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Month: July 2020
Lindsays ecstatic following Group One Royal Ascot triumph
Hello Youmzain landed the second Group One sprint of his career when taking the Gr.1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes (1200m) at Royal Ascot overnight (Sunday morning NZ time), sporting the colours of Cambridge Stud proprietors Brendan and Jo Lindsay. The four-year-old Kodiac entire, who is owned by Haras d’Etreham and Cambridge Stud and trained by Kevin Ryan, landed the Gr.1 Haydock Sprint Cup (1200m) in 2019 and was also third at the 2019 Royal Meeting in the Gr.1 Commonwealth Cup (1200m). On Saturday, Hello Youmzain blasted from the stalls under rider…
Cole restarts season where he left off
Trainer Cody Cole was straight back in the winning groove on Saturday when he produced promising staying mare Vainglory (NZ) (Makfi) to win over 1600m at Pukekohe. The Cole stable had gone into lockdown off the back of a win at Tauranga by progressive galloper Kinshasha (NZ) (Tavistock), with the Matamata mentor pleased to continue that form upon the resumption of racing on the weekend. “We finished up with a winner before lockdown so it was nice to get straight back into it on Saturday,” Cole said. “We actually had quite a…
Richards working towards resumption
Te Akau Racing’s Jamie Richards is looking forward to a further set of trials at Te Rapa this week as he goes about getting his winter/spring racing team in order for a racetrack resumption. The Te Akau tangerine colours were prominent at the first trial meeting at the venue last week with Richards expecting to have another twenty or so horses step out on Tuesday. “We’ll be taking some of the team to Te Rapa on Tuesday, probably between twenty and twenty-five,” Richards said. “We will be looking at them…
Talented apprentice back in the winning groove
The beaming smile on the face of Cambridge apprentice Ashvin Goindasamy said it all as he made his way back to the Pukekohe birdcage after taking out the opening event on Saturday aboard outsider Keep It Real. The Mauritius-born rider had been struggling to keep his excitement in check as he counted down the days to the first racemeeting in New Zealand since the Covid-19 lockdown was instituted in March. “I was really hungry to get a win on Saturday as I was so excited to get back to race…
NZ Racing and Breeding News – 22 June 2020
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Proisir colt tops National Weanling Sale
New Zealand Bloodstock’s first-ever National Weanling Sale, conducted online via Gavelhouse Plus, saw 60 lots sell for a total turnover of $1,044,051. The average reached $17,401 while the median closed at $8,250 with a clearance rate of 75%. Running on the enhanced online platform, the sale drew an international buying bench with the top lot, a weanling colt by Proisir out of Pennacchio (Lot 19), secured by Sydney-based trainer Anthony Cummings for $107,500. Bred by Greg Tomlinson’s Nearco Stud, whom Cummings also purchased Hong Kong Champion Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road…
Former Kiwi star lands Hong Kong Group Three
Dances With Dragon (NZ), a son of Savabeel who raced as Hall Of Fame in New Zealand, demolished his rivals in the Gr.3 Premier Plate Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday to give jockey Keith Yeung a much-needed boost. The rider, champion apprentice in 2009/10, nailed his first career Group race win to take his season’s tally to seven wins. That prompted buoyant scenes, with trainer Caspar Fownes lifting Yeung off his feet in a bear-hugging celebration. “I’m very happy, mostly for Keith, he needed this winner,” Fownes said. “I’m glad that I stuck with him and gave…
Wyndspelle to Grangewilliam Stud
Group One-winning miler Wyndspelle (NZ) (Iffraaj) will take up stud duties at Grangewilliam Stud in South Taranaki this spring where he will stand for a fee of $7,500 plus GST. A son of Iffraaj, Wyndspelle competed in top-flight races across five seasons, performing with distinction in both Australia and New Zealand. Prepared by Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard through the latter half of his career, Wyndspelle was a model of consistency, netting connections close to $700,000 in prizemoney. The well-bred entire claimed a deserved Group One victory when winning the…
Liefting ticks another item off the bucket list
South Auckland trainer Rudy Liefting added another string to his bow when Fast Mover (NZ) (Move Faster) recorded his maiden victory over 1100m at Pukekohe Park on Saturday. The four-year-old gelding is a homebred product of Liefting’s Kakapo Lodge, being by his homebred stallion Move Faster. Liefting has tried his hand at most occupations in the racing industry and it was a matter of circumstance that led him into the breeding game. “He was the first winner by our homebred stallion, Move Faster, so it was a good feeling to…