The Malta Racing Club has chosen tomorrow's meeting the 3rd July 2009 to honour Ms Myra Zammit Gauci who has served the Malta Racing Club as Administrative Secretary along these last 30 years. Her sterling service along these years will never go unnoticed and the present MRC Council has felt the need to show its appreciation and that of all owners and members of the Club for Ms Zammit Gauci’s dedication and commitment to the Club and horse racing in general.

She will be invited to present the Bookmakers Variable Odds Cup 2009 Winners Trophy in a Premier Category race between the Best Trotters on the Island on the 3rd July 2009. A memento of appreciation to her will be presented by the MRC Council on behalf of all owners and members.

The M.R.C. Council whilst inviting all to the Races would appreciate your presence as a gesture of appreciation to all her hard work.

The M.R.C. council

Well all in all we cannot say that this is the most positive leg that we had so far in the Mediterranean Championship.

Here are the results:

Jockey Championship

1st - MEANINGFUL (GB) - Thami Zergane (Morocco)
2nd - SHONI SHANTINO (SRB) - Myrzabek Kappushev (Russia)
3rd - PRICELESS SPEEDFIT (GB) - Djorde Perovic (Serbia)
...
8th - VERTEKS (SRB) - Michael Sultana (Malta)

Trotting Championship

1st - ILLARY - Jean Paul Fasquelle (France)
2nd - TONIA - Marinko Gabric (Croatia)
3rd - BADI - Branimir Mukic (Serbia)
...
Disqualified: GABRIJELA - Noel Baldacchino (Malta)

One has to say that even if the results in this leg were not what one would hope, the Maltese participants always honour our sports giving their maximum especially when they are representing Malta, and for this we have to thank them and all the Maltese contingent. Special appreciation goes to Dr. Matthew Brincat with whom we collaborate closely to give you the best news possible. The idea of entering the Mediterranean HorseRacing Union is surely proving itself to be a wise choice undertaken by the Malta Racing Club.

Well done guys and lets prepare for the next to come.

Well, it has surely been a busy weekend for us at Malta Trot Racing Website even if no races were held at our local track. Today at 6pm and 6:45pm, our Maltese representatives Michael Sultana (jockey) and Noel Baldacchino (driver) will be in action again.

Here are the complete startlists:

Race 7 Mediteran Kup (Kategorija I) 1600m

1 SYNGE STREET (GB) - Gate8 - 62kg - Alessandro Muzzi (Italia)
2 VERTEKS (SRB) - Gate9 - 62kg - Michael Sultana (Malta)
3 LAMPIO DI SERBIO (USA) - Gate10 - 61kg - Ivan Sabol (Croatia)
4 SHIRLEY SUR (SRB) - Gate4 - 60kg - Aida Mohamed (Algeria)
5 TAUR (SRB) - Gate6 - 60kg - Jean Michel Sanchez (France)
6 DOLCISIMA (USA) - Gate7 - 59kg - Khaled Mahfoudh (Tunisia)
7 EMIL (SRB) - Gate2 - 59kg - scratched
8 MEANINGFUL (GB) - Gate1 - 59kg - Thami Zergane (Morocco)
9 PRICELESS SPEEDFIT (GB) - Gate3 - 59kg - Djorde Perovic (Serbia)
10 SHONI SHANTINO (SRB) - Gate5 - 56kg - Myrzabek Kappushev (Russia)

Michael Sultana will be riding one of the top weights of the race and this sounds good. One also notes that the Russian Jockey Myrzabek Kappushev is the younger brother of M.A. Kappushev who won the Maltese Leg on the 31st March 2009.

As regards the Trotting Leg, here are the participants for the Serbian Leg:

Race 8 Mediteran Kup (2000-5000e) Autostart/2200m

No.1 - INTERACTIV - Cherif Safsaf (Algeria)
No.2 - HUCKLEBERRY FINN - Vladimir Matusevich (Russia)
No.3 - TONIA - Marinko Gabric (Croatia)
No.4 - ADDER - Mario Ferrara (Italy)
No.5 - ILLARY - Jean Paul Fasquelle (France)
No.6 - ALEN - Volodymyr Kushtal(Ucraine)
No.7 - AXOR - Franc Lovrencic (Slovenia)
No.8 - GABRIJELA - Noel Baldacchino (Malta) 2nd Row behind No.1
No.9 - BADI - Branimir Mukic (Serbia)

In this race Noel Baldacchino will be starting again with number 8 and this time it is the 2nd row for him as the autostart in Serbia aligns 7 horses in a row. Still Noel has a good chance in this race.

We wish the Maltese Contingent a very successful participation.

Noel Baldacchino had another positive performance for Malta this time with a good 3rd place.

This is the Result fo the Croatian Leg:

1st: REGINA SUGAR - Oleg KARDOŠ (CROATIA)
2nd: ATENA BITTER OAK - Mirko ORAČIĆ (SERBIA)
3rd: LUXOR - Noel BALDACCHINO (MALTA)

This morning with the help of M.R.C. Chairman Dr. Matthew Brincat we got hold of the starting list of the Croatian Trotting Leg of this Championship.

Here is the startlist:

1) DALIA - 1.22,9 - 1.850 kn - by: Yankee Yankee - Herba
driver: Vladimir MATUSEVICH
country: RUSSIA
2) DR. PANTEON - 1.20,9 - 8.200 kn - by: Nautical Hill - Dobra Vila
driver: Franc LOVRENČIČ
country: SLOVENIA
3) FILIPO JJ-18 - 1.21,8 - 16.570 kn - by: Vic Valley - Firka
driver: Mario FERRARA
country: ITALIA
4) RUSH4 EVER - 1.21,4 - 32.350 kn - by: Hurricane Sund - Rush Rush
driver: Volodymir KUSHTAL
country: UKRAINE
5) ATENA BITTER OAK - 1.20,9 - 38.300 kn - by: Vic Valley - Alijansa
driver: Mirko ORAČIĆ
country: SERBIA
6) REGINA SUGAR - 1.19,4 - 38.400 kn - by: Huricane Sund - Really Perfect
driver: Oleg KARDOŠ
country: CROATIA
7) RAKETA - 1.19,4 - 39.400 kn - by: Williams - Rusty
driver: Jean Paul FASQUELLE
country: FRANCE
8) LUXOR - 1.18,0 - 49.420 kn - by: Whiteland Fonzi - Lenta
driver: Noel BALDACCHINO
country: MALTA
9) FORM STAR CIS - 1.19,1 - 67.425 kn - by: Meadow Meritime - Formia Edina
driver: Cherif SAFSAF
country: ALGERIA

This is the 4th Trotting Leg of the Mediterranean Championship and as you can see Noel Baldacchino will partner the 2nd best horse in winnings but LUXOR is undoubtedly the best horse when it comes to the record he holds. For this reason we believe that Noel Baldacchino will start as Favorite even if the number 8 autostart should not be an easy number for any horse. The race will be run on the 1600m distance.

Good Luck to Noel Baldacchino

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In the 2 coming days, we will have 2 Maltese representatives in the Mediterranean championship. Michael Sultana will be representing Malta in the Jockeys Championship on the 28th June in Belgrade Hippodrome in Serbia whilst Noel Baldacchino will represent Malta on two occasions, 1 in Croatia on the 27th June and the second time in Belgrade.

Up till now we do not have any further information as to the horses to which the Maltese participants will be partnered. We only know that in the Serbian legs of the Jockey race and the Trotting Challenge the Thoroughbred's race will be run on the 1600m distance whilst the trotting race will be run on the 2200m distance. With regards to the Croatian race we have no information whatsoever.

We wish the Maltese participants to continue in the string of success that Malta has had in this Championship so far.

Good Luck to the Maltese contingent.

Wow what a busy week and weekend with all those photos to upload from the Jog-Cart race with players from Malta's Football Premier League, The Mediterranean Derby and the S.E.C.F. Championship Finals. A massive volume of photos had to be processed with as many as 144 different photos taken for every participant and during the races.

We hope you enjoy watching the photos of each and every participant and the various pictures explaining the evolvement of the races.

All our Photographic features can also be found in the gallery section to which access is at your left, just over the latest posted features.

As you obviously know by now, a weekend such as the last one at the Marsa Race Track leaves us at Malta Trot Racing Website with loads of work to do. It is our prerogative to refresh everyone's memory of the spectacular racing we enjoyed and also transmit some of the vibes lived at the Track to horse racing followers who could not enjoy it with us live.

As you can see we already posted the feature about the Jog-Cart Race held on Friday 12th June, where horse drivers were partnered with Football Players from Malta's Premiership Football League. Here we lived a nice race with a thrilling finish. The armosphere at the track for this event was very nice especially with the mixture of football supporters and horse racing enthusiasts enjoying the event.

In the coming days there is still lots to do. By today we should be able to post the Mediterranean Derby 2009 feature, where even there on Friday we had an incredibly interesting race and an excellent atmosphere at the track. Last but not least (but surely the longest ;-)) will be the feature about the 5 S.E.C.F. Finals which were held on Sunday 14th June. For these races we have still a lot of work to do but slowly and steadily we will try to put this feature up in the coming days.

Thankyou very much for your appreciation to our work and enjoy the photographic features of what can be called a weekend to remember at the Marsa Race Track.

This is a declaration the M.R.C. issued regarding the judging during races. The M.R.C. in this document is stating its position and the procedures to follow in case of protest against judges' decisions. As you can see, this declaration was issue on the 30th May and we are putting it online for everyone's attention.

Data: 30 ta' Mejju 2009

Gheziez Sidien u Gerrejja ,

Il-Kunsill tal-Malta Racing Racing Club huwa Kunsill amministrattiv u mhux xi Bord li ghandhu funzjoni jiehu decizjonijiet dwar risultati tat-tigrijiet. Dak huwa x-xoghol u dmir tal-Judges u Stewards.

Il- Procedura issa stabbilita u li jafha kulhadd hija s-segwenti ;

1. Hadd ma jsita jidhol jkellem il-Judges waqt il-meeting.

2. Il-gerrejjja biss jekk jkollhom xi ilment jew jixtiequ jattiraw l-attenzjoni ghal xi infrazzjoni li saret fil-konfront taghhom ghandhom jirraportaw lill-isteward tal-paddock li jirraporta lil Judges dwar l-ilment li jigi investigat qabel jithabbar ir-risultat . Wara li jithabbar r-risultat ma jista' jsir xejn ghalhekk huwa l-gerrej li jista jilmenta b�dan il-mod.

3. L-owner mhux intitolat jkellem il Judges taht ebda cirkostanza.

4. Owner jista jara t-tigrija fuq dvd li jingabar mil-klabb t-tnejn filghodu u anke jixtri kopja. Jista jiddiskuti l-kaz mal-membri tal-Horse Owners u jekk jkollu ilment jkunu l-Horse Owners li jressqu l-kaz tieghu ghal azzjoni dixxiplinari izda l-Kunsill ma ghandux poter jbiddel ebda risultat. Huwa l-Bord tal-Appell biss li jista jbiddel decizjoni jew piena.

5. ll-gerrejja biss jistghu jissejjhu mill-Judges sabiex jaraw t-tigrija fil-Judging Room.

6. Nuqqas ta' qbil fuq decizjoni hemm biss Appell lil Bord tal-Appell.

7. Il-Kunsill ma jista qatt jibdel decizjoni u risultat tat-tigrija.

8. Il-Kunsill jista jiehu passi dixxiplinari kif fil-fatt ha fil-konfront ta' min jonqos u jigi assikurat il-kulhadd illi l-Kunsill kollhu u l-membri tal-Horse Owners fuq bazi regolari jikkomunikaw ilmenti u oggezzjonijiet fl-ahjar interess tal-isport.

9. Il-Kunsill mhux ser jieqaf jiehu passi sabiex il-Judges jiehdu decizjonijiet l-istess ma kull owner u gerrej u kull kaz jiehu l-istess piena.

Ghaldaqstant qed jsir appell sabiex kull owner u gerrej jitghallem jaccetta d-decizjonijiet tal-Judges, meta jkollu ilment jressqu b'dan il-mod permezz tal-Membri tal-Horse Owners .Il-fatt li ziemel u gerrej jkun zbalja ma jistax jigi skuzat ghaliex kaz simili ma kienx gie mghoti l-istess trattament. Il-Kunsill jassikura lil kulhadd li huwa b'mod regolari jintervejeni u jiehu l-passi mehtiega sabiex il-Judges jimxu l-istess ma kulhadd u ma jridx li l-gerrejja u l-owners jhossu li l-ilmenti taghhom qed jaqghu fuq widnejn torox. Il-Kunsill anke jekk jixtieq ma jistax jbiddel risultat u jista biss jiehu passi dixxiplinari li jassikura lil kulhadd li ser jittiehdu sabiex ingustizzji li jistghu jsiru ma jirrepetux ruhhom.

Il-Kunsill kollhu huwa kunsill ddedikat lejn l-Owner u l-gerrejja u kull membru jinstab joffri s-servizz tieghu b'sagrificju personali u ma nahsibx li huwa gust li certi owners, membri jew gerrejja jindirizzaw u jaghtu htija ta' decizjonijiet li ma jaqblux maghhom lil Kunsill. Ahna kollha sagrificcju qed naghmlu u ma nixtieq il-hadd mill-owners jew gerrejja jkun f'posizzjoni taghna li kull minuta ta' hajtu jisma l-imenti kontinwi fuq ir-rizultati tat-tigrijiet. Ejja nitghallmu nimxu bir-regoli. Waqt kull tigrija jitwieldu sitwazzjonijiet illi l-Kunsill m'ghandux kontroll fuqhom u l-Judging fid-dinja kollha johloq certu polemika. Ahna ser nkomplu nsostnu sabiex jinghata decizjonijiet l-istess ma kullhadd. Dan huwa l-impenn li nweghdu lil owners u l-gerrejja kollha bhala Kunsill li jixtieq l-ahjar lejn it-tigrijiet u l-isport taghkhom.

Ghalhekk jsir appell sabiex jinqatghu telefonati lil Membri tal-Kunsill dwar decizjonijiet. Jkun car ghal kulhadd illi owner ma jistax jippretendi li jara t-tigrija quddiem il-Judges. Dan jikkreja biss okkazzjoni biex owner jillatika u jqajjem polemiki bla bzonn. Jsir appelll il-gerrejja biex bl-irgulija jammettu mal-owner dak li jkun