Saturday’s Happy 80th Birthday Garry Chittick (1100m) at Trentham is set to cap an exciting week for Cambridge trainers Ben and Ryan Foote. The $40,000 open sprint marks a welcome return to raceday action for the Footes’ stable star, multiple Group One-performed mare Babylon Berlin. It comes just three days after the father-son pair unveiled an exciting new talent with a brilliant four-length debut victory by Keegan at Cambridge on Wednesday. “He was impressive,” Ben Foote said. “We’d kept our opinion of him under wraps a little bit, but we…
Month: May 2024
Liefting off to Hawera with jumping pair
Mont Ventoux and Renegade Fighter’s first-up performances at Te Rapa on May 4 have given Rudy Liefting grounds for optimism for their winter jumping campaigns, beginning with their next assignments at Hawera on Sunday. A last-start placing in restricted open grade makes Mont Ventoux a key player for the Holdem Contracting Legend Hawera Riders Maiden Hurdle (2800m), while Renegade Fighter will tackle the PCL Wineera Brothers Ltd Maurice Campbell Steeplechase (3400m). A seven-time winner on the flat, Mont Ventoux has shown promise over hurdles with four placings from his six…
Sharrock takes three shots at Rangitikei Cup
Allan Sharrock will have both quantity and quality on his side at Trentham on Saturday as he shoots for a third Listed James Bull Rangitikei Cup (1600m) in the last seven years. The New Plymouth trainer won the race with Ladies First in 2017 and Justaskme last year, and he will saddle three runners in Saturday’s 2024 edition of the $80,000 race – Justaskme, Sumi and Islington Lass. Lightly raced mare Islington Lass will be ridden by Michael McNab and heads the trio as the $2.90 favourite on the TAB’s…
Tennant Creek Cup Day betting tips & quaddie | May 18, 2024
What Tennant Creek Cup Day Where Hagan Park – Perry Dr, Tennant Creek NT 0860 When Saturday, May 18, 2024 First Race 1:24pm ACST Visit Dabble All roads lead to Tennant Creek on Saturday with the annual Cup Day meeting at Hagan Park. There is $131,000 up for grabs across the six-event program, with the $30,000 Tennant Creek Cup (1600m) and the $21,500 Denis Staunton Memorial Cup (1200m) taking centre stage on the sand surface. Fine weather is the forecast for the rest of the week, with windy and sunny…
Footes upbeat ahead of Babylon Berlin return
Babylon Berlin will contest the Happy 80th Birthday Garry Chittick (1100m) at Trentham on Saturday. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Saturday’s Happy 80th Birthday Garry Chittick (1100m) at Trentham is set to cap an exciting week for Cambridge trainers Ben and Ryan Foote. The $40,000 open sprint marks a welcome return to raceday action for the Footes’ stable star, multiple Group 1-performed mare Babylon Berlin. It comes just three days after the father-son pair unveiled an exciting new talent with a brilliant four-length debut victory by Keegan at Cambridge on…
Sharrock takes three shots at another Rangitikei Cup
Justaskme will be one of three contenders for trainer Allan Sharrock in Saturday’s Listed James Bull Rangitikei Cup (1600m) at Trentham. Photo: Race Images Allan Sharrock will have both quantity and quality on his side at Trentham on Saturday as he shoots for a third Listed Rangitikei Cup (1600m) in the last seven years. The New Plymouth trainer won the race with Ladies First in 2017 and Justaskme last year, and he will saddle three runners in Saturday’s 2024 edition of the $80,000 race – Justaskme, Sumi and Islington Lass.…
Liefting heads to Hawera with jumping pair
Mont Ventoux will contest the Holdem Contracting Legend Hawera Riders Maiden Hurdle (2800m) at Hawera on Sunday. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Mont Ventoux and Renegade Fighter’s first-up performances at Te Rapa on May 4 have given Rudy Liefting grounds for optimism for their winter jumping campaigns, beginning with their next assignments at Hawera on Sunday. A last-start placing in restricted open grade makes Mont Ventoux a key player for the Maiden Hurdle (2800m), while Renegade Fighter will tackle the Maurice Campbell Steeplechase (3400m). A seven-time winner on the flat,…
Course specialist chasing another winning turn
Turn The Ace will contest the Dunstan Horsefeeds 1300 at Te Rapa on Saturday. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Turn The Ace has six victories at Te Rapa already under his belt, and Andrew Forsman sees no reason why he can’t add to that tally in the Dunstan Horsefeeds 1300 on Saturday. The five-year-old Turn Me Loose gelding has a well-known love affair with the track and ran a competitive field off their feet fresh-up earlier this month, with a second-up record even more convincing with three wins from four…
Cindy Falls looking to go back-to-back at Te Rapa
Cindy Falls will contest the Jones Trucking 1400 at Te Rapa on Saturday. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Cindy Falls evened the ledger with Sir Sterling at Te Rapa last start, and she will be out to go one better when the pair meet at the Hamilton track once more in Saturday’s Jones Trucking 1400. The Lauren Brennan-trained Sir Sterling got the upper hand in in their first meeting in September last year, and trainer Jon Miller was pleased to see his mare turn the tables last month over 1300m.…
Positive thoughts for Cole’s Cup hope
Kind Thoughts (outside) is on the cusp of making Saturday’s Listed Rangitikei Cup (1600m) field. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) Cody Cole is hopeful that his promising mare Kind Thoughts will have her chance at stakes glory in Saturday’s Listed Rangitikei Cup (1600m) at Trentham. The talented daughter of Tarzino has scarcely put a foot wrong in her short career, posting two victories and two seconds from five attempts, most recently surprising the Matamata trainer with a success fresh-up at Ruakaka on May 1. “I was really happy…