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Audio: John Bary
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
NZ Racing Desk
New Zealand
Locals land massive upset in Tarzino
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
Australia
Kerrin McEvoy breaks duck aboard Probabeel
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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Audio: Jamie Richards
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
Counsel Victoria Derby-bound after win
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)
New Zealand
Miss Aotearoa too strong in Gold Trail Stakes
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
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Audio: Guy Lowry
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
New Zealand
Local first-starter sparkles in Trophy
Hastings filly Shezzacatch was thrown in at the deep end for her debut in Saturday’s Listed El Roca-Sir Colin Meads Trophy (1200m), and she spectacularly rose to the occasion. After a placing in a Foxton trial earlier this month, trainers Guy Lowry and Grant Cullen considered a couple
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Audio: Shaune Ritchie
Andrew Bensley talks to Shaune Ritchie about his runners at Hastings including stable star Jennifer Eccles in the Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m). https://soundcloud.com/nz-racing-desk/shaunesat
New Zealand
No mystery for Perry in Hawke’s Bay Steeplechase
Local runner Perry Mason dished out a dashing display of steeplechasing as he led all the way to take out his second AHD Hawke’s Bay Steeplechase (4800m) on Saturday. The Paul Nelson and Corrina MacDougal-trained Zed gelding had been struggling to recapture his best form over the bigger
New Zealand
Outsider takes Hurdle feature at Hastings
Cambridge visitor The Midnight Shift (NZ) (He's Remarkable) upset the applecart when he strode clear to take out the Te Whangai Romneys Hawke’s Bay Hurdle (3100m) at Hastings on Saturday. The premier hurdle event had been rescheduled from earlier in the year due to the COVID-19
Australia
All Saints’ Eve explodes in Tibbie
The John O’Shea-trained All Saints’ Eve (NZ) (Sacred Falls) scored a comfortable victory in the Gr.3 Tibbie Stakes (1400m) at Newcastle on Friday, landing some valuable black-type for the well-related four-year-old. Ridden by James McDonald, who has had a long-held association with