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Weigh In, September 29
Guy Heveldt, Emily Bosson and Jayne Ivil breakdown Hawkes Bay cancellation. Talk I Wish I Win with Mark Chittick and review the big races across the ditch. Weigh In, September 29 (youtube.com)
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New Zealand
Slippery track forces Hastings abandonment
Matamata is set to host the Gr.1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) for the second time in three years after a slippery track forced the abandonment of Saturday’s blockbuster race meeting at Hastings. The second day of the Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival had promised so much, with quality
Australia
Desert Lightning strikes at Sandown
Elite New Zealand racehorse Desert Lightning (NZ) (Pride Of Dubai) has made a perfect start to the next chapter of his career, capturing Saturday’s Gr.3 Sandown Stakes (1500m) in his second start for new trainers Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman. Desert Lightning was a five-race winner and
New Zealand
Love Poem stamps Guineas capabilities
Love Poem propelled herself up the fixed-odds market for the Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) with a dominant first-up performance at Te Rapa on Friday. The highly talented Snitzel filly was a stakes placegetter in all of her three starts as a two-year-old. She
New Zealand
Green Luck takes feature at Riccarton
Evergreen galloper Green Luck showed there was still plenty of life left in his ten-year-old legs as he downed his younger rivals to take out the Waimakariri Businesses North Canterbury Cup (2000m), the feature event at Riccarton on Saturday. The former Hong Kong galloper arrived in New Zealand
New Zealand
Times Ticking turns back time
Nine-year-old warhorse Times Ticking (NZ) (Tavistock) upstaged his younger rivals with a brilliant first-up performance in Saturday’s Marshall Batteries Open Handicap (1400m) at Riccarton. The $50,000 feature marked the beginning of a seventh season of racing for the Tavistock gelding, who had not been seen
Australia
Firestorm heads Kiwi-bred trifecta
Talented New Zealand import Firestorm (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) improved her perfect four-year-old record to two-from-two with another impressive win at Rosehill on Saturday, heading a Kiwi-bred trifecta in the A$160,000 EGroup Protective Services Handicap (1900m). Firestorm showed promise on both sides of the
New Zealand
Prediction spot on with Eliza James
Put on the spot in a pre-race interview trainer Kenny Rae was asked which of his two runners was the best winning chance in the third race on the card at Riccarton, the Prides Easifeed – Nobby Bussell Memorial Two-Year-Old (800m). Rae didn’t falter as he claimed
Australia
Stylish first-up win for Unique Ambition
Unique Ambition took on black-type company over a range of distances as a three-year-old last season, but trainer John Sargent believes her first-up win in Saturday’s A$120,000 Midway Handicap (1300m) at Rosehill will be a step towards a successful campaign as a miler.
New Zealand
Age Of Discovery brings up the 2000th winner for Walker
Trainer Mark Walker achieved another notable milestone when Age of Discovery (NZ) (Savabeel) bolted home in the Rangiora New World Guineas Trial (1400m) at Riccarton. The win was victory number 2000 for Walker in a stellar career that has seen him dominate in New Zealand and Singapore for Te Akau
Australia
Stutt Stakes success for Evaporate
Smart three-year-old Evaporate (NZ) (Per Incanto) has maintained his rich-vein of form with a comfortable victory in the Gr.2 Stutt Stakes (1600m) at The Valley on Friday night. Trainers Ben, Will and JD Hayes continue to build the confidence of the good looking son of Per
Australia
Versatile Bellatrix Star lands Scarborough
High-class filly Bellatrix Star (Star Witness) displayed her versatility when usurping the Gr.3 Scarborough Stakes (1200m) at The Valley on Friday night on a Good4 surface. The Mark Walker-trained three-year-old was sent out a $9.50 chance by punters with her previous Listed Cap D’