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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Jockey Club chief executive Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges estimated HK$160 million in turnover was lost in an “unacceptable” incident that saw race eight on Sha Tin’s Saturday card voided following a loose horse galloping the wrong way down the track. As the runners were dispatched for the Class Four Lukfook Jewellery CCool Collection Handicap (1,200m), Matthew Poon Ming-fai was dislodged from Dreaming Winner, with that runner turning around and galloping the wrong way around the...View the full article -
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After 104 winless rides and some agonisingly close misses, Richard Kingscote was relieved to finally get the monkey off his back with a surprise win aboard Loch Tay at Sha Tin on Saturday. The British jockey’s start to his second Hong Kong stint was no doubt frustrating, having to settle for nine seconds and as many thirds before the drought-breaking success. “I’ve had lots of horses running well and the trainers and owners have been supporting me, to be fair, letting me keep riding a lot of the...View the full article -
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Former Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) winner Asterix (NZ) (Tavistock) returned to top form and scored his first Australian victory in the A$300,000 NZB The Beauford (2300m) at Newcastle on Saturday. The Chris Waller-trained gelding showed signs that he might be finding form with a close last-start fifth in the A$500,000 St Leger (2600m) at Randwick on October 18, and his stamina and class were on full display on Saturday as he outstayed his 11 rivals in the hands of jockey Jason Collett. “I thought his run was great the other day in the St Leger,” Collett said. “It was just a slow-run race. He led the start before that and it didn’t work one bit, so last start we tried to make sure he did things right, which he did, and he found the line great. “His trial was good leading into this and when I had the gate today, I was able to use it and put him in a close enough spot which gave us our chance. “He’s won a New Zealand Derby. He’s got the credentials there and this will no doubt build confidence.” Waller was represented at Newcastle by Zane Jones. “He was a good horse in New Zealand before coming to Australia,” he said. “We never lost faith in the horse, it was just a matter of turning up, getting things to go his way and today it did.” Asterix was bred by Sir Owen Glenn’s Go Bloodstock and is by Tavistock out of the Shirocco mare Mourasana. Curraghmore offered Asterix at the 2020 NZB Ready to Run Sale at Karaka, where Bruce Perry Bloodstock bought him for $450,000. Asterix began his career in the Matamata stable of Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott, for whom he won four of his 14 starts including the 2022 New Zealand Derby and the 2024 edition of the Gr.2 Avondale Cup (2400m). Asterix has now had a total of 23 starts for five wins, a placing and A$923,671 in stakes. View the full article -
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Promising New Zealand-bred galloper Taken (NZ) (Ardrossan) won four races in a row to close out his last campaign, and he picked up where he left off with a first-up victory at Caulfield on Saturday. The A$130,000 RM Williams Handicap (1400m) was Taken’s first raceday appearance since June, and he finished second at Cranbourne on October 20 in his only preparatory trial. Ridden by Ethan Brown for trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr, the four-year-old dug deep in the straight despite a tiring three-wide run, snatching victory by a short half-head. “Great training performance – first-up, one trial,” Brown said. “Three-wide, and it is never easy to sit three-deep first-up, so there are signs of a very nice horse. “He was well and truly entitled to be found wanting, but he dug deep and he was a winner. “He’ll get a mile at least and maybe further. A bit more work and he’ll be running out a mile.” Taken has now had 10 starts for five wins, five placings and A$381,860 in stakes, and he is pleasing his trainers with his progress through the grades. “Very good,” Kent said. “Underdone, only had one trial, so we were concerned with fitness, and then he got close to three-wide, four-wide, so a very good win. “He’s an unassuming customer. We were worried early on as to whether he would get a strong 1400m, but he just keeps strengthening, and to improve from three to four, you need to bulk up, and he definitely has. “We knew he was going super, just with all the rain he missed a trial. They don’t usually win off one trial, but he’s a nice horse. “He’s had a faultless campaign, really. The ceiling’s untapped. He likes a mile better, I think. Very good start to his preparation. “No real plans, just to go through the ratings. I think he’ll probably go 1400m next start and then go a mile third up, but there’s no real plans for him.” Originally prepared in New Zealand by Sam Mynott, Taken was sold to the Price-Kent stable following a trial win at Tauranga. By Waikato Stud’s emerging young sire Ardrossan, Taken is out of the Henrythenavigator mare Katherine Wright (NZ) and stems from the same family as Ardrossan’s Group Three winner Beau Dazzler (NZ). Taken was bred by the Dewar Partnership, which was put together to support Ardrossan when he launched at stud by some people who raced the Group One-performed son of Redoute’s Choice. View the full article -
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Expat New Zealand trainer John Sargent expected a strong showing from Meridiana (NZ) (Preferment) at Newcastle on Saturday, and that was exactly what he got in the A$160,000 Lees Racing ‘Legend’ Mile (1600m). The New Zealand-bred mare was heading into the Benchmark 78 handicap after a last-start second in the A$500,000 Four Pillars (1500m) at Rosehill on November 1. “She was a bit stiff in that race,” Sargent said. “She couldn’t get out when we wanted to and it cost her the race, because they weren’t really coming from the back. “She seemed to have improved with the run, she was only second-up that day, and this looked like a nice race for her over a mile at a big track. We’ll see after this whether she carries on for another one or goes for a break.” Meridiana was sent out as a $2.15 favourite and lived right up to those expectations in the hands of jockey Jason Collett. After settling in midfield – much closer than the 15th spot she found herself in through the early part of the Four Pillars – the four-year-old chimed in with a smart turn of foot in the straight and went on to win by just over a length. Meridiana has now had seven starts for three wins, two placings and A$285,650 in prize-money for her group of over a dozen owners. Meridiana was bred by Qiji Bloodstock Ltd and is by Preferment out of the Strategic Image mare North And South (NZ), who won 10 races headed by the Listed Levin Stakes (1200m). View the full article
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