Month: January 2020

Trathen records biggest win

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By Jonny Turner Canterbury pacer Dadndave ran his rivals ragged to score the biggest win of Tim Trathen’s training career in Saturday’s Invercargill Cup. Driver Brent Barclay had the 4yr-old in front soon after the start of the group 3 feature and they set a pace that had their rivals chasing in vain throughout. Dadndave still had plenty left in reserve after setting a strong tempo in the middle stages to reel off a 56sec last 800m to win the 2700m handicap. “It was a great drive – I said…

No blinkers for Catalyst in C S Hayes

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Trainer Clayton Chipperfield has had a change of heart and boom New Zealand three-year-old Catalyst will not wear blinkers in Australia. After the gelding’s sluggish start in Saturday’s Group Three Mr Tiz Trophy victory at Ellerslie, the trainer’s immediate thoughts were to re-apply the blinkers. But after studying the replay, Chipperfield said it was not Catalyst’s fault he came out last and the gear was unnecessary. “I thought straight away we might have made a blue in taking the hood off,” Chipperfield told NZ Racing Desk. “However, when I’ve watched…

Vadamos the first of new wave at Rich Hill

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Lot 169 – Vadamos filly out of Penthouse Princess. Photo: Supplied. Rich Hill Stud, near Matamata, is celebrating its 25th year in operation and managing director John Thompson is looking forward to launching the first crop of yearlings by Vadamos, a Group 1 winning son of Monsun who is well represented at Karaka. The high-class miler has 46 offspring catalogued across the three books of the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sales, which commence on Sunday week. The Rich Hill draft will feature yearlings by proven and emerging resident sires…

Karaka First Crop Sire – Vanbrugh

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Group One winner Vanbrugh will be represented by his first crop of yearlings at Karaka in January 2020. A son of champion sire Encosta De Lago, Vanbrugh is the winner of more than $A740,000 and hails from the outstanding Waikato Stud family of Group One winners Diademe and Sacred Star. Trained by Chris Waller, Vanbrugh won five of his 21 starts including the Gr.3 Gloaming Stakes (1800m) as a three-year-old before claiming the Gr.1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m). He won the Gr.3 Coongy Handicap (2000m) as an older horse. BOOK…

Tyler family chase Karaka Million fairytale

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He’s Got Power’s part-owner Michael Tyler got the idea of purchasing a yearling after his stag do at the Karaka Million meeting two years ago. Photo: Trish Dunell An impulse buy after experiencing the magic of Karaka Million night has given the Tyler family a chance of a fairytale result at Ellerslie on Saturday. Brothers Jason and Michael Tyler hit on the idea of buying a yearling at the Karaka sales that could give them a runner in a million-dollar race after they held Michael’s stag do at the meeting…

Huge week in store for Boys Get Paid

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Boys Get Paid will offer lot 557, the Savabeel colt out of Drappier, through Little Avondale’s draft at Karaka next week. Photo: Supplied With their biggest-ever Karaka Million punters’ club followed by a first foray into selling at Karaka, the next few days are shaping up as a massive time for Boys Get Paid. The rapidly growing group has been acclaimed for stimulating significant engagement in the sport, particularly among a younger demographic that might have threatened to be lost to the industry. The Karaka Million twilight meeting at Ellerslie…

Natalie McCall looks to home track double

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Caloundra trainer Natalie McCall has a chance of winning her hometown Cup but it is one of her younger horses which is earning plenty of attention at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday. McCall elected to keep Spectroscope at home for the Listed Sunshine Coast Cup and will have Better Ethics in the Three-Year-Old Handicap (1600m). She had also nominated Spectroscope in the Listed Carrington Stakes at Randwick before opting to stay at home. A former Godolphin horse, Spectroscope has been a model of consistency without winning since he had his…

Doomben 10,000 in world’s top 100 races

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The Doomben 10,000 (l) won most recently by The Bostonian, is the only Brisbane race in the top 100. Racing Queensland believes the decision to increase prize money for the Group One Doomben 10,000 to $1 million has been vindicated with the race receiving a world top 100 ranking. Australia had 20 races rated in the top 100 and the 10,000, which will be run on May 9 this year, was the only race outside Sydney or Melbourne on the list. The 10,000 was first run in 1933 and has…

Raceday to raise money for fire assistance

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Money will be raised at Randwick races to assist with the supply of essential feed etc in NSW. Special fund-raising initiatives will be in place at the Randwick meeting to assist rural communities and participants in NSW affected by recent bushfires across the state. Money raised on Saturday will help towards the care of livestock and other animals where feed and other commodities are in short supply. There is already a guaranteed $100,000 from sponsors along with the Australian Turf Club and Racing NSW who have each contributed $10,000 to…

Godolphin pair among strong book for Berry

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Tommy Berry will wear Godolphin blue at Randwick including aboard Gaulois in the feature race. The autumn carnival is still a few weeks away but Tommy Berry will head to Randwick with a spring in his step as he prepares to test two young horses with untapped potential. All but one of Berry’s eight rides on Saturday are at single-figure odds, including Gaulois in the Listed Carrington Stakes (1400m). But it is lightly raced Godolphin stablemate Pandemic and $2.8 million debutant Mount Fuji that Berry is pumped to ride. “Two-year-olds…