Month: February 2025

Dominic Sutton has Feroce (NZ) (Super Seth) set for an Australian Guineas tilt and the up-and-coming trainer is hopeful Detroit City can join the Caulfield Guineas runner-up in the Group One feature at Flemington on Saturday. Feroce will be aiming to go one better in Saturday’s Australian Guineas than his narrow defeat in the Caulfield Guineas last spring, while stablemate Detroit City is 19th in the ballot order with a field limit of 16 plus four emergencies. Acceptances for the Australian Guineas are taken on Wednesday. “We’ll accept with both,”…

Savaglee (NZ) (Savabeel) might be the mystery horse for some in Australia in the lead-in to Saturday’s Gr.1 Australian Guineas, but not so for Flemington-based trainer Mike Moroney. The budding Kiwi star was initially to come to Moroney to train in 2025, but after his illness midway through last year, Moroney had to relinquish his New Zealand training partnership with Savaglee’s conditioner Pam Gerard at Matamata so as to be able to take on training partner Glen Thompson at Flemington. Gerard will fly the son of Savabeel into his temporary…

David Hayes joined RSN on Tuesday after New Zealand breds Ka Ying Rising and Mr Brightside both won Group Ones over 1400 metres last weekend.  David Hayes reflects on a brilliant weekend for the Lindsay Park team – Racing Pulse with Michael Felgate – Omny.fm

Group One performer Malt Time (Adelaide) will head to the races for the final time this weekend before transitioning to her next career as a broodmare.  The eight-year-old daughter of Adelaide has been a consistent performer for trainers Shaun and Emma Clotworthy, winning five of her 39 starts, including the Listed Legacy Lodge Sprint (1200m). She was also placed on 10 occasions, including the Gr.1 TAB Classic (1600m), Gr.1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (2040m), Gr.2 Westbury Classic (1400m), Gr.2 Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) twice, Listed Tauranga Classic (1400m), and has…

Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray are eyeing both of New Zealand’s feature three-year-old staying races in March and their Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) contender Eye Candy (NZ) (Darci Brahma) appeared at the trials at Cambridge on Tuesday. Eye Candy was a maiden winner at Ruakaka in mid-December, and after a tough run in the Listed Gingernuts Salver (2100m), she stamped her Oaks credentials with a game performance behind class filly Hinekaha in the Listed Oaks Prelude (1800m) at New Plymouth. Mindful of keeping his filly…

Popular grey gelding Chattahoochee (NZ) (Reliable Man) could be in for an exciting autumn after pleasing with his three-length trial victory over 950m at Cambridge on Tuesday.  The six-year-old son of Reliable Man was making his first New Zealand public appearance since his two-run Melbourne campaign for interim trainer Cindy Alderson last year, where he placed in the Subzero Handicap (1400m) at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day before finishing fourth in the Listed Kilmore Cup (1600m).  Back in the care of Te Awamutu trainer Debbie Sweeney, some black-type targets await…