Kiwi import Impecunious (NZ) (Sacred Falls) is set to take her place in Saturday’s Gr.2 Phar Lap Stakes (1500m) for trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young at Rosehill on Saturday. The daughter of Sacred Falls was galloped on when a luckless fourth in the Gr.2 Angus Armanasco Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on February 20 and will appreciate three weeks between runs. “She is excellent. We are not going to take any chances with her, but she is 100 percent good to go,” Busuttin said. “She worked up with Rich Hips…
Month: March 2021
Alister Clark to suit Young Werther
Trainer Danny O’Brien is expecting the 2040m of the Gr.2 Alister Clark Stakes at The Valley on Saturday to suit Gr.1 Australian Derby (24000m) candidate Young Werther (NZ) (Tavistock). The Danny O’Brien-trained three-year-old has been comfortably held in his two starts back following his third placing in the Gr.1 Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington last spring, but the Flemington-based trainer says the gelding is looking for Saturday’s journey. Young Werther finished a first-up seventh behind Poland (So You Think) in the Gr.2 Autumn Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on February 6…
Krug gives Chrissie Dalgety rare, if not unique, family achievement
by Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk How appropriate that after Krug won the Northern Derby in extraordinary fashion at Alexandra Park that co-trainer Chrissie Dalgety celebrated with some bubbles. After all Dalgety had just completed an amazing quaddie, becoming the fourth sibling in her family to train a Group One winner, joining her brothers Roddy, Anthony and Tim Butt. “It’s my biggest achievement in racing,” says Dalgety, of her first Group One triumph, “and gosh, the way he went.” Krug, bearing the same name as the famous French champagne,…
The Meadows 2021 Launching Pad Competition
The Meadows has purchased two (2) entry forms for the 2021 Launching Pad.
Oh ‘Boy’, what a night for Geall!
Lara trainer David Geall has enjoyed some magical moments in the sport. Perhaps none better than My Redeemer’s 2018 G1 Melbourne Cup and 2018 G1 Harrison-Dawson wins. Plus, Up Hill Jill’s 2017 G1 Topgun and 2017 Golden Easter Egg wins. The ‘stage’ at Shepparton on Saturday wasn’t nearly as big, but oh ‘Boy’ what a night it was for Geall. Geall landed the Shepparton Classic (450m) with rising star Ferdinand Boy (Jan ’19 Fernando Bale x Nayla Swift), who has drawn comparisons with his ‘uncle’ My Redeemer and ‘aunty’ Up…
Sydney assignment for Entriviere
Quality four-year-old mare Entriviere (NZ) (Tavistock) will be given her chance to shine across the Tasman after a dominant victory in Sunday’s Gr.3 King’s Plate (1200m) at Ellerslie. Trainer Jamie Richards is keen to target the Gr.2 Sapphire Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on the second day of The Championships with the daughter of Tavistock, who is putting together an impressive record. “That would be a nice race for her. It is set weights and penalties for fillies and mares. She has got a wicked turn of foot and she does…
Doncaster likely for Aegon
Exciting New Zealand three-year-old Aegon (NZ) (Sacred Falls) put in an uncustomary subpar performance in the Gr.1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) on Saturday when running sixth, and now trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman are reassessing the colt’s autumn plans. It was the first defeat for the son of Sacred Falls, who had previously won all five of his starts, including the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m), Gr.2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m), Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m), and Gr.2 Hobartville Stakes (1400m). The Randwick Guineas was just a fortnight after…
Vance hoping for another royal performance
Bob Vance is hoping Royal Performer (Medicean) can secure another elite-level victory when he contests the Gr.1 Bonecrusher NZ Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. The eight-year-old gelding recorded Vance’s first Group One victory as a trainer when taking out the Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa last month, and the former jockey is hoping for a repeat performance this weekend. “I have experienced it quite a bit as a jockey but winning a Group One as a trainer is totally different,” said Vance, who trains in partnership with…
Tony’s triumph with Temporale
By Michael Guerin Tony Cameron’s greatest driving success couldn’t have come at a better time. The 33-year-old reinsman recorded the biggest win of his career when Temporale nosed out former stablemate Bolt For Brilliance in the Greenlane Cup at Alexandra Park last Friday. Being a Group Three it was the richest win of Cameron’s career and came on one of his favourite horses. “He is a great horse and it was a real thrill to beat a up and coming superstar like Bolt For Brilliance,” said Cameron. But to drive…
KING ‘KAHEEM’?
A rising star, with the upcoming Shepparton Cup in his sights, meets a tyro who appears headed along the same path. The Watchdog says he’s an enormous talent… He’s won five of his past six starts (83%) and four from five (80%) exiting from Box 8. But who will be doing the ‘interrogating’? All will be revealed by clicking on today’s ‘Daily Mail’.