Impressive triallist Show Bazz (NZ) (Showcasing) made an eye-catching debut when he trounced his maiden rivals over 1200m at Ashburton on Saturday. The Showcasing three-year-old had won a 1000m trial at Motukarara back in January and backed that up post the COVID19 lockdown with another comfortable victory at Rangiora in June over 850m. Co-trainer Kevin Hughes, who prepares the gelding with wife Pam, wasn’t keen to line his charge up on the heavy surfaces presented at their home base at Riccarton in recent weeks, preferring to wait for the Dead6…
Month: August 2020
AUDIO: Nick Bishara
AUDIO: Nick Bishara talks to Andrew Bensley after Verry Flash wins the Red Barn Chef Hcp at Matamata on Saturday.
London Express back to winning form at Matamata
Talented winter galloper London Express (NZ) (Shamexpress) bounced back from an unlucky run first-up at Te Rapa last month with a determined effort to score over 1200m at Matamata. The five-year-old Shamexpress mare had been buffeted several times when resuming over the same distance at Te Rapa with trainer Allan Sharrock somewhat disappointed in the ride of his apprentice Hazel Schofer on that occasion. Sharrock provided Schofer with opportunity to redeem herself on Saturday and she covered herself in glory with a copybook effort despite once again suffering some jostling…
Tammie Wynette fulfils perfect script for Coxon
Kim Coxon couldn’t have scripted a better end to her current time as a licensed trainer when Tammie Wynette (NZ) (Tobique) provided her with the perfect farewell at Matamata on Saturday. Coxon has handed in her trainer’s license as she prepares to move to the Te Puke region with fiancée James Taylor, where the pair will run a combined dry-stock and kiwifruit operation. Coxon has been training a small team in her own right at Matamata since her father Richard passed away after a battle with cancer five years ago.…
NZ Racing and Breeding News – 2 August 2020
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AUDIO: Matthew Pitman
AUDIO: Andrew Bensley talks to Matthew Pitman after a successful day at Ashburton on Saturday.
Windsor Park Stud mourn loss of proven sire
It is with a heavy heart that Windsor Park Stud announce the loss of their very successful sire Rip Van Winkle following a short illness. By the world’s best sire Galileo, Rip Van Winkle had just completed his most successful season with a stellar year on the racetrack that included Group One winning stars Te Akau Shark and NZB Filly of The Year Jennifer Eccles. “It’s a devasting blow for us and the industry losing a successful sire, especially one who has just enjoyed a great season on the racetrack,”…
TAB offer: Geelong Cats into Who Told Stevie
TAB has an enticing AFL/Greyhounds offer. The betting giant is offering $3.00 about Geelong winning or even losing by 18pts or less against the rampaging West Coast Eagles and Who Told Stevie winning at The Meadows greyhounds tonight. Geelong is fourth and West Coast sixth on the AFL Ladder, with only 8.5% separating them as both teams have won five of eight games. Meanwhile, Who Told Stevie – a brother of Australia’s No. 1 sprinting greyhound Simon Told Helen – has won 10 races from 21 starts, including three from…
Tenzing guiding Tommy’s climb
Young Murchison trainer Tommy Wark will be striving to continue his climb through the ranks when the aptly-named Miss Tenzing contests Sunday’s heats of the Healesville Super Sprint Series (300m). Miss Tenzing, a member of the very first litter 31-year-old Wark bred, is named after Tenzing Norgay, who famously accompanied Edmund Hillary on his historic conquest of Mount Everest in 1953. And the superbly-related daughter of super sire Barcia Bale is fast making a name for herself, winning four of her first seven starts. “I’m rapt with how she’s going,”…
Vacation Hill tough to beat again
By Jonny Turner Vacation Hill will boost her chances of going on a working holiday if she can repeat her brilliant first up win at Addington on Sunday. The Kevin Townley trained 3yr-old turned heads in her first run since lockdown, powering past the talented Majestic Lavros to win, early last month. Townley admitted he has not been able to fault his smart 3yr-old since her victory. “I have been very happy with her, it is hard not to be, she is a lovely trotter,” Townley said. “She had a…