Day: 25 September 2024

Brightside no guarantee to run in Feehan

NZRacingDesk

After a gutsy last-start win in the Gr.1 Makybe Diva Stakes, Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) will accept to run in Friday night’s Gr.2 Feehan Stakes at The Valley, but that doesn’t mean he’s a guaranteed starter. “We’ll have a look at that, see how we draw, see what’s in the race, see how much rain comes and then we’ll make a decision if we run or not,” co-trainer Ben Hayes explained. “There is also an option a week later in the Turnbull, we can look to head in that direction…

Split too strong in Road To The Jericho

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Split (NZ) (Turn Me Loose) may have been the sole maidener and the $70 outsider in Tuesday’s NZB Airfreight Road To The Jericho (3200m), but that didn’t stop him from outstaying his rivals and booking a ticket to the Australian feature for Jo Rathbone. Initially set to be run at New Plymouth on September 14, the Road To The Jericho was rescheduled on two occasions as a result of abandonments at that meeting, and at Waverley on Sunday. A final field of 12 assembled after scratchings, with Split the first…