A Group One challenge awaits Red Sea (NZ) (Pierata) next month following the youngster’s runaway success in the AKW Farrier Two-Year-Old (1200m) at Matamata on Wednesday. Bred and raced by Cambridge Stud principals Brendan and Jo Lindsay, the Andrew Forsman-trained son of Pierata was sent out a short-priced favourite and justified his support with an effortless 3-1/4 length victory. “In a perfect world, we would have wanted a couple to follow, but Warren realised there wasn’t going to be a heap of early pressure, so he took up the running,”…
Month: March 2024
Kembla Grange Friday tips, odds & quaddie | March 15, 2024
What Kembla Grange Classic Day Where Kembla Grange Racecourse – Princes Hwy, Kembla Grange NSW 2526 When Friday, March 15, 2024 First Race 1:05pm AEDT Visit Dabble The Group 3 Kembla Grange Classic (1600m) for the three-year-old fillies headlines a bumper eight-race program in Illawarra on Friday afternoon, with a capacity field of 16 set to fight it out for the $250,000 prize. The rail returns to the true position for the entire circuit, and with approximately 12mm of rainfall expected to hit the region, there is a strong possibility…
All-Star Mile 2024 betting tips & preview | Saturday, March 16
What All-Star Mile 2024 Where Caulfield Racecourse – Gate 2, Station St, Caulfield East VIC 3145 When Saturday, March 16, 2024 Prizemoney $3,750,000 Distance 1600m 2023 winner Mr Brightside (2) | T: Ben & JD Hayes | J: Luke Currie (59kg) Visit Dabble The sixth running of the All-Star Mile (1600m) headlines a stacked 10-race program at Caulfield on Saturday afternoon. Despite plenty of controversy in terms of the quality in the field, 12 runners will vie for the lucrative purse on offer in the marquee event of the Melbourne…
Zougatcha heads Waller chances in Coolmore Classic field
Zougotcha overpowers Lady Laguna to claim the Group 2 Millie Fox Stakes. (Photo: Racing NSW) The Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m) takes top billing at Rosehill this Saturday afternoon, with a star-studded field of 18 fillies and mares set to line up in the $1 million feature. The Chris Waller barn has produced a strong hand for the race with four acceptors, including Zougotcha opening as a +320 favourite with online bookmakers after drawing barrier two. She heads into Saturday looking to build on an impressive first-up victory in the…
Belle Of The Ball and Never Forgotten for sale on gavelhouse.com
The latest fortnightly auction on gavelhouse.com gives buyers access to a pair of blue-blooded broodmare prospects that have recently been retired from the Te Akau Racing stable. The first of these high-class offerings is the black-type performer Belle Of The Ball (NZ) (Savabeel). Bred by Waikato Stud, she is by super-sire Savabeel out of two-time winner and Melbourne Group Two placegetter Lady Tatia (Duke Of Marmalade). Belle Of The Ball’s second dam is a sister to Group One winners Shogun Lodge (Grand Lodge), Singing The Blues (Bluebird) and Referral (Dr…
Hi Yo Sass Bomb out for breakthrough stakes win
Taranaki mare Hi Yo Sass Bomb (NZ) (Complacent) scored black-type last start when runner-up in the Gr.3 Taranaki Cup (1800m) on her home track and trainer Kim Reid is hoping she can go one better in the Gr.3 Wentwood Grange Cuddle Stakes (1600m) at Trentham on Saturday. “I thought she would go well there,” Reid said. “The track conditions work in her favour if they are a bit off because she will run on anything, where some of the others won’t. “It was nice to get that (black-type), but it…
Consistent mare chasing black-type win
Imwonderfultonight has been a standout performer for Cambridge trainer Sam Mynott this season and she is hoping her mare can be rewarded for her consistency with victory in Saturday’s Listed Lincoln Farms Lightning Handicap (1200m) at Trentham. The I Am Invincible five-year-old featured prominently over the New Zealand Cup carnival at Riccarton in November, finishing fourth in the Listed Pegasus Stakes (1000m) before going down by a mere nose to Maria Farina in the Listed Stewards’ Stakes (1200m). She was then a game fourth in the Gr.1 Telegraph (1200m) at…
Patterson chasing trans-Tasman features
Robbie Patterson will be soaking up the atmosphere at Caulfield on Saturday but acknowledges his stable’s best chances of success this weekend lies on the home front. The Taranaki trainer is in Melbourne with his Gr.1 Thorndon Mile (1600m) winner Puntura, who faces the daunting task of taking on Mr Brightside and company in the A$3.75 million All-Star Mile (1600m). “He travelled over here very well and settled in super, everything is going pretty well,” Patterson said. “We are realistic though and if he could run midfield and pulled up…
Trentham to suit Is That So
Clinton Isdale will beat a familiar and successful path to Wellington this week with his under-rated sprinter Is That So (NZ) (Sufficient). The Cambridge trainer has found Trentham a happy hunting ground with his sparingly raced seven-year-old and will bid to add the Listed Lincoln Farms Lightning Handicap (1200m) to his record. Is That So has made seven appearances on the track for a brace of wins and three top four finishes and had no luck in his last visit in January when out of the money in the Gr.1…
Waller’s Zougotcha Leads Contenders in Wide-Open Coolmore Classic 2024
The stage is set for another thrilling edition of the Coolmore Classic this Saturday at Rosehill Gardens. Zougotcha is the mare to beat second-up in Saturday’s 2024 Coolmore Classic field at Rosehill. Photo: Steve Hart. Chris Waller’s Zougotcha emerges as the early favourite at $4 through Ladbrokes, looking to extend her winning streak and add to her impressive Rosehill record. Star hoop James McDonald retains the ride on the mare, who is aiming to achieve the Millie Fox Stakes – Coolmore Classic double for the first time since Daysee Doom…