Otaki trainers Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard have plenty to look forward to this season with a trio of promising three-year-old fillies. Hold the Press (Press Statement) and Key (Exceed and Excel) both won on debut at their home track on Thursday and their trainers think both fillies have a bright future. “They were both very good,” Benner said. “They are fillies with a nice future. They have nice pedigrees and tick a lot of boxes.” Hold The Press began like a bullet from barrier seven in the Aquashield Roofing…
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Endless Drama showing zest for racing
Nine-year-old entire Endless Drama (Lope De Vega) showed he is not ready for retirement just yet with a 20-length demolition of his rivals in an Avondale open catchweight 1000m trial on Thursday. The 31-start veteran is a multiple Group Two winner and has placed at Group One level on three occasions, including. The Irish Two Thousand Guineas (1600m), Lockinge Stakes (1600m) and Stradbroke Handicap (1400m). Cambridge trainer Tony Pike has overseen the latter part of his career and was delighted to see one of his favourite gallopers show a zest…
Better late than never
Shaun Phelan may have missed the majority of the jumps season through injury, but he is delighted he has managed to return to raceday riding in time for the end of season features. Phelan had been sidelined after breaking his wrist when schooling a horse in June and it has been a frustrating few months sitting on the sidelines for the gun hoop. He was able to make a return to raceday riding at the Pakuranga Hunt Cup meeting at Ellerslie a fortnight ago and he said his biggest issue…
VIDEO: Cambridge Stud
Bred to Win’s Caroline Searcy catches up with the team at Cambridge Stud to discuss the recent success on the racetrack as well as profiling the current foal crop including the first of Embellish’s progeny.
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Dual-pronged attack for Hopes
By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk Woodend Beach trainers Greg and Nina Hope will have a two-pronged attack in the Haras des Trotteurs Sires’ Stakes Championship Mobile Pace (1980m) at Addington Raceway on Friday night. The husband-and-wife team are taking a fair bit of confidence into the race with Franco Jorik after his brave last start runner-up effort behind Outamyway in the Listed NZB Standardbred Harness Million 1 Trot (1980m). “His last start performance was awesome,” Nina Hope said. “He is such a little tradesman and he surprises us every…
Big Fish, Little Fish | Addington 16 October
Flashback: The Meadows Great Chase
By Ben Pritchard More than 250 very excited people from all over Melbourne headed to the Great Chase community day at The Meadows in October 2019, with live music and smiling faces a big part of the day. Among the big crowd last year were two of the most recent winners of the Great Chase Grand Final, 2018’s Broadmeadows Disability Service and 2017’s Nextt. Nextt is disability service based in Melton, which predominantly runs programs for people with autism. Carmel from Nextt explained that the group looks forward to the…
Looking like a local’s Cup
Some of the Geelong’s most talented greyhounds will go head-to-head on Friday night in heats of the Group 2 Beckley Centre Geelong Gold Cup. Headlined by Simon Told Helen who is back in Victoria after his Million Dollar Chase campaign. Simon Told Helen breezed through the Temora regional Million Dollar Chase heats and final at the start of September but was unable to qualify when finishing fourth on Friday night at Wentworth Park – a shock to punters who had him one of the favourites. “He didn’t handle the boxes…
Flashback: Healesville Great Chase
By Ben Pritchard From small beginnings the Healesville Great Chase saw more than 50 people from organisations from across the north-eastern suburbs enjoy a community day in sunshine last year at arguably Victoria’s most spectacular-looking racetrack. With views across the track and onto the Yarra Valley the Healesville Greyhound Association and their traditional Great Chase morning tea for groups was the place to be in September 2019. The group from Caladenia Friday Fellas were particularly excited, going to the extent of dressing in their finest ties and sparkly hats. This…