In a small ski town in Austria, Hopfgartens fan club will be hoping the horse who shares his name with their home can do them proud in the Villiers Stakes.Rob Heathcote named the gelding after the town where he ran a resort while working for Contiki Tours, his job before becoming one of Brisbanes most successful trainers.Hes a legend in the little Austrian ski town, they love him, Heathcote said.I still know a few people who live there so they follow him.There could hardly be a more different setting from Hopfgarten in Tirol, one of Austrias most prominent ski regions, to Randwick where the temperature is expected to push into the low 30s for Saturdays Group Two race over 1600m.Hopfgarten ran second to the Desleigh Forster-trained Cylinder Beach in the Listed Recognition Stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm on November 26, giving up 6 kilograms.I dont care how good they are, weight stops them, Heathcote said.His last run was a cracker.Cylinder Beach is likely to stay in Brisbane for a Listed 1600m race and Hopfgarten drops from 60kg to 57.5kg in the Villiers.Hopfgarten, a multiple stakes winner, went back to Group One company at Flemington on October 31, running sixth in the Cantala Stakes.He beat four or five really good Group One horses that day, Heathcote said.He was 2-1/2 lengths behind some of the best milers in the spring carnival.I was proud of his run.While he emerged winless from the Melbourne spring carnival, Heathcote said a combination of bad luck and Hopfgartens preference for clockwise racing hindered the horse.Early favourite Fabrizio has been supported from $4.60 to $3.20 with Hopfgarten at $15.Other moves in the TABs all-in market include the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Pajaro who has come in from $26 to $15 and the Mike Moroney-trainer Loyalty Man who has shortened from $51 to $26 after being assured of a start.Im under no illusions about how hard it is, Heathcote said.Tye Angland gets the ride on Hopfgarten while Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Kerrin McEvoy has been booked for the Lee and Anthony-trained Sarrasin, a stakes winner in France set to make his Australian debut on Saturday.If Hopfgarten can win the Villiers, a $100,000 bonus will be up for grabs in the Bernborough Handicap in Brisbane on New Years Eve.Kevin Durant Jersey .C. - The Carolina Hurricanes have placed backup goalie Anton Khudobin on injured reserve with an unspecified lower-body injury. Raymond Felton Jersey . Its sharpness matched my mind. This was no night to go to sleep. http://www.cheapthundersjerseys.com/?tag=cheap-josh-huestis-jersey . Louis Blues. Shane Hnidy joins Brian Munz for the broadcast on TSN 1290 Radio at 7pm ct. Daniel Hamilton Jersey . In what the team had called a retirement, Ryan said Thursday that he is resigning as chief executive of the Rangers in a move effective at the end of this month. Shawn Kemp Jersey . Belfort (24-10) needed just 77 seconds to down Henderson in the headlining bout of Saturdays "UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson" event at Goiania Arena in Goiania, Brazil. The fight served as a rematch of the pairs 2006 meeting, which Henderson won by decision.Its happening. Its finally happening. After a 15-month hiatus, the former No. 1 golfer in the world is making a comeback.?Tiger Woods, who is now ranked 898th in the World Golf Ranking, is scheduled to tee off at the Hero World Challenge on Thursday.?There are some pretty great names between No. 1 and 898, so lets play a game. Are these thee real players ranked ahead of Tiger Woods or funny names we made up?He last played in the Wyndham Championship in August 2015.ddddddddddddAfter he finished tied for 10th place, he was ranked 257th in the world. ' ' '