully For You 57.5kg, 2nd Onehelvason 57.5kg 1:06.36 (600m 35.61), 4.1L, 8th@800m, 8th@400m, $9/$9/$9.50/$10
T 5th of 6	RAND 03Mar22 1080m Synthetic 3Y+ MDN-BT $000 Tommy Berry 0kg Barrier 0 1st Ottilie 0kg, 2nd Strombus (NZ) 0kg 1:04.75 (600m 35.25), 8.62L
Training information change: Annabel Neasham to Julius Sandhu
2nd of 11	SALE 11Aug22 1106m Good4 MDN-SW $37,500 ($6,750) Jamie Mott 59.5kg Barrier 10 1st Bews 57kg, 3rd I'm Dynamite 59.5kg 1:05.08 (600m 35.26), 1.25L, 6th@800m, 6th@400m, $9/$8.50/$15/$14
1st of 11	MOE 28Aug22 1217m Heavy9 MDN-SW $27,000 ($14,850) Jamie Mott 59.5kg Barrier 10 2nd Rycam Lad 59.5kg, 3rd Treotto 59.5kg 1:15.80, 4.25L, 1st@800m, 1st@400m, $3.70/$4.60/$4.80/$5

Get well soon Billy, looked nasty.

Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing

Don't forget to come and join in the fun at the winners and roughies G1 comp on Saturday. Everyone welcome.

Thanks mate. Smile

Bendigo	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	Heavy 8	Mostly Cloudy	11	77%	SW at 17kph
Dalby	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	Good 4	Clear	14	48%	SW at 29kph
Northam	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8	Soft 5	Overcast	12	60%	ENE at 20kph
Wagga	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8	Heavy 10	Partly Cloudy	11	72%	WSW at 20kph

Wisdom has been chasing me but I've always outrun it!

2 weeks of spring and still catering for 50+ raters in town Big smile

give them City prize money , but run them at provincial courses , save the bloody wear n tear on these city tracks that have copped a hammering all through a wet winter , surely it's not that hard . Cry

Belmont	1 2 3 4 5 6 7	Soft 5	Mostly Cloudy	14	45%	ENE at 24kph
Gawler	1 2 3 4 5 6 7	Heavy 8	Mostly Cloudy	13	58%	SW at 23kph
Ipswich	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8	Soft 5	Partly Cloudy	24	43%	NNW at 12kph
Kensington	1 2 3 4 5 6 7	Good 4	Possible Light Rain	19	44%	WSW at 17kph
Sandown Lakeside	1 2 3 4 5 6 7	Heavy 9	Possible Light Rain	10	70%	WSW at 18kph

Wisdom has been chasing me but I've always outrun it!

Sad news AA

W'Bool will be lucky to race tomorrow, absolute p155ing down at the moment.

Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing

Mackay	1 2 3 4 5 6 7	Good 4	Mostly Cloudy	23	56%	ESE at 21kph
Scone	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8	Soft 5	Mostly Cloudy	18	50%	NNW at 20kph
Warrnambool	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8	Heavy 10	Rain	11	81%	SW at 22kph

Wisdom has been chasing me but I've always outrun it!