Trainer Peter Moody would like to head Queensland next year with Mornington debut winner Liberated Girl (NZ) (Iffraaj). Jamie Kah does not believe she has ridden a horse that is as ‘horse shy’ as the daughter of Iffraaj. Liberated Girl scored in the Polvin Fencing Straight Maiden Plate (1500m) on Wednesday under a patient ride from Kah. “I wanted to slot in three-wide with cover, but she wouldn’t go near any horses,” Kah told racing.com “She was laying out and got a bit of a bump and she wanted to hang out, she’s very green. “I…
Month: December 2021
Duke Wai ready for G3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup
Paul O’Sullivan is buoyant of a positive result with stable star Duke Wai (NZ) (Per Incanto) in Saturday’s HK$3.7 million Gr.3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin, hopeful his charge can reap the benefits from his remarkable reliability on the track. “He tries hard and the handicapper has done the right thing by the horse because he is just too consistent, he never goes bad enough to drop points,” O’Sullivan said. The six-year-old has finished inside the top three 14 times from 26 starts in Hong Kong,…
Tutukaka begins on Derby path in Auckland Guineas
Tutukaka might be dropping back from a Derby trip but there’s little doubt that the two-time Australian stakes winner spearheads a three-pronged attack for Cambridge trainer Tony Pike on Saturday’s Gr.2 SkyCity Auckland Guineas (1600m) at Ellerslie. The Tavistock gelding returned to New Zealand last month, just two days after finishing a creditable sixth in the Gr.1 Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington. He had won the Listed Geelong Classic (2000m) at his previous start, having already won at Listed level in Queensland as a late two-year-old in the Tatts Stakes…
Cunneen celebrates first stakes success
The trajectory of Meg Cunneen’s burgeoning training career took another upward spiral at Timaru on Tuesday when William Wallace (NZ) (Darci Brahma) took out the Listed Craigmore Sustainable Holdings Timaru Cup (1600m). It was Cunneen’s first stakes victory and she was duly jubilant with the result so early on in her career. “That was my first stakes win and my third win as a trainer, it was very exciting,” Cunneen said. “I have been lucky, I have got a good group of owners who have supported me with some really…
Rae missing South Island Christmas scene
For the first time in a decade the Christmas and New Year racing action in the South Island will be missing the presence of trainer Ken Rae. Rae and daughter Krystal Williams-Tuhoro will still have a number of runners engaged over the next three weeks, including five at the Kurow meeting on Thursday, however the man himself is back home at Ruakaka due to circumstances beyond his control. “I sent Krystal and one of my staff south with our team but had intended to join them at Kurow later this…
More of the same for smart performer Beauden
Beauden (NZ) (Bullbars) kickstarted a rich vein of form with a runaway victory in the 2020 Taupo Cup and co-trainer Graeme Rogerson is plotting a repeat summer campaign with his well-performed stayer. The Joan Egan-bred and raced son of Bullbars has been out once since a brief break and will appreciate the step up in distance when he defends his Harcourts Taupo Cup (2000m) crown on Thursday. Beauden finished a respectable seventh in the Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m) in the spring before he was put aside and resumed in the…
Jose doubles up in Gosford Cup heats
Catani trainer Graeme Jose’s long drive to Gosford on Tuesday paid off handsomely when kennel stars Aston Shine and Lots Of Chatter both won heats of the Group 2 Gosford Cup (515m). Remarkably, Aston Shine and Lots Of Chatter ran identical time, both clocking 29.37sec. Aston Shine, second to Koblenz in the G2 Cranbourne Cup on October 30, looked ‘over the odds’ at $10 in the opening heat and that proved to be the case as the son of Fernando Bale and Fantastic Dotty led all-the-way from Box 3. GOSFORD…
‘Battle of Balliang’
It looms as the ‘Battle of Balliang’ when sister, Graclyn Bale, and brother, Jarick Bale, renew acquaintances in tonight’s Seaside Distance Challenge (650m) at Warrnambool. Expect no quarter given as the Mar ’19 Allen Deed x Houston Bale littermates – both trained by Mark Delbridge – engage in sibling rivalry. Delbridge has the $6400 to-the-winner event at his mercy – a highlight of the evening as the popular annual ‘Seaside Carnival’ gets into full swing. And the 650m track record – set by Weblec Haze (36.82sec) on January 9 this year…
Prize money threshold increased
Participants may have noticed that in recent months they have been granted prize money earlier than was previously the case in recent months. Prior to 10 August 2021, prize money sums greater than $5,000 were held until a clear swab was returned, however that figure has now been increased to $10,000.
Horse Racing History: Today In Racing 29th December
This day 29th December in horse racing news history From the extensive Horse Betting news archives we present the all the thoroughbred racing action in Australian and overseas racing news in history. Delve in and enjoy our walk back in horse racing time. Australia horse racing news 2 hours ago Golden Slipper set to receive 1 million dollar boost The world’s richest two-year-old race has earnt another prizemoney boost, with the Australian Turf Club (ATC) confirming that the $5 …Read More Australia horse racing news 2 hours ago Isotope set…