Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr will saddle a two-pronged attack in the Australian Guineas and enter the race with the belief they have the right horses for the contest. Snow Patrol (NZ) (Contributer) and Otago (NZ) (Ocean park) have, importantly, drawn good barriers for the Group One contest over 1600m at Flemington on Saturday as Price bids for a fourth win in the Classic. Price won in successive years with Light Fantastic (2008) and Heart Of Dreams (2009) before Grunt (2018) gave his third victory and believes his duo…
Month: February 2024
Wynne travelling south with Turf War
Samantha Wynne returns victorious aboard Turf War at Riccarton last week. Photo: Race Images South Prebbleton horsewoman Samantha Wynne will head south to Wingatui on Saturday where she will be trying to claim the lion’s share of the $200,000 prizemoney on offer with Turf War. A dual license holder, Wynne both trains and rides the four-year-old gelding, with the pair securing their place in Saturday’s rich feature at Riccarton last Friday. Wynne is looking forward to chasing the southern riches this weekend and said it is great South Island trainers…
Trust In You building towards Auckland Cup assignment
Trust In You will contest Saturday’s Vertical Logistics Nathans Memorial (2200m) at Ellerslie. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Promising stayer Trust In You will have his second look at Ellerslie on Saturday before he returns to the Auckland track seven days later for the biggest test of his career, the Group 2 Auckland Cup (3200m). The five-year-old gelding has been in fine form, winning three of his last eight starts, including the Dunstan Horsefeeds Stayers’ Championship Final (2400m) at Pukekohe on Boxing Day and the Group 3 Queen Elizabeth II…
Darwin Friday racing tips & quaddie picks | March 1, 2024
What Darwin Races Where Fannie Bay Racecourse – Dick Ward Dr, Fannie Bay NT 0820 When Friday, March 1, 2024 First Race 3:05pm AEDT Visit Dabble They’re racing at Fannie Bay for the second straight Friday, with 32 horses accepting for the five-event meeting. The Top End has been drenched this week, which included 62mm on Tuesday, with further showers and thunderstorms tipped for the rest of the week. Come Friday, it should be humid with a top temperature of 32C. The rail will be in the true position and…
Australian Guineas 2024 betting preview & free tips | March 2
What 2024 Australian Guineas Where Flemington Racecourse – 448 Epsom Rd, Flemington VIC 3031 When Saturday, March 2, 2024 Prizemoney $1,000,000 Distance 1600m Conditions Group 1 2023 winner Legarto (9) | T: Ken & Bev Kelso | J: Michael Dee (55kg) Visit Dabble The three-year-olds take centre stage at Flemington on Saturday afternoon as a capacity field of 16 does battle in the Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m). Some nine Group-level winners make up the field, signalling the class that has assembled for the $1 million feature. Can favourite Riff…
Wynne on track for Southern Mile Final
Prebbleton horsewoman Samantha Wynne will head south to Wingatui on Saturday where she will be trying to claim the lion’s share of the $200,000 prizemoney on offer in the ODT Southern Mile Final (1600m) with Turf War (NZ) (War Decree). A dual license holder, Wynne both trains and rides the four-year-old gelding, with the pair securing their place in Saturday’s rich feature when victorious in the ODT Southern Mile Qualifying Race (1600m) at Riccarton last Friday. Wynne is looking forward to chasing the southern riches this weekend and said it…
Kiwi three-year-old primed for Australian Guineas
The Pendragon (NZ) (U S Navy Flag) will attempt to make it back-to-back wins for the Kiwis in the Gr.1 Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday. The three-year-old feature was won last year by the Ken and Bev Kelso-trained Legarto (NZ) (Proisir), and trainer Michael Moroney is keen for the NZ suffix to feature prominently in this year’s result. Formerly in the care of Moroney’s New Zealand training partner Pam Gerard, where he raced as Pendragon, the son of U S Navy Flag had won three and placed in…
Trust In You continues Cup preparation at Ellerslie
Promising stayer Trust In You (NZ) (Sweynesse) will have his second look at Ellerslie on Saturday before he returns to the Auckland track seven days later for the biggest test of his career, the Gr.2 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m). The five-year-old gelding has been in fine form, winning three of his last eight starts, including the Dunstan Horsefeeds Stayers’ Championship Final (2400m) at Pukekohe on Boxing Day and the Gr.3 Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2400m) at the same track on New Year’s Day. The son of Sweynesse was…
gavelhouse.com auction brings curtain down on Live Drama’s quality career
Six years after being bought for just $8,500 from New Zealand Bloodstock’s South Island Sale, Live Drama (NZ) (Ghibellines) has retired with more than $330,000 in prize-money to her name and is being sold as a valuable broodmare proposition in the latest fortnightly auction on gavelhouse.com. Live Drama’s high-class career spanned six seasons, winning on debut as a juvenile in May of 2019 and placing at Group Three level as a seven-year-old in November. She had a total of 35 starts for nine wins, 12 placings and $332,340 in stakes…
Wexford feeling positive heading into Derby Day
A memorable week for Wexford Stables has the potential to get even better at Ellerslie. Trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott will have two runners in the Gr.1 Trackside New Zealand Derby (2400m) after securing a slot for $700,000 in next year’s inaugural $3.5 million NZB Kiwi (1500m) at Tuesday’s auction at Karaka. “Andrew and I and brother Paul went into it together and we thought from a marketing point of view it gives our owners an opportunity that not every other stable is going to get,” O’Sullivan said. “That…