Month: August 2024

Trainer Robbie Patterson has some big plans ahead for impressive Group 2 HS Dyke Wanganui Guineas (1200m) winner Read About It. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) Exciting three-year-old prospect Read About It made all the headlines in the feature event at Wanganui, the Listed HS Dyke Wanganui Guineas (1200m). The Robbie Patterson-prepared galloper was having just his third start on Saturday but had created plenty of buzz around his chances and future prospects after closing off his two-year-old campaign with a scintillating victory in the Listed Ryder Stakes…

Hi Yo Sass Bomb in winning form during Saturday’s Balance Accountants Open (1200m) at Wanganui. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race images Palmerston North) Under-rated Taranaki mare Hi Yo Sass Bomb took her career to all-new heights last season, and a smart fresh-up performance in Saturday’s Balance Accountants Open (1200m) at Wanganui hinted at more to come in 2024-25. It was the fourth win from only seven starts in a fresh state for Hi Yo Sass Bomb, who kicked off last season’s campaign with a first-up victory at Hawera before finishing sixth…

Mystic Park runs triumphant at Riccarton Park for trainers Michael and Matthew Pitman. Photo: Ajay Berry (Race Images South) Major sprint features are looming large on Mystic Park’s horizon after the classy local kicked off his five-year-old season with victory in Saturday’s Open Sprint (1000m) at Riccarton Park. Mystic Park made barnstorming progress through the grades last season, winning four of his seven starts in increasingly impressive style. The Ocean Park gelding won by four lengths in Rating 65 company first-up during the New Zealand Cup Carnival in November, then…

Growing Empire on the way to the barriers prior to the running of McNeil Stakes at Caulfield. (Photo by George Sal/Racing Photos) Growing Empire ($2.50) has returned to the racetrack in fine style, finishing off with a brilliant turn of foot to run away from his rivals in the Group 3 McNeil Stakes at Caulfield. Ciaron Maher and Mark Zahra combined with the three-year-old colt, who has now won three of his four career starts, with this win being the best of the lot. Zahra tried to cross the field…

Young Werther beats Duke De Sessa in the Quayclean Handicap at Caufield. Photo: Bruno Cannatelli Seven-year-old gelding Young Werther indicated he is in for another good campaign when resuming from a brief break with a strong win in the Quayclean Handicap (2000m) at Caulfield on Saturday. The Danny O’Brien-trained son of Tavistock lumped 61kgs under Blake Shinn and sat just behind a strong tempo set by eventual runner-up Duke De Sessa, getting the better of that rival after the pair sprinted for home early, scoring by three-quarters of a length.…

Storm Boy winning as a juvenile. Photo: RacingNSW The Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Storm Boy ($2.30) has returned with a bang to claim the Group 3 San Domenico Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill on Saturday afternoon, making every post winner under Adam Hyeronimus. The son of Justify was a shade disappointing at the end of his two-year-old campaign, going down a short-priced favourite in the Group 1 Golden Slipper (1200m) and Group 1 Sires’ Produce (1400m). The now-three-year-old appears to be back at his brilliant best, and although the jury…

Recommendation ridden by Blake Shinn wins the Vale Black Caviar at Caulfield. (Photo by George Sal/Racing Photos) Recommendation ($2) brought up a hat-trick of Group 3 wins at Caulfield on Saturday afternoon when Blake Shinn piloted the Ciaron Maher-trained gelding to victory in the Vale Black Caviar. The race named in honour of the late great Black Caviar is registered as The Heath 1100 Stakes, and it is also the first time that Maher has won the race with any of his runners. With two of the key market chances,…

Snitzel colt To Bravery Born completes a comfortable victory in the first two-year-old race of the season. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) The familiar tangerine and blue colours of Te Akau Racing were back to doing what they do best when To Bravery Born took out the traditional opening two-year-old race of the season at Wanganui on Saturday. Despite there being only four runners to face the starter, the Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson-prepared son of Snitzel showed he has what it takes to feature later in the…

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