The first progeny of emerging American sire Fear The Dragon in this country are up for sale, until Wednesday. Six colts and five fillies from the former North American Cup winner are being auctioned on gavelhouse.com . They are offered up by Southland-based Macca Lodge. Altogether there are 27 lots up for sale from a number of vendors, with the auction closing on May 26. Despite winning $US1.7m and having 17 wins in 29 starts, including the 2017 North American Cup, Fear The Dragon’s not widely known here. Macca Lodge’s…
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Aussie News : May 24
By Adam Hamilton The rise and rise of Jack Trainor continues. The young former Kiwi horseman, who put his name up in lights through the deeds of Stylish Memphis and Anntonia during the Carnival of Miracles earlier this year, has grown his own stable and built a stunning strike rate since. Stable newcomer Pocket Of Terror, formerly trained by Team McCarthy, resumed from a six-month break and could not have been more impressive winning his first start for Trainor in a strong 2300m free-for-all at Menangle last night. In a…
Championship win a career highlight for Fitzgerald
By Jonny Turner Andrew Fitzgerald enjoyed one of the biggest thrills of his harness racing career when clinching victory in the New Zealand Amateur Drivers Championships at Rangiora on Sunday. The Canterbury reinsman went into the final day of the national competition with a handy lead and managed to maintain a break on his rivals with two top-five finishes in the final two heats of the four-race series. Fitzgerald, a former junior driver, went into the championship without a prior win as an amateur driver but emerged as the national…
House treble caps year in south
By Jonny Turner Michael House celebrated a year as a Southland trainer by producing a winning treble at Ascot Park on Saturday. House moved a team of horses to the Invercargill track on May 30 last year and Saturday’s meeting was the last before a full year ticks over and his Southland base celebrates its first birthday. It was appropriate that Zoned Scarlett brought up his winning treble in race 5 with Samantha Ottley in the sulky. The trotter was House’s first winner from his Southland base, with 28 more…
Will Dogs ‘hit the jackpot’?
Western Bulldogs’ devotees could be in for a ‘windfall’ with an AFL/Greys offer from betting giant, TAB. The ‘Saturday night special’ is $5.00 for Bulldogs goal-sneak Josh Bruce to kick 3+ goals against his former team St. Kilda and Jackpot to win at The Meadows. He’s currently equal second with Adelaide Crows’ Taylor “Tex” Walker in the Coleman Medal race with 27 goals (averaging three goals per game), behind Carlton’s Harry McKay on 33. Bruce is $1.85 to kick his average again this week. Meanwhile, the Ben Magri-trained Jackpot is…
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Carleen Hefel Makes It A Day To Remember At Flemington
Carleen Hefel after winning the Victorian Jockeys Association Plate at Flemington Racecourse on May 22, 2021 in Flemington, Australia. (Brett Holburt/Racing Photos) Nothing will wipe that infectious smile off Carleen Hefel’s face, following the apprentice jockey’s riding double at Flemington on Saturday afternoon. The 31-year-old apprentice bookended the meeting at Flemington when booting home Standoff in the opening event, and then rounded out the day when she won on Don’t Doubt Dory in the final event of the day. Hefel started the day with a career record of zero winners…
Khoekhoe Out Of Queensland Derby – To Be Gelded
Khoekhoe winning the Super Impose Stakes at Flemington. (Pat Scala/Racing Photos) Matt Cumani has opted to send his talented stayer Khoekhoe to the paddock to be gelded and will miss the Queensland Derby, Coming off a three-length defeat in the Group 3 Rough Habit Plate at Doomben on May 15, the son of Turffontein has been sent to the paddock with his plans for the spring up in the air. “We are going to geld him and give him a bit of a break, four to six weeks, before bringing…
Knocker ‘Frank’ about Fernando’s chances
It’s fair to say astute Pearcedale trainer/educator Dave Knocker has been living in the shadow of his teenage daughter Kayla Cottrell in recent months. Knocker is a Group 1-winning mentor, but it’s been 19-year-old Kayla that’s been creating headlines through the deeds of star littermates Fernando Bluey, G1 Australian Cup runner-up and G1 Harrison-Dawson finalist on Thursday, and Fernando Cazz, winner of the G1 Rookie Rebel. Kayla also guided the ill-fated Big Jo, also a member of the wonderful Fernando Bale x Naughty Cazza litter and only the second greyhound…
Can Tiges’ do it ‘on the bit’
Tiges’ fans won’t be ‘horsing around’ with TAB’s AFL/Greys offer tonight. They’ll be ‘riding home’ the betting giant’s $3.30 proposition on Richmond to lose by 15pts or less, or even win, against the Brisbane Lions at the Gabba and rising star On The Bit winning at his Geelong debut. Injury depleted Richmond is eighth on the AFL ladder with five wins from nine matches, while the Brisbane Lions are fourth with six wins. Meanwhile, the Matt Lanigan-trained On The Bit – a winner of four races from only six starts…