Progressive three-year-old Atishu has left trainer Stephen Marsh in a bit of a quandary after she demolished her rivals to take out the Listed NZB Airfreight Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton. The Savabeel three-year-old was sent out a red-hot favourite after she overcame a stumble leaving the starting gates at her most recent run to comprehensively down the majority of the race rivals she faced in Saturday’s black type feature. This time there was no such sensation at the start, although rider Kozzi Asano was content to let her find her…
Month: April 2021
Quick Thinker lands Chairman’s Quality
The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained Quick Thinker was back in the winner’s circle when winning the Gr.2 Chairman’s Quality (2600m) at Randwick on Saturday in a truly run affair on a Soft7 track. The four-year-old entire had not run a place in six starts since winning the Gr.1 Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick 12 months ago, but the Kiwi raider always looked to be relishing the solid tempo and track conditions. Ridden by Damian Lane, the son of So You Think staved off former Kiwi Rondinella, with third placegetter…
Te Aroha abandoned after race three
The Te Aroha racemeeting on Saturday was abandoned when track conditions were deemed dangerous after the first horse past the post in race three slipped and feel shortly after crossing the finish line. Rain during the day caused the downgraded Dead6 surface to become slippery and forced the abandonment after the Cody Cole-trained Extortion slipped past the winning post after being involved in some tightening with runner-up Corretto and the third placed Superdonna as the trio fought out the finish of the 1200m contest. Extortion’s rider Sam Collett bounced quickly…
American Lightning on trial for Group Two assignment
By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk A good result in the Magnum Automotive/Wanaka Auto Elec & Mechanical Mobile Pace (2200m) at Ascot Park Raceway on Saturday will have exciting three-year-old American Lightning in line for a Group Two test next month. A tilt at the Gr.2 Alabar Southern Supremacy Stakes Final (2700m) on May 2 is on the cards and trainers Graeme Anderson and Mike Love are hoping for a solid hit-out ahead of the southern feature. American Lightning has shown a lot of promise early on in his career,…
Christianshavtime makes it five wins for the season
By Michael Guerin Trainer Logan Hollis knows Christianshavtime needs a new weapon to have a realistic chance of snaring a Group One this season. He just isn’t sure how he and training partner Shane Robertson are going to help him find it. The four-year-old showed five weeks between runs had done him no harm when he came from last to win the feature pace at Alexandra Park on Friday, clocking a super slick 1:55.4 mile rate for the 2200m mobile. It was his sixth career win and fifth this season…
Edmonds credits team effort for Group One win
By Michael Guerin Newly-crowned Group One-winning trainer Craig Edmonds says he doesn’t like trotters any more than pacers. “I just like fast horses,” he laughs. But that comment gets harder to believe when Five Wise Men gave Edmonds and his daughter Aimee their first Group One winner in the $100,000 Livamol NZ Trotting Derby at Addington on Friday and you realise of their 51 career wins together 43 have been with trotters. “I suppose we just tend to get more trotters but I think we have done pretty well…
‘King Ferdinand’ rules in Ballarat Cup
All hail ‘King Ferdinand’! The sport has a new sprinting sovereign – Ferdinand Boy. Trained by David Geall, Ferdinand Boy reigned supreme in tonight’s $67,000 Bottle-O Ballarat Cup final (450m). Utilising his favourite draw (Box 8) to full advantage, Ferdinand Boy ran his rivals off their paws to snare a $47,000 first prize. His stakes spiralled to $163,060. Ferdinand Boy ($2.50F) accounted for Fortuna Bale ($18.10) – who was third to Yozo Bale in last year’s Ballarat Cup – by 3.1L, with “Bendigo Bullet” Bound To Succeed ($9.30) a further…
Ben’s hopes and dreams come true with Muscle Mountain
By Jonny Turner The day junior driver Ben Hope has been dreaming of since he was a child arrived on Friday when Muscle Mountain chased down his star rival Sundees Son to win the Group One New Zealand Trotting Championship. Hope showed the poise of a driver well beyond his 21 years when expertly guiding the rising star of New Zealand trotting to victory in the 2600m Addington feature. And in doing so, Hope joined a select group of New Zealand drivers to have tasted top-level success as a junior…
Draw no concern in Krug’s epic Derby win
by Jonny Turner Krug’s superstar qualities turned pre-race concern into post-race jubilation as he left his rivals in his wake in a brilliant New Zealand Derby win at Addington on Friday night. Driver Blair Orange seized the opportunity to control the Group One feature in front and in the process delivered the quickest of answers following a week of pontificating by fans and pundits over how the Cran and Chrissie Dalgety trained colt would handle his wide front row. The result afterwards was both predictable and a delight to…
2021 Sires’ Produce Stakes betting tips & odds | Randwick | 10/4
What 2021 Sires’ Produce Stakes Where Royal Randwick Racecourse – Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031 When Saturday, April 10, 2021 | 2:30pm AEST | Race 6 Prizemoney $1,000,000 Distance 1400m Status Group 1 Race Conditions Set weights | 2YO 2020 Winner King’s Legacy (8) – 56.5kg | Jockey: Hugh Bowman | Trainer: Peter & Paul Snowden Watch Live Streaming Live at Sportsbet A field of 10 two-year-olds will do battle in the $1 million Group 1 Sires’ Produce Stakes this Saturday on Day 1 of The Championships. While it is…