Month: May 2025

Te Akau’s David Ellis joined RSN after being inducted into the New Zealand racing Hall Of Fame. CLICK TO LISTEN TO AUDIO

New Zealand syndicator Go Racing looks like they have struck gold once again from the same source following Alacritous’ (NZ) (Dundeel) impressive maiden victory in the Entain/NZB Insurance Pearl Series (1200m) at Matamata on Wednesday.  The two-year-old daughter of Dundeel is a half-sister to last season’s New Zealand Champion Two-Year-Old Velocious, and following her win in last year’s Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) for trainer Stephen Marsh, Go Racing’s Albert Bosma went to Karaka to purchase her sibling for $300,000.  Subsequently named Alacritous, the filly was entrusted to the care of…

Darryn and Briar Weatherley are dreaming of Group One glory once again with their star galloper Pier (NZ) (Proisir), who is bound for Queensland after an impressive exhibition gallop at Matamata on Wednesday.  Pier’s journey as an elite racehorse has been far from smooth, from the highs of winning a Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) as a three-year-old, to the lows of multiple injury lay-offs over the past 18 months. The Weatherleys have exercised plenty of patience during this time and were very nearly rewarded upon his most-recent return…

Quality three-year-old Super Photon (NZ) (Super Seth)  will be the master of his own destiny in Melbourne with his length of stay to be determined by his performance on Saturday.  The stakes-winning son of Super Seth will run in the Silver Bowl Series Heat 1 (1400m) at Flemington with Jordan Childs booked for the ride.  “He’s going great and flew over this morning after he had galloped beautifully on Tuesday morning,” trainer Stephen Marsh said.  “He’s on an open ticket over there, whether that be one run or two.  “We’ll…

Riccarton trainer Andrew Carston will have a strong hand at his home track’s synthetic meeting on Thursday, with 10 stable runners to go around. He will have a three-pronged attack in the Book A Suite Mid-Winter Xmas Races 21 June Rating 65 (1400m), spearheaded by Tough Time. The five-year-old gelding was in pleasing form over summer, winning his last two outings, and will look to pick up where he left off when first-up on Thursday, where he will jump from barrier five with jockey Leah Hemi aboard. “He was really…

Hurdle racing’s new star The Cunning Fox (NZ) (Reliable Man) will not try to replicate his super jumping form on the flat, with the emerging grey galloper to miss Saturday’s Listed Andrew Ramsden (2800m) at Flemington. Co-trainer Patrick Payne said on Tuesday he has decided the Australian Hurdle (3900m) at Sandown on June 1 is a better option, rather than racing on the flat at Flemington. “He’s come through Warrnambool really well and I nominated him (for the Ramsden) just to have a look, but I just think we will…