A highly successful season for Redwood continued at the weekend with another pair of significant home-bred winners for the Westbury Stud resident. The Group One-winning son of High Chaparral added to his stakes haul for 2022/23 at Sha Tin on Sunday evening when Tuchel triumphed in the final Group event of the Hong Kong season, while St Lawrence made an impressive return to competition the previous day at Caulfield. “Tuchel just went down in the Hong Kong Derby (2000m) and made amends with a consolation prize on Sunday night,” Westbury…
Month: June 2023
Tuchel lands Plate for Premier combination
Hong Kong Derby (2000m) runner-up Tuchel won Sunday’s HK$3.9 million Gr.3 Premier Plate Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin. Trainer John Size and jockey Zac Purton combined to win the final Group race of the Hong Kong season with the gelded son of Redwood on an afternoon which saw their inexorable march to further championship success continue apace. Size has 71 wins for the season, nine clear of his nearest rival Franke Lor in the quest to win the trainer’s championship for a record 12th time, while Purton took his season…
Size and Purton prove the Premier combination
Tuchel lands the Group 3 Premier Plate Handicap (1800m). Hong Kong Derby runner-up Tuchel confirmed the promise of that performance and five wins from his previous 14 starts to capture the HK$3.9 million Group 3 Premier Plate Handicap at Sha Tin on Sunday afternoon. Trainer John Size and jockey Zac Purton combined to win the feature over nine furlongs and final Group race of the Hong Kong season with the gelded son of Redwood on an afternoon which saw their inexorable march to further championship success continue apace. They earlier…
Beauty Eternal completes back-to-back Group 3 wins
Seven wins in a season for Beauty Eternal. Beauty Eternal crowned an incredible debut season with victory in the HK$3.9 million Group 3 Premier Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, pushing John Size and Zac Purton closer to respective trainer and jockey championships. The win also completed successive Group 3 victories for Beauty Eternal to enhance his outstanding overall record to seven wins from 10 starts. He also boasts a third in this year’s Hong Kong Derby (2000m) and has never been out of the money with two…
First win for Ngakau Hailey
Having ridden bareback on the East Coast since he was a child, Ngakau Hailey has always felt at home on the back of a horse, and he is enjoying turning that passion into a career. The 16-year-old apprentice jockey is in his first season of riding and he is already making a positive impression on trainers, which was furthered at Cambridge on Saturday when he recorded his first raceday victory aboard Chattahoochee (NZ) (Reliable Man) in the Super Liquor Greerton Maiden (1550m). The win was made even sweeter by the…
Fruitful venue for Cleese
A change in venue proved fruitful for Cleese (NZ) (Sweet Orange) on Saturday, with the local galloper taking out the Seeka Kiwifruit Cup (2000m) at Cambridge. Originally set to take place at Tauranga, the meeting was transferred to Cambridge’s synthetic surface earlier in the week due to track conditions and the inclement weather forecast. Cleese had won his only start on the surface last year and trainer John Bell welcomed the venue change. “It (venue change) had to happen,” Bell said. “Tauranga would have been abandoned and everyone would have…
Deny Everything back in winning form
By Jonny Turner Deny Everything completed an epic journey back to the winner’s circle when scoring at Wyndham on Saturday. The Mark Jones trained seven-year-old powered back into winning form in his third start back from an 18 month break from racing when taking out the Forbury Park meeting’s feature pace. Deny Everything was a breakout star early in his career, winning five races in a row before going amiss. The journey back to the race has been far from straight forward according to his breeder and owner Damian Love.…
NZ Racing and Breeding News – 25 June 2023
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Buckland-Stevens may be “sleeper” at Addington
by Mike Love, Harness News Desk Jo-ann Buckland-Stevens will be looking to cause an upset today at Addington as the New Zealand amateur drivers’ championship wraps up. Buckland-Stevens currently sits fourth on the table, five points off current leader Michelle Northcott. “The heats today are quiet even. My two drives both have good chances if they get the right run,” said Buckland-Stevens. Buckland-Stevens drives Judgement Bay ($10.00FF) for Leeston trainer Chris McDowell, in heat three (Race one on the card). “He’s been a little bit unlucky in his recent starts.…