By Jonny Turner The search for luck continues for Yorokobi at Addington on Thursday night. The Regan Todd trained three-year-old returns to the scene of his epically unlucky New Zealand Derby run in race 9. The smart three-year-old was handed a bitter blow before the Group One feature when he was handed barrier 16. After copping a predictable run from that horror alley Yorokobi and driver Robbie Close went to the line full of running on the back of third placegetter The Falcon. “When he drew where he did it…
Month: April 2021
Selections | Addington – April 22
Commentator Matt Cross analyses the form for today’s meeting at Addington (Thursday) Race MATT CROSS Commentator Race 15.07pm 5 Tide And Time12 Rocket Boy13 Mossdale Mac10 Ultimate Bird Race 25.32pm 13 Majestic Upstart6 Classic Call8 Trixton Time1 Love Is Everywhere Race 35.57pm 3 Am I Dreaming4 Samhara1 Smooth Debate 10 Serg Blanco Race 46.22pm 2 Bettor Twist8 Lifes A Beach7 Town Echo1 Better’s Tart Race 56.47pm 9 Outamyway4 Franco Jorik13 Sioux Princess11 Prince Teka Race 67.13pm 7 Willow Bay8 Franco Mac1 Bollinger3 Chimichurri…
2021 Queen of the Turf Winner: Nettoyer Flies Home to Beat Probabeel
The upsets kept coming at Royal Randwick on Saturday as Wendy Roche’s pizza eating mare Nettoyer took out the Queen of the Turf Stakes (1600m) as a $26.00 shot. Much like her win last year in the Doncaster, the daughter of Sebring wound up from well back in the field to pinch a win from Probabeel to claim her second Group 1 right on the line. The autumn had been rather unsuccessful up until Saturday’s race with the seven-year-old finishing well-back first-up at Randwick in the Aspiration Stakes, before failing…
2021 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Winner: Addeybb Goes Back to Back, Verry Elleegant Runs Second
The Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes lived up to the hype on Day Two of The Championships on Saturday as Addeybb leveled up the score with Verry Elleegant to defend his crown in the $4 million feature. After the pair eyeballed each other only three weeks ago to run first and second respectively in the Ranvet Stakes, punters were a little shocked to watch Tom Marquand settle back nice and early while James McDonald and Verry Elleegant rolled forward. In the end, the decision proved to be a wise one…
2021 Sydney Cup Boilover: 26-1 Chance Selino Claims the Spoils
The time-honoured Sydney Cup turned into a boil-over at Royal Randwick on Saturday as 26-1 pop Selino won the race for a fifth time for trainer Chris Waller. Since arriving over from Europe during the spring, the five-year-old stayer had been a consistent customer in work running fifth in the Group 3 Manion Cup at Rosehill last month before improving for fourth in last week’s Chairman Quality at Randwick over the 2600m. Returning on the quick backup, Waller’s former apprentice Ron Stewart was booked to replace Craig Williams in the saddle,…
Wild Ruler Remains Unbeaten at Randwick with Brilliant Arrowfield Stakes Win
Wild Ruler extended his unbeaten run at Randwick to four on Saturday with a brave win in the Group 2 Arrowfield Sprint (1200m) between the three-year-olds. The Snitzel colt was caught three-wide after jumping from an awkward gate, but still had enough left in reserve to kick clear at the 250m mark to eventually see off a late challenge from the fast-finishing Isotope. The Snowden-trained three-year-old was potted as a $6.00 chance in the field following a complete forgive run last time out in The Galaxy when he struggled to…
2021 Australian Oaks Winner: Hungry Heart Claims Win No. 4 for Chris Waller
Kerrin McEvoy and Hungry Heart combined to make it back-to-back Group 1’s on Day Two of The Championships on Saturday by taking out the $1 million Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick. Only a week removed from their triumph in last week’s Vinery Stud Stakes, the pair returned to Randwick to tackle the extra 400m against a dazzling field of three-year-old fillies looking to cap off their autumn in style. Chris Waller’s brilliant stayer remained a steady $5.00 chance before the jump with Vinery second place-getter Harmony Rose well-supported as the…
Tommy Berry Combines for Percy Sykes Stakes Upset Aboard Jamaea
A memorable edition of the Group 2 Percy Sykes Stakes (1200m) was run and won at Randwick on Saturday with Robert Price’s lightly-raced two-year-old Jamaea staging an upset as a 17-1 pop. The filly by Headwater returned to the races for the first time in just over a month to gun down $3.00 co-favourite Crystal Bound with a huge turn of foot over the concluding stages. Fresh from a brief left-up, the two-year-old had plenty of work to do jumping from an awkward draw, but a patient ride from Tommy…
Entries open for Broodmare sale
Entries are now open for a high caliber broodmare sale set to be hosted on leading online auction platform Gavelhouse Plus. Bidding on the dedicated broodmare sale catalogue is scheduled to launch next Wednesday 28 April and will run for a week, with the first lot closing on Wednesday 5 May at 7pm. Gavelhouse Plus has hosted a number of successful online sessions since its inauguration in 2020, the highlight being Spanish Whisper when fetching an online record price of A$1,202,500. “With recent interest fielded by the NZB and gavelhouse.com…
Tauranga double for Mirabelli
Cambridge horseman Paul Mirabelli celebrated a winning double a Tauranga on Wednesday, the first in his training career. He started off the day well when Charred (NZ) (Guillotine) took out the opening race on the card, the Gartshore Construction 2100. The five-year-old gelding was pushed forward early by jockey James Seivwright who was able to find the trail behind Hit The Road Jack (NZ) (Jakkalberry), before Fortune Wings (NZ) (Tavistock) took the front-running role. Seivwright kept to the rail turning for home where Charred began a fierce duel with Hit…