By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk It may be nearing summer, but snow is back – Snow Weaver that is. After a seven year hiatus from the training ranks, the man behind star trotters Petite Evander and Pride of Petite made a winning return at Cambridge Raceway earlier this month with debutant Petitewillshine. Weaver was delighted with the win and said the four-year-old gelding favoured the left-handed way of going at Cambridge. “We had been having trouble getting him to go right-handed and he won two of his first three…
Year: 2020
Louis’ rocky road to Tuapeka
By Jonny Turner Plenty has gone wrong for star Otago pacer Spirit Of St Louis ahead of the season’s biggest race on his home track, Sunday’s Tuapeka Cup. The Graeme Anderson and Mike Love trained four-year-old comes into the 2700m Forbury Park handicap after overcoming a throat infection which was discovered after his last start at Winton. That diagnosis explained why Spirit Of St Louis produced a slightly disappointing effort for third when he could not go with the winner, Pembrook’s Playboy, after sitting on his back before the home…
Selections | Cambridge, 25 October
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Smart three-year-old leaves rivals speechless at Te Rapa
Smart three-year-old Need I Say More (No Nay Never) let his actions do the talking at Te Rapa when he gave his age-group rivals a galloping lesson in the Gr.2 James & Annie Sarten Memorial Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. The Jamie Richards-trained runner had his doubters after he was beaten into fourth in the Gr.2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) at his last start when a well-backed favourite. There were plenty prepared to bet against him again on Saturday, with punters installing the Katrina and Simon Alexander-trained filly Tinker McPhee as…
Vitesse Bo shapes as serious Guineas contender
Cambridge visitor Vitesse Bo (NZ) (Proisir) caused a minor upset when she defeated some well credentialled age-group classic contenders when taking out Saturday’s Gr.3 War Decree Stakes (1600) at Riccarton. The younger half-sister to Gr.1 Levin Classic (1600m) winner Travelling Light was having just her third start as she registered career victory number one with a dogged performance. The Ben Foote-trained Proisir filly relished the wide-open spaces at Riccarton as she settled in a handy position before issuing a challenge four out from the fence rounding the home bend. Favourites…
Course specialist takes fillies feature
A love affair with the Te Rapa track continued on Saturday when course specialist De La Terre (NZ) (Reliable Man) took out the Gr.3 Waikato Stud Soliloquy Stakes (1400m). The Team Rogerson-trained three-year-old had won three of her four starts at the venue leading into the race and added a fourth victory with a gritty front-running performance and an inch perfect ride by jockey Ryan Elliot. Elliot took no prisoners from barrier rise as he sent the Reliable Man filly straight to the lead and kept up a strong gallop…
Top start for Te Akau at Te Rapa
The Te Akau Racing team made the best possible start to their day when the Jamie Richards-trained Palamos (Extreme Choice) justified some inspired support to take out the opening event at Te Rapa on Saturday. With large teams engaged at both Te Rapa and Riccarton on the day along with quality four-year-old Probabeel looming as a major contender for the prestigious Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley later in the afternoon, Richards was right on the money first up with the Extreme Choice two-year-old. Rider Troy Harris had the…
Selections | Tuapeka 25 October
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Big Fish, Little Fish – Tuapeka 25 October
Shima to shine in Geelong Cup
The 2020 Geelong Gold Cup is shaping up to be one of the best greyhound races this year with what many have dubbed the ‘Awesome Foursome’ – Catch The Thief, Tiggerlong Tonk, Simon Told Helen and Shima Shine. Shima Shine is one of five locally trained greyhounds in the Cup and trainer Andrea Dailly believes it’s about time Shima Shine claimed an all elusive group race. TAB are finding it hard to separate Shima Shine (box two) and Simon Told Helen (box seven) opening the pair up at $3. WATCH:…