The decision to buy Victory Roll (NZ) (Belardo) for just A$2250 has paid dividends for the new connections of the Kiwi-bred three-year-old, who scored a hard-fought win in Saturday’s A$120,000 TAB Highway Plate (1800m) at Randwick. After starting his career with four unplaced starts in Queensland, the Belardo gelding was offered in an Inglis Digital online sale in March and was purchased by Goulburn trainer Pat Murphy. Victory Roll has won three of his six starts since then, banking more than A$90,000 for his new owners. “One of his owners,…
Day: 27 July 2024
Reign It In strikes winning form
Enigmatic galloper Reign It In (NZ) (Scared Falls) returned to winning form after a frustrating twelve-month period for both the horse and his trainer Roydon Bergerson when he took out the Levin Truck Services-sponsored Open 1200m at Otaki on Saturday. The five-year-old son of Sacred Falls had won the corresponding event at the meeting in 2023 but since then his form had tapered off badly as Bergerson tried to coax him out of the slump. A promising first-up sixth at Woodville back in May had Bergerson encouraged his charge was…
Marsh gest another 100-win season from Hula Beat
A thrilling victory for ghostly grey Hula Beat (NZ) (Redwood) in Saturday’s feature race at Te Rapa, the Callinan Family Taumarunui RSA Gold Cup (2200m), has provided trainer Stephen Marsh with a much-desired goal that he set himself at the start of the 2023-24 racing season. His stable topped $5 million in stakes won for the first time in his training career to date, a massive achievement in its own right, however Marsh had made no secret of his desire to hit the three-figure mark in wins for the third…
Sutherland and Opawa Jack execute a perfect plan
Apprentice rider Lily Sutherland followed her pre-race instructions perfectly to land rugged four-year-old Opawa Jack (NZ) (War Decree) an impressive winner of the Open 1600m event on the card at Otaki on Saturday. The Chrissy Bambry-prepared galloper had won three of his six starts in his current campaign and came into the event off the back of a win over the same distance at Wanganui earlier in the month. Sutherland and Bambry had walked the track prior to the first race and hatched a plan to have her guide the…
Dusty Road keeps Group One dream alive for trainer Cameron
Dusty Road (NZ) (Shamexpress) gave Graeme Cameron his first taste of Group One racing last year, and the Cambridge owner-trainer is keen to shoot for the stars again after a dominant performance in Saturday’s Woods Contracting (1400m) at Te Rapa. Cameron arrived at Te Rapa on Saturday with eight training successes to his name, three of them from Dusty Road. That highly talented son of Shamexpress has also taken on some of New Zealand’s best with a midfield finish in the Gr.1 Levin Classic (1600m) as a three-year-old, followed earlier…
Swindle successful at Te Rapa
Progressive mare Swindle (NZ) (Rageese) had little favours in the running of the Stewart Browne Memorial (1200m) at Te Rapa on Saturday, but that didn’t stop her from powering to victory for trainer Lauren Brennan. Jumping from barrier six, apprentice jockey Triston Moodley was assertive in the early stages aboard Swindle but was forced to sit three-wide in third, while Baronet (NZ) (Contributer) and Winning For All (Shooting To Win) set a solid tempo in front. Travelling boldly near the turn, Moodley let the mare roll outside the leaders and…
Captain Electric showcases stamina in Caulfield win
Talented three-year-old Captain Electric (NZ) (Savabeel) was well and truly in his element when he stepped out beyond 1700m for the first time and won Saturday’s A$150,000 Tobin Brothers Celebrating Lives Handicap (2400m) at Caulfield. The New Zealand-bred son of Savabeel had his third start for Pakenham trainer Andrea Leek in Saturday’s stamina test, having scored a 1600m maiden win at Moe on July 12 before finishing fifth over 1700m at Flemington last week. He had previously collected one placing from four starts for Emma-Lee and David Browne. Captain Electric…
Read About It makes headlines winning the Listed Ryder Stakes
Robbie Patterson is excited about what the future might hold for Read About It after the lightly raced two-year-old outclassed his opposition in Saturday’s Listed Phil’s Electrical & Gipsy Caravans Ryder Stakes (1200m) at Otaki. The season-ending juvenile feature was only the second career start for Read About It, who made his debut with a strong-finishing second after an interrupted run at Riccarton on June 22. He had previously won all of his three trials. Read About It was strongly supported into $1.80 favouritism for the Ryder Stakes, but that…
Public Attention puts himself on Group One path
A bold debut at Caulfield on Saturday has put Public Attention (NZ) (Written Tycoon) on a potential pathway towards the Gr.1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) at the same venue in October. Despite starting at $16 odds, the New Zealand-bred colt was held in high regard by trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr as he prepared to kick off his career in Saturday’s A$150,000 MRC Chairman’s Club Handicap (1200m). Public Attention justified his stable’s faith, settling three wide in fourth before warming into his work in the straight. He slowly but…
Sale Sunday races betting tips & quaddie | July 28, 2024
What Sale Races Where Sale Turf Club – 1227 Maffra-Sale Rd, Sale VIC 3850 When Sunday, July 28, 2024 First Race 11:25am AEST Visit Dabble Horse racing in Victoria heads to the Sale Turf Club on Sunday afternoon, where a competitive nine-race meeting is set down for decision. With plenty of rain in the region, the track is rated a Heavy 9 at the time of acceptances, with the rail out 8m the entire circuit. The Sale races on July 28, 2024, are set to commence at 11:25am AEST. Best…