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com'on Brodster. Get with the program as TaBman would of said. The last 4 races coming up are at around mile and a half . that's far enough for these horses. Was thinking the Brodster on the money today and just BACK your Boy Carter Dalgety today . Drove the double races 3 and 4 on Polly Grey and that plunge horse winner from Addington in DOVER TERRACE. looked a certainty with the best driver in NZ on it ? only got 13-1 for the double on Sportsbet but beggars can't be choosers . You tipped him as a man to follow and are 100% on the money old mate.👍💰 just gave some back on Suspicious Captain in the 8th just now , but it went ok. was only 3rd best horse as first 2 horses went well clear. Should we get on ANYTIME AT ALL in the last race Methven today ? seems a Huge chance with Carter onboard Brodster. ? should we put a Redback on it ? what's your tip ? -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
The Gr.1 TAB Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham in a fortnight has been locked in for First Five (NZ) (Almanzor). The five-year-old gelding was impressive when taking out last Saturday’s Gr.3 J Swap Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa, and after some contemplation, trainer David Greene believes he deserves a crack at elite-level. “It was a pretty decent field on Saturday, so it was good to see him step-up on the big occasion,” he said. “He has done really well. He cleaned up all of his feed on Saturday night and it hasn’t knocked him around too much. “We will go to the Telegraph now. He has bounced through the race really well, it is a jump up going to weight-for-age, but we just feel that the 1200m at Trentham down the chute, and the way it is a fast, high-pressure race, it often plays out more to a 1400m race, so I thought we might as well give it a go.” Meanwhile, the Te Rapa trainer is looking forward to First Five’s stable and ownership-mate Bethany Dee (NZ) (Embellish) lining up at her home track on Saturday. A half-sister to Group Two winner Magic Carpet (NZ) (Satono Aladdin), Bethany Dee broke through for her maiden win over 1400m at Te Aroha last month, and Greene is hopeful of a similar showing this weekend in the Norwegian Park Mile (1600m). “She has done really well since that win and she is heading into Saturday in pretty good form,” he said. “I think getting onto the better tracks has really helped her out. Both of her runs this time in have been full of merit and getting up to 1600m will be a real sweet spot for her distance-wise. We are hoping for a forward showing.” The daughter of Embellish has drawn the ace marble, by Greene said she will likely be ridden off the speed. “She probably won’t race right up on the speed, but hopefully she will be able to sit midfield without doing too much work,” he said. Her owners will have a two-pronged attack in the race, with one-win gelding Rambling On (NZ) (Almanzor) set to line-up for trainer Andrew Forsman. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Gold Coast trainers Tony and Maddy Sears will be hoping talented filly Nightline (NZ) (Redwood) can provide them with back-to-back winners of the Gr.3 Grand Prix Stakes (1800m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The father-daughter training combination won last year’s Grand Prix Stakes with Beau Dazzler (NZ) ( Ardrossan), who went on to win the Eagle Way (2100m) and returned to place in the Gr.2 Queensland Guineas (1600m) before an unplaced tilt at the Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m). Like Beau Dazzler, Nightline was sourced from the Karaka Sales. The New Zealand bred daughter of Redwood enters Saturday’s contest off the back of a hard-fought victory over race favourite John Dory (NZ) (Ace High) in the City to Surf 3YO (1600m) at Doomben last start. On that occasion Nightline was friendless in betting, sent out a $41 outsider, but got the better of John Dory in the closing stages, with the pair set to clash again this weekend. “She did everything that we thought she would,” Maddy Sears said. “We were a bit wary of the favourite with the form that he brought up from New South Wales, but she has always shown a lot and she’s very talented. “We thought stepping out to the mile would be very beneficial, and so it proved.” Sears compared Nightline favourably to Beau Dazzler. “They are very different horses, but I do believe she’s very talented,” she said. “Without knocking the other horse, I think she’s a lot better horse than Beau Dazzler at this point in their career. “She’s just a lot more tractable. She’s very professional, and I do believe she’s improved since that last outing based on her work leading into Saturday.” Drawn barrier 11, Sears is not concerned by the wide draw. “There’s going to be a couple in it that will naturally be going forward. If she’s just sitting fourth or fifth one-off or even if she’s a little bit further back than that, I don’t think it’s going to be a problem,” Sears said. Like Beau Dazzler, a classic target will be in the crosshairs, with the Gr.1 Queensland Oaks (2200m) in June to be the favoured option. However the Sears haven’t ruled out a trip across the Tasman, with the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld New Zealand Oaks (2400m) worth NZ$1 million and contested at Ellerslie on February 21. “We have spoken about possibly taking her back for the New Zealand Oaks. We’re just taking it race by race at the moment, we will see how she comes through this weekend, and then go from there,” Sears said. “The main goal with her at the moment is the Queensland Oaks, but we do have the New Zealand Oaks as an option, and we have spoken about it.” View the full article -
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A tilt at next month’s $1.5 million TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) hangs in the balance for talented filly War Princess (NZ)(U S Navy Flag). The daughter of U S Navy Flag has yet to be tested over a mile in her seven starts to date, but has shown plenty of ability over sprint distances, winning four races between 1000m and 1200m, and was runner-up to Circus Dancer in last month’s Listed The O’Learys Fillies Stakes (1340m) at Wanganui. Peter Didham, who trains War Princess in partnership with his son Trent, was pleased with the way she found the line last start after over-racing early. “She was a bit unlucky with circumstances,” he said. “We probably could have stayed a bit handier, we are trying to get her to settle, and the horse came up on the inside of her, and we didn’t get a clear run on the corner until late, but then she stormed home really well. I thought it was a great effort and probably one that got away on us really.” With just over a month until the Karaka Millions twilight meeting at Ellerslie, Didham is facing mounting pressure to try and get his $77,500 Karaka yearling purchase to the highly-anticipated event. The distance remains the Awapuni horseman’s only query, and that will be answered on Saturday when she contests the Gr.3 Lawnmaster Eulogy Stakes (1600m) at Trentham. “The owners are very keen to go to the Karaka Millions, but she will need to run a nice race over 1600m,” he said. “I am confident that she can get a mile, it’s just whether it’s this prep or next. “She is a lovely filly, she is nice and strong and doing everything right. There’s no reason why not, it’s just the fact that she has always jumped and run and it’s a matter of her teaching herself to relax a little bit.” War Princess has drawn barrier four on Saturday, and with her running pattern, will likely be up on the speed once again in the eight-horse field. “We were expecting a bigger field than that and we were thinking of riding her a bit quieter, but that will be up to Sam (Collett, jockey),” Didham said. “She jumps very quick, so we might just find ourselves in the first two or three.” Didham will also be chasing black-type with juvenile filly Vahvay (Tagaloa) in the Gr.2 Windsor Park Stud Wakefield Challenge Stakes (1100m). The daughter of Tagaloa finished runner-up on debut over 1000m last month, and while pleased with the progress of his filly, Didham holds reserved expectations against a hot line-up. “It is probably the strongest Wakefield in the last 10 years,” he said. “She is going to be a lovely three-year-old filly and this is all part of her education. “She will still run a nice race, there just might be a couple too sharp for her over 1100m, but when we meet them next your over 1400m or 1600m, we will be competitive.” Didham’s Trentham team will be rounded out by Lucullan (Rich Enuff) in the McDonalds Manawatu Sprint (1200m). The four-year-old gelding disappointed in his first two runs this preparation when unplaced at Trentham but returned to winning form last start at Wanganui. Didham is wary of returning to Trentham this weekend but is hopeful his charge can allay those concerns. “He has got a tonne of ability, but I am worried about Wellington,” he said. “We have tried him twice there and we thought he would win both times and he just went terrible. “In that 75 grade, we have only got Wellington 1200s, there is nowhere else to go. “I put him in Te Rapa last week, he drew 19 so I had to scratch. It is either turn him out or we give him one more go down the straight. “Hopefully he can relax. Those first two times he jumped, over-raced and didn’t finish the race off as good as he should. But I am really happy with the way he is going.” View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Group Two-winning stayer Trav’s (NZ) (Almanzor) Melbourne Cup preparation may not have gone to plan, but trainer Raymond Connors has swiftly turned his attention to another Cup target. Following his heroics in the Gr.2 Auckland Cup (3200m) earlier this year, Connors set his sights on Australasia’s most coveted prize but just came up short in making the final field for last month’s Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) following three unplaced runs in Victoria over spring. While disappointed in Trav’s performances, Connors said he still enjoyed the experience. “It would have been great if he had gone better, but it was a good experience and it was good to see how it all operates over there,” he said. Connors has returned to New Zealand where he has immediately set about targeting Trav towards next month’s Gr.1 NZ Campus Of Innovation & Sport Wellington Cup (3200m) at Trentham, a race he finished fourth in last year and stable predecessor Blood Brotha won in 2013. Trav will commence his journey towards the two-mile feature in Saturday’s Gr.3 Humphries Construction Manawatu Cup (2300m) at Trentham, where Connors hopes to get a good line on his charge. “He has been ticking over,” Connors said. “We will try and get him to the Wellington Cup and this will be a stepping-stone and we will just see how he performs. “He will possibly have one more run into the Wellington Cup.” Trav is currently a $7.50 fourth favourite with TAB bookmakers for Saturday, in a market headed by Atmospheric (NZ) (El Roca) at $4.50. The Bulls trainer will also head to Trentham with Magic Charm (NZ) (Charm Spirit), who will be looking to recapture form in the Stringfellows 1400. “Magic Charm has been pretty disappointing,” Connors said. “He works well at home but he has been disappointing on raceday. “Hopefully the blinkers will turn him around a bit. He will need to show something on Saturday.” View the full article
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