Month: March 2022

Daily Mail: ‘Amron’ aiming high at Sandown Park

Editor BOAY

Premier Racing at Sandown Park tonight features Amron Boy looking to stay undefeated after four starts, but Fearless Rory (four wins from five starts) is a huge threat. G1 runner-up Zipping Kansas highlights a Mixed 4/5 715m event, the in-form Golden Quest and two-time G1 finalist Zac’s Entity clash, and Big Opal Rocks (won five from seven) and his kennelmate Black Spartacus (won his last three) are both expected to enhance their strike rates. Dale Code’s Predicted Market FirmerAUSSIE LEGENDTAB fixed odds at 9am: $3.80 Win Sale Race 6 Box…

Cup test for promising gelding

NZHarnessNews

By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk The Brent Mangos-trained Romeo Shard will face his stiffest task to date when he tackles the McMillan-Holmes 2022 Waikato Cup (2700m) at Cambridge Raceway on Thursday. The son of Bettor’s Delight has won three of his six starts to date and will be first-up since New Zealand Cup week in November. While pleased with his charge ahead of Thursday, Mangos said he hasn’t had the ideal preparation. “His work has been really good,” Mangos said. “To be fair on the horse last week the…

Perfect placement lands Purvis double

NZHarnessNews

By Jonny Turner Matt Purvis found the right races for Will He Rock and Jennabella to notch a winning double at Oamaru yesterday. Will He Rock impressed in his first start for Purvis when powering to a four-length victory in race 3. The consistent Jennabella then claimed a winning double for Purvis and driver John Dunn by taking out race 8. Those victories made the long trip from Woodend well worth it for Purvis who ventured south to find confidence boosting races for his duo. “It is a good starting…

Untapped enters a new ‘Galaxy’

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Australia’s most underrated stayer, Untapped, is headed for ‘a galaxy far, far, away’ – 3400km, from Melbourne to Perth. ‘A long time ago’, Untapped was contesting middle distance events – including going through undefeated in the Ballarat Enduro series (545m) in August last year. A winner of 11 races (with six seconds and 10 thirds) from 40 starts, Untapped (Apr ’19 Aston Dee Bee x Mepunga Fame) has made an ‘intergalactic’ progress. It seems ‘light years’ from that $5000 Ballarat final win to now competing against the sport’s stellar stayers!…

Electric Conclusion to Book 1

NZRacingDesk

The Karaka 2022 sale ring was alight with activity during the final afternoon of Book 1 selling, with a surge in buying carrying momentum through to the close of the Sale. New Zealand Bloodstock Managing Director, Andrew Seabrook, was thrilled with the remarkable results at the conclusion of trading. “We were buoyed by the strength of our buying bench for the duration of Book 1. It was great to have the international-based kiwis back on the grounds, which provided some tough competition for our domestic buying bench.” “We are delighted…

Pierro colt attracts plenty of attention late

NZRacingDesk

The fireworks continued late on day three at Karaka when returning buyer Kevin Walls fought off the attention of an international audience to secure a Pierro colt that had plenty of admirers keen to secure him. Consigned by Cambridge Stud as Lot 621, the colt is the second foal out of the British-bred mare Subatomic, who is a half-sister to international stakes performers Worldly, Nice Danon and Donativum. The athletic colt strolled around the Karaka ring without a care in the world as a host of potential suitors, both present…

Emotional James sets the early pace on Day three at Karaka

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It took trainer Roger James several moments to compose himself after he set the auction ring alight at Karaka on Wednesday when he went to $900,000 to secure a ‘once in a lifetime’ colt at the National Yearling Sale. One of the most experienced and respected judges of young horseflesh in the country had never before ventured into the rarified air that surrounds a yearling of the calibre of Lot 508, the colt from the first crop of champion Australian three-year-old The Autumn Sun out of the More Than Ready…

Neil’s Cruise for the Kids

Editor BOAY

On Friday, March 11 at 8.30am, GRV Chair Peita Duncan will lead an industry team comprising Louise Martin (GRV), Greg Davies (GCV), Cynthia O’Brien(Healesville Manager) & Matt Lanigan (trainer) on a morning cruise down the Yarra River. The team will remain on the cruise until they have raised $5,000 from the Victorian greyhound industry. Once that figure has been raised, they will disembark – happy. But the end of the cruise does not mean the end of the fundraising. Let’s not stop at $5,000, let’s aim for $10,000 or $15,000…

Field Of Gold to come of age

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Tony Pike feels the time is right to take on older horses at weight-for-age with his top three-year-old Field Of Gold (Starspangledbanner). The Cambridge trainer bypassed the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) last week in favour of Sunday’s Gr.1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m), where he will carry 54.5kg, 4.5kg less than the older males and 2.5kg less than older females. Pike decided to target the race with Field Of Gold, winner of the Gr.2 Waikato Guineas (2000m), after he faded in the last 100m to finish fifth in the…

The Chosen One ready for Ellerslie Group One test

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Although busy on day three of the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling sale, trainer Andrew Forsman was keeping a wary eye on the final fields for the prestigious Auckland Cup raceday at Ellerslie on Sunday. Forsman and training partner Murray Baker will have three of their Cambridge stable members in on the day, with star galloper The Chosen One set to tackle one of the feature events on the card, the Gr.1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m). The six-year-old Savabeel entire comes into the contest off the back of a…