Welcome to the Addington Raceway News update for March 31 2021 with Greg O’Connor and Darrin Williams, ahead of their Easter Cup meeting.
Month: March 2021
First of IRT Harness Jewels leaders confirmed for Addington
The countdown to June’s IRT Harness Jewels is officially on. On Saturday at Addington’s Easter Cup meeting the Harness Jewels-leading yellow silks will be seen for the first time. John Dunn will partner unbeaten trotter Highgrove and Natalie Rasmussen, the champion mare Amazing Dream. Highgrove will race in the Group Three Majestic Son New Zealand 2YO Trotting Stakes having won both his starts so far. He leads the 2YO Ruby leaderboard with $5600 in stake-money. Amazing Dream will be up against some familiar foes and stable-mates Spankem and Self Assured…
News Briefs – March 31
Quinella for top stallion Always B Miki has had his first New Zealand winner, and he not only sired the winner, but the runner-up too. It was a Barry Purdon and Scott Phelan-trained quinella when Montana Glory ($10 and $2.50) and Miki Montana ($2.70 place) finished 1-2 in the Magness Benrow NZ Sires Stakes Fillies Heat 2 over 1700 metres at Alexandra Park on Friday night. Always B Miki, the only horse to win four races in 1:47 or faster and the US Horse of the Year in 2016, is…
Selections | Addington – March 31
The Shark analyses the form for today’s meeting at Addington. Race THE SHARK Form Analyst Race 12.39pm 4 King Of Love2 Trixton Time1 Top Hats And Tails8 Eilish Hall Race 23.14pm 5 Willow Bay 1 Chevrons Bypass6 Cut N Run4 Lochart Shard Race 33.50pm 4 Haiti Franco5 Hattie8 Serg Blanco12 Nikki Noto Race 44.23pm 1 Bolzano3 Franco Hoffman10 Sweet Loress8 Pay Me Visa Race 54.58pm 3 Luella10 Fancy5 Smooth Debate7 Majorca Race 65.32pm 2 Some Time1 Unique Rose4 Luminosity5 Palisade Race 75.58pm 1…
Forsman heads to Sydney to oversee star trio
Cambridge trainer Andrew Forsman is hoping to time his run perfectly ahead of several stars of the stable stepping out in feature races over the Sydney autumn carnival. Forsman will fly to Sydney on Saturday to oversee the final preparations of Aegon (NZ) (Sacred Falls), The Chosen One (NZ) (Savabeel) and The Frontman (NZ) (Makfi) (raced as Frontman in New Zealand) ahead of upcoming Group One assignments and hopes that a trans-Tasman bubble is in place in time for his return to New Zealand so he can avoid a two-week…
Synchronize lands Pearl Series Maiden
Talented juvenile Synchronize (NZ) (Savabeel) made an impressive debut at Matamata on Wednesday, winning the NZB Insurance Pearl Series Maiden 2YO (1050m), landing a Pearl Series bonus in the process. The daughter of Savabeel had been impressive in three trials victories prior to her raceday debut, and the Jamie Richards-trained filly was duly sent out a $1.50 favourite. Positively ridden from an inside draw by Danielle Johnson, Synchronize comfortably had the measure of runner-up Show A Million (NZ) (Showcasing) to provide Te Akau trainer Jamie Richards with his 20th two-year-old…
Forsman heads to Sydney to oversee star trio
Cambridge trainer Andrew Forsman is hoping to time his run perfectly ahead of several stars of the stable stepping out in feature races over the Sydney autumn carnival. Forsman will fly to Sydney on Saturday to oversee the final preparations of Aegon (NZ) (Sacred Falls), The Chosen One (NZ) (Savabeel) and The Frontman (NZ) (Makfi) (raced as Frontman in New Zealand) ahead of upcoming Group One assignments and hopes that a trans-Tasman bubble is in place in time for his return to New Zealand so he can avoid a two-week…
Bendigo’s ‘golden gang!
A ‘fossick’ through today’s Bendigo Gold Rush Maiden semi-final (425m) fields ‘unearths’ a gang with golden careers ahead – including two that cry Eureka! The Kelvyn Greenough trained She’s Got Wheels ‘burned the rubber’ with a stunning heat win on debut. She’s Got Wheels ($1.80F) had ‘hot wheels’, clocking a flying 23.70sec (Best) and scoring by 8.1L. A daughter of G1 Adelaide Cup finalist Zara’s Entity, She’s Got Wheels (Box 4) is in Semi-final 1 (Race 1 – 2.28pm). Rockabye Bear ($3.30F), who won a heat by 4.3L in 23.98sec,…
Four chances for Cox at Addington
By Jonny Turner Driver Jonny Cox heads to Addington on Wednesday to combine with a small but select book of four drives. Cox starts the early favourite for race 7 from his own stable in the consistent Leconte. The pacer looks to have the perfect opportunity to clear maidens from barrier 1 over 1980m. Bookmakers agree and opened him the $2.80 fixed odds favourite. “It is a good race for him, but he has had good opportunities in the past and he probably hasn’t quite hit the line the way…
Winning double for Matthews at Manawatu
By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk It’s a long trip down from Pukekohe to Palmerston North, but a winning double at Manawatu Raceway on Tuesday made it all worthwhile for trainer Adrienne Matthews. The Hulk kicked things off with a bang in the Completely Wired Handicap Trot (2500m), making light work of his 40m handicap and running away to a 6-1/2 length victory. The win was a great tonic for Matthews, with the South Auckland horsewoman having spent a lot of time trying to overcome soundness issues with the seven-year-old…
