By Michael Guerin – NZ Herald Two of Alexandra Park’s long lost sons could dominate the open class features at tonight’s premier meeting but that may have to do that the hard way. Sundees Son (R4, No.6) and Spankem (R7, No.8) share the quite incredible record of both having not raced at Alexandra Park since May 3 last year when they each won Group One races. When Sundees Son blew away his Rowe Cup trotting rivals that night and Spankem held Turn It Up at bay in the Messenger it…
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Cup Day performers ready to strike
By Jonny Turner New Zealand Cup Day performers Evangalist and Cheezel are again ready to make their mark when they return to Addington on Friday night. Evangalist will be out to secure a her first career win in race 1 after putting up a big performance to run second to Castelo De Vide in last month’s Cup Day maiden. The Jason and Ian Thomas trained filly was hampered before the start and then held up on the home turn before she hit the line strongly behind the runaway winner. “It…
Mighty Art back to Flying best
By Jonny Turner Mighty Flying Art put a frustrating year further behind him when zipping to a smart mile (1609m) victory at Winton on Thursday. The five-year-old took full advantage of the perfect run driver Sheree Tomlinson secured him in the trail when cruising to the line untested to win race 7. The victory continued the Murray Brown trained pacer’s rise back to his best form after his four-year-old term turned in to a write-off. “He had to have two throat operations,” Brown said. “The first one didn’t work,…
Selections Alexandra Park | 11 Dec
Selections for today. Head to www.tab.co.nz to place your bet! Race JASON TEAZForm Analyst MICHAEL GUERINForm Analyst Race 16.08pm 6 Tricky Ric 5 Invictus 2 Call Me Trouble 8 She Reigns 6 Tricky Ric 7 One Majic Kenny 8 She Reigns 5 Invictus Race 26.38pm 6 Aladdin 2 Pull The Other Leg 1 Happy Place 9 All Yours 6 Aladdin 2 Pull The Other One 10 Double Up 1 Happy Place Race 37.08pm 5 BD Joe 4 First Class 7 American Dealer 2 Pace N Pride 7 American Dealer 5 B D…
Selections Addington Dec 11
Selections for Addington today. Head to www.tab.co.nz to place your bet! Race GREG O’CONNORAddington Race 15.49pm 4 Evangalist 5 Radioactive Jaffa 2 Not Over 8 Pembrook’s Destiny Race 26.18pm 9 Global Flight 7 Jaccka George 3 Orlando Magic 4 Maui Race 36.48pm 5 Boom 1 Betterwithbling 6 Zambia 2 In Chevron We Trust Race 47.18pm 5 Reflectionsofmylife 6 Rick Reilly 1 Diamond Edition 9 Sweet Loress Race 57.49pm 6 Betterthanfast 5 Mickey Maguire 2 Mossman 4 Sonekindawonderful Race 68.18pm 13 Humble Ladd 8 Phoebe Onyx 12 Majestic Hurricane 9 Sundon’s Flyer Race…
Big Fish Little Fish – Addington – Friday Dec 11
Regular hosts Craig Thompson and Michael Guerin are back for their Big Fish Little Fish preview of Friday’s Addington meeting (Dec 11)
Southern Lad resumes
Randwick trainer John O’Shea will have four runners on his home track on Saturday, including Ocean Park six-year-old Southern Lad (NZ), who will tackle the Listed Razor Sharp Handicap (1200m). The five-time winner has not raced since finishing fifth in the Gr.3 Show County (1200m) back in August but has had two trials to prepare for Saturday’s assignment. “I reckon he is as good as we can have him first-up,” O’Shea said. “He has got a really good first-up record and a good record at the 1200m at Randwick, particularly…
Mascarpone hoping to get the cream
Team Rogerson will have a solid team of runners at Te Rapa on Saturday including smart four-year-old Mascarpone (NZ) (Shooting To Win) in the Gr.3 J Swap Sprint (1400m). The last-start Listed Legacy Lodge Sprint (1200m) winner at Te Rapa has been allotted just 53kgs in a field that is headed by Group One winners Julius (NZ) (Swiss Ace) and The Mitigator (Master of Design). Group One winning rider Ryan Elliot will take the ride and is likely to ride a kilo overweight. “I think he’s a good horse in…
Super double for Collett
Trainer Richard Collett sent out a pair of winners at Ellerslie’s twilight meeting on Thursday with Super Pursuit (NZ) (Proisir) successful in the Stella Artois 1500 Championship Qualifier 1300m, while Super Strike (NZ) (Super Easy) justified a short quote to win the First Global Logistics – Asendia 1400m. The progressive pair were both ridden by Collett’s son-in-law Andrew Calder, who no doubt banked some baby-sitting credits after steering both horses to perfection. “He did the right thing by them,” Collet said. “I walked the track before the first and it…
Year of challenges and achievements for Victorian greyhound racing
Victorian greyhound racing enjoyed some very strong outcomes in areas such as greyhound wel-fare, customer growth and its racing program during 2019-20 despite major challenges. The code’s performance over the year is detailed in Greyhound Racing Victoria’s (GRV) 2019-20 Annual Report, tabled in the Victorian Parliament today. Some of the year’s highlights include the re-homing of 2,542 greyhounds and a 25% reduction in euthanasia numbers over the previous year. Victoria’s greyhound racing program expanded to 1,198 race meetings over the year, including new events such as the inaugural SEN National…