Day: 2 December 2023

Glamour Tycoon gains a deserved black-type victory in the Listed O’Learys Fillies’ Stakes (1340m) at Wanganui. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) A reputation for being a perennial placegetter is now a distant memory for Glamour Tycoon, who scored her second win in a row with a dominant performance in Saturday’s Listed O’Learys Fillies’ Stakes (1340m) at Wanganui. The daughter of Written Tycoon went winless in the first six starts of her career, but she placed in four of them including a runner-up finish in the Listed Waikato Equine…

Apprentice jockey Bailey Rogerson claims an emphatic first black-type victory at Te Rapa aboard Just As Sharp. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) A patient ride by Bailey Rogerson paid off in spades as she guided Just As Sharp to a convincing victory in the Listed Trevor & Corallie Eagle Memorial 3YO (1500m) at Te Rapa. Co-trainer Graeme Rogerson, who prepares the three-year-old in partnership with wife Debbie, was on hand to cheer on his granddaughter, who didn’t panic when the son of Swiss Ace slipped at the start and she…

Michael Dee returns to the mounting yard on Revolutionary Miss after winning the Summoned Stakes at Caulfield. (Photo by Brett Holburt/Racing Photos) Revolutionary Miss (+250) has brought up back-to-back wins for the first time in her career, after taking out the Group 3 Summoned Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday under the urgings of Michael Dee. After recording a dominant victory at Cranbourne last Saturday, Peter & Paul Snowden chose to back the mare up after seven days and she had proved too tough in the final strides and held on…

Kelly Coe and Lisa Allpress gain a popular victory in the Listed Wanganui Cup (2040m) on Saturday. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) New Zealand’s oldest racing club celebrated its 175th anniversary with the running of Saturday’s Wanganui Cup (2040m), and the Listed feature could have had no more fitting and popular winner than Kelly Coe. The Proisir mare races in the colours of owner-breeders Humphrey and Fiona O’Leary – a surname that has been synonymous with racing in the region for decades. The other black-type feature on Saturday’s…

Lekvarte overcomes a big weight to down rivals ) at Rosehill on Saturday afternoon. Photo: bradleyphotos.com.au Talented New Zealand-bred mare Lekvarte may have earned herself a Group Three opportunity with her victory at Rosehill on Saturday. The Joe Pride-trained mare had kicked off her five-year-old season with a win at Newcastle on November 18, and she lined up in the same Benchmark 78 grade on Saturday and delivered a repeat result. Carrying a tough impost of 61kg, Lekvarte sat second-last rounding the home turn, but jockey Tommy Berry angled her…

Military Mission (IRE) ridden by Jye McNeil wins the Zipping Classic at Caulfield Racecourse on December 02, 2023 in Caulfield, Australia. (Photo by Reg Ryan/Racing Photos) Military Mission (+1100) has kept the strong record of Melbourne Cup runners winning the Group 2 Zipping Classic, as the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained stayer took out the feature race at Caulfield after running 10th in the race that stops the nation at his last start. After taking out the Zipping Classic, the five-year-old gelding became the sixth runner in the last 10…