Month: April 2022

Daily Mail: ‘Zip’ set to scorch Shepparton

Editor BOAY

Zipping Scorcher is backing up quickly from a heat of the G2 Ballarat Cup on Friday night to contest a 450m Grade 5 final at Shepparton this evening. Little Tiger and Distinguish – the other heat winner with Zipping Scorcher last Monday night – both have to be respected. Shaka Big Tonks is aiming to extend his winning streak to four races in a Grade 5 450m event, while Code Cracker and Russian Berry clash in a Grade 5 385m race. Prolific winner Rocket Boy v the promising Elite Jet…

The Race contenders back on track

NZHarnessNews

By Adam Hamilton  Everything looks on target for Stylish Memphis and Alta Orlando heading towards Thursday week’s $900,000 The Race at Cambridge. Both pleased connections in defeat behind the very much in-form and classy Majestic Cruiser in a free-for-all at Menangle on Saturday night.  Stylish Memphis absolutely smashed the clock making plenty of ground from near last to finish fifth. While Alta Orlando led and improved a lot on the previous week by fighting on strongly to finish second, beaten just a half-neck by Majestic Cruiser in a slick 1min53.8sec…

Todd tops 200

NZHarnessNews

By Jonny Turner An already epic harness racing journey continued when Regan Todd trained his 200th New Zealand winner at Rangiora on Sunday. Todd brought up the milestone in style with Play Philly and Stac completing a race-to-race double. The trainer admitted he is living a harness racing dream that has some of its earliest beginnings back in his home province of Southland. “Back in Wyndham I used to jump the fence at school a lot.” “I would have the old school bag on and I would jump the fence…

Wellington claims Group 2 Sprint Cup

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Alexis Badel urges Wellington to victory. Richard Gibson will attempt to crown Wellington’s season in familiar fashion by chasing victory in the Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) in three weeks after the speedster snared the Group 2 Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (April 3) with another outstanding display of power. Conceding weight to seven of nine rivals, Wellington shouldered 128lb under Alexis Badel to deny Sight Success (123lb) by a neck after surging down the middle of the track, while Master Eight (123lb) was third, a…

Back in business, Golden Sixty steams to victory in Group 2 Chairman’s Trophy

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Golden Sixty sparkles at Sha Tin. He came, he saw and he silenced doubters with an unanswerable burst of speed. Golden Sixty flattened rivals at Sha Tin this afternoon (Sunday, 3 April) with a familiar display of sheer dominance to recapture his winning groove in the HKD$4.75 million Group 2 Chairman’s Trophy (1600m) for jockey Vincent Ho and trainer Francis Lui. “You can see his form – he’s my champion,” Lui declared post-race. Banishing memories of successive defeats – the first of which halted his unbeaten run at 16 –…

Sale calling for The Inferno

NZRacingDesk

A chance discussion with a rival trainer has led to New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run sale graduate The Inferno (Holy Roman Emperor) being targeted at the inaugural running of The Country Discovery at Sale. The $500,000 race over 1100m headlines the meeting after an amendment to the Victorian Government’s Racing Act last year has enabled racing to be conducted on Good Friday. Trainer Cliff Brown was talking to Jamie Edwards who alerted The Inferno’s trainer to the race. The Inferno was scheduled to contest the Gr.1 William Reid Stakes…

Mr Maestro a highlight in mixed day for Baker-Forsman

NZRacingDesk

As he made his way home from Palmerston North on Sunday morning, trainer Murray Baker was reflecting on some mixed results for his Cambridge stable the previous day. The day had started full of promise with progressive two-year-old Mr Maestro (NZ) (Savabeel) running out a comfortable winner at Avondale before a combination of bad luck at Awapuni and unsuitable track conditions in Sydney put paid to the chances that he and training partner Andrew Forsman had to snare a Group One victory. Last start Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) winner Lickety…

Weatherley achieves personal goal at Awapuni

NZRacingDesk

Sam Weatherley went into the 2021/22 racing season with two major goals. One was to ride the winner of a $1 million race in New Zealand and the other was to add a second Group One victory to his career record. He achieved the first of those milestones aboard the Te Akau Racing runner Pin Me Up (NZ) (Pins) when the three-year-old filly took out the $1 million Karaka 3YO Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie in late January. Successful aboard Enzo’s Lad (Testa Rossa) in the 2018 Gr.1 Telegraph (1200m), Weatherley…

Dunlop looking on the Brightside ahead of Day 2 at The Championships

NZRacingDesk

Phoenix Park principal Janine Dunlop is hoping the second day of The Championships at Royal Randwick this weekend can provide even greater celebrations than those she had after day one on Saturday. Dunlop is a part-owner of Gr.1 Sydney Cup (3200m) aspirant The Chosen One (NZ) (Savabeel) and will make her way to Sydney this week to be on course to watch the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained entire make his bid for the Group One title. She was however left beaming with pride in the performance of kiwi-bred galloper…

Bendigo celebrates Arthur Pace & Colsridge emotional win

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It may not have been the feature race of the day, but Colsridge certainly proved to be the most popular win amongst locals at Bendigo’s Golden Mile Race Day on Saturday when taking out race 4, the $130,000 Immix Metal Recycling BM84 Handicap (1100m). Colsridge is trained by Bendigo hobby trainer Arthur Pace, who sadly lost his wife, Helen, little more than a month ago. Pace and his daughter Courtney also part own the gelding. Colsridge is the veteran trainers stable star and was named by his breeders, well-known Bendigo…