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NZ Racing and Breeding News – 22 October 2023
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Australia
Big Dance berth for King Of The Castle
Fresh from Think About It’s (So You Think) victory in the A$20 million The Everest (1200m), Warwick Farm trainer Joe Pride has earned a tilt at another lucrative feature when King Of The Castle (NZ) (Castledale) prevailed in the Big Dance Wild Card (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday.
Australia
Palmetto plunders another rich prize
It was another bumper payday for the connections of former South Island galloper Palmetto (NZ) (Ghibellines) who prevailed in a narrow-three-way finish in the A$1 million Five Diamonds Prelude (1500m) at Randwick on Saturday. The five-year-old son of Ghibellines was perfectly ridden by in-form
Australia
Tristarc victory for smart Wrote mare
Talented five-year-old mare Wrote To Arataki (NZ) (Wrote) has added further black-type to her record when leading throughout to land the Gr.2 Tristarc Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday. The daughter of Wrote was ridden with good intent by comeback jockey Dean Yendall, and once the
New Zealand
Impressive Diss Is Dramatic gives Latta another Thompson
Awapuni trainer Lisa Latta celebrated her fifth win in the Gr.3 Gee & Hickton Funeral Directors Thompson Handicap (1600m) when Diss Is Dramatic (NZ) (Dissident) scored an emphatic victory in Saturday’s $100,000 feature at Trentham. Latta had previously won the race with Resonare (NZ) (Centaine) (2000), Fercertain
Australia
Clear-air sees the best of Peace Officer
Warwick Farm trainer Clarry Conners breathed a sigh of relief after talented four-year-old Peace Officer (NZ) (Iffraaj) proved too strong in the Midway Handicap (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday, providing jockey Aaron Bullock with a race-to-race double. The son of Iffraaj was sent out the $3.
Australia
Coeur Volante on target for Guineas goal
A supreme ride from jockey Blake Shinn aided smart three-year-old filly Coeur Volante (NZ) (Proisir) to make it back-to-back stakes victories when running out a resounding winner of the Gr.2 Thousand Guineas Prelude (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday. The Michael Moroney-trained daughter of Proisir
New Zealand
Crocetti continues winning run
Saturday’s Gr.2 James and Annie Sarten Memorial (1400m) at Te Rapa was an eagerly anticipated clash between a number of up-and-coming talents, but it turned into a tour de force by New Zealand’s most exciting three-year-old. Crocetti (NZ) (Zacinto) extended his unblemished record
New Zealand
Johny Johny delivers in Sweynesse Stakes
A wide draw and an energy-sapping fast pace were not enough to stop Johny Johny (NZ) (Charm Spirit) in Saturday’s Gr.3 Sweynesse Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa. The speedy son of Charm Spirit had some factors in his favour leading into the $100,000 weight-for-age
New Zealand
Take Two for Skew Wiff
Two weeks after a forgettable trip to Flemington, Group One-winning New Zealand mare Skew Wiff will have a second attempt at an Australian debut in Saturday’s Gr.2 Sharp EIT Tristarc Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. A brilliant winner of the Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings on
Australia
Cotehele to shine in Diamond Prelude
The trainer-jockey combination of John O'Shea and Tom Sherry has already celebrated a black-type double this spring and at Randwick on Saturday they will chase a $1 million payday. Having combined to win the Listed City Tattersall's Club Cup (2400m) and Gr.3 Colin
Australia
Mr Maestro returns
On the anniversary of the biggest win of his career so far, classy New Zealand-bred gelding Mr Maestro will race in black-type company on Caulfield Cup Day again in 2023 – this time in his first run back from an injury lay-off. Last spring, the son of Savabeel