The Yorkton Exhibition Summer Fair had a visit from some agile animals. The Bowmanville Zoo’s Animal Acrobats show brought together baboons, horses, camels, zebras and other animals to demonstrate their abilities and thrill the crowd.

AROUND 60,000 football fans will converge on Celtic Park tomorrow as the third Old Firm league match of the season gets under way. And while extra manpower will be draft in to manage the major event, Police Scotland is calling on an extra resource – horsepower.

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A hardworking, funny young woman who had a gift with horses from childhood and an interest in politics that came out of left field: that was how family and friends remembered Riharna Louise Thomson on Friday. The 22-year-old track work rider was farewelled at Alston chapel at Lincoln Grove Memorial Gardens in Tamworth after she died from critical injuries sustained in a fall from a horse on February 28. LOVING FAMILY: Jane and Ian Thomson support each other, with daughter Bessie and sons Colin and Braden behind, as more than 150 people gathered to pay their respects to their eldest child Riharna.

Use Your Noodle survived a tight three horse photo to win the Fillies and Mares Winners Over Pace Tuesday night at Rosecroft Raceway. Frank Milby moved the 4-year-old Artzina offspring to the lead just past the opening quarter of :27.4. Russell Foster moved Quotable Quotes into first over racing position just past the three-eighths pole and held her together as she got rough going down the backside while challenging the leader the entire back half.

The Racing Post reports that a South African horse named after President Donald Trump , an unraced 2-year-old, was too rambunctious. As a result, trainer Justin Snaith decided to geld him .

Faraway Town will likely be of the most talented runners in Friday’s Arrowfield Kembla Grange Classic, but trainer Matthew Smith insists his three-year-old will need things to go her way to claim the Group 3 feature. CLASSIC BOUND: Matthew Smith trained Faraway Town, left, is a good chance to start in Kembla Grange’s feature race.

The County Meath-based trainer has entered Golden Spear and Tudor City for the prestigious handicap and is happy to let both take their chances. Tudor City was narrowly ahead of his stablemate when they finished second and third respectively in the Coral Hurdle at Leopardstown in January.

Golden Slipper favourite Houtzen has been scratched from the Black Opal Stakes in favour of Brisbane, but Canberra’s marquee race could still be its best in history.Trainer Matt Dale has Mossman Gorge jumping from barrier 11 and said if the field remains intact it will be the strongest he’s ever seen in the capital’s $300,000 Group 3 feature. SHARE Share on Facebook SHARE Share on Twitter TWEET Link Menari, trained by Gerald Ryan, has firmed into a $3 favourite at the Black Opal Stakes on Sunday.

Nothing really changes in the final run-up to the Cheltenham Festival – the horses don’t know it is different to any other week in the year. Of course, the attention intensifies and things get busier.

Shakerattlenrock dominated the $20,000 Survival Series final at Miami Valley on Tuesday, featuring the final 10 out of 79 $5,000 claimers who started the series. Shakerattlenrock, who scored two wins and a ‘neck’ defeat in the first three legs, used his customary front-end style to capture the title in 1:54 over a track listed as sloppy.

Classic winner George Baker was put into a coma after falling during White Turf 2017, in St Moritz, Switzerland, yesterday. The 34-year-old was riding Boomerang Bob on the famous snow track when a pile-up caused the horse to fall.

The Australian Turf Club is embroiled in a major scandal after its mounted security division was shut down amid claims that former racehorses were mistreated and illegally sedated to fulfil lucrative commercial work. The ATC’s Mounted Division uses retired racehorses that are retrained for everyday life.

CHILANGO** is shipping from Hawthorne on the heels of consecutive second-place allowance sprint finishes. He has proven route ability and is strictly the one to catch.

TODAY’S SIMULCAST SCHEDULE Gulfstream Park, 11:35 a.m.; Tampa Bay, 11:35 a.m.; Aqueduct, 12:20 p.m.; Fair Grounds, 1:25 p.m.; Golden Gate, 2:45 p.m.; Penn National, 5 p.m.; Turfway Park, 5:15 p.m.; Delta Downs, 5:40 p.m.; Charles Town, 6 p.m.;Palm Beach , 6 p.m.; Daytona Beach , 6 p.m.; Sam Houston, 7:10 p.m.; Southland , 8:30 p.m.; Los Alamitos, 9 p.m. Ricardo Santana won two races to increase his season lead in the jockey standings by two victories over Ramon Vazquez . Santana, who has won 30 races in 125 starts, won the sixth race when he rode Jazzy Times to a 3/4-length victory over Operation Stevie .

Maxim with Brent Mangos secures a debut victory on grass with the Ag Challenge Ltd Wanganui Cup. Photo / Bevan Conley Brent Mangos has had a successful week without even jumping in the sulky but he hopes to put the icing on that cake at Alexandra Park tonight.

Start Wondering, with Johnathan Parkes on board, is coming off a 1400m win at Te Rapa last start. Photo / Race Images We don’t have match races these days, but the closest you will get to seeing one is when Kawi faces off against Start Wondering in tomorrow’s $200,000 Haunui Farm group one WFA Classic at Otaki.

Ground conditions will be key in deciding whether Acapella Bourgeois will contest the RSA Chase at next month’s Cheltenham Festival. The Sandra Hughes-trained seven-year-old produced a brilliant front-running display to land the Ten Up Novice Chase at Navan last Sunday, coming home with 32 lengths in hand.

Racetrack that calls for new contributions to a purse account from the track’s owners, as well as from a newly opened nearby commercial casino and the state’s Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund. Just two weeks after the opening of del Lago Resort & Casino a short drive away from the track, in Waterloo, N.Y., the Cuomo administration Feb. 17 said its plan will feature a bailout of the track’s purse fund without the use of taxpayers’ dollars.

A powerful storm is beginning to move into California as the saturated state faces a new round of wet weather that could trigger flooding and debris flows. The foothill city of Duarte east of Los Angeles has ordered a precautionary evacuation of some homes, and the Santa Anita race track has canceled horse racing for the day.

The Gordon Elliott-trained nine-year-old, who was last seen winning the Lexus Chase at Leopardstown over Christmas, was given the steadier of 11st 10lb for the world’s most famous steeplechase on 8 April during a ceremony at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London on Tuesday evening. The Cullentra handler, who has this season emerged as a major threat to Willie Mullins in the race to be crowned champion trainer, has a formidable hand of 14 entries in total, more than any other trainer.

Intentionally colliding with a race horse and unseating the jockey on another was “the only way out” for South Australian jockey Josh Cartwright, his lawyer claims, adding “he didn’t want to go home a jockey”. Cartwright, 22, committed the offence of reckless riding while aboard Senior Council during Race Eight at Morphettville Racecourse on January 14. He was today issued with an 18-month suspension of his riding licence and a six-month suspension of his training licence at a penalty hearing in front of Thoroughbred Racing Australia stewards at Morphettville Racecourse.

“Thank you, bless you – you know what – wow, never in the field of human conflict has my left cheek been so jealous of my right.” “To my amazing team who had the insane task of trying to get this Indian dude, this noodle with wonky teeth and a lazy eye and floppy hair work in this really hard industry.

Please gamble responsibly. Wise counsel undoubtedly, though when it comes to betting on horses, if you believe you can judge which of several animals will win in a race, and then back that belief with hard cash, you may have sacrificed your right to be considered in any way responsible.

Her filly Chanel’s Legacy seemed in control throughout the Dixie Belle Stakes at Oaklawn Park on Jan. 21 under jockey Alex Birzer. The ease of her 2A1 2-length victory at 6 furlongs made the choice in regards to the next race for Chanel’s Legacy easy for Chleborad.

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Carlingford Lough will, once again, look to upset the odds in his quest to land a hat-trick of Irish Gold Cups at Leopardstown on Sunday. Frank Berry confirmed that the John Kiely-trained stalwart will bid for three in a row at the Dublin venue but will go up against stablemate Minella Rocco, who has also been confirmed for Sunday.

The Daniel Kubler-trained five-year-old has been in terrific form of late, having knocked off convincing victories at Kempton and Newcastle. It was no big surprise, then, that Kubler decided to try Outrage in a better stamp of race back at the last-named venue on December 30. He did not win, but left Gosforth Park with his reputation intact as he got to within three-quarters of a length of Amazour on his first start over six furlongs since November.

Greg Bennett is weighing up whether to start Local Hero in Friday’s Walcha Cup after lady luck did not smile at the barrier draw The Scone trainer, who had grown up in the Northern Tablelands town, won his first Walcha Cup last year when Pro Consul landed the feature. He had been aiming for history to repeat before he retires from training on April 2 to take up a new position as director of racing development at Aquis Farm, based in South-East Queensland.

T he 1,500-pound quarter horse named Lena never really got a chance to carelessly gallop into the open field and enjoy being a horse until she met her owner, Payton Koontz, two years ago. Lena lived in a trainer’s barn where random treats and playtime did not come often, and the training background made it hard for her to trust anybody before Koontz got a hold of her.

Breeders still seeking a broodmare or broodmare prospect before the mid-February start of the North American breeding season will have one final opportunity when Fasig-Tipton Kentucky holds its winter mixed sale Feb. 6-7. With a diverse selection of more than 600 head entered in the main and supplemental catalogs – from just-turned yearlings to stallions – the sale offers something for every buyer’s taste and pocketbook.

Logan, who trains in partnership with Chris Gibbs at Ruakaka, said there is no horse more deserving of a major win than her Derby bound Iffraaj colt. Wyndspelle was a half length winner of the $100,000 Group II Draci Brahma Waikato Guineas at Te Rapa on Saturday.

Family patriarch Brian and his son Shane saddled the quinella in the Group III White Robe Lodge Handicap at Wingatui where Coulee downed Tommy Tucker. Brian and his wife Lorraine bred and co-own both horses and they are by their resident stallion Gallant Guru, who stands at the Mosgiel property the race is named after.

European form over 2,400m isn’t necessarily a plus in Hong Kong but big race trainer believes Group Three Centenary Plate fancy Helene Charisma can buck the trend Staying form out of Europe can be a red flag to an import’s BMW Hong Kong Derby prospects but trainer John Moore believes Helene Charisma is developing the necessary dash to adapt to a new style of racing. Helene Charisma carries a rating of 94, the highest of the horses purchased out of Europe for Hong Kong’s most sought-after race.

AFTER the feast comes the famine and we are certainly starved of a bit of quality following a top-class weekend of action. That said, there are still plenty of horses who can take advantage on what is a decidedly low-key Monday, not least Royal Salute, who lines up in the Strong Flavours Handicap Chase at Plumpton.