Purton could be Striding towards more records April 12, 2024 IT WAS good to see six-time Champion Jockey Zac Purton receive all the accolades at Happy Valley last Wednesday, when reaching the 1,700-winner milestone in the city. The Zac-Man, who later went on to ride another winner at the meeting, will now set his sights on Douglas Whyte’s all-time record of 1,813 victories and attempt [...]
Ting can place Absolute trust in Ferraris April 12, 2024 SPARE a thought for trainer Jimmy Ting who will be looking for his first winner in Hong Kong since January 24th. The 57-year-old local handler must wonder what he has done to upset the Gods of fortune, sitting bottom of the trainers’ championship table with just four winners this season and on a present losing [...]
Jim Culloty: Bindaree needed one chance and the rest was history April 12, 2024 AS A jockey Jim Culloty rode some of the best around and will forever be associated with the three-time Gold Cup winner Best Mate, while later he would train the winner of the Cheltenham showpiece himself, when successful with Lord Windermere in 2014. Culloty also won the Grand National as a rider aboard Bindaree in [...]
Gloucester and Ospreys to battle in hope of finding consistency April 12, 2024 If, at the turn of the new year, you thought Gloucester would win one of the three competitions they were competing in, many would have laughed. They were on a rotten run in the Premiership but unbeaten in the domestic and European cup competitions. A season of inconsistency. That has continued, in part, through until [...]
No inflation here: The Masters menu and why is it so cheap? April 12, 2024 Part and parcel of going to live sport is paying through the roof for food and drink before getting trapped in a merchandise shop and pressured into spending millions of dollars on shirts, bucket hats and umbrellas. But at the Masters, which take place across this weekend, that’s not necessarily the case.
EP: 266 Aintree – Grand National Day & Hong Kong April 12, 2024 For many, the Grand National is the greatest race in the world and Saturday is the big day for the maximum field of 34 runners. Aintree also hosts three Grade 1 races on what should be another fantastic day of jumps racing. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews Aintree’s Grand National Day action, with [...]
Vodacom Bulls have chance at shock Champions Cup upset April 12, 2024 And then there were eight. The Investec Champions Cup round of 16 threw up a couple of incredible ties as those with hopes of lifting club rugby’s most prestigious trophy were tested to the nines. So with four tantalising quarter-final ties ahead of us here are my predictions for the quarter-finals, as well my outside [...]
Williams to use F1 engineering expertise to help other sectors April 11, 2024 Formula 1 team Williams Racing have launched a new company that will apply the sport’s technology to engineering in other sectors. The new company will be based out of Grove, alongside the F1 team A statement read: “A mix of highly-skilled people and unique engineering assets will combine to offer services including: platform dynamics; advanced [...]
Premier League to adopt semi-automated offside technology next season April 11, 2024 The technology was used successfully at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar but the Premier League has resisted introducing it - until now.
Is the Masters still on the BBC? Where can I watch the highlights? April 11, 2024 The BBC used to be the UK home of the Masters and showed all four days of play until 2010.