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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Presenter-driver-trainer Brittany Graham knows a thing or two about racing on both sides of the Tasman and now that the Queenslander is working for Trackside in this country she’s (reluctantly) agreed to write a weekly column. By Brittany Graham Is Kingman coming? That question will be answered tomorrow (Thursday) by his owner Mick Harvey on whether the $28,750 late payment is lodged for the IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup. Another hurdle was jumped today, however, at Club Menangle when the four-year-old stallion safely negotiated the tapes to gain his standing start qualification. “He stepped nicely and felt super” said his trainer/driver Luke McCarthy. “It was nice work the last three quarters on a wet track”. The son of Always B Miki then recorded an overall mile rate of 1.54.1 seconds with quarters of 30.7, 28.4, 28.3 and 26.7. The last start winner of the Group 1 Victoria Cup is currently the $6 third favourite with TAB despite not yet being confirmed in the field. Meanwhile, Leap To Fame has completed his necessary checks post his return to the winner’s circle on Saturday night and his trip is back on track. “He will have a couple of reasonable workouts here in Melbourne before the flight across Monday,” said Grant Dixon when he joined The Box Seat this week. “Now it’s a case of keeping him ticking over and getting on the plane to get over there.” And when it comes to two-time defending champion Swayzee, he can solidify his trip with a forward showing when he lines up in a 1609metre free-for-all at Menangle on Saturday at 10.03pm NZT. View the full article -
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War Machine (NZ) (Harry Angel) did not run up to expectations in The Everest, but Ben Hayes has urged punters to stick with the explosive gelding. The Group 1 winner gets the chance to get his spring campaign back on track in Saturday’s $3 million Russell Balding Stakes at Randwick. The 1300-metre event will be War Machine’s first start since The Everest, in which he clocked in 10th, which was only second run of the campaign and Hayes would like to think he has much more to achieve this campaign. “He sprinted really well fresh and then got a bit crowded and a bit further back than we wanted in the Everest and then he was good through the line,” Hayes, who trains in partnership with brothers Will and JD, said. “The 1300 is right up his alley and he’ll now be third-up and ready to go and he’ll go really well. “We go to the Russell Balding and then we’ve got the Orr Stakes on the 15th (of November) and that’s probably been his Grand Final race for the spring.” War Machine’s only start this spring before The Everest was a brilliant win in the Group 2 Gilgai Stakes (1200m) at Flemington on October 4. He landed a maiden Group 1 success in the 1400m Stradbroke Handicap at his previous start, on June 14. The son of Harry Angel was one of the best-backed runners outside Ka Ying Rising in The Everest, starting $10 third favourite, but was never a factor and beat home only roughies Jedibeel and Magic Time when 3-1/2 lengths from Ka Ying Rising. “Obviously we were a little disappointed with his Everest run, but he did actually finish off really strongly and ran quite good sectionals. I think only Angel Capital ran better sectionals than him,” Hayes said. “He’s got a lot of improvement (to come), he’s only third-up into the Russell Balding, so don’t discount him.” Tim Clark, who was aboard for the Stradbroke success and rode in The Everest, retains his association with War Machine, who drew ideally in barrier seven. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
OTI Racing’s Terry Henderson says any rain to hit Flemington before Saturday will only enhance Azazel’s (NZ) (Shocking) chances of causing an upset in the VRC Derby. Henderson told The Verdict podcast he was buoyant about the young stayer’s hopes this weekend. Importantly, there is little concern about Azazel running out a strong 2500 metres. “He is bred that way,” Henderson said. “He’s out of a Tavistock mare, by Shocking. “If we get some rain on Friday, that will bring him right into the race. “The Godolphin horse (Observer) is going to be very hard to beat, obviously. “But you know what it’s like… they’re over a distance these horses haven’t been over before, in conditions that are going to be new to many of them. “I think that brings him right into the race. “We’re hoping for the rain and we are pretty confident he’ll get the mile and a half.” Azazel has won two of his three career starts to date, showing plenty of grit to win the listed Geelong Classic last week. He’ll jump from barrier 10 this Saturday, with Mick Dee retaining the ride. View the full article -
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The path towards the Gr.3 Martin Collins New Zealand Cup (3200m) has been near-faultless for Who Knows (NZ) (Redwood) and the mare has one more box to tick before the big dance at Riccarton in a fortnight. After a successful campaign through the winter, culminating in a runner-up finish in the Gr.3 Winter Cup (1600m), Who Knows has enjoyed a relatively light spring, trialing in September before showing her class to win the Egmont Cup (2100m) with ease earlier this month. The daughter of Redwood went back to the trials last week and skipped home into third under little pressure from regular rider Kate Hercock, who will partner her in Saturday’s Pete’s Kitchen Feilding Cup (2050m) at Tauherenikau. The mare is likely to start among the favourites for the $80,000 contest, where trainer Niall Quinn is hoping to see another solid performance ahead of her trip south. “We wanted to give her a good gallop somewhere and the trials fitted in really well, it was going to be a month between runs, so it was just to give her a bit more exercise,” Quinn said. “Kate was really happy with her, and on Saturday, we’re looking for another good run and a nice hit-out before the New Zealand Cup. “Everything has been going along pretty smoothly with her, Emma (Quinn) and Jade have been doing a great job with everything at home so hopefully she can continue to go well.” Quinn considered the option of going through the Listed Nautical Insurance Metropolitan Handicap (2500m) on the first day of the Cup carnival, but opted for Saturday’s race as her final lead-in. “I don’t think we’ll go to the Metropolitan, the plan is to go straight into the Cup instead of backing up,” he said. Who Knows is the current $7 second elect for the New Zealand Cup behind I’m A Dirty Rascal, who won last Saturday’s Road to the Jericho (3000m) at Riccarton. View the full article -
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Trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott went on a fact-finding mission to Pukekohe on Wednesday with I’munstoppable (NZ) (Charm Spirit), and they got the answers they were after. The Group Three winner was victorious first-up over 1200m at Matamata earlier this month, and her trainers elected to test her going right-handed before nailing down her future targets. They duly entered her in Wednesday’s Group and Listed 1100m trial at Pukekohe, alongside her Group Two-performed stablemate Lux Libertas, and they were pleased with what they saw. The daughter of Charm Spirit rocketed out of the barriers to take an early lead, and she was never headed, building on her advantage down the home straight, eventually scoring a 3-3/4 length victory over Churchillian. “We raced her in the earmuffs last time and she won well at Matamata,” Scott said. “We wanted to trial her without any ears on today and Masa (Hashizume, jockey) said she was very tractable. “We had a bit of a hunch she was better left-handed than right, but Masa said she was good this way of going around, so she will be back here on Saturday week in the Legacy Lodge Sprint (Listed 1200m). “The way she trialled today indicates she is going well, got around here well, and she doesn’t mind what the ground is like, so she will race well.” Scott was also happy enough with Lux Libertas’ trial, with the daughter of Almanzor finishing back in the field after given a light hit-out by jockey Warren Kennedy. “Lux Libertas is not quite as forward,” Scott said. “She only just cantered around behind them. Warren was happy with her and the way she is striding, and she is hopefully in for a good summer too.” Meanwhile, two members of Cambridge trainer Tony Pike’s stable had their final public hit-out in the same trial before heading south to Riccarton’s New Zealand Cup meeting next week. The Gr.3 TAB Mile (1600m) bound Churchillian finished second, while Slipper Island was given a quiet day out ahead of his feature sprint targets. “I was very happy (with Churchillian’s trial),” stable representative Chris McNab said. “She wasn’t there to do much today, she just had a canter around on a grass track. The idea was just to sit outside the speed and let her have a nice, quiet trial, which she’s done. “She will get on a plane next week and head to Christchurch. “Slipper Island just went for a canter around. I told Matt (Cartwright, jockey) to keep him out of the kick-back, let him have a look around and have a blow. He will go to the Pegasus (Listed, 1000m) next week and then onto the Stewards (Listed, 1200m).” View the full article
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