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well we can only Hope they get the financial situation sorted out if it's that dire. I must say , I thought it was important to keep racing there so some of the locals could get a win . Away from the powerhouses of Barry Purdons, Tony H , Ray Green and Telfers . BUT was pleasantly surprised to see great success for the Cambridge Team tonight with not just Nicky Chilcott and Owen Gillies getting Auckland winners tonight , but David Butcher still a force with his 2 mid class horses who seem real nice ones , and Matty White's Stable too, still wins races at both venues as well. a fine horseman. (well done Monika on a driving double tonight too) So if your Cambridge does go belly up like the South Islanders seem to want, , then it's great to see the Cambridge Trainers can take it up to the Auckland Trainers ok anyway 👍🙂. 4 Wins tonight was pretty good. and fancy Barry driving a winner after all these years? 5 years out of the sulky. his first this decade I believe. on ya Barry 🏆🍻 -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Cambridge trainer Shaun Phelan took special satisfaction from an all-the-way win by Pacheco in the $60,000 Poverty Bay Turf Club Cup (2600m) at Taupo on Friday. The Rating 75 staying test was the fifth start in a new campaign for the Makfi gelding, who had recorded a second and two thirds from his first four starts this time in. Before finishing third in his resuming run over 1600m at Te Rapa in early August, Pacheco had spent more than a year on the sidelines with a serious injury. “He’s a horse that we’ve always thought a lot of, both on the flat and over jumps,” Phelan said. “We gave him his first two starts over hurdles in July of last year and managed to win them both, but then he actually fractured a fetlock. “The owners have been really patient and the horse has done a great job to come back as well as he has. It’s a big thrill to get this result with him today.” Pacheco was given a perfect ride by two-kilogram claimer Liam Kauri, who dictated terms out in front and gave the eight-year-old a relatively easy time through the first half of the race. The intensity moved up a few notches when Golden came up to breathe down his neck coming down the side of the track, but Pacheco withstood the pressure. He kicked hard at the home turn and held the challengers at bay all the way down the straight, going on to win by a length and a quarter. Novak got up into second in a tight four-way finish, with a head to Golden, a nose to Tempest Moon and another head to I’m A Dirty Rascal. “It was a beautiful ride and a good, tough effort by the horse,” Phelan said. “It’s great to have a race for a $60,000 stake in this grade, and up over 2600m too – that distance suited him a lot better than the 2000m to 2200m races he often has to run in. I’d love to see a few more races like this one in the schedule.” Pacheco was bought by part-owner Thomas Nicholson for $10,000 off Gavelhouse.com as an unraced three-year-old in February of 2021. He has now had 30 starts for six wins, nine placings and $156,975 in stakes. Phelan already has one leading contender for next month’s Gr.3 New Zealand Cup (3200m) in the form of Notabadspillane, who has been an impressive winner of his last two starts at Te Rapa. But the trainer is non-committal about following a similar path with Pacheco, who has moved up to $21 in the fixed-odds market for the Riccarton feature. “In some ways I’d like to get him down there for the Cup, but he’s not the best traveller in the truck,” Phelan said. “We’ll see how he comes through this and come up with a plan. There could be a few other options that we could consider.” The Poverty Bay Turf Club Cup was the first leg of the inaugural Prezzy Card Northern Country Cups Bonus Series, which carries a total of $485,000 in stakes and bonuses including a $50,000 winner-takes-all prize. The new initiative from New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) and the Taupo Racing Club will see seven Country Cups staged across the North Island from October to December, with horses earning points for top-four finishes and required to contest at least three races, including the $100,000 Harcourts Taupo Cup (2000m). Sponsored by leading prepaid gift provider Prezzy Card, the series is designed to encourage participation, create a competitive narrative between regional racedays, and culminate in a high-stakes finale on Harcourts Taupo Cup Day on December 28. The Harcourts Taupo Cup itself has received a $15,000 stakes uplift from last season. The remaining legs of the series are the $80,000 Listed Team Wealleans Matamata Cup (1600m) at Matamata on October 15, the $50,000 Wanganui Steelformers Waverley Cup (2200m) at Waverley on October 19, the $80,000 Mode Technology Feilding Cup (2100m) at Tauherenikau on November 1, the $35,000 DMAK Electrical Waipukurau Cup (2100m) at Waipukurau on November 16, the $30,000 Duncan Dental Tauranga Twilight Cup (2100m) at Tauranga on December 12, and the $100,000 Harcourts Taupo Cup (2000m) at Taupo on December 28. View the full article -
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Marton horseman Fraser Auret has enjoyed the limelight in recent years as the man behind star sprinter Ka Ying Rising. The outstanding son of Shamexpress was bred and originally trained by Auret, and the world’s highest-rated galloper will step onto the biggest stage when he contests the A$20 million Everest at Randwick on Saturday week. But while Ka Ying Rising will dominate the headlines for the next week, Auret will be closely watching another of his graduates, Romantic Encounter, who contests Saturday’s Gr,1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m). A New Zealand bred son of Ghaiyyath, Romantic Encounter stepped from a debut Bendigo maiden win to finish second in the Gr.2 Stutt Stakes (1600m) and will enter the Guineas at his third start for trainers Ben, Will & JD Hayes. Romantic Encounter was knocked down to PR Thoroughbreds and Lindsay Park Racing at last year’s New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale for $425,000 from the draft of Phoenix Park, after Auret had originally purchased the horse at the Book 2 Karaka Yearling Sales for $60,000 from the draft of Wentwood Grange. “He was purchased from the yearling sales on behalf of a client and we did the prep work with him before sending him to the Ready to Run Sale,” Auret said. “He was just a magnificent horse all the way through. He was very impressive at a jump out before heading to the sale. He stamped himself right from the time we were breaking him in as a really serious horse.” Auret has been impressed with the way the colt has progressed under the care of the Hayes team and he believes the $26 shot is not without a chance in what shapes as an even Guineas. “He is a young colt having just his third start so he’s come a long way in a very short space of time, but the Hayes team have handled him beautifully,” Auret said. “He’s got to be in there with some chance. The way he’s just continued to improve from his first run to his second run, and he obviously does need to raise the bar again, but there’s no reason why he couldn’t take the leap.” Other Ready to Run graduates prepared by Auret have also found success in Australia. “We sold Mongolian Mission, by Dubious out of Tinjirarni, at the Ready to Run Sale last year. He won at the trials and then won on debut in Australia for Danny O’Brien. Also an El Roca colt, Lion City Express, that we sold has had two trial wins for Tim Fitzsimmons in Australia as well.” Meanwhile, Auret has been staggered by the scrutiny of Ka Ying Rising’s trial in Sydney earlier this week as the David Hayes-trained sprinter prepares for the Everest. “I’ve never seen so much feedback from everyone about a trial,” Auret said. “It was certainly scrutinised to every degree, but at the end of the day, I think it was a really nice trial. You could see that he needed it, but I think he’ll be cherry ripe on the day. “I just hope it’s run on a hard and fast track. When you’re going into a massive sprint race like the Everest you want the fastest horse to be winning. He looks a picture to my eye anyway.” Auret said the family would be gathered around the television on Saturday week. “We are just getting the family together to watch, and certainly can’t wait for that Saturday, that’s for sure, but I’d also love to see Romantic Encounter run well in the Guineas this weekend,” he said. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
A lucrative race at Selangor on Sunday will shine a spotlight on next month’s NZB Ready to Run Sale at Karaka as well as showcasing the high-quality graduates of the Sale that are currently racing in Malaysia. The New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Open Championship (1400m), offering prize money of RM300,000, is held in recognition of the New Zealand Bloodstock’s strong affiliation with the Selangor Turf Club and the club’s commitment to support the Ready to Run Sale. New Zealand Bloodstock Director of Business Development, Mr Mike Kneebone, Mr Alex Teng from NZB Airfreight and New Zealand Thoroughbred Marketing (NZTM) Chief Executive Officer, Mr Andrew Birch will be in attendance at the races in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. The 1400m Championship features the clash of New Zealand bred stars Antipodean (NZ) (Derryn), Lucky Magic (NZ) (Mendelssohn) and the Frank Maynard-trained pair, Duma (NZ) (Too Darn Hot) and Trees of Valinor (NZ) (Telperion). View the full article
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