New Zealand
NZ Racing and Breeding News – 17 August 2020
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NZ Racing Desk
Audio
AUDIO: Mark Chittick
Mark Chittick talks to Andrew Bensley after All Saints' Eve prevailed in a nail biting finish at Randwick on Saturday. https://soundcloud.com/nz-racing-desk/mark-chittick
New Zealand
Julius on track for Foxbridge Plate assignment
An eye-catching run at the Taupo trials last week has trainer John Bell confident his stable star Julius (NZ) (Swiss Ace) is right on track for his first assignment of a new campaign. The lightly raced nine-year-old was slowly away in the 1100m trial but was seen
New Zealand
Saracino breaks long drought with stakes win in Perth
A three-year absence from the winners’ enclosure was ended in spectacular style on Saturday when ex-Kiwi galloper Saracino (NZ) (Per Incanto) led all the way to take out the Listed Heineken-Belmont Newmarket (1200m) at Belmont. Originally prepared by Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman at Cambridge, Saracino had
New Zealand
Moseley collects winning treble at Riccarton
One of the elder statesman of the South Island jockey ranks was to the fore at Riccarton as he collected a winning treble and went within a whisker of tearing off the major prize on the day. Fifty three-year-old Terry Moseley is riding as well as he ever
Australia
Showmanship scores at Caulfield
Showmanship (NZ) (Showcasing) produced an amazing finishing burst to win the final race at Caulfield on Saturday. The seven-start veteran looked an unlikely winner when he was back near the tail as the field turned for home in the Hyland Race Colours Handicap (1400m) till jockey William Pike got
Audio
AUDIO: Sam Weatherley
Andrew Bensley talks to Sam Weatherley who partnered Major Tom to win the Gr.3 Winter Cup at Riccarton on Saturday. https://soundcloud.com/nz-racing-desk/sam-weatherley
New Zealand
Major Tom takes out Riccarton feature
Ruakaka trainer Kenny Rae enjoyed a red-letter day at Riccarton on Saturday as two of his three-horse team that he had brought south from his far north base took out feature events. After earlier upsetting pundits with promising Iffraaj gelding Zoltan (NZ), who defeated red-hot favourite Matchmaker
New Zealand
Tyler has big plans for promising stayer
Former North Island galloper Dr Velocious (NZ) (Haradasun) may have earned himself a tilt at the Gr.3 Christchurch Casino New Zealand Cup (3200m) after providing Singapore-born apprentice Yong Chew with his first victory at Riccarton on Saturday. The twenty-four-year-old Chew transferred south to Riccarton trainer
International
No end of Affair in sight
The lush green paddocks of Trelawney Stud are ready and waiting, but trainer Jason Ong feels there is no need to put old boy War Affair (NZ) (O’Reilly) out to pasture just yet. At 10, most of his fellow competitors, especially the high achievers, would have long left the
Audio
AUDIO: Kenny Rae
Andrew Bensley talks to trainer Kenny Rae on Zoltan's win at Riccarton on Saturday and Major Tom who lines up in the feature of the day, the Gr.3 Winter Cup. https://soundcloud.com/nz-racing-desk/kenny-rae-3
Breeding
WOOTTON BASSETT SALE WELCOME NEWS FOR CAMBRIDGE STUD
The arrival of Almanzor at Cambridge Stud on Friday in preparation for his third Southern Hemisphere breeding season coincided with a major announcement from Coolmore Stud overnight. Coolmore announced that they have purchased Almanzor’s sire Wootton Bassett from Haras d’Etreham and he will take up residence at the