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The young Gozitan driver Shaun Portelli succeeded an honorable second place during his visit to Naples.

At the Ippodromo di Agniano in Naples on the day of the Lotteria di Agnano, Shaun Portelli participated in the CAMPIONATO GUIDATORI DEL MEDITERRANEO also known as the Mediterranean Horse Racing Union Drivers' Championship. In this race, held over the 1600m distance, Shaun Portelli was partnered to horse No.1 Igor d'Asolo. Shaun Portelli had a very good start and placed his horse at the back of other horses thus permitting the horse to finish with a very good sprint. Shaun succeeded a very good 2nd place clocking 1'16"5/km.

A very well done goes to Shaun Portelli for this excellent performance. Points gathered from this 2nd Leg of the Championship go on to add to the result the Maltese participant Raymond Clifton gained during the First Leg, when he succeeded a breath taking Victory here in Malta. This helped Malta to hold on tight to the first position in the provisional ranking amongst the seven participating countries in this championship.

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Our latest Photographic Feature has been uploaded days ago. The SECF Championship Finals held last December 2011 can be found in our Gallery

Due to personal commitments we will be needing some time to upload the next Meeting's Start lists.

We thank you for your patience.

We would also like to remind you that due to Sponsor exigencies the Skyparks Swedish Horses Championship Final for the Premier Class will be held on Friday 11th May 2012 and therefore it is not visible in the coming meetings.

After the latest period in which the Malta Racing Club finalised agreements with sponsors and agreed finals dates; we are issuing a new version of the racing calendar.

We hope that everyone find this calendar useful so as to prepare horses or follow racing as deemed best.

You can find the calendar on your left hand side. Click on the link (writing in red) and an image will follow.

SKYPARKS takes on the Sponsor of the Swedish Horses Championship.

After lots of difficulties to conclude with UBET, the Malta Racing Club succeeded to bring on a New Prestigious Sponsor to Horse Racing.

SKYPARKS Business Centre is therefore a very much welcomed new commer to our sports. Hope that the benefits that this association brings to both parties will help to make this collaboration a yearly encounter.

A very nice meeting was held today at the race track with two events to remember.

Raymond Clifton succeeded a great victory by a nose in the Mediterranean HorseRacing Union Drivers Championship when representing the Maltese colours against opposition from Slovenia, Ukraine, Italy, France and Russia. This was the first leg of this championship and Malta started very well by claiming a first home victory.

Another remarkable feat was that by driver Charles Camilleri who succeeded 4 victories in one meeting. This is surely a day to remember for Charles Camilleri too.

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We regret informing you that Livi Cantona has been scratched and therefore will not be participating in tomorrows' Tazza l-Kbira.

This has been confirmed today morning.

Now Charles Camilleri will be driving Nuage de Bourgogne.

We wish Livi Cantona a quick recovery to his splendid form. We will sure miss this Champion tomorrow.

THE ANNUAL MEDITERRANEAN HORSE RACING UNION CHAMPIONSHIP BACK IN MALTA

The Malta Racing Club is once again organising the Malta Leg of the 2012 Horse Racing Union Championship for trotters. It is the first leg of this year’s championship, which Malta won in 2010, and forms part of a 7 race horse meeting scheduled for Saturday 31st March. The first race will start at 14:00 and includes a variety of activities for all the family to enjoy, plus a show of Maltese owned Ferrari cars, thanks to the Ferrari Malta club.

Dr. Matthew Brincat, the club chairman said that “this annual event forms an integral part of the annual horse racing activities at the Club. This is the fourth time that the club is organising such an event, while in the coming months Maltese drivers will be participating abroad, most notably in Italy and France for the forthcoming legs.” He expressed his satisfaction in winning this prestigious honour in 2010 and hoped for a good start in this year’s edition.

Malta will be represented by veteran and popular driver Mr Raymond Clifton. Ray Clifton is nowadays considered as a legend for Maltese horse racing having won more than 2000 races in a career spanning more than 50 years. He originally started as a jockey in the late 1950s, having won major honours like the Mediterranean Derby most notably on one of the 60s horse racing favourite Waterloo Boy. In the early 1970s Clifton started driving trotters and was most notably renowned for his successes on the most popular of all horses Isard Du Pont. In the 1990s, Clifton also managed to win outside our shores on a number of occasions and was also voted the sports personality of the year.

Today, Clifton has a number of horses under his trainingship whilst also is an instructor at the Horse Racing Academy established by Kunsill Malti Għall-iSport in collaboration with Malta Racing Club.

The 6 countries participating at this year’s event, scheduled on Freedom Day, are France, Italy, Malta, Russia, Serbia and Ukraine.

M.R.C.