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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
A bright future is being tipped for Sibling Rivalry (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) after she broke through for her maiden win in the Harcourts Monarch (1150m) at Te Aroha on Tuesday. The three-year-old daughter of Satono Aladdin was fair away, but jockey Craig Grylls got busy on her early, driving her forward to sit outside leader Van Damme. Van Damme set a good tempo up front, with Sibling Rivalry keeping him company throughout, and turning for home the pair had opened up a good margin on their rivals and looked fully in control of the race. Sibling Rivalry stuck her head out in front at the 250m and continued her forward momentum, and was able to hold off the fast finishing Deprive to win by 1-1/2 lengths. Trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson had been pleased with her early progress, having won her first two trials before finishing in a dead-heat for second alongside the well-regarded Ashoka behind subsequent Group One winner Well Written in a 800m heat at Ellerslie in September. Sibling Rivalry went on to finish fourth on debut over 1000m at Taupo last month, and her connections were pleased to see her bounce back in good fashion at Te Aroha. “It was a good ride of Craig’s to get her forward outside the leader and she quickened up nicely in the straight to win well,” Walker said. “It’s great to see her in the winner’s circle so early in her career and she won with enough authority to suggest she can go on with it from here. “It’s been tough getting the horses ready, through a wet spring, but she’s found winning form and should take good confidence out of it.” Sibling Rivalry is out of five-win mare Justlikemysister, a half-sister to stakes winner Wazawatsyn, the dam of Group Three performer Wewillrock. She was offered through Kaha Nui Farm’s New Zealand Bloodstock Book 1 Yearling Sale draft last year where she was purchased by Te Akau principal David Ellis for $220,000. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
The results of showpiece races throughout the spring have delivered notable pedigree updates to the catalogue for this week’s NZB Ready to Run Sale at Karaka. The highest-profile pedigree update belongs to Lot 248, who can now be described as a half-brother to a Group One winner during the 2025 Melbourne Spring Carnival. Offered by breeder Barry Donoghue’s BMD Bloodstock, the Ace High colt is a half-brother to Globe (NZ) (Charm Spirit), who triumphed in the A$1m Group One Might And Power Stakes (2000m) at Caulfield on October 11. It was the first Group One victory for Globe, who was a $22,000 yearling purchase from Karaka 2020 and has earned A$1.2m from a 15-start, six-win career. Lot 159 is a half-brother to another Victorian galloper who scaled new heights this spring – Von Hauke (NZ) (Savabeel). The six-year-old claimed the biggest win of his career in the A$400,000 Group Two Crystal Mile (1600m) at Moonee Valley on the Cox Plate undercard on October 25. One of New Zealand’s most exciting young talents has provided a significant boost to the pedigree of Lot 179. The colt by Russian Camelot is a half-brother to the dam of Well Written (Written Tycoon), who debuted after the catalogue went to print and has been a breathtaking winner of all of her three starts to date. The most recent of those was a scintillating performance in Saturday’s $600,000 Group One New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m). Lot 35 is a half-brother to talented Hong Kong galloper Raging Blizzard (NZ) (Per Incanto), who finished second in last month’s Group Two Premier Bowl (1200m) and Group Three National Day Cup (1000m). Lot 299 is a half-brother to the top-class mare La Crique (NZ) (Vadamos), who has added another two Group One placings to her impressive CV in the Group One Proisir Plate (1400m) and Howden Insurance Mile (1600m) during New Zealand’s Spring Carnival. The 2025 Ready to Run Sale will take place at the Karaka Sales Centre from 10am (NZT) on Wednesday 12 & Thursday 13 November. View the full article -
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Trainers Kevin and Stephen Gray are excited for what the summer has instore for Silent Is Gold (Star Turn) following his pleasing trial win over 850m at Foxton on Tuesday. A stakes performer in Singapore, the son of Star Turn came to New Zealand with Stephen Gray when racing ceased in that jurisdiction, and resumed in his adopted homeland in January following a 10-month break. He made an instant impact in New Zealand, placing in three races before winning over 1350m at Wanganui in April. Stephen Gray has been pleased with the way he has returned this time in and he was buoyed by his trial following an extended spell. “We gave him a good spell after his last campaign, so he was a little bit fatter than usual, but I thought he trialled well and he has come up well,” Gray said. “We will be looking at the sprints around the New Year. The biggest problem for him is he gets a bit of weight, so we have got to find something that pushes his weight down a bit. “He will have another jumpout in a couple of weeks and then we will go to the races somewhere.” Stablemates Hard Too Think, Cooper and Top Of The Pack also won their trials over 1000m. “Hard Too Think was coming up really well last year and then he had a little chip we had to take out of his fetlock joint,” Gray said. “It was unfortunate because he had two good runs back and then he went a little bit lame, so we took the chip out and he has had eight months to recover. “He did trial very well, he is a very good galloper, so if he can get his form back, I am sure we will pick up a nice race around New Year’s. “Top of The Pack is a nice Ace High filly that we like that won well and Cooper was really good.” Gray also has high hopes for unbeaten four-year-old Microphone gelding Dazz, who placed in his 1000m heat. “I have got a lot of time for him, he is a nice horse,” Gray said. “He had one start for one win last year and he was meant to be sold to Hong Kong, but the deal fell through.” Meanwhile, Gray is looking forward to heading to Waverley on Friday with a seven-strong team. Five-win mare Idyllic (No Nay Never) will commence her campaign towards some black-type targets in the Moore Markham – Waverley (1200m) where she will be met by stablemate Cosentino, who will also be presented in a fresh state. “Idyllic has done really well and she will improve,” Gray said. “She will head to the Levin Stakes after this, she won that last year, and we would like to head up to Ellerslie after that to try and get a bit of black-type with her. “She trialled quite well and she galloped well this (Tuesday) morning, but she might just want a run to bring her on. She loves those tight-turning tracks, so she will run a good race. “Cosentino (NZ) (El Roca) is a lovely, promising horse too. He won the final of the poly (championship). We have just had to slow him down a bit mentally, he was getting a bit wound up as the poly racing can wind them up because they have got to run fast. I think he will need the run, but he is a very promising horse.” Gray is also upbeat about the chances of Toronto in the Bull Pen Powder – Brendan Attrill (1200m) and Exaggeration in the TRACMAC (1400m). “Toronto is a very promising horse,” he said. “Exaggeration is a lovely horse and he has got really good poly form. On the grass I think he is going to get a mile to 2000m. He has had a couple of trials but he might just need a run.” Looking ahead to Sunday, Gray will take three runners to Waipukurau, including So We Go (NZ) (Embellish), a full-brother to Group One performer Luberon, in the Waipawa Butchery Maiden (1200m). The son of Embellish disappointed when finishing last over 1200m on debut at Waverley in September and Gray is hoping for an improved performance fresh-up. “So We Go is a horse we really like a lot,” he said. “He has shown so much promise. “He was really disappointing at Waverley first-up. He just got shuffled back and I think he lost his way. We are going back to 1200m fresh-up.” Gray is also expecting a strong showing from Loose Jewels (NZ) (Turn Me Loose) in the Remember “Jooky” Three-Year-Old Maiden (1600m) following his fresh-up placing over a mile at Woodville earlier this month. “Loose Jewels was also disappointing on the same day (at Waverley in September), but he went a really good race at Woodville, and I like him a lot,” he said. “I think he is going to be a lovely mile to 2000m horse and I think he will be hard to beat.” View the full article -
Well the race wasn't run quite as i thought. I know they had said republican party was going to stay in front of leap to fame, but i have to admit,as i suggested earlier,i thought that was just talk and that they would realise they would undo themselves if they did that.So it proved and i think republican party went a very good race under the circumstances,just over driven.. Leao to fame went great,very courageous, but maybe just not at his very best, but tried his heart out. Kingman simply the best there on the day. Akuata,well he had every chance. I know they are nz's best trainers,but that horse had a vet exam last month that they said "detected a degree of internal pulmonary excercise induced haemorrhage". In other words he bled but not out the nose.So he was never going to have the lungs to keep going in a hard run race just a month later and so it turned out. But overall a great race,won by a really top horse. Leap to fame certainly great in defeat as well. -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
James McDonald gave a glowing report on Romantic Warrior after reuniting with the champion galloper at Sha Tin on Tuesday morning, while the superstar jockey also confirmed he will ride Galaxy Patch and Fast Network at the crucial November 23 meeting. Set to start his latest Hong Kong riding stint at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, McDonald rode Romantic Warrior in a track gallop with stablemate Romantic Thor and the Danny Shum Chap-shing-trained star felt as good as ever as he prepares to...View the full article
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