Heavenly Dancer (NZ) (Echoes of Heaven) will be out to keep his unbeaten record intact when he steps out at Kranji in a Class 4 event on Sunday. The four-year-old son of Echoes of Heaven won on debut in March and returned in September to make it two wins from two starts. Trainer Stephen Gray has been mindful not to rush the promising gelding and has freshened him up since his last start. “Heavenly Dancer is a nice horse going forward,” he said. “I thought of running him in Class…
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Polly Grey on Gold hunt
The Chris Waller-trained Polly Grey (NZ) (Azamour) is yet to chalk up a win in Australia since crossing the Tasman earlier this year but will look to set that right in Saturday’s Gr.2 Moonee Valley Gold Cup (2500m). The former Kylie Fawcett-trained charge has performed well this preparation, finishing in the top five of all but one of her seven starts including a runner-up finish in the Listed Winter Championship Final (1600m) in July. Waller indicated the predicted showers would enhance the chances of Polly Grey at Moonee Valley, with…
Tokorangi primed for Soliloquy
Three-year-old filly Tokorangi (NZ) (Redwood) will sport different colours when she steps out in the Gr.3 Waikato Stud Soliloquy Stakes (1400m) at Te Rapa on Saturday for trainers Michael Moroney and Pam Gerard. Australian owner Ozzie Kheir has bought into the smart Redwood filly, who came from well back in the Gr.3 Hawke’s Bay Breeders’ Gold Trail Stakes (1400m) to finish a luckless fourth, deprived of racing room in the concluding stages. Jockey Michael McNab will have his second ride on the filly on Saturday and Gerard believes he will…
Tommy Shelby coming to Melbourne
WA sensation Tommy Shelby is making the journey to Victoria today, in branded Hidez suit, for a Topgun and Melbourne Cup series campaign. The son of Fernando Bale and Serena Fly High finished third in Friday night’s Million Dollar Chase after qualifying in the fastest time. Tommy Shelby, who is named after the leading man in the popular Netflix series – Peaky Blinders, will be in the care of Kel Greenough during his Melbourne campaign. “We will wait to see how he checks out with Kel and take it from…
Group Two target for Coventina Bay
Coventina Bay’s picket fence form line may have been disrupted with a first-up fourth-placing at Te Rapa earlier this month, but trainer Robbie Patterson believes she can return to her winning ways at the Hamilton track this weekend. The five-year-old mare will contest the Beefeater Garden Bar 12/12 1400 and Patterson said she will appreciate the step-up in distance. “Only In Jakarta got away with soft sectionals in the front (last start), which made it impossible for us to pick her up,” Patterson said. “But it was a top run,…
Fillies out to seal 1000 Guineas claims
The strength of Ben Foote’s hand in next month’s Gr.1 Barneswood Farm 48th New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton will become clearer after racing this weekend. Foote will saddle Babylon Berlin (All Too Hard) in Saturday’s Gr.3 Waikato Stud Soliloquy Stakes (1400m) at Te Rapa and produce Vitesse Bo (NZ) (Proisir) in the Gr.3 War Decree Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton less than an hour later. TAB bookmakers have Babylon Berlin at $12 and Vitesse Bo at $31 for the 1000 Guineas on November 14. “Babylon Berlin has shown she’s…
Aussie News – October 22
Star Kiwi mare Our Princess Tiffany dominates betting to make it two-from-two in this Aussie raid at Melton tomorrow (Friday) night. Now in the care of Dean Braun, the mighty mare blitzed a similar field at Melton last week and should only be better suited by the stretch from 1720m to 2240m for this week’s Group 3 Angelique Club Pace. It’s one of a string of features at Melton, including the two Tatlow Stakes’ for juveniles which are dominated by Emma Stewart and Clayton Tonkin. Stewart has eight of the…
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Patience key for Iggo
By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk Trotting enthusiast Phillip Iggo likes to take a patient approach with his square-gaiters, and that looks set to pay off with promising four-year-old Under And Over at Addington Raceway on Thursday. The Andover Hall gelding will make his debut in the IRT. Your horse. Our Passion. Trot (2600m) and Iggo is hoping his trial and workout form will translate to raceday success. Under And Over has yet to taste defeat in his four workouts and one trial, and Iggo is confident he can continue…
NZCIS Wellington Cup Country Cup Bonus
With the NZCIS Wellington Cup running on the 30th of January in 2021, the Wellington Racing Club wishes to embrace other Clubs in what is the biggest event in the Wellington Summer Calendar. The WRC Committee believe the NZCIS Wellington Cup is an important part of New Zealand racing life and to support this proposition the Committee have decided that each year they will nominate up to 3 Country Cups within New Zealand to enable the winner to have automatic entry to the G3 $250,000 event. Criteria will be: 2,200…