An exciting autumn calendar awaits formidable Kiwi-bred galloper Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars), who will defend his crown in the Gr.1 C.F Orr Stakes (1400m) next Saturday after a comfortable trial win at Geelong. The son of Bullbars has accumulated eight Group Ones and over A$16.3 million in stakes in a 40-start career, where he has been the leading light for Lindsay Park Racing, headed by brothers Ben, Will and JD Hayes. Ben Hayes was on course at Geelong on Tuesday, where his star galloper sat in behind the speed for…
Month: January 2025
Big Week for Kingsclere
Roger James and Robert Wellwood experienced a whirlwind of highs across the Karaka Millions and Yearling Sales series this week, a trend they hope to continue back at Ellerslie on Saturday. Last Saturday night at the Auckland venue, their star mare Orchestral (NZ) (Savabeel) silenced any doubters with a top-class performance to win the $1 million Elsdon Park Aotearoa Classic (1600m), a year after reigning supreme in the $1.5 million Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m). An earner of over $2.67 million, Orchestral is now poised to take on the likes of…
Stud Boosted by Sale Ahead of Group Race
Off the back of a lucrative result at Karaka, Mark and Jane Corcoran’s Grangewilliam Stud will be chasing another top outcome on the track this weekend. A son of Proisir was the headline act of their small Book 1 draft at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale and the farm will be hoping to make another top impression with Utopian Wine at New Plymouth on Saturday. Bred by Mark’s father John, the Proisir colt will in time be heading offshore after he was knocked down to the Hong Kong Jockey…
Haunui Farm Leads the Way at Karaka
Haunui Farm have been crowned leading vendor of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Book 1 Yearling Sale at Karaka for the first time this week following a pleasing set of results, led by the $2.4 million sale of the full-sister to glamour mare Orchestral. The Karaka farm sold 24 of its 30 yearlings, for an aggregate of $6.74 million, nearly $900,000 more than its closest rival in Waikato Stud with $5.88 million, and their average of $280,883 was second only to Curraghmore with $322,222. “It was a special result,” Haunui Farm managing…
Pakenham Thursday races preview & quaddie tips | January 30, 2025
What Pakenham Races Where Southside Racing Pakenham – 420 Nar Nar Goon – Longwarry Rd, Tynong VIC 3810 When Thursday, January 30, 2025 First Race 5:15pm AEDT Visit Dabble The Victorian night racing season continues at Pakenham with a competitive eight-race meeting scheduled for Thursday evening. A perfect summer evening is forecast, and with the track rated a Good 4 at the time of acceptances and the rail back in its true position, there will be no excuses for fancied runners throughout the night. The first of the Pakenham races…
T.S. Carlyon Cup
Odds Bookmakers News Field Past Winners T.S. Carlyon Cup Group Three Betting Guide Date: Saturday, February 8, 2025 Location: Caulfield Racecourse – Melbourne, Victoria Prize Money: $200,000 Distance: 1600m The T.S. Carlyon Cup is a Group 3 race for milers, conducted by the Melbourne Racing Club at Caulfield Racecourse. First run in 1977 and won by Ngawyni, the TS Carlyon Cup is held over 1600m under set weights and penalties conditions. In 2025, The TS Carlyon Cup is offering a purse of $200,000. Initially a Principal race until 1979, The…
She’s Bulletproof set for Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes
She’s Bulletproof. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Racing Photos) Trainer Charlotte Littlefield is confident that She’s Bulletproof will ‘go to a different level’ in the Group 3 Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes (1200m) at Sandown on Saturday. The Shooting To Win mare has only finished outside of the placings once in her ten-start career, with her most recent effort being a second-place finish in the Listed Black Pearl Stakes (1200m) at Geelong on January 4. Since then, She’s Bulletproof impressed in a Pakenham jump-out on January 21, winning with authority. “Sage Duric rode her…
Miss Roumbini set to chase Sydney success
Miss Roumbini after winning the 2025 Magic Millions Fillies & Mares. Photo: Darren Winningham After a successful three-start campaign, culminating in victory in the Magic Millions Fillies and Mares Classic (1300m), the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained Miss Roumbini will be aimed at the Sydney autumn carnival. The Zoustar mare’s next likely target is the Group 2 Guy Walter Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on March 1. “She’s enjoying a well-deserved week off in a nice green paddock up in Queensland and then she’s hopping on a bus back down…
The Trials Report – Six of the Best
These six horses have trialled pleasingly in recent weeks and this week (30/1/2025) they head back to the racetrack. Iron Brigade (4g Art Major – Trigirl Brigade) Tr. S & A Telfer Travels to Hawera this Friday for the Stratford Cup (Race 7) on the grass and warmed up for this assignment with a win at the Pukekohe workouts (23/1/25) against two stablemates, Double Jeopardy and Seaside Rose. Trailed in the heat before popping out near the 400m to challenge the leader, kept going strongly to get his head in…
Lightning Strikes Twice as Book 1 Comes to Close
Day Three of NZB’s 2025 National Yearling Sales Series rounded out Book 1 on Tuesday, with a solid day of trade on par with last year’s results. At the close of selling, the Book 1 aggregate reached $75,322,500 from a slightly smaller offering of 588 yearlings, while the average rounded out at $164,819 and the clearance rate improved to 78%. The Book 1 session was one for the history books when a record-breaking $2.4 million sale of Lot 345 took place on the second day, marking the most expensive filly…