Rich Hill Stud shuttle stallion Satono Aladdin posted strong results during yesterday’s JRHA Select Yearling Sale at Northern Horse Park. The Group One-winning son of the legendary Deep Impact had five youngsters go through the ring and they sold for $3,539,848 at an average of $707,969 with a top price of $1,487,872. The most popular colt was Lot 82, who was offered by Northern Farm and purchased by Haramura Masatochi. The colt is a half-brother to four winners including the G3 Fairy Stakes winner and G1 Japanese Guineas third Fine…
Month: July 2021
Masetto primed for Whangarei Gold Cup
Masetto (NZ) (Cape Blanco) will be vying for back-to-back cup victories when he heads north to Ruakaka on Saturday. The Group Three performer was impressive when winning the Bream Bay Cup (2100m) at the Northland track last month by 5-1/2 lengths and will meet a similar field in the ITM/GIB Whangarei Gold Cup (2100m) this weekend. Masetto joined Ardmore Lodge trainer Allan Smith’s barn a couple of months ago and he has impressed his new handler in that time, recording a win and a runner-up result from just three starts.…
Trentham test for Richard Of Yorke
Richard Of Yorke (Oasis Dream) secured his maiden hurdle victory at Te Aroha last month and now a feature target awaits the promising jumper at Trentham on Saturday. The Jamie Richards-trained nine-year-old will contest the Hydra-Cell Pumps Wellington Hurdle (3400m) where he will be ridden by regular jockey Michael Roustoby. “We’d placed in all five jumps starts prior (to his win at Te Aroha) and I was thrilled to get the win,” Roustoby said. “He wasn’t that confident to start with over hurdles and once he gained confidence we struck…
Cetus on a roll for Allan
Late-blooming Cetus (NZ) (Nom Du Jeu) is giving former top jockey Tony Allan plenty to cheer about in his fledgling career as a trainer. The six-year-old gelding couldn’t have been more impressive when winning a Rating 74 event by more than six lengths over 1550m at Awapuni last Saturday, and he may back up this weekend in the Whyte Handicap (1600m) at Trentham. It was Allan’s second victory since he took up a trainer’s licence at the beginning of the 2020-21 season. His first also came with Cetus, at his…
Henderson juvenile Hong Kong bound
Stakes-winning two-year-old Atullibigeal (Street Boss) has been sold and will continue his career in Hong Kong. Prepared by Te Awamutu horseman Carl Henderson, the son of Street Boss was an impressive winner of the Listed Auckland Futurity Stakes (1400m), with all the makings of a nice middle-distance horse for the forthcoming season. But not surprisingly, overseas interest was strong in the quality youngster, who was also runner-up in the Listed Champagne Stakes (1600m) at his previous start, having also won over 1300m at Ellerslie in early April. The sale left…
Patterson returning from Queensland expedition
Taranaki horseman Robbie Patterson was pleased with the run of stable star Coventina Bay (NZ) (Shamexpress) in Sunday’s Listed Glasshouse Handicap (1400m) at the Sunshine Coast, despite the five-year-old mare not getting the rub of the green. Shuffled back to near last, the daughter of Shamexpress made a wide looping run to be beaten just over three lengths in ninth, rounding out her campaign which culminated in three starts in Queensland. “It was just a slowly run race, which didn’t suit,” Patterson said. “Emerald King got pulled out of the…
Copy That favoured to beat Australia’s best
By Adam Hamilton Kiwi star Copy That gets his chance to upstage Australia’s champion pacer King Of Swing at Albion Park on Saturday night. A stark contrast of barrier draws has given Copy That and driver Anthony Butt a huge advantage over King Of Swing in the $100,000 Group 1 Sunshine Sprint (1660m). Copy That has gate five, while King Of Swing will have to come from outside the back row (gate 11) to post his seventh Group 1 win in the 19 months he’s been in Team McCarthy. As…
Our Playboy set for Cantala Stakes after Winx Guineas win
Our Playboy ridden by Ben Melham wins the Neds Vain Stakes at Caulfield Racecourse on August 15, 2020 in Caulfield, Australia. (Pat Scala/Racing Photos) Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr have hinted at big plans this spring for Our Playboy after he trounced his rivals in the Group 3 Winx Guineas (1600m) at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday. The son of Sebring was partnered by Robbie Fradd, who gave the Victorian galloper one of the best rides of the Queensland Winter Carnival to date. After jumping from the outside alley…
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Punt Drunk: Punters left gobsmacked by $251 winner at Gawler
From Jamie Kah riding her 100th Victorian metropolitan winner of the 2020/21 season, to a $251 shot saluting at Gawler, to Our Playboy smashing his rivals in the Listed Winx Guineas, Monday’s edition of Punt Drunk takes a look back at the weekend that was in the racing world. Kah brings up the ton in style “I was hearing the crowd cheer and I actually got goosebumps over the line. It was pretty special.”@jamieleekah07, you are incredible. #Kah100 pic.twitter.com/3cAO7DN476 — Racing.com (@Racing) July 10, 2021 Jamie Kah and all her…