Month: January 2024

Trust In You winning the Group 3 Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2400m) at Pukekohe on New Year’s Day. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Ex-pat Kiwi jockey Jason Collett well and truly paid for a flying visit home from his Sydney base when he guided promising stayer Trust In You to a gritty victory in the Group 3 Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2400m) on New Year’s Day. On his old stomping ground at Pukekohe, Collett produced an inch perfect effort to bring the Bruce Wallace and Grant Cooksley-trained son of Sweynesse…

About Time winning the Group 2 Sir Patrick Hogan Stakes (2050m) at Pukekohe on New Year’s Day. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) It was a fitting win in the inaugural Group 2 Sir Patrick Hogan Stakes (2050m), formerly known as the Royal Stakes, at Pukekohe on Monday, with the Cambridge Stud-bred and owned About Time taking out the fillies feature named after the farm’s founder. Cambridge Stud principals Brendan and Jo Lindsay were trackside to welcome back their filly, and trainer Lance Noble said it was a sentimental win for…

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Bellatrix Star winning the Group 2 Eclipse Stakes (1200m) at Pukekohe on Monday. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Consistent filly Bellatrix Star showed she will be a force to be reckoned with in the Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) later his month as she took out the first black-type event for the new year, the Group 2 Eclipse Stakes (1200m) at Pukekohe on Monday. Trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson took a powerful two-pronged attack into the race with Bellatrix Star (+970) and her stablemate Move To Strike (-333.33) and the…

Krementz brought up her second consecutive win when successful at Flemington on Monday. Photo: Bruno Cannatelli Promising New Zealand-bred filly Krementz collected the second win of her four-start career with a determined performance at Flemington on New Year’s Day. The daughter of El Roca was unplaced in her only appearance as a two-year-old at Geelong in July, but she has made giant strides since. She resumed with an unlucky second at Seymour on November 17, then cleared maiden ranks in style at Sandown on December 6. Flemington on New Year’s…

Not An Option gives his all to claim the Listed Chester Manifold Stakes (1400m) at Flemington. Photo: Bruno Cannatelli A stirring win by Not An Option in the $175,000 Listed Chester Manifold Stakes (1400m) at Flemington was the icing on the cake of a spectacular New Year’s Day for his part-owners Brendan and Jo Lindsay. The Cambridge Stud couple’s black and gold colours had previously been carried two a pair of Group Two successes at Pukekohe. About Time delivered a fitting victory in the Sir Patrick Hogan Stakes (2050m), which…