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Isn't this a case of "no s**t sherlock" ? Every race (KM night) was a world pool race , was that the case last year, i think only 3 or 4 were? -
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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Flemington trainer Glen Thompson is keen to build up his stable numbers and was pleased to come away with a pair of colts by Sword of State at Tuesday’s Book 2 session of the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sales. Thompson, who trained in partnership with Mike Moroney until the legendary horseman’s death in February last year, lost several of his higher-rated horses, with Ballymore Stables absorbed by Lindsay Park. But Gr.1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) winner Benagil has been a headline act for Thompson’s small stable alongside Flemington Group Three winner Whisky On The Hill. “The stable is starting to build now. It has taken a little bit of time, but I’ve just had to be patient,” Thompson said. Flemington trainer Glen Thompson. Photo: Angelique Bridson “I’ve got a fair few yearlings and two-year-olds there at the moment, so the next 12 months it should really start to pick up. “I’ve got 18 boxes, 12 in work at the moment, so it’s nice to get a few more. “We have got the good mare Benagil, she has a jump out on Friday and will run in a fortnight at Flemington and we will head towards the Australian Cup (Gr.1, 2000m). “She has come back really well. It’s just a shame she struck that really heavy track last run at Flemington (Gr.1 Champions Stakes, 2000m). I think that really pulled her up.” Thompson went to $150,000 to purchase a Sword of State colt out of the Snippetson mare Palace Whispers from the draft of Woburn Farm. “He’s a good strong colt,” Thompson said. “He’s a pretty hot stallion at the moment. That was what I came here looking for, something a bit earlier. “He definitely looks like he should be up and going early, but I guess time will tell. “I couldn’t get near them in Book 1, so it was good to be able to get him in the second session.” Thompson said he had found the new format of a two-day Book 1 Sale and one-day Book 2 Sale as a positive, with the 848 horses catalogued across the two sessions all on the Karaka Sales complex at once. “It’s been good. You get to see them all and compare them close together. It’s been a good couple of days,” he said. “There are still definitely shares available, but there would be a good chunk of him sold already.” Thompson also secured a value colt by Sword of State out of Rose’s Girl from the draft of Curraghmore for $30,000. View the full article -
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David Hayes is applying blinkers to Public Attention (NZ) (Written Tycoon) for Sunday’s (1 February) HK$13 million Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m), a move the trainer believes will help the quality grey colt reach another gear when the Four-Year-Old Classic Series begins. Public Attention placed fifth at Group 1 level in Australia pre-import, and has made three starts in Hong Kong – finishing in the top four each time. This weekend’s contest sees him rise to a mile at Sha Tin with the addition of blinkers, which he wore to victory in the 2025 G3 Eskimo Prince Stakes (1200m) at Royal Randwick in Sydney. The Written Tycoon galloper is owned by Karen Lo, who also races Cap Ferrat, winner of the 2025 HK$26 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m). She also owns two-time Group 2-winner Straight Arron. Hayes said: “I think he’s been crying out for blinkers. I think he’s primed to run well in what is a really, really competitive race – probably the best this season. He has very good form in Australia. It’ll be first-time blinkers. We’ve resisted putting them on, but we’ve saved it for this race. He raced in them in Australia.” One of the 83-rated Public Attention’s peaks saw him finish fifth to Private Life in the 2024 G1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield in Melbourne. He also finished midfield in New Zealand’s lucrative slot race at Ellerslie in Auckland, The NZB Kiwi (1500m), last March. Public Attention wore cheek pieces when second and third, respectively, in his first two appearances for Hayes, who also saddles Akashvani in Sunday’s Hong Kong Classic Mile. Luke Ferraris rides Akashvani, while Brenton Avdulla is aboard Public Attention. Hayes has previously won the Hong Kong Classic Mile (formerly known as the Hong Kong Classic Trial) twice with Resfa (1999) and Charming City (2001), while last Sunday (25 January), the world’s best sprinter Ka Ying Rising matched Silent Witness’ 17-race unbeaten streak in Hong Kong for Hayes with another jaw-dropping success in the HK$13 million G1 Centenary Sprint Cup (1200m). “Ka Ying Rising has pulled up really well. He’s eaten all of his food. It’s full steam ahead to the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (G1, 1400m). We’ll be building him up quietly with one trial beforehand, and he won’t go to Conghua. I’ll keep him here with me,” Hayes said. The Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup is worth HK$13 million and is run on 22 February as the middle leg of the three-race Hong Kong Speed Series, which finishes with the HK$24 million G1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) on FWD Champions Day (26 April). Sagacious Life, Little Paradise, Invincible Ibis, Beauty Bolt, Crimson Flash, Infinite Resolve, Patch Of Cosmo, Winfield, Top Dragon, Circuit Grand Slam, Shanwah and Windlord are also entered for Sunday’s Hong Kong Classic Mile. Reserves for the race are Pope Cody, Daryl Flash, Aerodynamics, Natural Numbers, Uranus Star, California Waves, Fivefortwo and The Golden Knight. View the full article -
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A week after the pick of the eligible crop did battle in the Listed Karaka Millions (1200m), a second wave of quality juveniles are set to line up at Ellerslie in Saturday’s Gr.3 Colin Jillings Classic (1200m). The field is headed by Harvey Wallbanger (NZ) (Home Affairs), whose two starts at Ellerslie have produced a debut win in October and second place in the Gr. 2 Eclipse Stakes (1200m) on New Year’s Day. In between those two races the Tony Pike-trained gelding finished second in the Listed Counties Challenge Stakes at Pukekohe in late November. Pike admitted to some relief when Saturday’s Ellerslie fields were released and Harvey Wallbanger came up with barrier two. After jumping from an outside draw in the Eclipse Stakes he was ridden from the rear and in his previous start he also had to make his run wide from last. “Thankfully he’s got a draw that will allow him to be ridden where we want,” Pike said. “His last two runs have been a hard watch coming wide from the back like he did and getting beaten by horses that had cosy runs. “He had a week off after the Eclipse and he’s come back well, so with a bit of luck from gate two we should see him put in the race. “Rory (Hutchings) came over to gallop him on Tuesday morning and he worked well, so he’s ready.” Another good effort from the Wentwood Grange homebred son of Home Affairs will confirm plans to return to Ellerslie on Champions Day for the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m). He has also been entered for the Gr.1 Courtesy Ford Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Trentham in late March. Pike has a busy couple of days ahead with sizeable representation at Ellerslie as well at Te Rapa on Friday and a single runner on the Wellington Cup card. “Harvey Wallbanger looks like our best at Ellerslie, but the two in the Rating 75 1600 are good chances too,” he said. “Awatere was impressive winning a Rating 65 last time and I’m confident he can make the step up, and Delz Abeel should enjoy the step up in distance after racing well in sprints. “We’ve got a group of in-form maidens running at Te Rapa and any one of them can put up their hand. Frozen Fortune is good sort of Proisir filly retained by her breeders and has shown enough to say she can be an early winner.” Pike’s solitary starter at Trentham on Saturday will be course specialist Slipper Island, who lines up in the Mode Technology Sprint (1200m) after being unplaced in the Gr.1 Telegraph (1200m) a month ago. The winner of four consecutive races down the Trentham chute last season, he never figured in the Telegraph after being squeezed back to the rear when the field jumped. “His chances were more or less settled at the start and then he got stopped again trying to find a way through them at the top of the straight,” Pike said. “We’ve put a line through that, so with the drop in class and hopefully a clean run he can get a decent crack at them this time.” View the full article
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