The Watchdog admits the G1 Australian Cup final is a pick-it-with-a-pin affair. But he’s come up with a ‘fair-dinkum’ future star as his top selection. Not only does this ‘dinky-di’ dog have a 90% winning strike rate from his past 10 starts, but he may give his 18-year-old training sensation her second G1 in two weeks! Find out more about these ‘true blue’ champs by clicking on today’s ‘Daily Mail’.
Month: March 2021
In-form Grylls making every post a winner
There aren’t many better ways for a jockey to celebrate buying a new home than riding a treble the next day. Craig Grylls did exactly that at Matamata, his three winners including Gr.2 Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) victor Bonny Lass. It came a day after he and his wife Milou secured a lifestyle block on the outskirts of Matamata. “We recently bought a 12-acre block and we moved in there on Friday, so that will keep us busy now,” he said. “We might run a few beef cattle on it…
McDonald delighted with star mare
James McDonald is relishing being back aboard New Zealand-bred star Verry Elleegant. The leading Sydney hoop was separated from the multiple Group One winner in the spring when she campaigned in Melbourne, as a result of COVID-19 travel restrictions. The Chris Waller-trained five-year-old was victorious in the Gr.1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) and Gr.1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) with Mark Zahra aboard, but McDonald has been reacquainted with the star mare in his home state this year. The pair were third when first-up in the Gr.2 Apollo Stakes (1400m) at Randwick a…
Sydney for Impecunious
Talented three-year-old Impecunious is likely to be given an extra week to get over her exertions when a luckless fourth in the Gr.2 Angus Armanasco Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on February 20, with trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young likely to look to Sydney with their Kiwi import. “At this stage she is going to go up to Sydney for the Phar Lap stakes (Gr.2, 1500m) at Rosehill on March 13,” Busuttin told SEN Track. “We’ve got her nominated for Saturday (Gr.2 Kewney Stakes, 1600m) at Flemington but she got…
Late Derby contender to be On Display
The Danny Walker-trained On Display is likely to be a late nomination for Sunday’s Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) after his final serious hit-out on Tuesday morning. Based in South Auckland, Walker said his training operation hasn’t been affected too much by entering Alert Level 3 COVID-19 restrictions, but racing this weekend, in particular when and where the $1 million Ellerslie feature takes place, will be left to the eleventh hour. “It doesn’t really hinder us much, we are here on the spot (at Byerley Park). The hassle might…
NZ Racing and Breeding News – 01 March 2021
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Horse Racing History: Today in Racing 28th February
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Punt Drunk: Flemington Quaddie Pays Out $530k Thanks To Lunar Fox
Punt Drunk Daily – 28/2/21 Morning Punters, and welcome to a grim edition of Punt Drunk. The Saturday on the punt is supposed to be what brings us up each weekend, but deadset outside of Verry Elleegant what a shitshow it was. Lunar Fox destroyed our hopes in the Australian Guineas when the thing won at bloody $251!!! Favourites such as Dame Giselle, Tagaloa, Zakat, Great House and Buffalo River failed to get the job done. But it was a deadset fill up job for the bookies as winners seemed…
Stakes assignment for promising three-year-old
A comprehensive three-length victory at Matamata on Saturday has set promising three-year-old Tar And Cement (NZ) (Reliable Man) on a path to the Gr.2 Fusion Electrical Wellington Guineas (1400m) at Trentham next month. The Reliable Man gelding made it two wins from two starts when he led all the way over 1400m on the weekend for trainer Tony Pike, who has a big opinion of his charge. “He’s a very promising type who has taken a while to get his act together,” Pike said. “He’s a pretty well put together…