Wet track specialist Shoshone (NZ) (Sacred Falls) will attempt to get her winter campaign back on track at Tauranga on Saturday following a below-par performance at her most recent appearance. The daughter of Sacred Falls will step out in iLine Project Managers’ Handicap (1200m), in which she has the inside gate and apprentice rider Kelsey Hannan’s claim will reduce her weight to a competitive 53.5kg. Shoshone finished an encouraging fourth at Pukekohe Park in May when returning from a spell, but then produced an uncharacteristic effort at Te Rapa where…
Month: August 2022
Filly ready to fire in Southland return
By Jonny Turner Aint No Angel has the form and the draw to start the first Southland meeting in a while off on the right note for trainer Brad Williamson. Williamson heads south with three live chances who will step out at Wyndham on Thursday following the province’s short winter hiatus from racing. Smart filly Aint No Angel brings all the right form to race 4 following tidy efforts in competitive races at Addington. As respective as her last start fifth behind the talented Donmaro was, her trainer is expecting…
Leading NT jockey Jarrod Todd unlikely to forget 2021/22 season
Darwin-based jockey Jarrod Todd celebrates with champion NT trainer Gary Clarke after they combined to win the 2022 Alice Springs Cup (2000m) with Count Of Essex at Pioneer Park in May. He is the leading jockey in the Top End and has enjoyed a successful period in recent times, but Jarrod Todd is unlikely to forget the 2021/22 season anytime soon. Unlikely the 34-year-old will forget the 2022 Darwin Cup Carnival either after winning 15 of the 59 races conducted during eight race meetings at Fannie Bay throughout July and…
Happy days for Myers after Grand National win
Happy Star (NZ) (Fabulous) cemented Kevin Myers at the top of the Grand National Hurdles (4200m) ladder when winning the Wanganui trainer’s fifth title in the race at Riccarton on Wednesday. With Myers training the four fancied runners in the seven-horse field, he was odds on to take victory in the race, but nothing is a surety in racing. Stable runner He’s Ric (NZ) Zed) set the pace throughout and Happy Star proved to be a handful in the trail for jockey Shaun Phelan, with the gelding by Fabulous pulling…
Yanagida lived a life with no regrets
Life as a jockey may not have been the career choice Kayano Yanagida saw for her son Taiki, but she has taken comfort from the fact the 28-year-old never doubted his path. This was reiterated in the statement issued by Kayano earlier today following the popular jockey’s death in Waikato Hospital last night. “Taiki repeatedly said he had no regrets,” Kayano Yanagida said. “He told us the same when he went back to New Zealand from Kyoto a month ago. As his family, we will always remember these words as…
Regally-bred trotter set to make debut
By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk Regally-bred colt Yogi Son has a lot to live up to and he will begin that task at Cambridge Raceway on Thursday. The Majestic Son juvenile will make his debut in the 2YO Mobile Trot (1700m) and trainer Kyle Marshall said he will use the non-tote race as an educational outing for the colt who has won both of his trials to date. “He is well liked by everyone around the place, he has got a big following,” Marshall said. “With it being a…
Katherine Cup Day expected to draw thousands this Saturday
The Katherine Turf Club’s annual Cup Day meeting in the Northern Territory takes place at the Jim Jackson Racecourse this Saturday. After the hysteria and excitement of the recent Darwin Cup Carnival, the action in the Top End resumes on Saturday with the annual Katherine Cup Day meeting. Up to 3000 patrons are expected to walk through Jim Jackson Racecourse gates on the weekend. It’s a nice way for horses that didn’t feature prominently at Fannie Bay during the Darwin Cup Carnival to stretch their legs despite the three-hour trip…
Dailly double?
Donning the ‘Big V’ is one of the highest honours in any of our sporting codes. So, it’s high stakes when the state finals of the National Sprint Championship (515m) and National Distance Championship (715m) are decided at Sandown Park on Thursday night. And it’s “Team Dailly” who holds the whip hand in the NSC state final and has an undeniable chance in the NDC state final. Both events carry a $12,000 first prize. They’ll launch a triple challenge in the Sprint final (Race 8, 8.37pm) with G1 Silver Chief…
Coolmore target for Grand Impact
Grand Impact is being set for a tilt at the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m). (Photo by George Sal/Racing Photos) New Zealand-bred gelding Grand Impact has gone for a quick freshen-up in preparation for some big targets later this spring after his strong win at Sandown on Sunday. The son of Satano Aladdin, who has won both of his starts to date for trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr, is earmarked for the stallion-making Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington on Derby Day. “We are going…
Roughly maturing nicely with back-to-back wins for Cole
Darwin-based trainer Phil Cole is happy with veteran mare Roughly’s recent return to form. It’s not very often that a 10-year-old wins back-to-back races, but the Phil Cole-trained Roughly achieved the feat on Saturday during the Alice Springs Turf Club’s first meeting of the 2022/23 season at Pioneer Park. The Kaphero mare, who won her first race as a three-year-old when she saluted in a 1000m maiden in Bendigo in March 2016, is proving that she still has a spring in her step. And it’s not as if she was…