Multiple Group Two winner Ocean Emperor will once again stand at Gary and Jenny Hennessy’s Weowna Park this coming breeding season for a fee of $10,000+GST, an increase of $3,000 from last season’s fee. A son of Zabeel, Ocean Emperor was a $450,000 yearling purchase at Karaka from the draft of Waikato Stud and went on to win nine of his 28 starts for Hennessy, including the Gr.2 Japan-NZ International Trophy (1600m) and back-to-back editions of the Gr.2 Tauranga Stakes (1600m). Ocean Emperor will be standing his fourth season at…
Month: May 2022
Barrier setback for Latta’s Champagne pair
Lisa Latta once operated a Riccarton stable but that hasn’t stopped the Palmerston North trainer from getting visitor’s draws with her promising two-year-olds Diss Is Dramatic (NZ) (Dissident) and Cheveux (NZ) (Belardo). The pair started from barriers 13 and 15 respectively in last month’s Ladies Bracelet (1000m) at Riccarton when they finished second and third behind Defiant. That trio will again clash in Saturday’s Listed Berkley Stud Champagne Stakes (1200m) and again Latta’s duo have been allotted the outside two gates, with Dissident filly Diss Is Dramatic set to jump…
Butler hoping to be hometown hero in The Archer
Ash Butler returns to scale after the 2021 Rockhampton Newmarket. (Photo: Michael McInally) Just nine months after winning his first Rockhampton Newmarket, local jockey Ash Butler is hoping to win the inaugural running of The Archer at Callaghan Park on Saturday. Butler will be the only Rockhampton-based jockey in the $440,000 feature sprint, partnering the Rob Heathcote-trained Emerald Kingdom in the 1300m event. Emerald Kingdom will run for local businessmen Rob and his wife Leonie Carr in the first running of the slot-style race, so Butler is hoping he can…
Picture perfect ‘prayer’
Trainer Gavin Clifton and his cousin, David McKenzie, are ‘praying for a miracle’ with Photo Man in the TAB Million Dollar Chase (520m) – Race 9, 9.50pm – at Wentworth Park in Sydney on Saturday night. Both part-own Victoria’s ‘great white hope’ in the final – which as the title suggests – carries a staggering $1,000,000 first prize. Based at Tynong North, in West Gippsland, the Clifton-McKenzie partnership is also hoping Photo Man – $19 on TAB fixed odds – can become the first Victorian to win the MDC since its…
Cranbourne racing tips & best value bets | Friday, May 6
What Cranbourne Races Where Cranbourne Turf Club – 50 Grant St, Cranbourne VIC 3977 When Friday, May 6, 2022 First Race 17:45pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes Cranbourne gets its chance to showcase Friday night races with eight events up for grabs on a Soft 5 surface. Hopefully punters still have a little bit to play with after the Warrnambool May Racing Carnival and can get a collect before the weekend. We will try and help out with providing our best bets and value picks. For quaddie punters, we will provide some…
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South Coast Arden on the improve
By Michael Guerin NZ Free-For-All winner South Coast Arden is looking increasingly likely to be back for next week’s Flying Mile at Cambridge. The outstanding pacer missed last Friday’s Messenger at Alexandra Park after trainer Brent Mangos found mucus in his throat on race morning. The giant pacer has missed little work because of the setback and his endoscopic examinations are improving all the time. “When I had him scoped last week it wasn’t bad, the vet said like a 3 out of 5 but by today (Thursday morning) it…
Brooklyn Hustle out to silence critics in Sangster Stakes
Brooklyn Hustle works on the course proper at Morphettville earlier this week. (Photo: Makoto Kaneko) Have the stars aligned to finally provide talented Victorian sprinter Brooklyn Hustle with her breakthrough Group 1 victory in Saturday’s Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville? A cracking second behind spruik horse In The Boat last start and a reunion with jockey Jamie Kah have co-trainer Jason Warren optimistic his oft-maligned stable star can silence the critics. “I’m very hopeful that we can get a win,” Warren said from Adelaide this week. “She really deserves…
Hollindale Stakes Day betting tips | Gold Coast | May 7, 2022
What Hollindale Stakes Day Where Gold Coast Turf Club – Racecourse Dr, Surfers Paradise QLD 4217 When Saturday, May 7, 2022 Feature Race Race 8: Group 2 A.D. Hollindale Stakes (1800m) First Race 11:23am AEST Visit Ladbrokes The Gold Coast Turf Club will play host to nine high-quality races on Saturday, with a number of stars set to do battle in feature races. The likes of Ayrton, Prince Of Boom, Shooting For Gold, Orbisyn, Gypsy Goddess and Nettuno are just a couple of big names that are listed in the…
Cromwell gets new dates in 2022-23 Racing Calendar
The racing calendar for the 2022-23 season has been confirmed, and there are some changes for harness racing in both islands. “As always it’s a real jigsaw puzzle,” says Harness Racing New Zealand – General Manager Racing Catherine McDonald, “and is the result of months of consultation between us, the TAB, thoroughbreds and the greyhounds.” The biggest change is that Cromwell will get two new days on February 24 and February 26, 2023. The meetings will be hosted by the Wyndham Trotting Club. “This is a growing region which is…