Selections for Hawera today. Head to www.tab.co.nz to place your bet! Race Aaron WhiteCommentator Race 112.01pm 13 Keep It Klassy1 Mr Monty3 Lightning McQueen5 That’s Entertainment Race 212.35pm 6 Slainte2 Johnny Who1 Taylad To Use9 Alana Race 31.09pm 7 Sharkntatties8 Lord Delmar5 Savarna2 Shirley Bassey Race 41.45pm 3 Dom Toretto1 Challenger9 Lamarli2 Resurrection Race 52.21pm 8 Micky Wade1 Perun6 Sheza Mermaid4 Morere Race 62.46pm 10 Caulfield2 Avenger3 The Mighty Sully7 Smokinhotcheddar Race 73.18pm 7 Norvic Charlie1 Jazzy Styx8 Messenger Buoy2 Barbarossa Race 83.51pm 11 Santanna Mach2 Uncle Drew5 Bettor…
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The Trials ‘Report Card’
We are back at the trials for 2024, so what was worth noting from all over the country for the week ending 31/1/2024? St John Eight (3c Always B Miki – Zenardle) Tr. G & J Dunn Qualified at Rangiora (25/1/24) four 4 secs under time after getting to the front and clearing out by 4 1/2L from three rivals untouched in run home. Bred and still owned by Lew Driver, he is a half to a host of good winners including Elroy Jetson (32 wins + $291k + 1:50),…
Wildwest’s little brother to make debut today
By Jonny Turner Wild Bull has a hard act to follow ahead of his debut at Ascot Park on Thursday. The three-year-old is a full brother to Wildwest (pictured above) who made one of the most impressive debut victories seen in Southland in recent history when he scored by more than 12 lengths in his first outing at Winton in 2019. Like Wildwest, Wild Bull is trained by Lauren Pearson and he will be driven by Brent Barclay. Wildwest was exported to Australia after his first win and has since…
Selections | Invercargil
Jonny Turner’s selections for Invercargill. Race Jonny TurnerRacing Journalist Race 14.43pm 3 Durrant7 Franco Huntington5 Warrior Easton6 Nyla Race 25.08pm 5 American Mac1 Franco Cornel7 Magic Sign3 Eddie James Race 35.34pm 6 Moonlite Dream2 Advance Party5 Woodlea Jewel1 Ideal Double Race 45.59pm 4 Haley Robyn5 Get Kraken1 I’m Watching You6 Superfast Race 56.24pm 3 First Light4 Northview Street7 Sidorova1 Vanessa Marie Race 66.49pm 3 Bill Bootit1 Madison’s Moon4 Jaccka Baylis8 Without Comparison Race 77.14pm 6 Bluto7…
Sacred Mountain “up against it” in today’s Breeders’ Stakes
By Barry Lichter Sacred Mountain might have smashed her rivals at Auckland on Friday night but trainer Nicky Chilcott knows how hard it will be for her to repeat the win in today’s Dunstan Horse Feeds Breeders’ Stakes at Cambridge, especially now that she has been rehandicapped to 40 metres. Sacred Mountain will share the back mark with Resolve in Cambridge’s $40,000 Group 3 race, forced to give away a 10 metre head start to the flying southern mare Sunny’s Sister, fresh from a dominant double at Nelson. “She’s certainly…
Trotting mares take centre stage at Cambridge
By Brigette Solomon The Group 3 Dunstan Waikato Trotting Breeders Stakes and the first race of the Hygain Revell Douglas Memorial Series for Junior Drivers will highlight today’s action at Cambridge. The Dunstan Waikato Trotting Breeders Stakes looks set to be a hot contest with a capacity field of quality mares featuring recent Group race winning performers Sacred Mountain, Resolve, and Sunnys Sister. Trained by Robert and Jenna Dunn, Sunnys Sister is a winner of her past four starts including the New Zealand Trotting Oaks and Derby. After ticking off…
Barry Ward gets the job done at Methven
By Mike Love West Melton trainer Barry Ward completed a “special” day at the races with a hat-trick of training wins yesterday at Mt Harding racecourse. Although the feat is not uncommon, the fact that Ward bred all three winners makes it all the rarer. “I’ve had two wins and a second at the races before, and trained a double four times. But definitely the first hat trick for me. It’s a pretty special day,” said Ward. “They all went to Blenheim last week. Mister Blue Sky went okay on…
Bargain buy does it again, at Riverton
By Jonny Turner Sally Lindenny staked her claim as being the bargain buy of the spring and summer with her victory in the feature trot on Riverton Cup Day. Yesterday, the trotter made it win number four for trainer-driver Kirstin Green when bagging yet another win on a grass track. The mare has either been in the first three placings, or she has galloped out of contention in her 15 starts since joining the Green stable in September. Sally Lindenny could have added another mistake to her ledger in the…
Second on Aussie debut for Don’t Stop Dreaming
By Adam Hamilton Exciting young Kiwi pacer Don’t Stop Dreaming looks right on target for the $450,000 Group 1 Hunter Cup. Mark and Nathan Purdon’s emerging open-class star launched his Aussie raid with a close and fantastic second to proven topliner Better Eclipse in last night’s $50,000 Casey Classic at Melton. It was a terrific pointer to the five-year-old prospects in next Saturday night’s Hunter Cup against an even stronger field, headed by Leap To Fame. Don’t Stop Dreaming sat in the one-one trail, launched with a big sprint from…
Got You Covered big chance in Riverton Cup
By Jonny Turner The search for a deserved win takes Got You Covered to the return of harness racing at Riverton on Sunday. The pacer will be among the first fields of horses in almost 24 years to compete on the Riverton grass track when he starts as the favourite in the Riverton Cup. A second in the Group 3 Northern Southland Cup and a fourth in the Group 1 Invercargill Cup look outstanding form references to take to Riverton’s big day. Combine them with the Got You Covered’s outstanding…