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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
By Jordyn Bublitz Taranaki horseman Brodie Ellis may not have a barn full of Group 1 stars, but he represents the beating heart of New Zealand harness racing – the grassroots participants who keep the industry alive. Tonight at Cambridge Raceway, the dedicated trainer lines up two of his stable favourites, Cool Phelan and Ordained, both stepping out fresh from a spell in the Join Us For Xmas At Cambridge Raceway Trot (6.28pm). Racing has always been in Ellis’s blood. He was introduced to the sport by a stalwart of harness racing in the Manawatu. “My uncle was Keith Chittenden, so I grew up going down to his barn every weekend and then went on to do Kidz Kartz,” Ellis said. Chittenden trained 42 winners during a career that spanned four decades, from 1977 to 2017, before his passing in 2017. Widely respected in the lower North Island racing community, Keith was also instrumental in starting Taranaki Kidz Kartz. Ellis is steadily building his own path from his Taranaki base, where he trains a small but determined team of five horses. Tonight, he will make the trip north to Cambridge with a double-hand in the same event. Both of his runners, Cool Phelan and Ordained, are returning after spells, and while Ellis isn’t expecting miracles first-up, he’s confident both are forward enough to be competitive. Harrison Orange will take the reins of Ordained, and although the son of Father Patrick hasn’t been sighted since July, Ellis has been pleased with his progress leading into tonight’s assignment. “He’s worked up good, he’s definitely been keeping me on my toes the last couple of weeks and is ready to race,” Ellis said, “he’ll step and put himself handy, and I definitely think he’s capable of coming in the top three.” Cool Phelan, meanwhile, is the veteran of the pair, a nine-year-old daughter of Pegasus Spur who will be partnered by Peter Ferguson. She last raced in June and is being carefully prepared for a summer campaign on the grass tracks. “She’s a typical mare, her work has been good too, but she’ll be going in foal next month and we’ll really be aiming at the grass tracks with her,” Ellis explained. “Tonight, I’d like to see her settle on the pegs and have a quiet first run back.” View the full article -
Meeting News Gore Races Abandoned Gore Races Abandoned Today’s Gore Races have been abandoned due to excessive wind gusts. The riders, club and RIB are all in agreement after assessing the conditions. NZTR will investigate a transfer date after talking with relevant groups, including Entain NZ. -
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Churchill Downs Incorporated announced Oct. 22 a growth project called Victory Run, an exciting new structure on the first turn of the Churchill Downs racetrack between the First Turn Club and the Skye Terrace. View the full article -
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Bulls stayer Trav will vie for a hotly-contested automatic spot into next month’s A$10 million Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at The Valley on Friday night in the Gr.2 Moonee Valley Gold Cup (2500m). After winning the Gr.2 Auckland Cup (3200m) in autumn, his trainer Raymond Connors made the time-honoured feature a long-term goal, having two starts on home soil this spring before heading across the Tasman. Trav and regular rider Masa Hashizume finished 11th of 16 in the Gr.3 The Bart Cummings (2500m) in their Australian debut earlier this month, and while Connors had hoped for a slightly better result, he was not too deterred with the effort. “He went well after the line, obviously I would’ve liked to see him go a bit better, but I think it was a pass mark,” he said. “I’m hoping he’s improved since then, Masa was happy enough with him and he’s the type of horse where the further, the better. “I think we’ll get a good line on him tomorrow night, there was no reason not to carry on after that run anyway. Hopefully he can run well and put ourselves in the picture (for the Melbourne Cup).” Connors had tossed up whether to run at The Valley or head south to Geelong on Wednesday for the Gr.3 Geelong Cup (2400m), his call proving to be a blessing in disguise after that meeting was postponed due to severe winds. “Either race was going to be hard, but it’s not far to travel (to The Valley) and there is more of a likelihood of a better track, which he prefers,” he said. “Those were the two main reasons, he was probably better off in the handicaps in the Geelong Cup so hopefully I’ve made the right decision. It looked like the right call yesterday, at least we didn’t have to go through that ordeal.” Trav appeared for a track gallop at The Valley’s ‘Breakfast with the Best’ on Tuesday morning and Connors was pleased with his progress, having settled in well to life away from his typical country environment in the Central Districts. “He’s handled it pretty well, he’s started to do a lot better over the last week or so and his coat is looking good,” Connors said. “He’s not the easiest horse to work, but he’s getting there. I don’t think there’s any excuses tomorrow so hopefully he gets around there well.” View the full article -
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Questions about the immediate futures of the well-performed Whangaehu and his younger stablemate Landman will be answered by their performances at Trentham. Trainers Bill Thurlow and Sam O’Malley will firm up directions the pair will take for the remainder of their preparations after Sunday’s meeting. Whangaehu will make the second start of his current campaign in the Gr.3 Gee & Hickton Funeral Directors Thompson Handicap (1600m) while Landman runs in the Upper Hutt Car Sales 3YO (1400m). Multiple stakes winner Whangaehu tailed the field home when he resumed in the Gr.1 Howden Insurance Mile (1600m) at Te Rapa and a subsequent outing at Tuesday’s Foxton trials was also inconclusive. “He was a bit disappointing to be honest, he looks well but I’m just not sure where he’s at,” Thurlow said. “He pulled up really well after the trial, but he had to be chased the whole way. We’ll see if he can turn it around on Sunday and that will give us a better idea of where we head. “He’s getting ready to go 2000m so maybe I’m being a bit hard on him, we’ll see at Trentham.” Should the son of Proisir perform well, the Gr.3 Elsdon Park Balmerino Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie Melbourne Cup Day will become a possible next port of call. Meanwhile, Hello Youmzain three-year-old Landman has done well since a pleasing last-start effort at Riccarton for fourth behind subsequent Gr.3 Barneswood Farm Stakes (1400m) runner-up Alottago. Landman had been nominated for Saturday’s Gr.3 War Decree Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton, but travel concerns due to this week’s wild weather ruled out a return trip. “We thought we may have been able to get him back down there, but logistically it’s just too hard,” Thurlow said. “I thought he went a pretty good race and I’ve been quite keen to get him up to a mile against his own age group, but it just hasn’t been possible yet. “He’ll go to Trentham, it looks quite a strong field but if they get a bit of rain, it probably wouldn’t worry him too much and one or two others may not run.” The stable has also pulled the pin on a crack at the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m). “We’re just going to take it a bit quieter with him, I’m just not sure whether he’s up to that grade at this stage,” Thurlow said. “There will be some very good ones going down there. “He’s in good shape for Sunday so we’ll see what happens and take it from there and see where we end up.” The stable also has Miss Fireball in the Tawhiti Hina R65 (1400m) at New Plymouth on Friday and there is confidence in her prospects if she can get ground to suit. “If she does go there and the track is reasonable, I think she will run really well,” Thurlow said. View the full article
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