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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
By Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk Could Sam Snead be the omen bet at Addington’s midweek meeting on Wednesday? The Joseph Gray-trained five-year-old lines up in race 7, the Book Now for Anzac Day Racing and League Mobile Pace (7.15pm) just days before the world’s best golfers compete in the first major of the year, the Masters at Augusta Georgia, a tournament the great Sam Snead won three times between 1949 and 1954. The closest Gray’s horse has come to winning has been two thirds at Addington on March 19 and at Ashburton a week later. Last start he was seventh behind Arthur Shelby at Addington last Friday. “In his last start he ran home (last 800) in 57 and a bit,” says Gray, “I’d say he’d be a good chance and one of the favourites.” “He hasn’t got a lot of high speed and is more of a staying type but he’s going to win one soon.’ He opened an $11 joint third favourite behind Shapely ($2.40) and Melton Enforcer ($2.15). Gray has three runners on the day and reckons “with any luck they are all good each way chances”. King Arthur gets things started in race 1, the IRT. Your Horse. Our Passion Mobile Pace for the amateur drivers. A $3.60 favourite he’ll be driven by Dan Roberts. He’s drawn ideally at three. “His best chance is to get across. He needs the pegs so he can lead or trail,” says Gray, “he loves to get out and rolling.” Motor Mouth, a nine race winner with a similar racing style, will start in Race 3, the Allied Security Mobile Pace. After a last start seventh he’s at $15 in the market with the Michael House-trained Didjashoutthebar a $3.60 favourite.” “He’s had issues with feet and has had some time out and he’s building fitness,” says Gray of Motor Mouth, ” but I was happy with his last start and he shouldn’t be far away in that field.” In keeping with the golf theme, the eight race programme tees off at Addington at 4.31pm. View the full article -
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A good performance from Von Hauke (NZ) (Savabeel) in Saturday’s Listed Golden Mile at Bendigo would set the Cliff Brown-trained gelding up for another interstate trip. Mornington-based Brown said a trip to Queensland is on the cards for Von Hauke, who is first scheduled to run in Victoria in Saturday’s 1600-metre feature at Bendigo after competing interstate in Sydney at his most recent start in the Gr.2 Ajax Stakes (1500m) second-up at Rosehill on March 15. The five-year-old gelding finished second-last in the Ajax Stakes after racing keenly in the middle stages in an on-pace-dominated event, but he was doing his best work late and Brown believes there was merit in the performance. “I thought he was very good in that race, nothing went right,” Brown said. “I actually thought his last furlong was really good considering the run he had. “He had a jumpout last week and he jumped out well. “He’s in good order so I think he’ll run well.” Von Hauke finished a close fourth in a five-horse jumpout over 800m at Mornington last Wednesday, which was won by Miss Icelandic but also featured Giga Kick, Tropicus and Ameena in what was a bunched finish. “I thought he actually went really well,” Brown said. Brown said the Golden Mile hadn’t originally been in his plans for Von Hauke this autumn but believes it can be a stepping stone to a Queensland campaign. “I want to run him here and then we’ll go to Brisbane,” he said. “We’ll just see how we go on Saturday, but providing he runs well, we’ll go to Brisbane and try to find a race up there.” The trainer said he hasn’t got any Queensland races locked in yet but will look to find a suitable assignment for him. He didn’t rule out the possibility of Von Hauke earning a crack at a Stradbroke Handicap if he really steps up. “He could be (a Stradbroke horse), if he’s good enough,” he said. “But he needs to be doing it. “I think he’s quite a nice horse where nothing has gone right. “Even last preparation nothing went right. He was unlucky in the Crystal Mile (finishing fourth). “He’d had enough in the Cranbourne Cup. He got trapped wide, but he’d had enough.” Von Hauke was among 26 nominations released on Monday for Saturday’s A$200,000 Golden Mile and Brown said Jamie Mott will take the ride. “I think he’s in a really good spot,” Brown said of Von Hauke, whose most recent win came in the Gr.3 Shaftsbury Avenue Handicap (1400m) at Flemington 13 months ago. View the full article -
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Jockey Matthew Poon worked two key Champions Day hopes in barrier trials on Tuesday ahead of the HK$74 million showcase on 27 April at Sha Tin. Stepping out in the first heat ahead of a possible HK$22 million Gr.1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) return, Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) broke smoothly from the wide draw before picking up between runners to win in 57.95s over 1000m on turf at Sha Tin. “I think with every trial he is getting better and better. Now he is almost ready to race, if he pulls up well, then he is almost ready to race,” Poon said. Lucky Sweynesse hasn’t competed since April 2024 when he had surgery on his left front fetlock after he was injured when winning the 2024 Gr.2 Sprint Cup. He is a 16-time winner – including four times at Group 1 level – from 24 career starts in Hong Kong. Ahead of a budding clash with Australian star Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) in the HK$24 million Gr.1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m), Ricky Yiu’s Voyage Bubble impressed Poon as he crossed in first over the mile on turf in 1m 36.68s. “He jumped super, he knows what to do – he travelled nicely and relaxed. I just asked him a little bit and he quickens. How good is that? He’s so relaxed, he jumps super and then next to other horses he can switch off, save energy and then you give him a little signal and he just goes,” Poon said. Meanwhile jockey Jerry Chau seeks wins at consecutive fixtures when he gets the leg up on Super Joy N Fun (NZ) (What’s The Story) in the Class 3 Ho Man Tin Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday for trainer Benno Yung. The pair missed by three quarters of a length last start on 19 March. “Last time he had a good draw and we found the perfect position. He finished well and he always tries hard,” Chau said. “Before last time we put him at Sha Tin and tried the 1400 metres – he didn’t show better (form) than at Happy Valley, that’s why we’re back to his best distance and course.” View the full article -
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Steve speaks with kiwi Fraser Auret. Who bred and owned the world’s best sprinter Ka Ying Rising but sold for not a lot of money. Fraser Auret 08.04.2025 – Racing HQ with Steve Hewlett – Apple Podcasts View the full article -
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Talented stayer Sword In Stone (NZ) (Redwood) appreciated a stretch of the legs on Awapuni’s renovated grass surface ahead of Saturday’s Listed Valley D’Vine Restaurant Hawke’s Bay Cup (2200m) at Trentham. The Redwood gelding stepped out in the first of 11 trials at the Palmerston North venue on Tuesday, where jockey Kavish Chowdhoory allowed him to cruise along comfortably in midfield through the mid-stages. When in clear air down the straight, Sword In Stone ran down the leader with ease and powered through the line to take the heat by 1-1/2 lengths. “He hasn’t raced since the Auckland Cup (Gr.2, 3200m) and I felt that he needed a bit of a blowout, and with Palmerston on our back doorstop, it was nice to be able to take him there,” co-trainer Stephen Gray said. “I thought he trialled beautifully. “I took him up to Waverley last Friday and he had a nice gallop between races there, and then he had a quiet weekend, so I thought another quiet trial would bring him on for Wellington.” The evergreen nine-year-old finished seventh in the two-mile feature on Champions Day, a more than satisfactory result for the multiple-Group One performer in Hong Kong. “He went so well in the Auckland Cup, he just went terrific, and we were rapt,” Gray said. “I know he only ran seventh, but for a nine-year-old coming back from Hong Kong to run like he did, I thought he was great. I looked ahead at what could suit and I thought this race (Hawke’s Bay Cup) would be a better choice than the St Leger, so I freshened him up and he’s had a couple of nice trips away, so he’s ready to go again. “I just hope it doesn’t get too wet down there.” Gray, who trains in partnership with his father Kevin, couldn’t have been happier with the presentation of Awapuni, which copped plenty of rain through the morning and early afternoon. “I thought the track was amazing at Awapuni, it was beautiful,” he said. “It was very exciting, I’ve only been back (in New Zealand) for about seven months but the rest of the racing fraternity, the owners and trainers in there and all of the participants in the CD have been through a lot lately and are looking forward to getting Awapuni going again. “It was quite heavily raining and the track held up well, it wasn’t slippery. It was a credit to everyone involved and hopefully it all unfolds later in the season to be of great service.” The Copper Belt Lodge stable had three of their fellow Trentham representatives at Awapuni earlier in the morning, including promising three-year-old Albarossa and stakes contenders Idyllic and Silent Is Gold. “I took those three horses into Awapuni this morning and RACE provided the track for us to use, which was great, and it presented very well at the trials,” Gray said. Albarossa (Vino Rosso) was among a five-horse finish in the three-year-old race on Sires’ Produce Day, finishing just half a length from stakes winner Super Photon. A potential shot at the Gr.3 Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) is now on the table for the son of Vino Rosso, who will contest the Entain/NZB Insurance Pearl Series (1100m) on Saturday. “Albarossa is a very promising horse, I thought he went huge the other day fresh-up in that field,” Gray said. “He’ll appreciate a bit of easing in the tracks and I think it’s a good race for him. Hopefully he can prove himself to go up for the Cambridge Breeders.” The meeting was initially set to be held at Otaki, which would’ve been a better fit for Listed City Of Napier Sprint (1200m) contender Idyllic (No Nay Never). Known for her scorching early pace, Idyllic has been most effective over courses such as Otaki, Tauherenikau and Awapuni, but the unique Trentham dogleg hasn’t been her friend in previous attempts. “Unfortunately, Idyllic doesn’t perform as well at Wellington as she can, it just seems to find her out,” Gray said. “We were hoping the races were going to be at Otaki but unfortunately that hasn’t happened, so that’s probably her disadvantage. “She did trial magnificently at Foxton the other day and she’s in great order, she’ll run very well but it’s just unfortunate for the connections that it’s been transferred. “Trentham has taken a lot of big races, and she would’ve been very competitive at Otaki. But it is what it is and we’ll just see how we go.” Her stablemate Silent Is Gold (Star Turn) will also take his place in the $80,000 feature after performing commendably in the Listed Lightning Handicap (1200m) last-start. “He went great, (Michael) McNab (jockey) said he just over-raced with the blinkers on for the first time and he gave me a bit of a tune up saying I shouldn’t have put them on,” Gray quipped. “We’ll take them off again this week. “He’s a great little horse, he’s honest and will run well, it’s just whether he’s good enough.” Since returning from Singapore, the seven-time winner is yet to get on the board in New Zealand but has recorded three runner-up finishes in five attempts. View the full article
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