Connections of stakes winning two-year-old Codigo (NZ) (Ardrossan) are considering a trip to Australia next month for their unbeaten youngster. They are mulling over a hit and run mission for the son of Ardrossan, who was given a break after winning both of his summer starts and showed he had come back in good order with a trial success this week. “We’ll see how he is in the next few days, but we’re thinking he could nip over to Melbourne for just one run as there’s not a lot here…
Month: May 2023
Plenty of Catalogue Highlights in NZB National Weanling & Broodmare Sale
Pignan (NZ) (Staphanos), Callsign Mav (NZ) (Atlante) and Jennifer Eccles (NZ) (Rip Van Winkles) are just three recent Group One-winning examples of the calibre of weanlings that can be purchased through New Zealand Bloodstock, and the catalogue for the 2023 National Weanling & Broodmare Sale contains plenty of well-credentialled candidates to deliver further success. Among the 183 weanlings catalogued for next month’s sale, there are 26 siblings to black-type performers, along with 19 sons or daughters of stakes-performed mares. Notable catalogue highlights include: Lot 5, a Contributer filly whose half-sister Tokorangi (NZ) (Redwood) won the Group Two Waikato Guineas (2000m) and…
Cranbourne best bets, top odds & quaddie tips | May 19, 2023
What Cranbourne Races Where Cranbourne Turf Club – 50 Grant St, Cranbourne VIC 3977 When Friday, May 19, 2023 First Race 5:45pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes For the penultimate time this season, Friday night racing heads to Cranbourne Turf Club for an eight-part program. With up to 6mm of rain forecast for Friday afternoon and leading into the evening, expect to see the track remain in the Soft 7 range for the night, while the rail comes out 7m the entire circuit suggesting it may be favourable to be up on…
Lord Mayor’s Cup at Rosehill warms up Sydney racing’s features
Hopeful claims the 2022 Listed Lord Mayors Cup at Rosehill Gardens. (Photo: Steve Hart) A capacity field in the Listed $160,000 Lord Mayor’s Cup begins a series of winter season staying features in Sydney as metropolitan racing returns to Rosehill on Saturday. A bumper total of 166 entries have been received for the 10-race card including a full field of 18 horses and three emergencies in the 2000m feature. Race 7 on the card – the Vale Ian Finn Handicap – has been named in honour of the popular Warwick…
Doomben Cup preview & betting strategy | May 20, 2023
What Doomben Cup 2023 Where Doomben Racecourse – 75 Hampden St, Ascot QLD 4007 When Saturday, May 20, 2023 Prizemoney $1,000,000 Distance 2000m Status Group 1 Conditions Weight For Age Visit Ladbrokes Saturday’s Group 1 Doomben Cup is one of the staying features of the Queensland Racing Carnival, where we will see 13-horse field do battle over the 2000m. Defending champion Huetor will return to defend his crown; however, he won the race at Eagle Farm last year due to the Doomben track being too wet to host the race.…
Poupee’s career in jeopardy after Pioneer Sprint injury
Leading NT jockey Sonja Wiseman returns to scale aboard Poupee, the five-year-old mare trained by Tom Logan in Darwin, after a comprehensive five-length win on her Pioneer Park debut last month during the Alice Springs Cup Carnival. The future of talented Darwin sprinter Poupee is up in the air after five-year-old mare suffered a career-threatening injury during the Alice Springs Cup Carnival. The daughter of Better Than Ready, purchased for $15,000 by trainer Tom Logan at the end of last summer, injured the suspensory ligament in her left leg when…
News Briefs – May 17
Age no barrier for veteran What an absolute war horse Take After Me is. The dual gaited son of Holmes Hanover’s win at Ashburton on Sunday was his 18th career victory from a mammoth 320 starts dating back to 2014. He has had four wins from 124 starts as a pacer, and 14 from 196 as a trotter. Trained by Fred Scott in North Canterbury, Take After Me has had the second most starts by a standardbred ever in this country. He is 27 behind Alexy (347). Double double for…
Ennis’ Group 1 double play
Powerhouse sprinter Amron Boy will spearhead Jamie and Brooke Ennis’ bid for a double Group 1 celebration at Sandown Park on Thursday night. Near-record winner of the Silver Chief last December, Amron Boy is warm favourite to claim his second G1 trophy in the $160,500 Sportsbet Harrison Dawson (race 7, 8.19pm). That’s despite being beaten at $1.50 in his heat by G3 Launching Pad winner Trooper Tears. “He probably got himself beaten last week,” said co-trainer Jamie Ennis. “He just lacks a yard to the first mark, so it comes…
Rachmaninov gets special race to celebrate his 200th start
By Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk When Rachmaninov fronted up on race day for the first time he was up against a future trotting superstar – not that anyone knew it at the time. It was February 10, 2017 and Rachmaninov finished fifth at Addington, with the race winner being another debutant by the name of Sundees Son. Sundees Son went on to win 34 races from 72 starts and over $1.4m on his way to twice being crowned Horse of the Year. While he retired earlier this year,…
Top trotter to miss Friday’s ANZAC Cup
By Michael Guerin The team behind Aardiebythehill haven’t given up on getting him to the Rowe Cup next week even though he will miss Friday’s Anzac Cup at Alexandra Park. One of the finds of the trotting season, Aardiebythehill would have been among the favourites for Friday’s 2200m standing start because he would have been getting a decent head start over horses like Oscar Bonavena and Majestic Man who has been able to beat at times this season off level marks. But regular driver John Dunn says a bad blood…