Month: September 2024

A talented team of four runners at Flemington on Saturday will try to add to the momentum that Te Akau Racing has built up through the first 12 months of its Victorian base. Te Akau’s Cranbourne stable opened in late September of last year, and by the end of the 2023-24 season, trainer Mark Walker had recorded 24 wins from just 124 runners on that side of the Tasman. Te Akau’s Australian stable banked a total of A$6.8 million in prizemoney during that season, with nine black-type victories including five…

Sunday’s eagerly anticipated Great Northern meeting at Te Rapa could provide a fitting end to a big week for Matamata trainer Jessica Brosnan. Brosnan and her husband Peter will saddle Auld Jock and Ima Wonder in the $150,000 Ben & Ryan Foote Racing Great Northern Steeplechase (6500m) on Sunday afternoon – just a few days after New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing announced Brosnan’s appointment to a jumps racing recommendation panel. The panel was formed after NZTR’s Future of Jumps Racing consultation process received 240 submissions. “The volume of submissions that we…

Fresh from celebrating Group One glory with Grail Seeker (NZ) (Iffraaj) in the Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings last weekend, emerging player Jamieson Park is set to have further industry impact with the sale of four well-credentialled mares in the latest fortnightly auction on gavelhouse.com. Jamieson Park bred Grail Seeker and sold her for $130,000 as a yearling at Karaka in 2022. Her victory in the first Group One race of the New Zealand season increased her earnings to $413,465 from a rapidly improving 10-start, three-win career. “For Grail Seeker…

The Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival is set to get an injection of international flavour, with Warrnambool raider Rolls set to contest the final two legs of the Hastings triple crown. Trainer Maddie Raymond was in search of more forgiving ground during spring, and after consultation with her expat Kiwi partner Patrick Bell, she decided the Hawke’s Bay carnival presented as a nice option for last year’s Listed Warrnambool Cup (2350m) winner. “My partner, Patrick Bell, who is travelling over with him, is originally from New Zealand and he is really…

Cambridge Stud shuttle stallion Hello Youmzain recorded his first stakes-winner when smart two-year-old colt Misunderstood produced a dominant performance to land the Gr.3 Prix des Chenes (1600m) at Longchamp yesterday. Trained by Mario Baratti and ridden by Alexis Pouchin, Misunderstood was having just his second start after making a winning debut at Deauville over 1500m in July. Misunderstood lead throughout and forged clear of his rivals to win by an impressive four and a half lengths. “He has a tendency to be keen and we don’t have much choice but…