Month: March 2021

Herbert winds back the clock

NZHarnessNews

By Jonny Turner Driver Jo Herbert wound back the clock almost 18 years when she notched a race-to-race double at Motukarara on Sunday. Herbert’s double was her first since 2003 and it came after she drove Taumata VC to win race 4 and Hello Adele to win race 5. The reinswoman kept herself in her family’s good books when producing a perfectly timed run with the Colin and Julie DeFilippi trained Taumata VC. The victory was a turnaround for the pacer after she could not capitalise on an even better…

Tomlinson’s favoured four

NZHarnessNews

By Jonny Turner Four quality drives await junior reinswoman Kerryn Tomlinson at Wingatui on Monday. Bookmakers are backing Tomlinson to enjoy a good afternoon at Forbury Park’s dual-code meeting, rating each of her four drives either first or second favourite. Olive Cook heads Tomlinson’s handy book following her solid fresh up second at Addington last week. The Peter and Mitchell Robertson trained mare looks to get a royal chance to strike winning form in race 5. “We were really happy with her at Addington,” Tomlinson said. “She was fresh up…

Punt Drunk: Can the luck of the Irish get Brett Scott the win?

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Punt Drunk Daily – 20/3/21 G’day punters, and essentially Merry Christmas! What an absolute buffet of racing we have today at a wet and sloppy Rosehill with five, yes five Group 1 races to be run and won. The fantastic team here at Horsebetting have all your punting needs covered at not only Rosehill but a strong support cart at Mornington, where a win in the Mornington Cup gifts you a golden ticket straight into the 2021 Caulfield Cup. Safe to say, if you do not have an online betting…

Golden Slipper and Sydney Autumn Carnival back a week

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2021 Golden Slipper meeting at Rosehill Gardens has been postponed. Racing NSW and the Australian Turf Club have determined that all race meetings forming part of the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival will be run seven days later than originally scheduled. This was necessary after the postponement of today’s Longines Golden Slipper meeting at Rosehill Gardens due to continued heavy rain and following a track inspection by Racing NSW Stewards this morning. The revised dates for the Sydney Autumn Carnival are as follows: Meeting Venue New Date Golden Slipper Day Rosehill…

Hayes’ youngsters Master Montaro and Fantastic Treasure tackle Derby undercard

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Master Montaro wins under Vincent Ho. While two-time champion trainer David Hayes looks set to feature prominently in Sunday’s (21 March) BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) with Shadow Hero and Conqueror, the Australian handler will also have an eye on the undercard as talented young guns Master Montaro and Fantastic Treasure bid for back-to-back wins. A two-time winner already in Hong Kong, Master Montaro will be unleashed by Hayes for the fifth time but for the first time in Class 2 as he aims to continue his ascent up the…

Oaks heroine a new star for Waikato Stud’s Jacqwin line

NZRacingDesk

Amarelinha’s superb victory in Saturday’s Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham has breathed new life into a quality family that Waikato Stud bought into almost two decades ago. By all-conquering Waikato Stud stallion Savabeel out of the young O’Reilly mare Hopscotch, Amarelinha (NZ) was bred by Waikato Stud and went through their Book 1 draft at Karaka 2019, where she was bought by Te Akau Racing’s David Ellis for $300,000. Two years on, Amarelinha has been a standout of her generation in New Zealand this season, winning five of…

Flying ‘Ferdinand’ breaks 450m TR in Shepparton Cup

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Flying Ferdinand Boy was hailed a champion in the making after his track record-breaking performance in tonight’s Group 2 CKH Painting Shepparton Cup final (450m). Trained by David Geall, Ferdinand Boy (Box 8) flew out of the traps and made every post a winner in a mind-boggling 24.75sec – eclipsing the 24.77sec mark, set by Hard Style Rico in a Shepparton Cup heat last year. (Hard Style Rico went on to win the final.) Ferdinand Boy ($4.50) defeated the Jason Thompson trained Catch The Thief ($3.60F) – whose effort was…

Stakes assignment on the horizon for No Filter

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A decisive victory at Tauranga could have promising three-year-old No Filter (NZ) (Toronado) on a path towards a start in the Gr.3 Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa in May. The Richard Collett-trained son of Toronado did all that was asked of him in accounting for his age-group rivals over 1200m on Saturday with Collett pleased to get another win on the board after experiencing plenty of bad luck in his last few starts. Settled sweetly in the trail by Collett’s son-in-law Andrew Calder, No Filter pushed through a…

Jessiegee due elusive stakes success

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Trainer Mike Breslin believes honest mare Jessiegee (NZ) (Alamosa) is more than deserving of a slice of big race luck after the plucky seven-year-old went within a neck of causing an upset in Saturday’s Gr.3 Wentwood Grange Cuddle Stakes (1600m) at Trentham. It was the fifth time that the daughter of Alamosa has finished in the runner-up position in a stakes race and the second time in the Trentham feature after she finished second to class mare Concert Hall (NZ) (Savabeel) in the 2019 edition. While Breslin wasn’t convinced that…