New Zealand
The Gr.1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m) at Hastings in a fortnight is shaping as another standout contest based on the comments from connections of the horses who finished in behind Saturday’s upset winner of the Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m), Callsign Mav (NZ) (Atlante). Form analysts will be
New Zealand
Trainer Stephen Ralph knows it is a big step up from an open handicap win at Ruakaka to the Gr.1 Sistema Railway (1200m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s day but he is confident he has the horse that can take that leap in versatile customer New York Jazz
New Zealand
If smiling were an Olympic sport, then Milan Park principal Tony Rider would most likely have had a gold medal hanging around his neck on Saturday evening. Rider was on hand at Hastings to watch two three-year-old fillies he bred and owns assure their future at his Cambridge-based breeding operation
New Zealand
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Australia
Chris Waller has claimed a seventh Gr.1 George Main Stakes (1600m) crown at Randwick but not with the horse punters expected. Sydney's dominant trainer saddled up four of the seven runners in the Group One mile on Saturday with Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed) a warm $2.20
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Andrew Bensley speaks with trainer John Bary after he produced Callsign Mav to win the Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m). https://soundcloud.com/nz-racing-desk/john-bary
New Zealand
Hastings trainer John Bary has saddled plenty of big-race winners on home soil, but none with the shock factor of Callsign Mav’s $82 boilover in Saturday’s Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m). Bary had previously won the season-opening Group One feature in 2013 with Survived, who also won the
Australia
Kerrin McEvoy was happy to finally get the monkey off his back with an overdue victory aboard New Zealander Probabeel (NZ) (Savabeel) in the Gr.3 Bill Ritchie Handicap (1400m) at Randwick. McEvoy had ridden the mare five times for five seconds and that record was on his mind heading
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Andrew Bensley talks to Jamie Richards about the emphatic victory by Probabeel in the Gr.3 Bill Ritchie Handicap(1400m) https://soundcloud.com/nz-racing-desk/jamie-richards-3
Australia
Wise Counsel confirmed David Eustace's opinion that he is a potential Victoria Derby contender with his victory in the opening event at Caulfield. The three-year-old was perfectly ridden by Jye McNeil to break through at his third start in the Longboard Accountants For Mirabel Handicap (1600m) on Saturday.
New Zealand
Promising galloper Miss Aotearoa provided rider Craig Grylls and owner/breeder Tony Rider with a black type double at Hastings when she out-finished her age-group rivals in the Gr.3 Hawke’s Bay Breeders’ Gold Trail Stakes (1200m). Successful just two races earlier with raceday debutant Shezzacatch in the Listed
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Andrew Bensley talks to co-trainer Guy Lowry after the debut win by Shezzacatch in the Listed El Roca-Sir Colin Meads Trophy (1200m) at Hastings https://soundcloud.com/nz-racing-desk/guy-lowry