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NZ Racing and Breeding News – 15 September 2019
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Australia
Spanish Whisper wins G2 Let's Elope Stakes
Four-year-old mare Spanish Whisper has confirmed her liking for the Flemington 1400m course with another Group Two win in the Let's Elope Stakes. Spanish Whisper won the Gr.2 Kewney Stakes over the course and distance in the second start of her autumn preparation in March
Australia
Rox The Castle takes step to stakes grade
Lightly raced gelding Rox The Castle has taken the step to stakes company and continued to build on his promising record with a determined victory in a Listed race at Flemington leading home a New Zealand-bred trifecta. Five-year-old Rox The Castle took his record to seven wins
Australia
Shock Alert delivers at Rosehill
Shock Alert (blue and yellow cap) on his way to winning at Rosehill on Saturday (bradleyphotos.com.au) Trainer Bjorn Baker has had a marvellous start to the season with two wins at Rosehill after starting the day's meeting with six metropolitan winners. Both Saturday's wins
Racing
Herengawe proves too tough in Awapuni feature
Talented winter galloper Herengawe came of age at Awapuni on Saturday when he out-toughed his rivals to score his first win at stakes level when he took out the Gr.3 Boehringer Ingelheim Metric Mile (1600m). Bred and owned by talented jumps rider Isaac Lupton, the Joanne Moss-trained
Racing
Catalyst brilliant in Northland Breeders’ Stakes
Boom three-year-old Catalyst treated his three-year-old rivals with contempt when he produced a devastating home straight sprint to capture the Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at Ruakaka. The Darci Brahma gelding overcame some trouble early in the run home to dash clear in
Racing
Lucyinrio springs minor upset at Ruakaka
Underrated mare Lucyinrio caused a minor upset when she outgunned a small but select field of open grade sprinters over 1200m at Ruakaka on Saturday. The lightly raced eight-year-old, who came north to a new Cambridge base with trainer Kylie Little when she moved there from Opaki late
Australia
Group Three assignment for Aloisia
Anthony Freedman will be hoping for a better result with new stable acquisition Aloisia when she lines-up in the Gr.2 Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m) at Flemington on Saturday. The New Zealand-bred mare joined Freedman’s Mornington barn after she was purchased for A$1.2 million
Racing
Beyond The Fort close to resuming
While Waverley trainer Bill Thurlow is being kept busy campaigning Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) aspirant Glory Days in Victoria, another quality mare is set to kick-off her spring campaign. Beyond The Fort has won three off her four career starts-to-date, including the Listed Warstep Stakes (2000m)
Racing
Cream rising to the top for Waverley couple
It’s a busy life in the Moss-Lupton household. The alarm goes off at 3.45am every morning for Waverley trainer Joanne Moss and her partner, jumps jockey Isaac Lupton, in preparation for a busy day that includes milking 300 cows on their South Taranaki farm. “We milk twice
Racing
Consensus on track for Australian campaign
Mum-to-be Consensus will take the next step towards a Victorian campaign when she tackles the Patron's Trophy (1200m) at Ruakaka on Saturday. Served by Haunui Farm stallion Iffraaj in the leadup to Saturday's open sprint, Consensus is likely to find her second 1200m race
Australia
Versatile Yourdeel kicks off in Danehill
Recently crowned champion New Zealand two-year-old Yourdeel is set to make his debut for Lindsay Park at Flemington. Yourbeel runs in Saturday's Group Two Danehill Stakes, a race which Lindsay Park co-trainer Tom Dabernig said could determine his spring path. Dabernig said Yourdeel was heading