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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Afternoon Siesta (Shamus Award) wasn’t caught napping at Trentham on Sunday, with the John Bary-trained mare storming home to win the Gr.3 Rydges Wellington Cuddle Stakes (1600m). The daughter of Shamus Award pinged out of the gates and made a beeline straight to the front from her inside draw (2) but quickly found herself three back on the fence after Marotiri Molly and My Lips Are Sealed made bids for the lead. Afternoon Siesta tracked My Lips Are Sealed into the home turn where a gap presented itself and she accelerated through it under the urgings of jockey Kelly Myers, with the mare going on to pinch a lead up alongside the rail, kicking clear of the pack before being chased down late by a flying She’s A Dealer, who left her run too late and Afternoon Siesta was able to hold on to win by a head. “She is very easy to ride,” Myers said. “She has led in most of her starts but she is super tractable, you can ride her anywhere in the race. It was a very good field and there was a little bit of pressure in the race, so we thought it was a good opportunity to take a sit on her. “I knew I would end up in the trail, or thereabouts, and she has got a really good turn of foot from the top of the straight, so my only concern was that we would get a little bit held up but luckily the split came when we needed it and she was too good for them. “It was a big step up for her and she was pretty impressive.” Bred by Barree Stud, Afternoon Siesta is out of Princess Snooze, an unraced daughter of stakes performer Sooze. She was offered through Ultra Thoroughbreds’ 2023 Inglis July (Late) Online Sale where she was purchased by Graham Stewart for A$4,000, and he entrusted her to the care of Bary. Afternoon Siesta has been a model of consistency since making her debut at Trentham last April, winning four and placing in two of her six starts to date, with earnings now north of $191,000. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Group One winner Savaglee (NZ) (Savabeel) has been retired from racing and a new home is being sought for the four-year-old entire as he transitions to a career at stud. Bred by Waikato Stud, Savaglee is by their Champion Stallion Savabeel and out of Glee, a full-sister to Group Three performer Symphonic, the dam of dual Group One winner Orchestral. They offered him through their 2023 New Zealand Bloodstock Book 1 Yearling Sale draft where he attracted the eye of The Oaks Stud’s General Manager Rick Williams, who went to $400,000 to secure him on behalf of the farm’s principal Dick Karreman. “He had a great head and eye and she (dam) was from a great family,” Williams said. “He has turned out to be a full-brother in blood to Orchestral, and there are four or five Group One winners in the first three dams, and many of the top horses from that family have been by Savabeel. “There was no surprise in terms of pedigree to go and buy him, he was a beautifully balanced horse, he wasn’t too big and we were lucky to get him, it was my last bid, and sometimes you get lucky.” Williams bought him as a stallion prospect and his deeds on the track cemented that role, winning seven of his 17 starts for trainer Pam Gerard, including the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m), and following his placing in the Gr.1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m) he crossed the Tasman and came within three-quarters of a length of Feroce in the Gr.1 Australian Guineas (1600m). He was hampered by issues as a four-year-old and failed to return to his three-year-old form, finishing unplaced in the BCD Group Sprint and Rabobank Cup (1400m) at Taupo last month, and a decision was made to retire him following findings after his last start. “He just had a little bit of a fusion in the joint after Taupo so we have retired him and he will go to stud,” Williams said. “He was an absolute standout and the form around him in the Australian Guineas was great. “He was a very good two-year-old, he ran in the best races and was finishing third and fourth. He won a Group Three (Matamata Slipper, 1200m), but like most Savabeels, they improve a lot from two to three. “He has got a pedigree to die for, it is phenomenal. He is a prime candidate to go to stud. “I am not sure yet whether we stand him or sell him, but we will probably sell him. There are just a number of things with the sale of the farm, there are a few irons in the fire.” While Williams expects Savaglee to attract interest from stud farms on both sides of the Tasman, particularly given his Australian Guineas runner-up effort, he said he would prefer him to remain in New Zealand where the farm can support him with their mares. “I remember being at the sales the next day (after Australian Guineas) at Oaklands Junction and a number of Australian trainers came up and said, ‘what a brave run’,” Williams said. “They recognise him over there, so he is a possibility to stand over there I am sure. “I would like him to stand in New Zealand because even if we sell him to another farm, we will probably stay in him. We will work through that over the next few days, it (retirement) has only just happened. “We love the horse, he is a wonderfully intelligent animal, and I am sure he will be very successful in stage two of his career.” View the full article -
By Murray Fish · Posted
they had a fashion in the field event! I recon I could have placed!!! talking flash orange, I have a pair of Versace pants! was thinking of wearing, but... ps, this fella was unplaced.. -
By Chief Stipe · Posted
I'll send it to you. @Freda and you can take your negativity out on it - sit around, gossip, throw knives at it... -
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