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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Multiple Group One winner Provence indicated she is ready to take on another lucrative campaign with a strong 1100m trial win at Ellerslie on Thursday. The daughter of Savabeel had a quiet trial under her belt on the Cambridge Synthetic last month, and on this occasion, trainer Stephen Marsh was looking for a more solid hit-out. The mare tracked a keen leader in Judicial through the mid-stages before taking over in the straight, kicking clear to win by two lengths with a considerable margin back to the rest of the field. Marsh couldn’t have been happier with the performance, which gives her just over a fortnight to prepare for her resuming run at Te Rapa. “I thought she trialled up beautifully,” he said. “She had a nice quiet trial at Cambridge which was good and she bounced out of that super, so we put a little more pressure on her today. She’s going to improve again out of the 1100, she’s ready to go to the races. “She’ll head to Te Rapa on the 8th of November, she’ll run in the Open 1200m there and get a little bit of weight. That’ll springboard her to the mare’s 1400 at Pukekohe, which will be ideal second-up. “I think she’s sharp enough to run a good race at 1400, but the mile is probably her sweet spot at the moment.” Marsh is referring to the Gr.2 Dunstan Horsefeeds Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1400m), run on Counties Cup Day. After a four-win haul at Ellerslie last weekend, Marsh will head back to the venue this Saturday with a dozen runners, including stakes winners Ardalio and Hitabell contesting the Almanzor – Proven Value (1200m). Ardalio emerged as a serious sprinting prospect when claiming the Gr.3 Almanzor Trophy (1200m) at just her third start and went on to win the Gr.3 Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) in the autumn. Resuming at four, Marsh was pleased with her first-up run on a heavy track at Te Rapa and expects her to find Ellerslie a preferable surface. “I thought her first up run was nice on a wet track, she’s come on well since and back at Ellerslie on a good track, I think that’ll be the big key for her,” he said. “She’s drawn nicely in five, she’ll sit just in behind the speed, and I think she’s the big improver.” Hitabell won the Listed O’Leary’s Fillies Stakes (1335m) and Gr.2 Eight Carat Classic (1600m) at three, but has been off the scene since her triumph in the later on Boxing Day last year. “She’s coming up well, she’s had a couple of trials and will improve again,” Marsh said. “She’s drawn wide and is a bigger, stronger mare now, so she’ll take a run or two to get going. In saying that, I think she’ll run well.” Their stablemate Burn To Shine will make his long-awaited return to racing in the Trackside.co.nz 1400, 623 days since his last outing in February 2024. Despite the long absence, Marsh holds the Group Three winner in high regard and is hopeful of a bold showing fresh. “He’s been off the scene for a hell of a long time,” Marsh said. “He’s had two trials that I’ve really liked and he’ll take improvement, but I think he’ll run a really cheeky race in a fresh state. “He’s an exciting galloper and I’m looking forward to getting him going.” The long weekend will roll into Te Rapa’s meeting on Monday, headlined by the Gr.2 James and Annie Sarten Memorial (1400m), where Marsh has three representatives. Among his trio is Magic Carpet, a Satono Aladdin colt who announced himself as a serious Guineas contender when winning the Gr.2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) last start. “He’s done really well, it looks a nice even field and he’s drawn out a bit, but he hasn’t missed a beat since his win in the Hawke’s Bay Guineas,” Marsh said. “(Jonathan) Riddell sticks with the ship and he’s a very nice horse going forward, this will springboard him nicely into the 2000 Guineas.” Stablemates To Cap It All and Swiss Prince could join Magic Carpet on the trip to Riccarton, the latter coming straight off the back of a competitive maiden win at Ellerslie last Saturday. “He (Swiss Prince) will definitely back-up, he’s bounced out of that race really well and is the ultimate racehorse,” Marsh said. “He eats, sleeps and does his work. “He hit himself against the rail there and was a bit wayward, but he’s come through it well and loves racing. He’s drawn nicely (3) to put himself in a forward spot, and again, he’s on a trial for the 2000 Guineas. “To Cap It All has had a little bit of an interrupted campaign, early on her bloods weren’t quite that good and we gave her a quiet time. She had no luck last time and could still get down to one of the Guineas, she’s still nominated for both, but she really needs to put her hand up here. “We are playing catch-up a bit, but she is quality and hopefully the rain doesn’t come.” View the full article -
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Mike Breslin is at a crossroads with his filly Intention, with her performance in Sunday’s Upper Hutt Car Sales LTD Three-Year-Old 1400 at Trentham dictating which path she takes. All roads lead to Riccarton next month for the daughter of Bivouac, with Breslin weighing up between the Gr.1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) on November 8 or the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) a week later. “We haven’t decided which one she will run in yet. She will only run in one of them and we will make that call after she races on Sunday,” Breslin said. The Awapuni trainer took good heart from her last-start third placing in the Listed Canterbury Belle Stakes (1200m) at the Christchurch track, and he said she has come through that run and trip well. “That was a bit of a test run,” he said. “She coped exceedingly well and we have given her plenty of time to get over that trip because we always had in the back of our mind that she might need to go back down there again in November. “She had a reasonably easy time when she got back from the Canterbury Belle and this is the race we picked out for her to bring her up to 100 percent for Christchurch. “The set weights and penalties doesn’t suit her for that race on Sunday. She is not very good in at the weights for a smallish three-year-old filly, but the race will serve its purpose in getting her 100 percent fit.” Intention had a hit-out at the Foxton trials on Tuesday, where she ran third in her 850m heat, and Breslin said that has helped bring her on ahead of her weekend assignment. “I am really happy with her, I just gave her a quiet trial,” he said. “She did everything under her own steam and I was more than happy with her.” Breslin will also head to Trentham with Ima Brazen One and Kosta, who will be first-up in the Rothley Sprint (1000m) and Graham’s Painters Sprint (1000m) respectively. Ima Brazen One won her 850m trial at Foxton on Tuesday and Breslin is using Sunday as a test to see if she can handle the Trentham chute, something that has troubled her in the past. “She has come up exceedingly well. She is a bit bigger and stronger version than what we have seen in the past,” he said. “She has had two or three runs down the chute and hasn’t handled it that well as a younger horse. I will be interested to see how she copes with the chute now that she is a little more mature.” Kosta has had just the one trial this time in, finishing fourth over 1000m at Awapuni earlier this month, and Breslin is hoping he can put in a bold showing in a fresh state over Sunday’s sprint distance. “He is a talented horse,” Breslin said. “I normally give them two trials, and I have only given him one, with the idea that he may sprint well in a very fresh state. Hopefully he will have a decent prep this time in, I think he can go through the grades.” Meanwhile, promising stayer Crouch will head to Tauherenikau on Saturday week where his performance in the Feilding Cup (2050m) will dictate whether he heads south to contest the Gr.3 Martin Collins New Zealand Cup (3200m) at Riccarton a fortnight later. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
The Breeders' Cup arrived on the scene too late for the great American geldings Kelso and Forego. But at the upcoming 42nd edition of the World Championships, a brilliant European gelding will attempt to join some highly exclusive company. View the full article -
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Ante-post Epsom Derby (G1) favorite Benvenuto Cellini heads Aidan O'Brien's team for Britain's final group 1 race of the year, the Futurity Trophy (G1) Oct. 25 at Doncaster.View the full article -
You certainly wouldn't bet on our women's cricket team, I think they would struggle to win a raffle.
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