By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk Amongst the young thoroughbred stock being prepared for the yearling sales at Carlaw Park, two standardbreds take pride of place. The farm was founded by Peter and his wife Roslyn, with their daughter Nicole and her fiancé Nick Fairweather operating the main arm of the business – preparing yearling thoroughbreds for the sales. “They have got their business up to a place they are happy with and things are going great,” Peter Brown said. While thoroughbreds take up much of the farm, harness racing…
Year: 2022
Sharp ‘N’ Smart too tough in Gloaming
With Group One goals in both Sydney and Melbourne looming large on his horizon, New Zealand three-year-old Sharp ‘N’ Smart (NZ) (Redwood) kicked off his Australian spring campaign with a tenacious victory in the Gr. 3 Gloaming Stakes (1600m) at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. The son of Redwood had shown his class on both sides of the Tasman as a two-year-old, winning the Listed Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Pukekohe before finishing second in the Listed The Phoenix (1500m) and a luckless fourth in the Gr.1 JJ Atkins (1600m) from two…
Pungo posts maiden win
Pungo (NZ) (So You Think) overcame rain-affected conditions to clear maiden ranks with an impressive win at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. The three-year-old colt was sent out as race favourite when having just his second start and after leading the pack into the straight, raced away to win by nearly three lengths. Purchased out of KB Bloodstock’s 2021 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run draft, the son of So You Think has an ownership group that includes sporting stars Israel Dagg, Beauden Barrett and Brendon McCullum, as well as actor…
Kiwi-bred makes Grand Impact at Caulfield
New Zealand-bred colt Grand Impact (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) has put himself right in contention for next month’s stallion-making race the Gr.1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) after his dominant win in the Gr.3 Blue Sapphire Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Wednesday. The son of Satono Aladdin pinged out of the gates for jockey Ben Melham to settle outside leader Daumier (Epaulette). Turning for home the pack shifted to the middle of the heavy track where Grand Impact quickly found the lead and ran out a convincing 1-3/4 length victor. The win…
Bendigo Cup Final: Armchair Guide
Track record holder Typhoon Sammy is odds-on favourite to be anointed Victoria’s new country cups king in Friday night’s $78,795 Group 2 Bendigo Cup Final (425m). Having already won the Traralgon and Horsham Cups in 2022, Typhoon Sammy is chasing a $50,000 bonus for winning three country cups in a calendar year, having come within half-a-length of securing the bonus when a close third in the Group 2 Healesville Cup Final last month. The bonus was claimed last year by Ferdinand Boy. KEY TIMES 7:08pm First race 8:08pm $15,425 Vic…
Spritzed in ‘Great’ blitz!
The ‘drinks’ were on All Spritzed Up in today’s Group 3 Great Chase semi-finals (525m) at The Meadows. All Spritzed Up ($1.80F) – a ‘great’ find during the series for champion Rowsley-based trainer Anthony Azzopardi – showed more than a ‘splash’ of class, easily clocking the fastest time of the six semi-finals. An exciting “new kid on the block”, All Spritzed Up (Aug ’20 Ritza Lenny x All Dolled Up) ‘poured’ on the pressure with a flying 29.78sec performance. In fact, he was the only semi-finalist to register sub-30sec. He’s now…
2022 The Everest Field & Betting Update: Nature Strip Favourite in Barrier 12
Chris Waller’s defending champion, Nature Strip, has the outside barrier to overcome in his bid at back-to-back $15 million The Everest (1200m) wins this Saturday at Royal Randwick. Nature Strip is favourite to go back-to-back in The Everest 2022 this weekend in Sydney. Photo: Steve Hart. Twelve of the country’s best sprinters face off in the sixth edition of the world’s richest turf race on the weekend, and all the money is on eight-year-old Nature Strip to emulate Redzel (2017, 2018) to become the second dual The Everest champion in…
Sharp ‘N’ Smart digs deep to claim Group 3 Gloaming Stakes
Sharp N Smart had to find plenty to fend off Matcha Latte to claim the Group 3 Gloaming Stakes Pre-race Gloaming Stakes favourite Sharp ‘N’ Smart has just held off fast finishing rivals Matcha Latte and Williamsburg in a thrilling photo finish in Wednesday’s re-scheduled Gloaming Stakes at Warwick Farm. Traditionally run over the 1800m at Randwick, but with horrid weather and the abandonment of the card over the weekend, Racing NSW elected run over the shorter trip (1600m) during a mid-week card to allow trainers to prep their respective…
JMac special helps Madame Pommery lands Thousand Guineas
Madame Pommery ridden by James McDonald wins the Thousand Guineas at Caulfield Racecourse. (Photo by Reg Ryan/Racing Photos) James McDonald has won yet another Group 1 in Melbourne, making it his third Group 1 in four days at Caulfield. The Chris Waller-trained Madame Pommery is the winner of the the Group 1 Thousand Guineas for 2022, after another 10 out of 10 ride by James McDonald, who was described as “possibly the best jockey we have seen in some time” by Dwayne Dunn. Madame Pommery ran in the Flight Stakes…
Grand Impact cruises to victory in Blue Sapphire Stakes
Grand Impact (NZ) ridden by Ben Melham wins the Blue Sapphire Stakes at Caulfield. (Photo by Pat Scala/Racing Photos) The Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr-trained Grand Impact has taken out the Blue Sapphire Stakes over 1200m at Caulfield. There was drama aplenty in the barriers before they jumped with the race favourite – Economics – flipping in the barriers and ultimately being scratched. Grand Impact ended up jumping as the $3.10 favourite with online bookmakers and he saluted in fine fashion for those that took on the one-time favourite…