Month: January 2022

Selections | Wairarapa- Today Jan 2

NZHarnessNews

Garrick Knight’s selections for Wairarapa today – Sunday Jan 2    Head to www.tab.co.nz to place your bet! Race Garrick Knight Race 110:30am 10 Break Free4 Uncle Louis7 The Hulk8 Full of Hope Race 211:00am 7 Where’s the Gold9 I Won’t Back Down8 Leconte4 Mozzarella Race 311:27am 4 Piiki Whara3 The Only Decision9 Hellofasportstar6 Ideal Zen Race 411:54am 10 Miss Hathaway5 The Cobbler9 Mr Perfect2 Hampton   Race 512:21pm 6 Play By Ear2 Betstars Blue Jean7 Ideal Prince5 Hezashadowplaya Race 612:48pm 12 Kruizr11 Brookies Jaffa6 Santana Mach4 Ace Strike

Zippy Tesla’s Silver Chief thriller

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Zippy Tesla unleashed an ‘electrifying’ finishing burst to defy an alarming betting drift and claim a thrilling last stride victory in the TAB Silver Chief final (525m) at The Meadows on Saturday night. Trained by Andrea Dailly, Zippy Tesla sprouted wings in the home straight to grab gallant leader Compliance in the final stride. It was a spine-tingling conclusion to the year’s first G1 event and will take some topping over the next 12 months. Calling the time-honoured age-restricted feature – greyhound racing’s equivalent of the Victoria Derby – for…

Master Eight lands Group 3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy to remain unbeaten

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Master Eight (No. 5) makes it five in a row. Joao Moreira believes Master Eight has the ability to rise to the top of Hong Kong’s sprinting ranks after the gifted speedster preserved his unbeaten record with victory in the Group 3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy Handicap (1000m) to seal a memorable day for trainer Frankie Lor. Lor, who previously won the Bauhinia Sprint Trophy in 2019 with Big Party, also pocketed the Group 3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1400m) with Healthy Happy and Alexis Badel, but Moreira predicts Master…

Healthy Happy seizes Group 3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup

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Healthy Happy lengthens under Alexis Badel. Healthy Happy (132lb) made a sparkling return to racing in Saturday afternoon’s (1 January) HKD$3.7 million Group 3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin. First-up after 194 days between runs, Frankie Lor’s charge made his seasonal reappearance a triumphant one under familiar ally Alexis Badel – holding on by a neck to deny Lucky Express (128lb) and Excellent Proposal (125lb) in a time of 1m 22.10s. “It was a fantastic win from the horse, I am so happy to see him…

Oceanic Flash out-toughs them at Kensington

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The Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou-trained Oceanic Flash (NZ) (Sacred Falls) has out-toughed his more fancied rivals in the Heineken 3 Hcp (2400m) at Randwick on the Kensington course. He broke his maiden at Newcastle two months ago and the son of Sacred Falls now has a Saturday metropolitan win to his name after holding off the Chris Waller-trained Born A King (Frankel) ($7) by a head with Waller’s other galloper Black Queen (NZ) (Mongolian Khan) ($8.50) a further three quarters of a length back in third. It was a…

Kirwan’s Lane relishes quick backup

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The John O’Shea-trained Kirwan’s Lane (NZ) (Charm Spirit) has put together back-to-back wins in the space of six days. He broke through at Randwick on the course proper on Boxing Day and has franked that form with an impressive win on the Kensington surface in Saturday’s Maroubra Mile over 1550m. The Charm Spirit gelding was strong on the line defeating fellow New Zealand-bred Purple Sector ($5) by one and a half lengths with Bigboyroy (Dissident) ($4.40) three quarters of a length back in third. The five-year-old is now building up…

Mali Ston strikes in incident packed Rich Hill Mile

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Lightweight runner Mali Ston (NZ) (El Roca) produced a performance that had to be seen to be believed when he weaved through traffic to take out the Gr.2 Rich Hill Mile (1600m) at Ellerslie. In a race that was marred by the breakdown and fall of race favourite Gold Watch (NZ) (Swiss Ace), Mali Ston defied a chequered passage early in the home straight to collar Mai Tai (NZ) (Atlante) in the shadows of the post for trainer Darryn Weatherley and his son Sam, who was aboard the El Roca…