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Stipendiary stewards provided an update on all riders and horses which saw May (pelvis), Grylls (shoulder/arm) and Taplin (wrist) transferred to hospital for further observation and treatment whilst Atchamah (possible concussion) and Murray were cleared of any serious injury. All horses came through the incident relatively unscathed with just bumps, bruises and scrapes reported. Stipendiary stewards met with the remaining jockeys on-course and it was agreed that the final two races on the day would be abandoned. -
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Beauty Generation, Golden Sixty and California Spangle all won the Group Three Celebration Cup (1,400m) before breaking through at Group One level in the Hong Kong Mile later in the same year, something a host of hopefuls are gunning to emulate in 2025. All three gallopers were returning after a season that revolved around four-year-old series campaigns and this Sunday’s Celebration Cup is loaded with horses that fit that category, even if connections’ hopes of reaching the level of any of that...View the full article -
Attitude: Cold, Defensive, and Running from Accountability — Becks Nairn Becks Nairn showed a serious lack of feeling in the way she responded to the Hanmer accident, where a young girl was kicked in the face by a horse. A child’s nose was smashed. Her father had to carry her, bleeding, for over a kilometre. And what did Nairn offer? Not a shred of compassion. Not a hint of concern. Just a pile of excuses. She claimed the guide “froze.” She said the father “took off.” She spoke of regulations and procedures as if they somehow justified doing nothing. But where was the humanity? Where was the apology? Where was the basic decency to say, “This should never have happened”? Instead, she treated it like a PR crisis. It didn’t seem to matter whether the child recovered—only that the business reputation stayed intact. And that’s not new. Nairn has had business failures before, quietly swept under the carpet. She moves quickly, evades responsibility, and never gets close enough to be held accountable. You don’t get the truth. You get fragments—filtered, trimmed, and self-aggrandising. That article was sent to me by a woman from the south, and I was enraged. Not just by the accident, but by Nairn’s attitude. The coldness. The lack of ownership. It makes you wonder what else has been masked. I couldn’t help but laugh when she called herself a “director.” A tin-pot trekking enterprise she couldn’t manage. Then she quotes herself as working with “the best in the world”—despite having no formal education. How grandiose can you get? This wasn’t leadership. It was evasion dressed up as professionalism. And the public deserves better.I There is more to post at a later stage -
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Six-year-old mare She’s Unusual was a well-supported winner of the Irresistible Pools & Spas Handicap (1900m) at Rosehill on Saturday. The daughter of Unusual Suspect was perfectly ridden by Zac Lloyd, tracking the leader Nkosi before unleashing a devastating sprint to score by just over three lengths. Sporting the colours of OTI Racing for trainers John O’Shea and Tom Charlton, the Randwick conditioners believe the mare is best-suited by a space between runs. “Bar one hiccup this preparation, she has been superb,” Charlton said. “We probably really learnt how to handle her and train her and she presented in excellent order today at her favoured distance and she’s very fit. “She is a lightly-framed mare, there is not much of her but we will keep her nice and fresh. “We like to space her runs as you can see and she nice and effective.” The winner of five races with a further six placings from just 13 starts, She’s Unusual is likely to be set for the Gr.3 Tesio Stakes (2040m) at The Valley on Cox Plate Day. Winning rider Zac Lloyd said She’s Unusual was a strong stayer but her turn of foot is what separated her from her rivals. “Nkosi I thought would build from the 800m because he looks a bit one-paced where she handled that pressure so comfortably,” Lloyd said. “Her turn of foot was really good.” She’s Unusual’s time of 1:54.98 was just a second outside the track record over the 1900m. The winner of an Awapuni maiden over 1400m for Fraser Auret in late 2023, She’s Unusual was bred by Auret’s parents Nigel and Adaire. She’s Unusual is a daughter of Unusual Suspect, who stands at the Auret family’s Letham Stud, where the stallion has carved a good niche producing middle-distance gallopers and is the sire of 49 winners from 83 starters. View the full article -
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Te Akau Racing’s involvement in the Group One raceday at Te Rapa on Saturday was significantly depleted by scratchings due to heavy track conditions, but it was a completely different story at Riccarton. Spring racing was in full swing in Christchurch, with the track upgraded to Good4 and those familiar tangerine silks carried to three highly impressive victories. Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson’s biggest win of the day came in the $50,000 Join TAB Racing Club Mile Prelude (1400m), where Stonybreck blew his rivals away by five lengths. The Tavistock gelding was already a seven-race winner before Saturday’s $50,000 feature, with the most recent of those successes coming on the Cambridge synthetic track in September of last year. He had become something of a perennial placegetter in the 12 months since then, finishing second or third in five of his six previous starts. Saturday brought a well-deserved breakthrough. Stonybreck (NZ) (Tavistock) was perfectly rated by jockey Jasmine Fawcett and dominated the race from the front. Fawcett began to up the ante coming down the side of the track, and then Stonybreck kicked hard at the top of the straight. The chasers dropped further and further behind from there, headed by the winner’s stablemate Perfect Scenario (NZ) (Iffraaj), as Stonybreck streaked down the straight to score the day’s most dominant victory. He clocked a slick 1:21.76 for the 1400m open handicap. “It was a terrific win and I thought it was an intelligent ride by Jasmine,” Walker said. “She got across to lead, stole some cheap sectionals, and increased the tempo from the 600m. “He’s been a fantastic horse. Dave (Ellis, Te Akau Racing principal) bought him very cheaply, and he’s provided the owners with a lot of fun. He’s going really well and looks like he’s got plenty more to come. “It’s his first trip to the South Island, and he’s loving the environment at our stables on the course at Riccarton. Hunter (Durrant, assistant trainer) and the team have got him looking great and he’s racing accordingly.” Bought by David Ellis for just $20,000 from Book 1 of Karaka 2021. Stonybreck has now had 30 starts for eight wins, nine placings and $173,525 in stakes. Earlier in the day, Origin Of Love (NZ) (Snitzel) put herself on a potential Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) path with victory in the Promenade Hospitality for Cup Week Maiden (1400m). The $25,000 race was the second start for the Snitzel filly, who finished third on debut at Timaru earlier in the month behind Saturday’s impressive Rangiora New World Guineas Trial (1400m) winner Alottago. Origin Of Love took a big step forward second-up, settling in third before finishing over the top of the leaders to win by a neck. “I thought it was a good effort by the filly to win second-up,” Walker said. “Jasmine got her into the perfect spot to trail the leaders, got her out and rolling quite early in the straight and she kept up a really good gallop. “She’s out of a Camelot mare and she looks more of a staying type of Snitzel filly, so we’re definitely on target for the 1000 Guineas on the first Saturday of Cup Week. “I think that once she gets to 2000m we’ll see the best of her, given the pedigree, and there are nice races over ground for these fillies as the season unfolds around Christmas and New Year. “Having had that experience at Riccarton really helps when you’re heading towards a Guineas preparation, and I think she has plenty of upside on the back of the win today.” Te Akau’s other win came with speedy two-year-old Out Of The Blue (NZ) (Tivaci) in the Nobby Bussell Memorial 2YO (800m). “It was a terrific win,” Walker said. “He’s a horse that Dave (Ellis) bought cheaply out of Book 1 at Karaka, and Julia-Rose (Hayes) has introduced so many new owners, so they’ll be very excited. “He’s a son of Cornflower Blue, who we trained and was a very good filly. All of our buying team thought this horse was really worth a punt to buy him at the sales. “With that prize-money in the bank, he’ll be Karaka Millions-qualified, so we’ve got the luxury of taking our time and planning our assault towards the big race.” View the full article
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