Year: 2024

Bold front-runner Witz End (NZ) (Savabeel) is likely to be seen in a different role in Saturday’s Gr.3 J Swap Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa. The son of Savabeel has fashioned an enviable record since debuting less than 12 months ago, winning four of his nine starts and placing behind subsequent Group One winner Grail Seeker in the Gr.2 Wellington Guineas (1400m) in March. The Guineas was one of the few occasions Witz End has not been the pacemaker, and while he’s won twice this preparation in that fashion, his…

Victory has eluded Gold Currency(NZ) (Tarzino) by the narrowest of margins in the early stages of his career, a trend Shaun Phelan hopes he can change on Friday at Tauranga. The lightly-tried son of Tarzino debuted as a four-year-old in October, going down by a long head to Erin Go Bragh, before only a nose separated the gelding and Sabik at Te Aroha, the pair breaking away from the remainder of the field by a significant margin. Phelan, who trains Gold Currency at Cambridge, has been happy with the performances,…

Star colt Savaglee(NZ) (Savabeel) will be given the opportunity to maximise his stallion potential on Australian soil in the autumn and will take his first steps toward that goal on his home track. The Pam Gerard-trained son of Savabeel enjoyed time out at owner Dick Karreman’s The Oaks Stud following his Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) heroics and will be ready to trial at Matamata on Friday week. “He had two weeks back here and he’s back in the stable now,” The Oaks General Manager Rick Williams said. “There…

Danny Rolston may now be living in a different continent from his Group One performer Mehzebeen(NZ) (Almanzor), but that hasn’t stopped the excitement of watching her perform to the highest level in New Zealand. Rolston is one of the world’s most respected judges of thoroughbred bloodstock, and the expat Kiwi’s talent has been utilised over the last couple of years by the Hong Kong Jockey Club as their Executive Manager of Hong Kong International Sale/Owner Advisory Services. Prior to heading to Hong Kong, Rolston was Director of Sales at New…