Trelawney Stud bred Lim’s Kosciuszko (Kermadec) lived up to expectations by successfully scoring back-to-back victories in the S$1 million Kranji Mile (1600m) on Saturday. The win also gave the 2023 Kranji Mile winner his 20th win from 24 starts in Singapore – over distances ranging from 1200m to 2000m – arguably the best records seen among top gallopers in recent times and has taken his winnings close to S$3.2 million for the Lim’s Stable. After sitting second in the running Lim’s Kosciuszko was left in front at the 600m when…
Month: May 2024
Dawn of a new era for Williams’s
It will be the dawn of a new era for Byerley Park trainers Peter and Dawn Williams, as they get set to enter into the next stage of life after announcing their retirement from racing. “I am 70 next month and I felt it was time to move on,” Peter Williams said. “I think it is a younger persons game and we have got in and support these younger ones.” The husband-and-wife duo have been a dominant force in New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing for several decades, with Peter having trained…
Password back on top at Hawera
A gear alteration had Password (NZ) (Zed) flying back to winning form at Hawera on Sunday, running away with the PCL Wineera Brothers Ltd “Maurice Campbell” Steeplechase (3400m). The nine-year-old had run well below the best of his ability at Te Rapa earlier this month, being pulled up for the first time in a jumping career comprising of a win and four minor placings. Password’s trainer Harvey Wilson put the performance behind him and set to prepare for Sunday’s meeting, where the application of a tongue tie had the gelding…
Blue Sky At Night goes back-to-back
Emerging stayer Blue Sky At Night (NZ) (Shamexpress) missed out on her intended black-type targets this autumn, but a pair of impressive victories at Te Rapa have provided more than adequate consolation. A bold first-up winner over 1600m on May 4, the Shamexpress mare returned to the Hamilton track on Saturday and delivered a repeat result in the PGG Wrightson Grain (2100m). Blue Sky At Night spent the majority of the race at the tail of the field for apprentice jockey Tayla Mitchell, who then stayed closer to the inside…
Plenty of love for rising star
Progressive four-year-old Little Bit Of Love (NZ) (Time Test) showed he won’t be fazed by a further rise in class when he completed a winning hattrick at Te Rapa on Saturday. No closer than three off the fence in midfield throughout the rating 75 1400m contest, the son of Time Test was still travelling comfortably approaching the home turn for apprentice Ngakau Hailey. Inclined to lay in as he made his run down the outer in the straight, Little Bit Of Love still had plenty up his sleeve as he…
Latta and Lawson-Carroll shine at Trentham
Awapuni trainer Lisa Latta is forming a successful partnership with Northern apprentice jockey Ace Lawson-Carroll, and the combination were to the fore at Trentham on Saturday producing a winning double. Latta, who is just shy of a half-century of winners for the season, picked up a trio of placings earlier on the card but wasn’t to be denied with $3.20 race-favourite Belle’s Echo (NZ) (Echoes Of Heaven) in the AB Equipment & Speirs Finance 1400. Lawson-Carroll settled the daughter of Echoes Of Heaven midfield on the fence through the running,…
Finals day for maidens at Rangiora
By Mike Love Woodend trainers Craig and Aimee Edmonds will have be dual threats in today’s Anne Thompson Graduation Series Finals at Rangiora. In the $22,000 Trotters’ Final they line up Four Wise Women and A Fine Patrick. Four Wise Women is unbeaten in her only two race day appearances to date, one of which was a heat of the series, and A Fine Patrick won another heat in his only run this preparation. “They’ll both be very good chances,” said co-trainer Craig Edmonds. Four Wise Women, who will be…
Maloney, Barocco Bar bounce back in Tennant Creek Cup
Alice Springs apprentice Lek Maloney with his parents Andrew, chairman of the Alice Springs Turf Club, and Rose after winning the Tennant Creek Cup (1600m) on Barocco Bar, owned by his father, for Red Centre trainer Dan Morgan. It was in early April when apprentice Lek Maloney was dislodged from his mount Barocco Bar during the Alice Springs Turf Club’s Cup Carnival at Pioneer Park. The 20-year-old escaped injury, and on Saturday he teamed up with the Dan Morgan-trained four-year-old gelding to win the $30,000 Tennant Creek Cup (1600m). For…
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Western Empire’s second wind continues in Belmont Sprint
The resurgence of a former superstar of Perth racing continued when Western Empire (NZ) (Iffrraj) lived up to his $1.85 favouritism in Saturday’s Gr.3 Furphy Belmont Sprint (1400m). The son of Iffraaj won seven of his first 12 starts in 2020 and 2021, including a stunning four-length romp in the Gr.1 Railway Stakes (1600m) and victory in the Gr.2 WA Derby (2400m). Western Empire was trained through those glory days by Grant and Alana Williams for powerhouse Perth owner Bob Peters. The gelding subsequently had two campaigns in Victoria, finishing…