Kylie Bax is going down a familiar path with her latest Group One performer Aspen Colorado (NZ) (Proisir) with the lightly raced filly joining Chris Waller’s Sydney stable. A model turned successful breeder and syndicator, Bax has high hopes the daughter of Proisir can further add to a family roll of honour that already features the well-performed mare Danzdanzdance (Mastercraftsman). The Mastercraftsman mare was bought back at Karaka for $5000 by Bax from the 2016 draft of Blandford Lodge, owned and operated by her parents Graham and Helen-Gaye with Wellington…
Month: April 2022
Wynne excited for return to saddle
Canterbury jockey Samantha Wynne can’t wait to make her return to riding at Ashburton on Wednesday. COVID-19 restrictions have meant Wynne has been ineligible to ride to this point but relaxed Government vaccine mandates have led to the Irish rider taking her first booking since New Zealand Cup week at Riccarton last November. She was initially sidelined through suspension resulting from whip-rule breaches and one of the immediate priorities is toeing the line with officialdom. “I just want to come back and ride as many winners as I can and…
Wow… She’s a superstar!
The career of ‘glamour girl’ Wow She’s Fast lifted off with four wins in a row at Sandown Park during September/October last year. In fact, she reached dizzy heights at her race debut – an amazing 27.5L victory in a blistering 29.09sec. Wow She’s Fast then finished fifth – Melbourne Cup Prelude and G1 Melbourne Cup heat – in successive weeks. However, a month later, Wow She’s Fast showed she’d lost none of her ‘wow factor’ launching into the sprinting stratosphere with success in the inaugural $750,000 to-the-winner TAB Phoenix at…
Ballarat to host bumper Pink Diamond Finals Night
Australia’s richest regional greyhound series, the $1.175M Pink Diamond series for Vic Bred greyhounds, will conclude with a massive finals night at Ballarat on 17 June, in a huge coup for the local region. Pink Diamond finals night – which will incorporate 12 feature finals across a range distances for greyhounds of various abilities – was originally slated for Warragul, however that club is unavailable for racing on that particular weekend. Open exclusively to Victorian bred greyhounds, the Pink Diamond series will incorporate a boost of almost $300,000 in prize…
Pakenham racing tips & top value bets | Thursday, April 7
What Pakenham Races Where Pakenham Racecourse – 420 Nar Nar Goon–Longwarry Rd, Tynong VIC 3813 When Thursday, April 7, 2022 First Race 5:45pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes Pakenham will host an eight-race card in the Thursday afternoon twilight position with the rail out 7m and the first race for the three-year-old fillies over 1600m at 5:45pm AEST. All races have eight or more runners engaged, which is a positive for punters, with the quaddie kicking off at 7:45pm. A mixture of novice and experienced runners start the quaddie leg in race…
Queen Elizabeth Stakes 2022 Field & Betting Update: Verry Elleegant Favourite
Eleven-time Group 1 champion Verry Elleegant could line-up in her career swansong as she looks to take her elite level wins to a dozen in a star-studded edition of the Group 1 $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m). Verry Elleegant chases her 12th Group 1 success as favourite in Saturday’s 2022 Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Photo: Steve Hart. Nine horses chase the riches on offer in Saturday’s marquee race at Royal Randwick, the weight-for-age Queen Elizabeth Stakes one of four Group 1 events on Day 2 of The Championships. Punters are…
Japan Cup on the cards for Hitotsu as Waller plots UK raid
Hitotsu added the Group 1 Australian Derby to his already impressive CV. (Photo: Lisa Grimm) After Hitotsu completed a rare Derby double at the weekend, connections are now considering the possibility of heading overseas for a tilt at the Japan Cup at the end of November. Last Saturday, the three-year-old colt became the first horse since Mahogany in 1994 to complete the Melbourne and Sydney Derby double when winning the $2m ATC Australian Derby (2400m) on Day 1 of The Championships at Randwick. The three-year-old son of Maurice (JPN) won…
Briana’s dream Sandown success
Teenage trainer Briana Robertson-Leech celebrated an unforgettable milestone in her young career at Sandown Park on Sunday afternoon, when preparing her first city winner. Robertson-Leech, 19, was on cloud nine when Blue Tequila finished best to score over 595m, her third win from 14 starts and second from her last three. “I was actually pretty shocked, because it was Blue Tequila’s first time at Sandown,” said Briana. “I’ve had two fourths at Sandown previously and a second and third at The Meadows, but she was my first winner in the…
Tim Hall feeling sore but lucky
By Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk Cambridge trainer-driver Tim Hall’s feeling lucky but is still expected to be out of action for a few weeks at least after a horse “trampled” him last Friday. A farrier by trade, Hall was feeding his horses at Cambridge Raceway – “something I’ve done a thousand times” – when he got zapped by an electric fence. His reaction then spooked a nearby horse who landed “on top of me”. “In some ways I was unlucky,” says Hall, “but at the same time I…
Midnight Mass heads to spelling paddock
Racegoers won’t see any more of the promising Pukekohe three-year-old Midnight Mass (NZ) (Proisir) this season despite a nice victory for the firm track specialist at Avondale last Saturday. The son of Proisir came from last on the bend for jockey Sam Spratt and won narrowly from the filly Maria (NZ) (Preferment), to whom he was conceding 4.5kg. It was the third victory in seven starts for Midnight Mass but trainer Nigel Tiley said the gelding needed good footing to show his best. “He’s a genuine firm track galloper and…