Australian punters pouring over the New Zealand form of Gr.1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) favourite Aegon could easily be led down the garden path believing the talented three-year-old is a rain-affected galloper as he prepares to face a Good 4 Randwick surface. While, for all intents and purposes, the two neighbouring countries share similar rules of racing, track readings is not one of those areas. New Zealand racing will refer to ground as Fast, Good, Dead, Slow or Heavy, while in Australia there are four terms used —Firm, Good, Soft, Heavy.…
Month: March 2021
Triple threat for Bradbury in Derby
Bradbury Park principals Casey and Michelle Dando are fizzing ahead of the Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) at Ellerslie on Sunday. The Matamata Farm is set to have three graduates contest the $1 million classic, including Tokorangi (NZ) (Redwood), Il Affare (NZ) (Dundeel), and Grip (Exosphere). The farm has its biggest connection with Tokorangi, with the Gr.2 Waikato Guineas (2000m) winner having been bred by Casey Dando in partnership with his mother Glenice, who still retains a share in the filly. “Casey and I own Bradbury Park and he…
Whale Watch – Friday – Addington March 5
Craig “The Whale” Thompson looks at today’s meeting at Addington (Friday – March 5).
Whale Watch – Auckland – March 5
Craig “The Whale” Thompson looks at the best prospects from tonight’s massive Auckland meeting in this edition of “Whale Watch”.
Dunn across each Alexandra Park feature
By Jonny Turner No trainer will start more horses in more feature events at the premier night of harness racing at Alexandra Park on Friday than Robert Dunn. One of the biggest winning chances among Dunn’s bumper team comes in the Listed Northern Mares Classic with Need You Now. The trainer has been rapt with the four-year-old since her desperately unlucky third after receiving a chequered run up the straight behind race rival Plutonium Lady in last week’s Charles Roberts Stakes. “She has trained on really well, she is bright…
Auckland Premier Night Form Guide
Auckland’s Premier night of action Race meetings at Alexandra Park don’t get much bigger than tonight’s Premier meeting, with seven Group and Listed races including the 2021 Pascoes The Jewellers Nothern Oaks set to go at 7.26pm and the 2021 Woodlands Stud Northern Derby set to go at 7.56pm. To mark the occasion HRNZ has produced this lift-out featuring fields, articles and bet selections so you will have all the information you need for what should be an epic meeting under the ribbon of light. You can download your copy here to read…
Selections Addington | March 5
Selections for today’s meeting at Addington (first race 3.11pm) Head to www.tab.co.nz to place your bet! Race JUSTIN EVANS Commentator Race 13.11pm 5 Surfers Delight 3 Tenzing Bromac 7 Serg Blanco 6 Franco Cornel Race 23.39pm 1 Steel The Show 5 Classie Brigade 4 Henry Hubert 4 A G’s White Socks Race 34.08pm 6 Silver Surfer 9 Awapuni 10 Sonoma Tyron 2 Pallisade Race 44.38pm 11 Mark O’Ronga 10 Yankee Jay 7 Le Pole Dancer 8 Saint Waitaki Race 55.04pm 4 Madame Frost 12 Donegal Carrickfin 14 Takemybreathaway 3 Auchtercain Race 65.38pm 6…
Exciting talents return to Addington
By Jonny Turner Two rookies have the chance to upstage the established open class stars at Addington on Friday. Shut Up N Dance and Castelo De Vide both return after producing emphatic wins and signalling they are horses with exciting futures in their last visits to the track. Shut Up N Dance made the harness racing world stand up and take notice of her talent when she produced one of the most incredible debut performances seen at Addington in recent history. The Regan Todd trained mare exploded away from her…
Spotlight shines on Horsham as ‘Shima’ attempts to break country cups curse
Champion chaser Shima Shine appears poised to further cement his status as Victoria’s premier greyhound sprinter in Saturday night’s $67,000 Group 2 CHS Group Horsham Cup Final (485m). After producing a devastating run in his heat on Friday when lowering Orson’s Allen’s track record by a whopping 1.5 lengths with a 26.79sec gallop, the son of Barcia Bale and Shima Song opened up a $1.50 favourite with tab.com.au after drawing Box 7. While Shima Shine, a dual Group 1 winner and multiple track record holder, is clearly the greyhound to…
Trainers’ lowdown on the Oaks and Derby
With the Northern Oaks and the Northern Derby headlining a bumper night of racing at Alexandra Park we asked the trainers of the horses in the two feature Group Ones about their chances. Where a trainer was unavailable for comment we have used Trottech. Race 5 – 2021 PASCOES THE JEWELLERS NORTHERN OAKS (GROUP 1) 1. Enjoy Me – She needed the run last week, will be better for this week and has a good draw to start from. (Telfer & Telfer) 2. Bettor Twist – Pulled up from her…