Jason Collett lifts Manaal to Group 1 success in the ATC Sires Produce Stakes. Photo: RacingNSW Michael Freedman & Jason Collett combined with Manaal (+450) claiming victory in the Group 1 Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday afternoon, circling their rivals to score an impressive victory over Godolphin’s Traffic Warden (+650) in the shadows of the post. The daughter of Tassort ended up going around as the only filly in the race due to the late withdrawal of Group 1 Golden Slipper (1200m) winner Lady Of Camelot and…
Month: April 2024
Pinn enjoys standout day at Trentham
Jockey Wiremu Pinn put the icing on the cake of his most successful day in the saddle when he guided Bradman (NZ) (Pins) to an upset victory in the Listed Bramco Granite & Marble Flying Handicap (1400m) at Trentham on Saturday. The win came 35 minutes after Pinn won the Gr.1 Courtesy Ford Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) aboard Move To Strike (I Am Invincible). That was Pinn’s second Group One win and came more than two years after his Otaki-Maori WFA Classic (1600m) win with Mascarpone (NZ) (Shooting To…
Ormsby repeats recipe for Trentham success
Waikato horseman Chad Ormsby is making a habit of landing major prizes at Trentham with three-year-olds that he was unable to sell at the Ready to Run Sale. Ormsby scored an $18 upset victory in Saturday’s Gr.3 Higgins Concrete Manawatu Classic (2100m) with Outovstock (NZ) (Tavistock), who he bought for $50,000 as a yearling at Karaka before passing him in with a $150,000 reserve at the 2022 Ready to Run Sale. A similar script produced Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) glory on March 16 with Pulchritudinous (NZ) (Wrote), who was…
Apostrophe awesome in Breeders’ Stakes
Fresh from an incredible interstate double in Australia last weekend with Orchestral (NZ) (Savabeel) and Mark Twain (NZ) (Shocking), the Roger James and Robert Wellwood stable picked up another black-type feature in New Zealand this time when race favourite Apostrophe (NZ) (Tavistock) ($3.50) claimed victory in the Gr.3 Martin Collins New Zealand Manawatu Breeders’ Stakes (2100m) at Trentham. The lightly raced six-year-old mare enjoys the spacious surroundings at the venue having won and been placed twice in three starts there with those two placings coming in the Gr.3 Anniversary Handicap…
Good Banter too tough in Adrian Knox
With a hard-fought victory in Saturday’s Gr.3 TAB Adrian Knox Stakes (2000m) at Randwick, Good Banter (NZ) (Tavistock) completed a trans-Tasman feature double for three-year-old progeny of former Cambridge Stud stallion Tavistock. Good Banter became Tavistock’s 50th individual stakes winner – a tally that had reached 48 less than two hours earlier when Outovstock (NZ) won the Gr.3 Higgins Concrete Manawatu Classic (2100m) at Trentham. In between times, six-year-old mare Apostrophe (NZ) became the 49th black-type winner for Tavistock with her victory in the Gr.3 Martin Collins New Zealand Manawatu…
Desperado gets Caulfield victory in driving finish
Former Kiwi galloper Desperado (NZ) (Ghibellines) lived up to his name when he produced a desperate finish to take out the Robert Taranto Handicap (2000m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Initially prepared in New Zealand by Brian and Shane Anderton where he was successful in his fourth of five starts, the now six-year-old son of Ghibellines was purchased by a group of Australian and Kiwi owners that includes many of the same names who were involved in another former Anderton runner in Ablaze (NZ) (Raise The Flag) who numbered the 2019…
Super Seth two-year-old maintains perfect record
An outstanding few weeks for Waikato Stud’s freshman sire Super Seth continued at Caulfield on Saturday with the unbeaten Feroce (NZ) winning the A$150,000 Vale John Russell (1200m). Feroce now boasts a two-from-two record and is one of two first-crop winners in Australia so far this season for Super Seth. His other Australian winner is the exciting Linebacker (NZ), who has also been successful in both of his starts including last Saturday’s Gr.3 Baillieu Stakes (1400m) at Rosehill. Linebacker is being pointed towards the Gr.1 Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Randwick…
Ballarat Sunday racing preview & quaddie tips | April 7, 2024
What Ballarat Races Where Ballarat Turf Club – 240 Kennedys Rd, Miners Rest VIC 3352 When Sunday, April 7, 2024 First Race 12:22pm AEDT Visit Dabble A stacked nine-race meeting is set to greet punters on Sunday afternoon at Ballarat, with the club picking up the meeting off Hamilton. The first four races are to be run over the obstacles, before the flat jockeys take over for the remainder of the card. The track has come up a Soft 6, with the rail out 8m entire circuit, as action gets…
Filly Makes History in Thrilling Inglis Sires’ Produce Stakes 2024 Result
The 2024 Inglis Sires’ Produce Stakes at Randwick saw a dramatic finish with Manaal, the sole remaining filly in the race, edging out the colts for a narrow victory. Michael Freedman’s filly Manaal winning the 2024 Inglis Sires’ at Randwick. Photo: Steve Hart. Following the late scratch of Golden Slipper winner Lady Of Camelot due to the wet track conditions, Manaal shouldered the responsibility of taking on the boys in the prestigious Group 1 contest, the second leg of the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival’s Triple Crown. Trained by Michael Freedman,…
Asgarda takes home Country Championship Final
Asgarda kicked clear to claim the 2024 Country Championships Final. Photo: RacingNSW The Country Championship Final (1400m) will be heading the way of the Riverina as Asgarda (+3300) caused a major upset at Royal Randwick on Saturday, claiming a dominant victory in the $1 million feature. Kayla Nisbet produced a career highlight steer aboard the daughter of The Brothers War, managing to slot into the perfect mid-field position with cover throughout, in what was a relatively sedate run affair. Musical Affair (+8000) had it all her own way up on…