Riverton trainer Kelvin Tyler will consider a late nomination for the Gr.3 Winning Edge Presentations Winter Cup (1600m) after Master Marko (NZ) (Contributer) overcame a wide run to blow his rivals away in Sunday’s Crombie & Price Ltd Oamaru Cup (1600m). The TAB now rates Master Marko a $10 chance for the Winter Cup at Riccarton on August 3. Tyler has previously won the showpiece flat race of the Grand National Carnival with Timy Tyler in 2015. Tyler did not put Master Marko’s name forward when the early Winter Cup…
Month: July 2024
Natural Momentum too slick at Oamaru
Free going galloper Natural Momentum (NZ) (Natural Destiny) never gave his rivals a look in as he led from barrier rise to take out the feature open sprint contest at Oamaru on Sunday, the Glenmoa Farms Ltd River Plate Trophy (1200m). The six-year-old son of Natural Destiny was having just his second start in a new campaign having kicked off at Ashburton earlier in the month over 1200m, his first start since February 2023. Trainer Bruce Tapper wasn’t afraid to take on some hardy winter performers and with Kendra Bakker…
Blondie makes impressive return
Talented and well-related filly Blondie (NZ) (Belardo) returned to racing with a dominant front-running performance in the Entain/NZB Insurance Pearl Series (1200m) at Pukekohe on Sunday. The three-year-old showed real promise with placings in both of her two starts last spring. She was runner-up behind About A Girl at Tauranga in October, with subsequent Group Two winner About Time just behind her in third. In her only other start, Blondie ran a close third behind Tanganyika and Rezeki at Taupo in early November. After seven months on the sidelines, Blondie…
Diablo Blanco all class at Oamaru
Exciting filly Diablo Blanco (NZ) (Super Seth) made the perfect start to her new campaign with a comfortable victory in the Bevan Crombie Memorial (1200m) at Oamaru on Sunday. The daughter of Super Seth made her presence felt early in the juvenile season defeating subsequent stakes performer Dream Of The Moon, and rounded out a four-start campaign with a solid performance into fourth in the Gr.2 Wakefield Challenge Stakes (1100m) at Trentham, won by high-class filly Captured By Love. Returning to trainer Richard Didham’s Aylesbury base, Diablo Blanco was given…
Sulabella wins opener at Pukekohe
The New Zealand thoroughbred racing industry breathed a collective sigh of relief when the gates crashed open for the first on the card at Pukekohe on Sunday after a horror week that saw race meetings abandoned on four separate occasions. The fickle winter weather put paid to meetings at Hastings on Thursday and both Rotorua and New Plymouth on Saturday whilst a failure with the vehicle designated to tow the starting gates to Pukekohe on Wednesday saw that meeting also abandoned, with the replacement date set down for Sunday. Thankfully…
Wagga races free betting preview & best odds | Monday, July 22
What Wagga Races Where Murrumbidgee Turf Club – Travers St, Wagga Wagga NSW 2650 When Monday, July 22, 2024 First Race 12:35pm AEST Visit Dabble NSW racing heads to the Riverina region on Monday afternoon, with the Murrumbidgee Turf Club set to host a competitive eight-part program. The rail is out +6m between the 1400m marker to the winning post, while the remainder is in the true position the rest of the way around. The track is rated a Heavy 9 at the time of writing, but with minimal rainfall…
Horrifying causes Flemington boilover
Horrifying returned to the winner’s circle on Saturday with a brave win at Flemington. Photo: Grant Courtney Flemington specialist Horrifying turned back the clock and returned to top form with a determined victory on Saturday. It was the fourth win from 11 starts at Flemington for the Shocking gelding, who has also picked up three minor placings at the famous Melbourne track. Horrifying has had a total of 34 starts for six wins, eight placings and $616,827 in stakes. Almost two years had passed since Horrifying’s last win – a…
Hit The Road Jack outstays rivals in Flemington Cup
Hit The Road Jack was the best of the stayers on Saturday winning the Flemington Cup (2800m).(Photo by Reg Ryan/Racing Photos) Warrnambool trainer Symon Wilde had two runners in Saturday’s $175,000 Deane Lester Flemington Cup (2800m) and came away with a quinella by the Kiwi-bred pair of Hit The Road Jack and Dashing Duchess. Hit The Road Jack was sent across the Tasman to Wilde’s stable with a jumping future in mind. The Jakkalberry gelding had won seven times from 48 starts on home soil for his former trainer Shaun…
Jedibeel continues to take career to new heights
Jedibeel continues to go from strength to strength with a win at Rosehill on Saturday. Photo: bradleyphotos.com.au Emerging sprinter Jedibeel is taking his career to new heights this autumn and winter, adding a third win to his five-start campaign with a dominant performance at Rosehill. The New Zealand-bred son of Savabeel began this preparation with three wins and four placings to his name from nine career starts, and his rating stood at 71. He resumed with a Benchmark 72 win on the Kensington track on ANZAC Day, followed by a…
Darwin’s dynamic duo claim NT Derby with Masatora
Leading Top End jockey Jarrod Todd seals victory aboard the Gary Clarke-trained Masatora in the $135,000 NT Derby (2050m) at Fannie Bay on Saturday. Picture: Darwin Turf Club They’ve dominated the 2023/24 Top End season, so it’s no surprise that trainer Gary Clarke and jockey Jarrod Todd claimed the $135,000 NT Derby (2050m) at Fannie Bay on Saturday For Clarke, it was his second Derby after Finke’s 2016 triumph, while for Todd, it was his second victory after guiding Royal Request home in 2014 for Neil Dyer. Day 4 of…