Year: 2021

The Simon Miller-trained Angelic Miss (NZ) (Savabeel) made it back-to-back stakes victories when dashing home to win the Listed Jungle Dawn Classic (1400m) at Ascot in Perth. The five-year-old daughter of Savabeel was the third stakes winner on the day for Miller, who had earlier sent out Liwa (Mulaazem) to win the Sir Ernest Lee-Steere Classic (1400m) and Valour Road (Frost Giant) to win the Gr.3 A.J. Scahill Stakes (1400m). From a wide draw Angelic Miss got back in the field and despite the moderate tempo was able to blend…

Kiwi bred galloper Smokin’ Romans (NZ) (Ghibellines) cruised to victory in Saturday’s Listed Pakenham Cup (2500m) under a perfect ride from comeback jockey Jamie Kah. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained five-year-old provided Kah with her first win since August following her three-month ban for breaking COVID-19 protocols, The star hoop had time to wave her whip to the crowd and drop her head in relief as she ran clear in the A$300,000 race aboard the favourite. After being narrowly edged out when second in the Gr.3 Bendigo Cup (2400m),…

A downgrade in the Matamata track due to persistent rain on the day played right into the hands of local runner Dark Destroyer (NZ) (Proisir) as the promising galloper delivered a gritty victory in the day’s feature event, the Gr.3 Mitchell Family Bonecrusher Stakes (1400m). Sent out a warm $2 favourite after the late scratching of his well-fancied stablemate Karman Line (NZ) (Myboycharlie) due to the downgrade from a Dead4 to a Slow8 track surface, the Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained son of Proisir showed plenty of heart as he…

Trainer Peter Lock admits he has plenty of battles with progressive mare Faithful Feat (NZ) (Per Incanto) and is hoping he has won the war after she made it back-to-back wins with a comprehensive victory at Matamata on Saturday. The daughter of Little Avondale Stud-based stallion Per Incanto relished the Slow7 track conditions as she bolted clear in the home straight for rider Matt Cameron, taking out the Stella Artois 1500 Championship Qualifier (1400m) by a comfortable three length margin. Lock was keen to see his charge continue to make…

The Lisa Latta-trained Belardo Boy (NZ) (Belardo) made the most of an abbreviated race meeting at Trentham on Saturday when he stormed to victory in the opening event. The Lisa Latta-trained three-year-old took advantage of a rails-hugging ride by Danielle Johnson to produce a powerful home straight sprint which saw him collar the pace-making Lady Koval (American Pharoah) in the shadows of the post to register his second career victory. Fears for the meeting quickly became apparent as the jockeys returned to scale, with video replays showing the Mike Breslin-rained…