Month: September 2024

Champion trainer Ciaron Maher said he is confident Pride Of Jenni’s much-anticipated spring campaign has not been derailed by a minor elevated temperature. Pride Of Jenni has emerged from her unplaced Gr.1 Memsie Stakes run with an imperfect blood picture, but Maher said that while her tests indicate a possible minor virus of some kind, her symptoms were mild and she appears to be bright just a few days after the race. “Her bloods have come back not perfect, but OK,” Maher said on Tuesday afternoon. “They (bloods) were very…

There is plenty of anticipation heading into Matamata’s Wednesday meeting, with local trainers Darryn and Briar Weatherley set to unveil exciting filly Gossip (NZ) (Proisir). The daughter of Proisir topped last year’s New Zealand Bloodstock Online Yearling Sale when purchased out of Fairdale Stud’s draft by Gary Harding for $110,000, and she is living up to her billing so far, winning both of her trials to date. She is set to make her debut in the Pam Gerard – Ballymore Racing 1200, for which she is rated a $1.65 favourite…

Te Akau trainer Mark Walker joined Racing Pulse on Tuesday morning after Quintessa’s impressive win in the Cockram in Melbourne and four winners in New Zealand on Saturday. 

Matamata horsewoman Chelsea Burdan will line-up her first runner as a trainer this week, albeit a few years earlier than anticipated. The 23-year-old former jockey’s riding career was cut short three years ago through injury, and while disappointed she can no longer compete in the saddle, she is looking forward to trying her hand at another aspect of the industry. “It (training) is something that I have always wanted to do, as well as being a jockey,” Burdan said. Burdan recorded 63 wins in the saddle over four seasons before…

This week on the Guerin report, Michael sits down with James McDonald in a two part interview to discuss his career, his wins from around the world, his best horses, and the period that changed his life. Plus we look ahead to the Hawke’s Bay Spring Racing Carnival. Guerin Report – Ep. 1, Ft. James McDonald (youtube.com)

Star youngster Velocious (Written Tycoon) will have the opportunity to redeem herself on a better surface at Hastings on Saturday. Much was expected of the daughter of Written Tycoon when she opened her three-year-old campaign at Taupo last month, but she produced an indifferent display when she trailed in fourth in a five-horse field. Trainer Stephen Marsh is hoping improved underfoot conditions in the Gr.3 HBPB Thoroughbred Breeders’ Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) will turn her fortunes around on the opening day of the Hawke’s Bay carnival. “All of her best…