Wexford Stables’ three-year-olds prevailed in the survival of the fittest at Tauranga on Wednesday, with Prudentia (NZ) (Proisir) and Macallan (NZ) (Ardrossan) each breaking maiden status in the extremely testing conditions. The opening race of the day had revealed a true Heavy10 track, with rain continuing to fall in the Bay Of Plenty, but that was of no concern to Prudentia, who lapped up the surface in the Tauranga Racecourse Event Centre Maiden (1400m). A half-sister to classy wet-track gallopers Cork (NZ) (Complacent) and Little Bit Of Love (NZ) (Time…
Day: 28 May 2025
Kadavar poised to lay spring marker at Rosehill
The Lord Mayors Cup has a history of throwing up an emerging stayer and the Chris Waller stable is hoping that is again the case for the lightly raced Kadavar (NZ) (Tarzino). Three of the past four winners – Eliyass (2024), Bois D’Argent (2023) and Polly Grey (NZ) (Azamour) (2021) – have gone on to either win or place at Group 1 level. Kadavar underlined his promise last campaign with a hat-trick of victories, culminating in his Christmas Cup (2400m) triumph over subsequent Sydney autumn carnival star Alalcance. Waller’s assistant trainer Charlie Duckworth said they had high hopes for the four-year-old, who had been earmarked as…
Faraglioni bounces back with trial win
Group One performer Faraglioni (NZ) (El Roca) showed she is back on track this preparation following her comfortable 1000m trial victory at Foxton on Tuesday. The six-year-old mare put in a subpar showing when finishing last in the Listed City Of Napier Sprint (1200m) at Trentham last month, with a subsequent blood test revealing she had an iron deficiency. Trainer and part-owner Josh Shaw gave his pride and joy a few weeks in the paddock, and he was a relieved man on Tuesday when watching her dominate her heat. “She…
Ears Back targets black-type in season swansong
Southern mare Ears Back (NZ) (Jakkalberry) will be seeking to end her season on a high when she heads to Wanganui on Saturday to contest the Listed AGC Training Stakes (1600m). Rangiora trainer John Blackadder sent the six-year-old mare north for a two-run campaign, and while things didn’t go to plan in her opening target, the Listed Rangitikei Cup (1600m), he is confident she can bounce back this weekend. “She was quite unlucky last start,” Blackadder said. “She was travelling pretty well and then hit a real heavy spot on…