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INEOS Team UK's turnaround is complete INEOS Team UK's turnaround is complete 24 January 2021 The British America's Cup challenger is through to the Prada Cup final after an unbeaten round robin run. The 33-second win over Luna Rossa has relegated the Italian syndicate to a best-of-seven race semi-final series against American Magic. George Bennett faces the biggest test of his professional cycling career this year. The 30-year-old will spearhead his Jumbo-Visma team's challenge at May's Giro d'Italia grand tour. Bennett finished eighth in yesterday's 164-kilometre Gravel-and-Tar race in...

Punters post-race: Saturday racing in review, January 23 by James Lamb, Luke Sheehan & David Hocking Artorius dominated his rivals at Sandown Image: Getty A Freedman-trained 2YO stole the show at Sandown, a Kiwi star enhanced her reputation even further, and we saw an all-time sick beat in Sydney. Star Performer Levante in the Westbury Classic (Ellerslie R3) Wins don't come much bigger than that of Levante's over the ditch at Ellerslie in the G2 Westbury Classic. The Ken Kelso-trained daughter of Proisir looked like she was in all sorts of bother at the 600m mark when dead-last ...

Racing: Gambles pay off for Aegon in $1 million Karaka Classic Mile 23 Jan, 2021 11:00 AM 3 minutes to read Aegon (inner) gets the best of Amarelinha to win the $1m Karaka Million 3YO Classic at Ellerslie. Photo / Kirstin Ledington NZ Herald By: Michael Guerin Two different Aegon gambles paid off to the tune of $530,000 at Ellerslie on Saturday night. The 2000 Guineas winner remained unbeaten when he held out Amarelinha in the $1 million Karaka Classic Mile, two outstanding three-year-olds going to the line all but locked together at the end of a stirring 1600m. But in winning Aegon not only...

Link to Share Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman were buoyed by Aegon’s 1200m trial victory at Matamata on Tuesday ahead of his tilt at the Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie later this month. The Group One-winning three-year-old sat in the trail behind Mannie’s Power before jockey Leith Innes asked him to improve at the 400m mark, and he ran away to a comfortable half-length victory. His trainers were pleased with the hit-out and the way he was able to trial handier to the speed. “He was still half a length slow out, but I guess the intention was to ride hi...

Link to Share Two of spring’s major winners have joined in late for the race for the $5 million All Star Mile with Caulfield Cup winner Verry Elleegant and Cox Plate winner Sir Dragonet among the entries at closing time on Monday. A total of 83 eligible horses, including other spring group 1 winners Russian Camelot and Ole Kirk, were among the entries for the race in March where the public vote the first 10 horses into the race. Sir Dragonet is one of 23 Group 1 winners in the nominations list, with 27 $1 million-plus prizemoney earners and 25 three-year-olds. Interstate raiders have claime...