By Jonny Turner Southern sensation U May Cullect is one several horses ready to put it all on the line in a last ditch play to qualify for the New Zealand Cup at Kaikoura on Monday. The Kirstin Barclay and Tank Ellis trained pacer steps out alongside Step In and On The Cards, who will also be out to propel themselves in to a top-15 New Zealand Cup starting spot by winning the Kaikoura Cup. U May Cullect goes in to the 2400m feature ranked 23rd on the order of…
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Big Fish, Little Fish – Kaikoura 2 November
Selections – Kaikoura (2 November)
Selections for Kaikoura today. Head to www.tab.co.nz to place your bet! Race MATT CROSSCommentator MICHAEL GUERINForm Analyst Race 112.17pm 6 Lennox Bromac3 No Nukes Skipper8 Fortunia15 Boom 14 Kiwi X Factor 8 Fortunia 1 The Diva 13 Maurice Race 212.52pm 2 Blazing Impact1 Huego Boss6 Admirable8 Serg Blanco 1 Huego Boss 12 Magic Mike 6 Admirable 2 Blazing Impact Race 31.27pm 9 One Over All5 Crazy N Love6 Black Jacket7 Mega Pixels 9 One Over All 5 Crazy N Love 3 Listen Easy 6 Black Jacket Race 42.02pm 8 Down The Hatch4…
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Curtin ready to Tango at Kaikoura
By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk Tango Tara will have his final hit-out at Kaikoura on Monday ahead of the Gr.1 IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup (3200m) at Addington Raceway on November 10. Trainer and driver Jim Curtin is pleased with the five-year-old ahead of Monday’s assignment, but drawing nine on the tight-turning Kaikoura track is his biggest concern. “He’s nice and bright, he has just got a tricky draw,” the Templeton horseman said. “He has drawn one on the second line, so that’s the tricky thing, especially at Kaikoura…
Teenager on life-changing Melbourne Cup ride
As Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed) prepares to fly the New Zealand flag in Tuesday’s Gr.1 Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m), the star mare’s Kiwi co-owners are on the ride of their lives. Among the owners, albeit now unofficially, is 16-year-old Connor Harrison, a stablehand smitten with the daughter of Zed from the moment she entered the Ardmore Lodge stable of Nick Bishara. Bred and part-owned by Aucklander Don Goodwin, Verry Elleegant won two of her first three starts for Bishara, before a majority interest was later sold across the Tasman, but…
Barrier enhances The Chosen One’s Cup prospects
One of the forgotten runners in Tuesday’s Gr.1 Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m) has had his chances of springing an upset greatly enhanced after drawing barrier five for the famous Flemington two-miler. The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained The Chosen One (NZ) (Savabeel) provided one of the best Cup lead-up performances when a fighting third in the Gr.1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) but the $41 chance has not attracted much attention from pundits since. The five-year-old Savabeel entire has had a trouble-free preparation for this year’s event after he finished seventeenth in…
Famous name back at Flemington for shot at Cup glory
At this time of the year the name Lupton takes on a special meaning at Flemington through the deeds of the legendary Waverley wonder Kiwi (NZ) (Blarney Kiss) and his win in the 1983 Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m). On Tuesday, another branch of the Lupton family will try to write their own chapter into Cup folklore when unfancied eight-year-old Etah James (NZ) (Raise The Flag) lines up for her attempt in the 2020 edition of the great race. The Raise The Flag mare is bred and part-owned by Mark and…
Fabulous result for valuable mare
Promising galloper Just Fabulous (NZ) (O’Reilly) indicated she was in for a good campaign with a gritty fresh up victory in the Courtesy Ford Red Craze Bowl (1300m) at Awapuni on Saturday. The five-year-old O’Reilly mare hadn’t been seen on raceday since January but was primed for her return by a recent jumpout after she had been scratched at the trials for playing up at the barrier. Trainer Roydon Bergerson and the mare’s large group of owners held their breath before the start on Saturday but the mare loaded away…
Group One target for Reliable Man mare
Five-year-old mare Inspirational Girl (NZ) (Reliable Man) came with a well-timed ride under jockey Chris Parnham to win the Gr.3 Asian Beau Stakes (1400m) at Ascot in Perth on Saturday. It was the first black-type attempt for the talented mare, who advanced her record to eight wins and two placings from ten starts. Prepared by Grant and Alana Williams for leviathan owner Bob Peters, Inspirational Girl was tardy from the barriers and after being last early made her run along the inside to score narrowly from handy galloper Too Close…