Month: September 2022

Maher-Eustace talent-spotter Will Bourne forging own identity

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Coolangatta (inside) pictured winning the Moir Stakes for Ciaron Maher and David Eustace at Moonee Valley. Picture: Racing Photos. He might only be 29, but Ciaron Maher and David Eustace’s bloodstock manager, Will Bourne, certainly knows how to pick out talented young horses. His name was deservedly mentioned after Coolangatta’s courageous 1/5-length win in the $1 million Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley last Friday night. It was Bourne who saw great value in the now three-year-old filly, making the clever $280,000 purchase at the 2021 Magic Millions…

Masked Crusader part-owner says Everest result no fluke

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Masked Crusader will look to improve on his sixth place in the Shorts for the Premiere Stakes at Randwick on Saturday. Picture: quentinjlang.com. With the 2022 Everest fast approaching, part-owner Rupert Legh is adamant Masked Crusader is the real deal and can go one better than last year’s runner-up finish. The six-year-old has the chance to live up to that hype in the $1 million Premiere Stakes over 1200m at Randwick this Saturday, ahead of the world’s richest race on turf on October 15. Also read: Randwick tips for October…

Bendigo racing tips & quaddie numbers | Sunday, October 2

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What Seymour Cup Day 2022 Where Bendigo Jockey Club – Heinz St, White Hills VIC 3550 When Sunday, October 2, 2022 First Race 1pm AEDT Visit Ladbrokes Bendigo Jockey Club is scheduled to host an eight-race program on Sunday afternoon, headlined by the Listed Seymour Cup (1600m). With plenty of rain in the region throughout the week, the track has come up a Heavy 9, but with a near-perfect day forecast on Sunday, an upgrade early on the program would not surprise. The day of racing gets underway at 1pm…

Imperatriz on target for Australian campaign

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Group One winner Imperatriz pleased in her exhibition gallop at Te Rapa on Friday prior to her impending trip across the Tasman. The Mark Walker-trained mare had won five races in succession before finishing fourth in the Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings earlier this month on a heavy track. With a similarly heavy track expected for tomorrow’s Gr.1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) at Hastings, connections have decided to bypass the race in favour of the A$1 million Silver Eagle (1300m) at Randwick on October 8, a race restricted to…

Retirement looms for Te Rapa winner

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Le Sablier is in the twilight of her racing career and she made the most of one of her few remaining opportunities when she trounced her open handicap rivals at Te Rapa on Friday. The daughter of Tavistock relished the Heavy 8 conditions in the Skycity Hamilton Waikato Cup Day 10 December Handicap (1600m) for an upset, but timely sixth career victory. The eight-year-old may just have two more runs for her current connections before she is sold as a breeding proposition. “It will be the Matamata Cup next (Listed,…

Classy 3YO Legarto resumes a winner

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Promising filly Legarto has put herself firmly into Gr.1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) calculations with her first-up victory at Te Rapa on Friday. The Ken and Bev Kelso-trained filly won impressively by 3-1/4 lengths on debut in June and started a $2.40 favourite in Friday’s contest, the NZB Ready To Run Sale Trainers Series 3YO (1200m). After racing back and wide in the seven-horse field, Legarto, who like stablemate Levante races in the Ancroft Stud colours, showed her class to prevail by a neck from pacemaker Westwood,…

Tivaci looking to go back-to-back in Flight Stakes

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Waikato Stud stallion Tivaci has the chance of recording back-to-back wins in the Gr.1 Flight Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday. A Group One winner himself, Tivaci secured his first elite-level victory as a sire in last year’s edition of the race courtesy of Never Been Kissed, and he has a strong chance this year with his Group Two-winning daughter Wolverine. She showed early promise in New Zealand when trained by Roydon Bergerson, for whom she won her first three career starts, including the Gr.2 Wakefield Challenge Stakes (1100m) and…

‘Kozzy’s’ Sale Sprint goal

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A “harsh” Carly Feltham is hopeful rather than confident her homebred star Kysaiah can turn the tables on near-record heat winner Panama Canal in Sunday night’s $17,220 Sale Sprint Championship (440m). Kysaiah, winner of 15 of his 34 starts and a Group 2 Geelong Gold Cup finalist in April, was beaten for only the second time in six visits to Sale when runner-up to Panama Canal in his heat of the $11,440 to-the-winner Sprint. Kysaiah ($6.20) showed great acceleration to lead from Box 7 but was overtaken mid-race by $1.20…

Fabio to ‘Hooke’ five straight

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Good things come to those who wait and that’s certainly been the case with middle distance newcomer Our Fabio, which is chasing a fifth straight win in Saturday night’s lucrative Grade 5 600m final at The Meadows. Trained by Wayne and Jane Hooke, Our Fabio has come into his own since celebrating his third birthday in July, winning six of his last eight starts. The son of Cosmic Rumble and Sweet Spud had won just once in his previous 14 assignments before embarking on his current career best run of…

The Stir Up featuring Zippy Tesla, Ferdinand Boy and Panama Canal

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GRV’s Peter Quilty, Gerard Guthrie and Trent Langskaill provide their thoughts on some of the star greyhounds racing in Victoria.   Keep an eye on these, they are worth saving in your WatchDog Blackbook!   Gerard  Welcome back from your break, Quilts. Did you miss Trent and me? Quilts  Of course I missed you guys and by the way, I was aware of Wow She’s Fast breaking the Angle Park 530-metre track record last week while I was relaxing. Gerard  Wow She’s Fast and four more Victorian greyhounds will line up in…