Author: Editor BOAY

Second winner for Contributer

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Mapperley Stud stallion Contributer was represented by his second individual winner when Jeronimos scored a strong win in a Newcastle Maiden over 1200m for trainer James Cummings. The two-year-old colt stepped out for the first time at the same venue three weeks ago when finishing third and showed plenty of fortitude to defeat three-year-old Brutality on Saturday. Out of the stakes-winning Volksraad mare Viana, Jeronimos was bred by Jonny Orr and sold by Mapperley Stud at the 2019 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sales in Book 1 for $250,000 where…

Tavistock three-year-old tenacious at Randwick

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Desert Realm winning at Geelong on Friday Photo: Reg Ryan/Racing Photos A patient ride aboard Stockman, a three-year-old son of Tavistock, has helped Sam Clipperton to break a run of outs and land his first metropolitan win since Anzac Day. Clipperton has been happy with his form but the depth in the Sydney jockeys’ ranks has made getting on the better chances challenging. “I have been getting good support without getting on the prized cattle, so to speak,” Clipperton said. The hoop made the most of his opportunity aboard Stockman,…

Gray hoping for brighter times ahead

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Octogenarian trainer Kevin Gray hasn’t particularly enjoyed the last couple of months. The Palmerston North horseman’s age group have had the most stringent measures imposed on them as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and he just wants things to go back to normal, including racing. “I have been all right, but it has been pretty hectic when you have got 50-odd horses around you and we are going nowhere,” he said. “I had 10 staff and I had to put off five of them because I didn’t have the…

Costa takes giant steps to Gunsynd Classic

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Supergiant winning the Gr.3 Gunsynd Classic (1800m). Photo: Grant Peters Trainer Michael Costa is genuinely excited about his promising three-year-old Supergiant (NZ) (Red Giant) stepping up to middle-distance racing. Supergiant will be having only his fifth race start in the Group Three Gunsynd Classic (1800m) at Eagle Farm. Supergiant’s ability was the worst-kept secret at the Gold Coast before it became public knowledge when he beat stakes horse The Candy Man in an exhibition gallop in March. Since then Supergiant has won at Ipswich in impressive fashion before running second…

Perfect beat for Bronski?

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Tasmanian greyhound training expat Brendan Pursell has been no ‘smalltown boy’ since relocating to Victoria four years ago. And he has ‘hit that perfect beat’ with a string of 12 city winners – many at big odds – in the past fortnight. Obviously, the star of the show is Bronski Beat who will contest the Group 1 Sandown Cup (715m) on Thursday night. (He will line up in Race 6, Box 8 at 7.42pm.) Bronski Beat is making his group race debut at the highest level, while Pursell finished third…

Gr8 expectations!

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A brand-new initiative, the Gr8 Eight series is only in its infancy but already the concept is generating Group 1-like fields. Mister Harlewood (Sandown, May 7 – 715m) and Rockstar Beav (Sandown, May 14 – 595m) were the first two winners of the 12 x $15,000 Special Events spread across Victoria’s two metropolitan tracks and run over a variety of distances. The Gr8 Eight series is also meeting a dual objective, to allow Victoria’s elite greyhounds to earn greater prizemoney and stimulate interest from racing fans and punters. And Thursday…

The story to read and interview to listen to before tonight’s RSN Sandown Cup

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Jeff Geall may have the ranked outside in tonight’s RSN Sandown Cup, but that hasn’t dampened his spirits. As the great man Gerry O’Keeffe once said to Jeff, ‘young man, I won the Sandown Cup with Bells are Ringin at 50/1 – anything can happen’. If you know Gerry, you read that quote in Gerry’s voice. Zipping Clifford is that ranked outsider in the Group 1 feature at $34. He is jumping from box three and is a bit of a dag, according to Jeff. Jeff doesn’t just represent all…