Emily Farr has finally convinced trainer Kenny Rae into a career change for evergreen stayer Kaharau (Ad Valorem). The nine-year-old gelding won his 2000m Open Hurdle trial at Cambridge on Monday, impressing both rider and trainer. “That’s the first time I have ever seen him jump. I was quite pleased with him,” Rae said of the stakes winner, who won 14 races on the flat. “At this stage he is going to go to Ellerslie on Saturday or Ruakaka on the 19th (of June), and he is going to Hastings…
Month: May 2021
Jumping future for Kaharau
Emily Farr has finally convinced trainer Kenny Rae into a career change for evergreen stayer Kaharau (Ad Valorem). The nine-year-old gelding won his 2000m Open Hurdle trial at Cambridge on Monday, impressing both rider and trainer. “That’s the first time I have ever seen him jump. I was quite pleased with him,” Rae said of the stakes winner, who won 14 races on the flat. “At this stage he is going to go to Ellerslie on Saturday or Ruakaka on the 19th (of June), and he is going to Hastings…
Jumping future for Kaharau
Emily Farr has finally convinced trainer Kenny Rae into a career change for evergreen stayer Kaharau (Ad Valorem). The nine-year-old gelding won his 2000m Open Hurdle trial at Cambridge on Monday, impressing both rider and trainer. “That’s the first time I have ever seen him jump. I was quite pleased with him,” Rae said of the stakes winner, who won 14 races on the flat. “At this stage he is going to go to Ellerslie on Saturday or Ruakaka on the 19th (of June), and he is going to Hastings…
AUDIO: James McDonald
James McDonald chats to Michael Felgate on RSN Racing & Sport 927am about his winning ride New Zealand-bred three-year-old Kukeracha in the Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m).
Spankem to debut for new trainers
Spankem to debut for new trainers By Adam Hamilton Top class Kiwi pacer Spankem will kick-start a massive couple of months at Albion Park when he steps out next Saturday night. The former All Stars’ Miracle Mile winner will have his first start for Darren Weeks and Kylie Rasmussen in the standing-start Flashing Red as stepping-stone to Group 1 races like the Sunshine Sprint and Blacks A Fake during Queensland’s huge Constellations Carnival. Spankem looked sharp winning an Albion Park trial last Friday, seemingly in second gear. Rasmussen said he…
IRT Harness Jewels preview show on tonight
It’s IRT Harness Jewels week, and tonight Trackside will broadcast the Box Seat Preview Show at 9 pm. Greg O’Connor and Michael Guerin will analyse each race and punters can hear from key trainers and drivers including Natalie Rasmussen, Blair Orange, John Dunn, Tony Herlihy, Maurice McKendry, Ben, Zac and David Butcher and Mark Jones. Sunday will see nine Group Ones at Cambridge Raceway, all worth $100,000. The team will also try to extend their Bet of the Week winning streak to 13 weeks on end. The Box Seat preview…
Ricky May – “never known rain like it”
By Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk The deluge sweeping across Canterbury has many in the harness racing community on edge, with hopes that for some the worst may be over. A state of emergency is in force right across Canterbury, with large areas of flooding, road closures, hundreds evacuated from their homes, and bridges washed away in what is being called a one-in-a-100 year event. Mid Canterbury’s been one of the worst affected and champion driver Ricky May, who’s lived in Methven all his life, says “I’ve never known…
500 career wins for Fred Fletcher
By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk Fred Fletcher didn’t let the torrential rain dampen his spirits on Sunday, with the veteran trainer taking home a winning double at Addington Raceway. That took him past 500 career wins, 477 on his own account (1978-2021) and 24 in partnership with Mark Smolenski (1988-90). The weekend deluge was the biggest Fletcher has seen in his lifetime, but he said the quality track at Addington meant racing on Sunday was never in danger. “It’s always good getting a double, especially on a wet day,”…
No Compromise caps Thurlow family’s special day
An impressive win by No Compromise (NZ) (Pins) at Randwick on Saturday added extra lustre to a momentous day for the Thurlow family. Previously trained by Bill Thurlow, and raced by his wife Patricia and brother Grant, the four-year-old Pins gelding crossed the Tasman a month ago to join Chris Waller’s stable. After an eye-catching third on his Australian debut on May 15, No Compromise went two better on Saturday with a powerful come-from-behind performance in the hands of Tommy Berry in the Taylor Construction Handicap (2400m) to land the…
NZ Racing and Breeding News – 31 May 2021
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