Mapperley Stud has announced their exciting young stallion Contributer is fully booked for the 2021 breeding season. Following a satisfying year on the track and success in the sales ring, his service fee was increased from $10,000+GST to $22,000+GST this year. His progeny’s success was headlined by Lion’s Roar, who won the Gr.1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) and placed in the Gr.1 Australian Derby (2400m) over the Sydney Autumn Carnival. Llanacord was another exciting talent to emerge from his first crop, winning the Gr.2 Lowland Stakes (2100m) at Hastings and subsequently…
Month: June 2021
Whale Watch – Cambridge – Tonight (Friday)
Craig “The Whale” Thompson shares his thoughts on tonight’s meeting at Cambridge (Friday).
Selections | Addington – Tonight (Friday – June 11)
Trottech gives its tips for today’s twilight meeting at Addington, first race 3.55pm. Race TROTTECH Form Analyst Race 13.55pm 10 Royal Del11 Kowhai Sundown4 Bella Button5 One Two Menny Race 24.24pm 8 Sugar Me2 Classie Washington12 Press Play11 Still Truckin Race 34.53pm 7 Down To The Bone11 Suzie Rocks 9 Arden’s Reality2 Unfazed Race 45.20pm 10 Sioux Princess6 Sugarinspice4 Full Of Hope9 My Moment’s Now Race 55.52pm 7 Smokin Annie10 Soundsofcash9 A Delightful Act 3 Arden’s Delight …
Whale Watch – Addington – Friday June 11
The Whale takes us through today’s twilight meeting at Addington (Friday).
Jason Teaz’s Cambridge tips for tonight (Friday)
Form analyst Jason Teaz has a detailed look at tonight’s fields at Cambridge (Friday). Race 1 3 Highview Rockn Roll7 The Last Gamble6 Safrakova9 Griffins Hall HIGHVIEW ROCKN ROLL never runs a bad race, also steps and goes. Second at Auckland behind a five win horse over the 2200m. Hard to beat.THE LAST GAMBLE will enjoy having Dale Moore back in the cart. The combination won last Thursday at the Pukekohe trials easily. She’s in career best form but she just needs to have her manners at the start on…
Stradbroke Handicap 2021 Field & Odds: Vega One Narrow Favourite
The Tony Gollan-trained Vega One is tipped as the in-form winter galloper to beat again this weekend when the last start Kingsford-Smith Cup champion lines-up as favourite in the 2021 Stradbroke Handicap field. Vega One (pictured at the Gold Coast) is tipped to enjoy another Group 1 success in Saturday’s Stradbroke Handicap 2021. Photo: Steve Hart. Queensland’s most iconic race, the Group 1 $1.5 million Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) features as the highlight on an outstanding Eagle Farm race card on Saturday and has drawn a typically strong field of middle-distance…
Kamaruddin takes out apprentice challenge
Joe Kamaruddin was in red-hot form at New Plymouth on Thursday when taking out the apprentice jockeys challenge. He opened his account with a win aboard the Robbie Patterson-trained Swiss Kitty in the 1200m maiden before going on to win aboard stablemate Dame Vera in the NZB Insurance Pearl Series Race (1400m). He closed his account with victory in the last race on the card aboard the Darrell Hollinshead-trained Lord Valentine, giving Kamaruddin a treble and the apprentice challenge title. Kamaruddin now sits on 28 wins for the season and…
Kiwi-breds impress at Happy Valley
New Zealand-bred horses brought up an early double at Happy Valley on Wednesday, winning the first two races on the card. Karis Teetan’s victory on the Caspar Fownes-trained Sky Gem (NZ) (Niagara) in the opener underlined his soaring confidence as the gelding blitzed his rivals with a two-length win in the Class 5 Yan Chau Tong Handicap (2200m) in class record time of 2m 15.87s. Starting from gate 12, Teetan unleashed Sky Gem near the 1000m mark with a decisive mid-race move, taking the lead leaving the back straight before…
Whale Watch – Forbury Park – Tonight
Craig “The Whale” Thompson gives his thoughts on tonight’s meeting at Forbury Park (Thursday) in this edition of Whale Watch.
Matamata breakthrough for Colin Oscopy
Emerging young trainer Samantha Logan sent out an eye-catching winner at Matamata on Wednesday when the eye-wateringly-named Colin Oscopy broke maiden ranks over 2000m. The four-year-old son of Zed looks a stayer of real promise after racing to a seven and a half length success, with Logan happy to take her time with the gelding. “We have always had a high opinion of him, but he has just taken a bit of time, being by Zed, so I think getting up in trip and a wet track, in addition to…