Month: January 2020

Little Avondale and Per Incanto step up to the big time

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Karaka 2020 looms as a bumper week for Wairarapa’s Little Avondale Stud and their high-flying stallion Per Incanto. The son of Street Cry is third on the New Zealand sires’ premiership in terms of prize-money, and his 37 winners put him in equal top spot alongside Waikato Stud champion Savabeel. Per Incanto has sired a total of 182 winners from 297 runners, with 14 individual stakes winners including Shadows Cast, Santa Monica and Dal Cielo at Group One level. Per Incanto has 14 yearlings in the catalogue for Book 1…

Werribee races abandoned because of haze

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Racing at Werribee has been abandoned as smoke haze blankets Melbourne and surrounding areas. Air quality at Werribee is described as hazardous with no improvement likely throughout Tuesday. The smoke haze is from bushfires in the north and north east of Victoria and the south coast of NSW. Several race meetings in both states have been moved or abandoned over the past few weeks. The forecast for NSW is for rain late in the week.

Champagne Cuddles recovering from injury

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Multiple G1 placegetter Champagne Cuddles is recovering from career-ending injuries. Multiple Group One placegetter Champagne Cuddles is recovering well from a career-ending injury suffered at the Gold Coast. Nash Rawiller pulled the mare up in Saturday’s $1 million Magic Millions Snippets after she was galloped on. Trainer Bjorn Baker said she would soon head home to Turangga Stud in the NSW Hunter Valley where she was bred. “Champagne Cuddles is recovering well. She’s comfortable, walking well & receiving great care. She’ll be transported this week to the Ramsey family’s @TuranggaFarm…

Team Teal Fundraiser Evening

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Come and join us on Valentines Day at Addington Raceway as we host a special evening for Team Teal. From 1st February to 15th March all of the women drivers in NZ and Australia will wear teal coloured pants while driving to raise awareness around Ovarian Cancer. Every NZ female winner will raise $400 towards Ovarian Cancer research courtesy of Woodlands Stud, Harness Racing NZ and the Racing Club. Last year the Harness Community in NZ raised over $30,000 for the cause and we hope to get close to $40,000…

Close helps Todd Bringitonhome

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By Jonny Turner Some brilliant home straight maneuvering from Robbie Close helped Bringitonhome head a track record breaking quinella for trainer Regan Todd at Nelson on Sunday. The 6yr-old unleashed a powerful finish after Close negotiated a passage out of a horror spot on the home bend to help Bringitonhome run down his stablemate Taxman and win in a sizzling mile (1609m) time of 1-52.2. Todd was full of praise for Close’s home straight handywork that guided Bringitonhome through the tightest of gaps. “It was a great drive by Robbie…

Norwood Rural Sports Awards Nominations

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Harness Racing New Zealand is thrilled to announce that we have nominated four of our industry participants for this year’s New Zealand Norwood Rural Sports Awards. The awards are held to celebrate sports with animal and rural backgrounds in conjunction with the Ford Ranger New Zealand Rural Games in Palmerston North on March 14 and 15, the Norwood Awards are to be held on Friday 13 March at Awapuni Racecourse. This year we have nominated Sarah O’Reilly for the Young New Zealand Rural Sportsperson of the Year Award. Sarah won…

Eagle Watch gets his season back on track

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By Garrick Knight It’s been a frustrating season for Mike Berger and Matty White as they dealt with setback after setback with their stable star, Eagle Watch. The sophomore colt was far too good for his opponents at Cambridge on Saturday, clearing out to win easily in the hands of Todd Mitchell. It was one of two winners at the meeting for the partnership after Carse O Fern Tom opened the day’s racing with a maiden victory. It was only the second start of the season for Eagle Watch, who…

Maher a fan of Millions women’s bonus

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Magic Millions Classic winner Away Game’s female owners have celebrated an extra bonus. Trainer Ciaron Maher is a fan of all-women syndicates for Magic Millions horses after the stable again reaped the benefits at this year’s carnival. In the past two years his horses have picked up $712,000 in bonus payments for horses raced by all-female syndicates. Magic Millions gives a $500,000 bonus to be shared by the first four horses over the line in the 2YO Classic raced by women owners with Away Game winning on Saturday. For the…

Gollan dominates summer carnival

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Vega One (yellow) has been a star for Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan during the Qld summer carnival. Queensland’s leading trainer Tony Gollan has dominated the summer carnival in recent years but this season has exceeded his expectations. Gollan’s owners had a million dollar pay day on Saturday when he won the Magic Millions Cup with Vega One and the Magic Millions QTIS Plate with Outback Barbie. Each horse picked up $580,000 to go with the $90,000 A Man To Match earned for his third in the Magic Millons Trophy. The…

Ryan looking to Standout to deliver

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The Gerald Ryan-trained Standout will make his return to the trials ahead of an autumn campaign. Hot on the heels of welcoming a couple of million dollar babies to the stable, trainer Gerald Ryan will get back to some of his established horses this week. Stakes-winner Standout is among several Ryan-trained stablemates listed in barrier trials at Rosehill on Tuesday while debut winner Return With Honour is scheduled to have his second start at the track a few days later. A half-brother to 2013 Golden Slipper winner Overreach, Standout has…