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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Sam Agars SOLID SHALAA - R3 (1) Went close on his return from a long layoff and can go one better here Jay Rooney BUNDLE AWARD - R6 (7) Comes off a solid run in the Derby and drops back to C&D of an impressive win Trackwork Spy BOTTOMUPTOGETHER - R7 (4) Trials indicate he should relish first start on dirt Phillip Woo TRIUMPHANT MORE - R9 (2) Ran into a smart one last time out and can go one better here Shannon (Vincent Wong) SO AWESOME - R1 (12) Kept on well enough for fourth last start and go close from inside gate Racing Post Online SING DRAGON - R7 (6) Drawn better this time round and looks to have a good chance today Tom Wood BUNDLE AWARD - R6 (7) Returns after an admirable seventh in the Derby, looks to get in nicely for thisView the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Consistent sayer Mayor Of Norwood (NZ) (Ghibellines) continued a run of consistent form when he took full advantage of a rails hugging ride by apprentice Donovan Cooper to take out the feature event at Riverton on Saturday, the Kennedy Building Riverton Cup (2170m) Cooper only secured the mount on the Brian and Shane Anderton-trained six-year-old after regular pilot Corey Campbell broke his foot late in the week, but produced an absolute gem as he never went around a horse throughout the race to secure victory The winner of the Waikouaiti Cup (2200m) four starts back, the son of Ghibellines was rock hard fit for his assignment on a testing Heavy 8 surface that had favoured horses staying closer to the inside rail throughout the day. Allowed to settle in behind pacemakers Taimate Diva (NZ) (Telperion) and Complicate (NZ) (Complacent), Cooper bided his time on his mount before starting his closing push with 300m to run. Mayor Of Norwood dashed through and quickly put a winning break on his rivals as he ran out a comfortable four length winner at the finish. Brian Anderton was at home watching all the action in the comfort of his living room and was chuffed with the performance of his charge. “He can be a tricky horse to ride and a lot of jockeys have got back on him, but young Donovan got him away nicely and had him the perfect spot all the way,” Anderton said. “He had him nice and handy, stayed hard on the rail and the horse found a tremendous turn of foot just when he needed it. “It was a ten out of ten ride and I’m thrilled for Donovan and for the owner of the horse, Janice Smith, as she is a wonderful person and took over the horses with the very untimely death of her husband Pat. “I rang her when we knew Corey (Campbell) couldn’t take the mount and she just said go ahead and put Donovan on and run the horse if you think you should. “He (Mayor Of Norwood) hasn’t had a lot of luck lately but he definitely made amends today. “He is not really a heavy track horse so we might have a look at going to Brisbane with him if the travel works out, but we won’t be doing that without speaking with Mrs Smith and getting her approval first.” Raced by the estate of his breeder, the late Patrick Smith, Mayor Of Norwood is out of the useful race mare Gallant Babe and is the younger brother of his stakes placed stablemate Capo Dell Impero (NZ) (Ghibellines). He has now won six of his 30 starts and $218,750 in prizemoney. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Versatile Kiwi-bred galloper Bankers Choice has provided himself with a shot at one of the biggest prizes on the Victorian spring racing calendar with victory in Saturday’s Listed Mornington Cup (2400m). The seven-year-old son of Mongolian Khan provided trainer Glen Thompson with his first solo victory since the shock passing of his co-trainer Mike Moroney when he won his last start at Caulfield. Bankers Choice has often looked a capable stayer and Saturday’s victory was not only his second straight success over 2400m but the victory also makes him ballot exempt for the Gr.1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) later this year. Regular rider Daniel Stackhouse was all out to hold off a strong late challenge from the Ciaron Maher-trained Strawberry Rock who lunged late to get within a nose of Bankers Choice at the winning post. Stable representative Anthony Feroce was all smiles as he provided a glowing report on the change to the horse who had gone through a form slump during the spring. “It’s just amazing as last year the plan was to get him into the Caulfield Cup after he ran second in the Sandown Classic (Gr.2, 2400m) but he ran poorly during the spring,” Feroce said. “He went out to Jake Noonan’s partner Mariah’s place and she freshened him up nicely, so a big thank you to her. “Daniel gets on really well with him and when he jumped on him at Moonee Valley he decided to go forward on him, which worked out well and ever since he has been a different horse”. “It worked out perfectly today as we got into the place we wanted (third) early on, although I thought he was tugging a little bit and he hit the wall. Thank God that post came up when it did”. “We may look at Warrnambool (Cup, 2300m) next or we might just put him away until the spring. He is the sort of horse that seems to like continual racing so we will look at that when we are making any decisions.” Stackhouse was also rapt with the victory after the pre-race plan went exactly as he had hoped. “A big thanks to Glen Thompson as he has done an amazing job with this horse,” he said. “The plan worked out perfectly, near the speed which was just fine and he travelled so well”. “I nursed him into it at the 600m with plenty of horse underneath me and he was just too tough”. “He is jumping out of the gates so well now and is a very happy horse.” Bred and raced by South Waikato farming couple Ross and Corrine Kearney under their Okaharau Station banner, Bankers Choice won five of his ten starts for Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh before a majority interest was sold to clients of the Moroney stable in a private transaction. Out of the Conatus mare Signorina, Bankers Choice is a full-brother to the highly talented three-year-old Checkmate, a Listed winner and third-place getter in last month’s NZ$3.5 million NZB Kiwi (1500m). With nine wins and eight placings from 45 starts, Bankers Choice has been a great money spinner for connections, amassing A$1,475,502 in prize money. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Former Kiwi galloper Jimmysstar has stamped himself as one of the most exciting sprinters in Australia with a brilliant victory in the Gr.1 All Aged Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday. The Ciaron Maher-trained five-year-old was given a masterful ride by Ethan Brown, tracking Broadsiding midfield on the fence throughout before patiently waiting for the gaps to appear. When the son of Per Incanto found clear air, the acceleration was instant as he ran out a ready winner from Joliestar and Sunshine In Paris. Jimmysstar has now won nine of his 18 starts with a further five placings and commenced the campaign with a stunning win in the Gr.1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m). He was subsequently third on an off track at The Valley in the Gr.1 William Reid Stakes (1200m) and fourth after blundering at the start in the Gr.1 T.J. Smith Stakes (1200m). “He is such a ripper,” a delighted Ciaron Maher said. “This prep, he has come out this time with the Oakleigh Plate (Gr.1, 1100m) and his next two runs have been absolutely outstanding. He has run in four Group Ones and to claim two of them is pretty special. “He’s a cool horse, Jimmy with a great ownership group and he’s got a pretty cool jockey as well. I’m just thrilled. This has been a real come-out preparation for Jimmy”. “Credit to Ozzie (Kheir, part-owner) and his team, with Matt Becker finding these horses. They’re very good at it”. “A couple of states, it doesn’t matter, he performs and I take a lot of pride in that.” The winner of two of his three starts in New Zealand for Hastings trainer Guy Lowry, a majority share in Jimmysstar was sold to clients of Maher following a Rating 65 win at Hawke’s Bay, and the chestnut has now gone on to amass A$2,139,272 in prizemoney. Further lucrative targets loom, with the A$20 million The Everest (1200m) an obvious target in the spring and Maher drawing comparisons with recently retired stablemate Bella Nipotina, who won the lucrative contest. “I was thinking about The Everest after the Oakleigh Plate,” Maher said. “The other day, he ran home a quicker time in the TJ Smith than he did in the Oakleigh Plate, and his Oakleigh Plate was blistering”. “He’s just a very good horse and I’m sure he’ll make his presence felt in The Everest.” Jimmysstar was bred by Wairarapa couple Pete and Chrissy Algie in partnership with Masterton’s Little Avondale Stud. Stud proprietors Sam and Catriona Williams along with the Algies remain in the ownership of the star galloper. The chestnut gelding is by Little Avondale Stud’s outstanding stallion Per Incanto out of Anniesstar. The Zed mare won five races including the Listed Feilding Gold Cup (2100m), while her full-brother Jacksstar was a seven-time winner up to Group Two level and also placed in the Gr.1 Auckland Cup (3200m) and her half-brother Bourbonaire was runner-up in the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m). Anniesstar is the dam of three named foals, all of them have been winners, including Charms Star, winner of the Gr.3 Manawatu Breeders’ Stakes (2000m), and she was also runner-up in the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) and Queensland Oaks (2200m) as a three-year-old. View the full article -
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Saturday’s Gr.3 Manco Easter Handicap (1600m) at Ellerslie capped a rapid and popular rise to stardom for Waverley visitor Doctor Askar (NZ) (Derryn). The time-honoured $150,000 feature was the fifth win in a row for the Derryn gelding, who has now earned $271,145 from a 15-start, six-win career. Doctor Askar is trained by his owner-breeder Joanne Moss, who named him after a Waikato Hospital doctor who she credits with saving her son’s life. The equine Doctor Askar took nine starts to win his first race, eventually leaving maiden ranks with a narrow victory over 1400m at New Plymouth on December 27. He ran third in his next start at Trentham on January 11, and the four-year-old has never looked back since then. His next four races produced four wins in succession. He took out a special conditions maiden at Trentham on January 18, followed by Rating 75 successes at Waverley on February 28 and Trentham on March 22. Moss raised the bar with a first black-type assignment in the Listed Flying Handicap (1400m) on March 29, and Doctor Askar rose to the challenge and scored another narrow win. Saturday’s Easter was by far his toughest test. It was his first time at Group Three level, first time at Ellerslie, first time right-handed and first time racing over 1600m. But Doctor Askar took all of those new challenges in his stride and came out on top again. “That’s pretty impressive, I wasn’t expecting that,” Moss said. “He’s a homebred horse that’s really done us proud. A lot of people are following him and backing him now, so it’s been great. “I always wanted to come to Auckland and win the Great Northern Steeplechase (6400m), but that’s not run here at Ellerslie any more. But I’ll take an Easter!” Moss said the human Dr Askar has been following his namesake’s progress with interest. “He’s very happy and says it’s funny hearing his name being called out by the commentators,” Moss said. “He’ll be watching again today.” Another major player in the Doctor Askar story has been jockey Joe Doyle, who has guided the horse to five wins and a placing from six rides. Gate 14 in a 16-horse field presented another challenge on Saturday, but Doyle drove Doctor Askar forward to sit just behind the front-runner Electron (NZ) (Turn Me Loose) by the time the field reached the turn out of the back straight. The pressure was on all the way around the track, but Electron and Doctor Askar were both still full of running as they turned for home. Doctor Askar slowly but surely got the better of Electron down the straight, but she was not the only rival he had to worry about. Talented three-year-old Tardelli launched a big run down the outside of the track and quickly drew up alongside the leading pair. Doctor Askar saw him coming and lifted again, holding on to win by a neck. Electron was another nose away in third. “It’s been a fantastic training performance by Jo with this horse,” Doyle said. “I don’t think you’d find a more popular winner in the country today. There’s such a great story behind the horse and they’ve been rewarded again. It’s fantastic. “I can’t wait until next year with this horse. He still has a touch of greenness and newness, so he’s only going to improve. “I said before the race that with the long run up to the first turn, we’d be able to roll forward from our wide gate. I was hoping they wouldn’t be going mad in front, but the pace was certainly strong, so fair play to the horse. “He was probably running on fumes near the end, but it’s a credit to his toughness and resilience that he had his head out at the right time. “He’s such a fun horse. He’s a great horse for the public to follow, with that story behind him and his fantastic will to win.” Doctor Askar’s six wins have come by margins of a short neck, half a length, a long head, a length and a quarter, a head and a neck. View the full article
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