Feature wins at Sandown in last September’s Gr.3 Sandown Stakes (1500m) and Saturday’s A$200,000 Ranvet So You Think Stakes (1500m) have bookended a year of highly commendable showings in elite company by Evaporate (NZ) (Per Incanto). The New Zealand-bred son of Per Incanto followed his victory in last year’s Sandown Stakes with a second in a photo finish to the Gr.1 Toorak Handicap (1600m), a third in the A$10 million Golden Eagle (1500m), a third in the Gr.1 CF Orr Stakes (1400m), a fourth in the Gr.1 Futurity Stakes (1400m),…
Day: 5 September 2026
Local victory in New Plymouth Interprovincial
Local runner Jaeger (NZ) (Time Test) proudly carried the Taranaki colours to a gritty victory when he took out the New Plymouth ITM Interprovincial (1600m) with a powerful finish on Saturday. All runners in the event carry the colours of the province they are representing, with Jaeger adorned in the classic amber and black stripes for New Plymouth-based trainer Robbie Patterson as he thrilled the locals with victory over Horowhenua representative Dubai’s Potiki (NZ) (Ocean Park). Rider Kavish Chowdhoory had Jaeger perfectly positioned in the trail throughout and was travelling…
Well Written stamps her mark in Proisir Plate
Superstar mare Well Written (Written Tycoon) was back to the business of winning when she triumphed in the first race of her four-year-old campaign, the Gr.1 Proisir Plate (1400m) at Ellerslie. Unbeaten in six starts in her first season on the track, the Stephen Marsh-trained daughter of Written Tycoon went into the race as the raging hot favourite in the Fixed Odds market ($1.50) and never gave her supporters a moment of concern as she drove clear in the last 150m to defeat sentimental favourite Alabama Lass (Alabama Express) by…
Wexford filly pounces to victory in Sunline Vase
Wexford Stables came out of their winter hibernation in the best possible fashion at Ellerslie on Saturday when Pounce (NZ) (Almanzor) posted their first win of the season in the Gr.3 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Sunline Vase (1200m). The daughter of Almanzor jumped away well and secured the coveted one-one position early behind Miss Janet (Home Affairs), who ensured Summer Schemer (Dirty Work) kept an honest tempo upfront. Jockey Craig Grylls presented Pounce three-wide at the turn and she lived up to her name, pouncing on her rivals and secured…
Three in a row for Ocean Bay
New Zealand import Ocean Bay (NZ) (Vanbrugh) continued her unbeaten campaign with a third straight win in the A$80,000 Ladbrokes Popular SRM Handicap (1600m) at Sandown on Saturday. The Gavin Bedggood-trained four-year-old had scored a first-up win over 1300m at Bendigo on July 30, then repeated that result over 1547m at Geelong on August 28. Ridden by Daniel Stackhouse on Saturday from the outside gate in a field of 10, Ocean Bay slotted into a handy position in fourth and one off the rail. Stackhouse hooked Ocean Bay to the…
Guineas aspirations for impressive debut winner
Trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson have been waiting for better tracks to step out their promising filly Asturia (NZ) (Almanzor), and she rewarded their patience with an impressive debut win in the Rich Hill Stud 1400 at Ellerslie on Saturday. The daughter of Almanzor had progressed nicely in her four trials, winning her 1100m heat at Te Rapa last month, and her handlers felt she was up to the task of taking on Saturday’s handy line-up of three-year-olds, which included stakes winner Excite (Wootton Bassett) and stakes performer Grocer’s…