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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Expat-Kiwi trainers Emma-Lee and David Browne. Photo: Trish Dunell A connection to their homeland attracted Emma-Lee and David Browne to Mcgaw as a yearling, and twelve months later, the inexpensive gelding delivered the couple’s biggest victory since moving to Australia in Saturday’s $1 million Showdown (1200m). At just his second appearance on race day, Mcgaw was forced to travel wide from an outside draw early, eventually sitting outside the leader under Damian Lane. The son of I Am Immortal kicked strongly at the top of the Caulfield straight and kept finding, outmuscling Befuddle to score by a half-length. “It was a massive effort from the horse; it was only his second start, and he’d had a bit of a gap between races; he just had the one start back at the end of January,” Emma-Lee Browne said. “It was massive for the stable as well; we’ve been here for just over three years now, and to get a result like that was a testament to our great team at home.” Mcgaw was bred by Havaparty Investments in Australia, as the fifth live foal out of Kiwi-bred mare Niki Piki Milo. A daughter of Librettist Niki Piki Milo won three races from eight attempts, including the Listed Ryder Stakes (1200m) under the care of Peter and Dawn Williams. Formerly based in Waikato, New Zealand, the Brownes recalled watching Niki Piki Milo race and, after inspecting her son at the 2024 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale, they secured Mcgaw for just $14,000 from Stonehouse Thoroughbreds’ draft. Saturday’s victory took Mcgaw’s earnings above $600,000. “I just really liked his type; he’s a very athletic, leggy type of horse,” Browne said. “Also, coming from New Zealand, we knew Niki Piki Milo, and I remembered her being a nice horse, so that attracted us to him in the first place.” “I didn’t expect him to be an early type at all, because he is quite leggy, but we wanted to get a fair bit of education into him as a two-year-old, and he was doing it all quite easily. Every time we asked something more of him, he put his hand up; he was quite natural. “Even now, he still looks like he needs to grow into himself a bit; he’s still quite lanky. We’ll probably put him out now and hope to target the spring with him.” Now settled in Victoria, Australia, the Brownes have enjoyed success at feature carnivals, notably Scary’s runner-up finish in the A$2 million Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) last November. “It’s been super; we love it here, and it’s been a great move for us with the horses and also for the family,” Browne said. “Pakenham is a fantastic place to train out of; we’ve got a great group of trainers here that all support each other. We’ve got a little farm here now and are happy to call this place home.” Continuing their association with Kiwi-bred and sourced gallopers, the Brownes travelled to the Karaka Yearling Sales in January and purchased two yearlings, including a Satono Aladdin colt from Jamieson Park. “We came over to Karaka and actually bought a Hanseatic, which we didn’t expect to do, but we also picked up a really nice Satono Aladdin and he’s landed here in Melbourne,” she said. “He’s currently at the breakers.” Horse racing news View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Checkmate will travel to Sydney to contest Saturday’s Group 1 Rosehill Guineas. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Wexford Stables took home the major spoils at Tauranga on Saturday, and this weekend, they will venture further afield with class three-year-old Checkmate contesting the Group 1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m) in Sydney. Checkmate has impressed in his first racing campaign, winning three races including the Listed Armacup 3YO Stakes (1500m). The son of Mongolian Khan was selected by trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott to represent Wexford in the $3.5 million NZB Kiwi (1500m), and after settling beautifully in the running, he flashed home into third behind Damask Rose and Evaporate. Delighted with the Kiwi performance, O’Sullivan and Scott turned their focus to Saturday’s feature, with the gelding set to fly across the Tasman on Monday afternoon. “He flies out this afternoon and he’ll head to Randwick, where Ashley Handley will be looking after him for the week there,” Scott said. “We had hopes that he may head this way, and he just pulled up so well from the Kiwi and performed very well in that race. “The team is really excited, we let him do a bit of work here this morning (Monday) and he worked particularly well. We’re going over there with good levels of confidence that he will race well, but we’re under no illusion that it is a high level of racing. “It will be interesting to see how he runs out the 2000m, that is another factor for next season if he can run out the distance. That gives him some other options at four. “We are so looking forward to it.” Godolphin colt Broadsiding currently tops the market with horse racing bookmakers for the Rosehill Guineas at $2.50, with Checkmate in the sixth line of betting at $15. Also featuring prominently are fellow Kiwi-bred three-year-olds Feroce ($11) and Aeliana ($13). Horse racing news View the full article -
I can't wait to hear the overall winner myself, and what they are going to do with the 10k prize. -
Speak for yourself. You have no idea how excited I am to hear who prevails in each category. -
By Chief Stipe · Posted
NZTR Club of the Year Award Finalists Announced New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) is thrilled to announce the finalists of the 2024 Club of the Year Awards, set to be awarded at the 2025 Industry Development Conference on 31 March. Each New Zealand Racing Club was assessed against a performance framework across four categories: Financial, Racing, Marketing and Compliance and Innovation. The selection of finalists and winners will be presented in three distinct categories: Metropolitan, Provincial, and Country Clubs. An overall Club of the Year Award will also be presented from the winners of each category. NZTR Chief Executive Officer Matt Ballesty is pleased to see our Clubs recognised for their performance. "We see our annual NZTR Club Awards as playing a pivotal role in recognising and celebrating the outstanding contributions and achievements of New Zealand’s well-performing racing Clubs," he said. "I look forward to getting to know our Club representatives at the Industry Development Conference and celebrating their collective wins." To reward our high performing Clubs, NZTR will provide a $20k prize fund distributed across the three categories: Metropolitan, Provincial, and Country, with each receiving $5k in prize fund. Additionally, the Overall Club of the Year will be granted $5k in prize fund. The prize fund should be used to invest in an event or on-course initiative and a short form business case will need to be presented to support the initiative by 31 July 2025. NZTR has outlined the finalists for the three categories below. 2024 Finalists (in alphabetical order) Metropolitan Auckland Thoroughbred Racing Canterbury Jockey Club Waikato Thoroughbred Racing Provincial Otago Racing Club Racing Tauranga Taranaki Racing Incorporated Country Central Otago Racing Club Masterton Racing Club Wairarapa Racing Club Congratulations to all the finalist and we look forward to celebrating at the 2025 Industry Development Conference. Corporate Communications New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Contact: Catlyn Calder +64 27 252 2803 nztrcommunications@nztr.co.nz
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