Weigh In, December 22
Weigh In is full of the festive spirit. Bevan Sweeney joins the panel to review a bumper day at Trentham, plus Guy catches up with Halberg Sportsman of the Year nominee James McDonald.
Weigh In is full of the festive spirit. Bevan Sweeney joins the panel to review a bumper day at Trentham, plus Guy catches up with Halberg Sportsman of the Year nominee James McDonald.
The strength of the Group 1 form around classy galloper Linebacker (NZ) (Super Seth) tells trainer Tom Charlton he can show at Scone on Saturday that he’s on target for a return to that level. A Group 1 winner himself, Linebacker hasn’t contested a race below Group 3
Mike Breslin is hoping the horse he named after one of his favourite footballers, Peter Crouch, can earn him a ticket into Australia’s most coveted race. The Awapuni trainer has travelled across the Tasman with his quality stayer Crouch (NZ) (Tarzino), who will line-up in the Listed Andrew Ramsden
Te Akau Racing continued their juvenile dominance at their home meeting at Matamata on Wednesday when taking out the quinella in the Entain/NZB Insurance Pearl Series (1200m) courtesy of Honour Roll (NZ) (Savabeel) and The Queen’s Sword (NZ) (Sword Of State). Honour Roll was having his second start
Physique and pedigree didn’t point to Grocer’s Girl (NZ) (Tarzino) emerging as a two-year-old black-type prospect, but stakes success now beckons in her final appearance of the season. The Tony Pike-prepared daughter of Tarzino has been unlucky in two starts to date and will look to turn her