Matamata trainer Pam Gerard will head to Pukekohe on Saturday to tackle a couple of feature targets with her emerging mares Shoes(NZ) (Derryn) and Reputation(NZ) (Iffraaj), and she is under no illusion about the size of the task ahead of them. Fresh off her first solo Group One triumph in the New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) with Savaglee, Gerard will change tack with a pair of rising talents facing sizzling fields, firstly with Shoes in the Gr.3 Haunui Farm Counties Bowl (1100m). Always a mare she rated, Shoes has come…
Month: November 2024
Hackett hoping to go one better at Manawatu tonight
By Brigette Solomon After combining with local trainer Stephen Doody for four second placings on day one at Manawatu, junior driver Crystal Hackett looks well placed to go one better on several runners tonight. “It was pretty frustrating for both me and Stephen running four seconds on Tuesday, but they all raced well and some should have improved off those runs,” says Hackett. All but one of Hackett’s drives tonight are for Doody, and she starts the evening with Mr Monty in Race 1, the Happy Birthday Brian Gemell Handicap…
Today’s free horse racing tips & best bets | November 21, 2024
There are four horse racing meetings set for Australia on Thursday, November 21. Our racing analysts here at horsebetting.com.au have found you the best bets and the quaddie numbers for Hawkesbury. Thursday’s Free Horse Racing Tips – November 21, 2024 Hawkesbury Racing Tips As always, there are plenty of promotions available for Australian racing fans. Check out all the top online bookmakers to see what daily promotions they have. If you are looking for a new bookmaker for the horse racing taking place on November 21, 2024 check out our…
Caulfield Cup winner Elvstroem dies
The racing community is mourning the loss of champion galloper Elvstroem, who passed away last week in France, where he had been standing at stud since 2016. A son of the legendary Danehill, Elvstroem was purchased at auction for $300,000 and rose to become one of Australia’s most decorated racehorses. Over his illustrious career, he notched up 10 victories from 32 starts, amassing a total of $5.7 million in prize money. Under the guidance of trainer Tony Vasil, Elvstroem claimed a series of major victories, including the 2004 Group 1…
Te Akau secures record-breaking colt
The Ready to Run Sale’s previous record price of $825,000 was blown out of the water at Karaka on Wednesday as Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis went to $1,650,000 to secure an I Am Invincible colt with a special connection to the stable. The standout colt was offered by Kiltannon Stables as Lot 174 and fetched the highest price ever paid for a two-year-old at a public auction in the southern hemisphere. He is out of the Savabeel mare Shillelagh, who was trained by Te Akau’s former trainer Jamie…
Te Akau secures record-breaking colt
The Ready to Run Sale’s previous record price of $825,000 was blown out of the water at Karaka on Wednesday as Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis went to $1,650,000 to secure an I Am Invincible colt with a special connection to the stable. The standout colt was offered by Kiltannon Stables as Lot 174 and fetched the highest price ever paid for a two-year-old at a public auction in the southern hemisphere. He is out of the Savabeel mare Shillelagh, who was trained by Te Akau’s former trainer Jamie…
Te Akau secures record-breaking colt
The Ready to Run Sale’s previous record price of $825,000 was blown out of the water at Karaka on Wednesday as Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis went to $1,650,000 to secure an I Am Invincible colt with a special connection to the stable. The standout colt was offered by Kiltannon Stables as Lot 174 and fetched the highest price ever paid for a two-year-old at a public auction in the southern hemisphere. He is out of the Savabeel mare Shillelagh, who was trained by Te Akau’s former trainer Jamie…
Proisir gelding Hong Kong-bound
Bloodstock agent Andrew Williams won a spirited bidding battle to secure a well-related Proisir gelding for $650,000 on the opening day of the NZB Ready to Run Sale at Karaka on Wednesday. Offered by Riversley Park, the gelding was catalogued as Lot 79 and is out of the unraced Carlton House mare Miss Vegas. That makes him a full-sister to this season’s Gr.3 Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) fourth placegetter Vegas Queen, while Miss Vegas is a half-sister to the dam of emerging Australian star Gringotts. The Ciaron Maher-trained Gringotts has…
Yulong secures I Am Invincible colt
Champion Australian stallion I Am Invincible sired the two highest-priced lots on the opening day of NZB’s Ready to Run Sale at Karaka on Wednesday, including a colt that was snapped up by the high-flying Yulong operation for $675,000. Hours before another I Am Invincible colt shattered Ready to Run records with his $1,650,000 purchase price, all eyes were on Lot 32 in the draft of KB Bloodstock. He is out of the Group One-winning Written Tycoon mare (La) Luna Rossa and was high on Yulong’s wish list in the…
Goss secures his filly at RTR Sales
Following the retirement of his stakes-winning mare Casino Princess, Cliff Goss turned to New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready To Run Sale in search of another filly, which he found early on day one in the form of Lot 25. Goss was in the spotlight over the past 12 months courtesy of the daughter of Casino Prince, who won the Listed Tauranga Classic (1400m), and post-retirement was sold to Windsor Park Stud via gavelhouse.com. At the Ready To Runs, the nonagenarian horseman was on the lookout for progeny of Almanzor and soon…