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A very serious topic then . and one that needs Addressing. I'm one of the 'Marvel' at it brigade and in fact love it. Nothing better than having your horse given every chance in a race , By getting some aid from stable-mates this becomes a reality for some horses that otherwise wouldn't of won. The Fixer winning the NZ Cup, Amazing Dream in the Auckland Cup a couple of examples , but Dunns and Telfers have even used great tactics to effect at times. Ferguson's even did that crazy one one time . I asked a galloping bloke one time , why he hated the harness racing so much? , and he said "Mainly because they all seem to be related to each other and you don't know who's looking after who ". 🤔 fair enough I spose. NZ races are tough enough to win as it is , but if you can go into a race with your horse and 'Get some Cover' or whatever it might be . like Green you are discussing, Mickey House at Manawatu, or how Allstars in Group racing for many years in Sires Stakes and age features (exactly like the current Emma Stewart barn and Grant Dixon barns might in Australia) and Not be 'Put to the sword' by a stable-mate. well and good . you might just win It !!! the highlighted bits above quite important in the success rate of these great stables . -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
A quality cast of four-year-olds will clash in Malaysia’s richest race this weekend, with a significant NZB influence throughout the 16-horse field. Sunday’s Selangor Mile (1600m) is worth RM1m (NZ$395,000) and is marketed as ‘One Race, One Million, One Champion’. Five of the 16 runners in the 2025 Selangor Mile are graduates of the Karaka sale ring, plus New Zealand-bred Shinjuku (NZ) (Tarzino). ANTIPODEAN (NZ) The number-one saddlecloth will be carried by the race’s highest-rated runner and likely favourite Antipodean (NZ) (Derryn). Breeders Grangewilliam Stud offered Antipodean in Book 2 of Karaka 2022, where he failed to meet his $40,000 reserve. He returned to Karaka for the Ready to Run Sale later that year and was bought by Malaysian-based trainer Simon Dunderdale for $23,000. Antipodean’s high-class career has so far produced 10 wins and five placings from only 16 starts. He has banked RM396,900 (NZ$157,015) in prize-money. Antipodean won nine races last year including the 3YO Pacific Cup (1200m), the New Zealand Bloodstock 3YO Trophy (1400m), the Selangor Gold Cup (1600m) and Sports Toto Supreme Challenge Cup (1400m). Antipodean was transferred to a different stable at the end of last year, and his 2025 campaign has so far produced a series of placings in the Chinese New Year Prosperity Trophy (1600m), Tunku Gold Cup (1200m) and 4YO Sprint Championship (1200m). He has returned to Dunderdale for the build-up to the Selangor Mile, in which he will be ridden by Bernardo Pinheiro and will jump from gate 11. “With the Selangor Mile coming up, the owner (Yee Kin Kong) probably thinks the horse needs a change of luck,” Dunderdale commented to the Selangor Turf Club this week. “I have been working him for the past month and I am happy with him. I’m happy with the draw too. It means the jockey can place him anywhere in the race.” LUCKY MAGIC (NZ) Lucky Magic (NZ) Vendor: Prima Park The next Karaka graduate in the Selangor Mile field is Lucky Magic (NZ) (Mendelssohn), whose jockey Shafiq Rusof won more than 50 races in New Zealand between 2017 and 2019 including the Group One Tarzino Trophy (1400m) and Arrowfield Stud Plate (160m) on Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands). Lucky Magic was offered by Prima Park in Book 1 of Karaka 2022, where Ben Kwok bought him for $35,000. He was subsequently re-offered by Prima Park at the Ready to Run Sale and sold to the HY Cheng Racing Stable for $75,000. Lucky Magic has had 12 starts for seven wins, two placings and RM161,182 (NZ$63,745) in stakes. His victories include the Penang Gold Cup (2000m) and Perak Derby (2000m). He is heading into Sunday in some of the best form of his career, having won four of his last five starts. Lucky Magic has drawn well for Sunday’s blockbuster mile, jumping from gate five for trainer, and well-known buyer HY Cheng. PLATINUM GLORY Platnium Glory (NZ) Vendor: Riversely Park Platinum Glory (Showtime) was offered by renowned Ready to Run Sale vendors Riversley Park during the 2022 edition of the world-leading sale of two-year-olds. He was bought by the Macau Jockey Club for $30,000. From just five starts to date, Platinum Glory has recorded three wins, a second and a fourth. Platinum Glory strung together three impressive wins in a row, starting with a four-length romp over 1400 metres at Selangor in February. He won over the same course and distance in March, this time by three and a quarter lengths, then returned from a freshen-up with a neck victory in May. He stepped up to 1600 metres last start on June 15 and finished second. Platinum Glory has drawn awkwardly on Sunday in gate 14 for trainer CW Choi. DON’T FORGET BOSS (NZ) Don’t Forget Boss (NZ) Vendor: Riverrock Farm Don’t Forget Boss (NZ) (Preferment) caught the eye of successful pinhookers Riverrock Farm during Book 1 of Karaka 2022, where he was bought for $30,000 from the draft of Wentwood Grange. He was offered in the Riverrock draft at the Ready to Run Sale and knocked down to trainer David Kok for $75,000. Don’t Forget Boss has had 22 starts for five wins and six placings. He won three times in Singapore and has added another two victories since relocating to Malaysia. His total earnings are the equivalent of more than NZ$100,000. He was rated highly enough during his Singapore career to contest the Singapore Guineas (1600m) and the Grand Singapore Gold Cup (2000m). Jockey Harmeet Singh Gill will take the mount on Don’t Forget Boss on Sunday, and the pair will jump from the handy draw of gate three for trainer David Kok. RED DRAGONFLY (NZ) Red Dragonfly (NZ) (Rubick) was a $55,000 purchase from Riversley Park’s draft at the 2022 Ready to Run Sale. Red Dragonfly (NZ) Vendor: Riversley Park He has had 17 starts for six wins and a placing. He began his career in Singapore, placing once from eight starts, then moved to Malaysia and made a huge impression with wins in six of his first seven starts. Red Dragonfly has drawn the inside gate on Sunday, and trainer Ooi Chin Chin intends to use that to his advantage. “It means we can go with the pace,” he said. While the NZB Bloodstock team are currently canvassing around the world for the upcoming Ready to Run Sale and Karaka 2026, NZB’s Director of Business Development Mike Kneebone is in Kuala Lumpur ahead of the inaugural running of the Selangor Million-dollar Mile. “On Sunday, we have a big chance to add another NZB graduate to the impressive winning tally this season, so it is timely to visit this significant market.” “To kick off the big weekend for Malaysia, the New Zealand High Commissioner to Malaysia, HE Michael Walsh and myself are hosting a dinner at the New Zealand Residency this week with the most influential racing people in the country,” he added. NZB’s Mike Kneebone & Selangor Turf Club Chairman, Tan Sri Datuk Richard Cham Hak Lim “Selangor Turf Club have continued to improve and innovate, and the RM 1,000,000 Selangor Mile is another step forward, advancing horse racing here. “Our buying bench for the upcoming Ready to Run Sale is shaping up to be incredibly strong, and no doubt with vendors full support to bolster the catalogue, we will see some incredible results again. “The horses that continue to perform on the racetrack from this sale is unbelievable. Ten Group Ones this season alone is phenomenal, and the results in Malaysia are no different.” “Last year I predicted that we would sell a million dollar two-year-old, this year we might sell more.” The Selangor Mile will be run as Race 9 on Selangor’s bumper 12-race programme on Sunday. The scheduled start time of the Selangor Mile is 4.30pm local time (8.30pm NZT). The 2025 edition of the Ready to Run Sale will take place at the Karaka Sales Centre on Thursday 13 & Friday 14 November with Breeze Ups to be held at Te Rapa Racecourse on Monday 13 & Tuesday 14 October. Entries for the Sale are open now and close at 5pm on Friday 1 August. To nominate your rising two-year-olds for the 2025 Ready to Run Sale, visit NZB’s online portal at portal.nzb.co.nz. Karaka 2026 will take place at the Karaka Sales Centre from 25 – 29 January, the iconic week on the international sales calendar marking the 100th National Yearling Sale in New Zealand. Karaka 2026 will take place at the Karaka Sales Centre from 25 – 29 January, the iconic week on the international sales calendar marking the 100th National Yearling Sale in New Zealand. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
A quality cast of four-year-olds will clash in Malaysia’s richest race this weekend, with a significant NZB influence throughout the 16-horse field. Sunday’s Selangor Mile (1600m) is worth RM1m (NZ$395,000) and is marketed as ‘One Race, One Million, One Champion’. Five of the 16 runners in the 2025 Selangor Mile are graduates of the Karaka sale ring, plus New Zealand-bred Shinjuku (NZ) (Tarzino). ANTIPODEAN (NZ) The number-one saddlecloth will be carried by the race’s highest-rated runner and likely favourite Antipodean (NZ) (Derryn). Breeders Grangewilliam Stud offered Antipodean in Book 2 of Karaka 2022, where he failed to meet his $40,000 reserve. He returned to Karaka for the Ready to Run Sale later that year and was bought by Malaysian-based trainer Simon Dunderdale for $23,000. Antipodean’s high-class career has so far produced 10 wins and five placings from only 16 starts. He has banked RM396,900 (NZ$157,015) in prize-money. Antipodean won nine races last year including the 3YO Pacific Cup (1200m), the New Zealand Bloodstock 3YO Trophy (1400m), the Selangor Gold Cup (1600m) and Sports Toto Supreme Challenge Cup (1400m). Antipodean was transferred to a different stable at the end of last year, and his 2025 campaign has so far produced a series of placings in the Chinese New Year Prosperity Trophy (1600m), Tunku Gold Cup (1200m) and 4YO Sprint Championship (1200m). He has returned to Dunderdale for the build-up to the Selangor Mile, in which he will be ridden by Bernardo Pinheiro and will jump from gate 11. “With the Selangor Mile coming up, the owner (Yee Kin Kong) probably thinks the horse needs a change of luck,” Dunderdale commented to the Selangor Turf Club this week. “I have been working him for the past month and I am happy with him. I’m happy with the draw too. It means the jockey can place him anywhere in the race.” LUCKY MAGIC (NZ) Lucky Magic (NZ) Vendor: Prima Park The next Karaka graduate in the Selangor Mile field is Lucky Magic (NZ) (Mendelssohn), whose jockey Shafiq Rusof won more than 50 races in New Zealand between 2017 and 2019 including the Group One Tarzino Trophy (1400m) and Arrowfield Stud Plate (160m) on Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands). Lucky Magic was offered by Prima Park in Book 1 of Karaka 2022, where Ben Kwok bought him for $35,000. He was subsequently re-offered by Prima Park at the Ready to Run Sale and sold to the HY Cheng Racing Stable for $75,000. Lucky Magic has had 12 starts for seven wins, two placings and RM161,182 (NZ$63,745) in stakes. His victories include the Penang Gold Cup (2000m) and Perak Derby (2000m). He is heading into Sunday in some of the best form of his career, having won four of his last five starts. Lucky Magic has drawn well for Sunday’s blockbuster mile, jumping from gate five for trainer, and well-known buyer HY Cheng. PLATINUM GLORY Platnium Glory (NZ) Vendor: Riversely Park Platinum Glory (Showtime) was offered by renowned Ready to Run Sale vendors Riversley Park during the 2022 edition of the world-leading sale of two-year-olds. He was bought by the Macau Jockey Club for $30,000. From just five starts to date, Platinum Glory has recorded three wins, a second and a fourth. Platinum Glory strung together three impressive wins in a row, starting with a four-length romp over 1400 metres at Selangor in February. He won over the same course and distance in March, this time by three and a quarter lengths, then returned from a freshen-up with a neck victory in May. He stepped up to 1600 metres last start on June 15 and finished second. Platinum Glory has drawn awkwardly on Sunday in gate 14 for trainer CW Choi. DON’T FORGET BOSS (NZ) Don’t Forget Boss (NZ) Vendor: Riverrock Farm Don’t Forget Boss (NZ) (Preferment) caught the eye of successful pinhookers Riverrock Farm during Book 1 of Karaka 2022, where he was bought for $30,000 from the draft of Wentwood Grange. He was offered in the Riverrock draft at the Ready to Run Sale and knocked down to trainer David Kok for $75,000. Don’t Forget Boss has had 22 starts for five wins and six placings. He won three times in Singapore and has added another two victories since relocating to Malaysia. His total earnings are the equivalent of more than NZ$100,000. He was rated highly enough during his Singapore career to contest the Singapore Guineas (1600m) and the Grand Singapore Gold Cup (2000m). Jockey Harmeet Singh Gill will take the mount on Don’t Forget Boss on Sunday, and the pair will jump from the handy draw of gate three for trainer David Kok. RED DRAGONFLY (NZ) Red Dragonfly (NZ) (Rubick) was a $55,000 purchase from Riversley Park’s draft at the 2022 Ready to Run Sale. Red Dragonfly (NZ) Vendor: Riversley Park He has had 17 starts for six wins and a placing. He began his career in Singapore, placing once from eight starts, then moved to Malaysia and made a huge impression with wins in six of his first seven starts. Red Dragonfly has drawn the inside gate on Sunday, and trainer Ooi Chin Chin intends to use that to his advantage. “It means we can go with the pace,” he said. While the NZB Bloodstock team are currently canvassing around the world for the upcoming Ready to Run Sale and Karaka 2026, NZB’s Director of Business Development Mike Kneebone is in Kuala Lumpur ahead of the inaugural running of the Selangor Million-dollar Mile. “On Sunday, we have a big chance to add another NZB graduate to the impressive winning tally this season, so it is timely to visit this significant market.” “To kick off the big weekend for Malaysia, the New Zealand High Commissioner to Malaysia, HE Michael Walsh and myself are hosting a dinner at the New Zealand Residency this week with the most influential racing people in the country,” he added. NZB’s Mike Kneebone & Selangor Turf Club Chairman, Tan Sri Datuk Richard Cham Hak Lim “Selangor Turf Club have continued to improve and innovate, and the RM 1,000,000 Selangor Mile is another step forward, advancing horse racing here. “Our buying bench for the upcoming Ready to Run Sale is shaping up to be incredibly strong, and no doubt with vendors full support to bolster the catalogue, we will see some incredible results again. “The horses that continue to perform on the racetrack from this sale is unbelievable. Ten Group Ones this season alone is phenomenal, and the results in Malaysia are no different.” “Last year I predicted that we would sell a million dollar two-year-old, this year we might sell more.” The Selangor Mile will be run as Race 9 on Selangor’s bumper 12-race programme on Sunday. The scheduled start time of the Selangor Mile is 4.30pm local time (8.30pm NZT). The 2025 edition of the Ready to Run Sale will take place at the Karaka Sales Centre on Thursday 13 & Friday 14 November with Breeze Ups to be held at Te Rapa Racecourse on Monday 13 & Tuesday 14 October. Entries for the Sale are open now and close at 5pm on Friday 1 August. To nominate your rising two-year-olds for the 2025 Ready to Run Sale, visit NZB’s online portal at portal.nzb.co.nz. Karaka 2026 will take place at the Karaka Sales Centre from 25 – 29 January, the iconic week on the international sales calendar marking the 100th National Yearling Sale in New Zealand. Karaka 2026 will take place at the Karaka Sales Centre from 25 – 29 January, the iconic week on the international sales calendar marking the 100th National Yearling Sale in New Zealand. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
A quality cast of four-year-olds will clash in Malaysia’s richest race this weekend, with a significant NZB influence throughout the 16-horse field. Sunday’s Selangor Mile (1600m) is worth RM1m (NZ$395,000) and is marketed as ‘One Race, One Million, One Champion’. Five of the 16 runners in the 2025 Selangor Mile are graduates of the Karaka sale ring, plus New Zealand-bred Shinjuku (NZ) (Tarzino). ANTIPODEAN (NZ) The number-one saddlecloth will be carried by the race’s highest-rated runner and likely favourite Antipodean (NZ) (Derryn). Breeders Grangewilliam Stud offered Antipodean in Book 2 of Karaka 2022, where he failed to meet his $40,000 reserve. He returned to Karaka for the Ready to Run Sale later that year and was bought by Malaysian-based trainer Simon Dunderdale for $23,000. Antipodean’s high-class career has so far produced 10 wins and five placings from only 16 starts. He has banked RM396,900 (NZ$157,015) in prize-money. Antipodean won nine races last year including the 3YO Pacific Cup (1200m), the New Zealand Bloodstock 3YO Trophy (1400m), the Selangor Gold Cup (1600m) and Sports Toto Supreme Challenge Cup (1400m). Antipodean was transferred to a different stable at the end of last year, and his 2025 campaign has so far produced a series of placings in the Chinese New Year Prosperity Trophy (1600m), Tunku Gold Cup (1200m) and 4YO Sprint Championship (1200m). He has returned to Dunderdale for the build-up to the Selangor Mile, in which he will be ridden by Bernardo Pinheiro and will jump from gate 11. “With the Selangor Mile coming up, the owner (Yee Kin Kong) probably thinks the horse needs a change of luck,” Dunderdale commented to the Selangor Turf Club this week. “I have been working him for the past month and I am happy with him. I’m happy with the draw too. It means the jockey can place him anywhere in the race.” LUCKY MAGIC (NZ) Lucky Magic (NZ) Vendor: Prima Park The next Karaka graduate in the Selangor Mile field is Lucky Magic (NZ) (Mendelssohn), whose jockey Shafiq Rusof won more than 50 races in New Zealand between 2017 and 2019 including the Group One Tarzino Trophy (1400m) and Arrowfield Stud Plate (160m) on Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands). Lucky Magic was offered by Prima Park in Book 1 of Karaka 2022, where Ben Kwok bought him for $35,000. He was subsequently re-offered by Prima Park at the Ready to Run Sale and sold to the HY Cheng Racing Stable for $75,000. Lucky Magic has had 12 starts for seven wins, two placings and RM161,182 (NZ$63,745) in stakes. His victories include the Penang Gold Cup (2000m) and Perak Derby (2000m). He is heading into Sunday in some of the best form of his career, having won four of his last five starts. Lucky Magic has drawn well for Sunday’s blockbuster mile, jumping from gate five for trainer, and well-known buyer HY Cheng. PLATINUM GLORY Platnium Glory (NZ) Vendor: Riversely Park Platinum Glory (Showtime) was offered by renowned Ready to Run Sale vendors Riversley Park during the 2022 edition of the world-leading sale of two-year-olds. He was bought by the Macau Jockey Club for $30,000. From just five starts to date, Platinum Glory has recorded three wins, a second and a fourth. Platinum Glory strung together three impressive wins in a row, starting with a four-length romp over 1400 metres at Selangor in February. He won over the same course and distance in March, this time by three and a quarter lengths, then returned from a freshen-up with a neck victory in May. He stepped up to 1600 metres last start on June 15 and finished second. Platinum Glory has drawn awkwardly on Sunday in gate 14 for trainer CW Choi. DON’T FORGET BOSS (NZ) Don’t Forget Boss (NZ) Vendor: Riverrock Farm Don’t Forget Boss (NZ) (Preferment) caught the eye of successful pinhookers Riverrock Farm during Book 1 of Karaka 2022, where he was bought for $30,000 from the draft of Wentwood Grange. He was offered in the Riverrock draft at the Ready to Run Sale and knocked down to trainer David Kok for $75,000. Don’t Forget Boss has had 22 starts for five wins and six placings. He won three times in Singapore and has added another two victories since relocating to Malaysia. His total earnings are the equivalent of more than NZ$100,000. He was rated highly enough during his Singapore career to contest the Singapore Guineas (1600m) and the Grand Singapore Gold Cup (2000m). Jockey Harmeet Singh Gill will take the mount on Don’t Forget Boss on Sunday, and the pair will jump from the handy draw of gate three for trainer David Kok. RED DRAGONFLY (NZ) Red Dragonfly (NZ) (Rubick) was a $55,000 purchase from Riversley Park’s draft at the 2022 Ready to Run Sale. Red Dragonfly (NZ) Vendor: Riversley Park He has had 17 starts for six wins and a placing. He began his career in Singapore, placing once from eight starts, then moved to Malaysia and made a huge impression with wins in six of his first seven starts. Red Dragonfly has drawn the inside gate on Sunday, and trainer Ooi Chin Chin intends to use that to his advantage. “It means we can go with the pace,” he said. While the NZB Bloodstock team are currently canvassing around the world for the upcoming Ready to Run Sale and Karaka 2026, NZB’s Director of Business Development Mike Kneebone is in Kuala Lumpur ahead of the inaugural running of the Selangor Million-dollar Mile. “On Sunday, we have a big chance to add another NZB graduate to the impressive winning tally this season, so it is timely to visit this significant market.” “To kick off the big weekend for Malaysia, the New Zealand High Commissioner to Malaysia, HE Michael Walsh and myself are hosting a dinner at the New Zealand Residency this week with the most influential racing people in the country,” he added. NZB’s Mike Kneebone & Selangor Turf Club Chairman, Tan Sri Datuk Richard Cham Hak Lim “Selangor Turf Club have continued to improve and innovate, and the RM 1,000,000 Selangor Mile is another step forward, advancing horse racing here. “Our buying bench for the upcoming Ready to Run Sale is shaping up to be incredibly strong, and no doubt with vendors full support to bolster the catalogue, we will see some incredible results again. “The horses that continue to perform on the racetrack from this sale is unbelievable. Ten Group Ones this season alone is phenomenal, and the results in Malaysia are no different.” “Last year I predicted that we would sell a million dollar two-year-old, this year we might sell more.” The Selangor Mile will be run as Race 9 on Selangor’s bumper 12-race programme on Sunday. The scheduled start time of the Selangor Mile is 4.30pm local time (8.30pm NZT). The 2025 edition of the Ready to Run Sale will take place at the Karaka Sales Centre on Thursday 13 & Friday 14 November with Breeze Ups to be held at Te Rapa Racecourse on Monday 13 & Tuesday 14 October. Entries for the Sale are open now and close at 5pm on Friday 1 August. To nominate your rising two-year-olds for the 2025 Ready to Run Sale, visit NZB’s online portal at portal.nzb.co.nz. Karaka 2026 will take place at the Karaka Sales Centre from 25 – 29 January, the iconic week on the international sales calendar marking the 100th National Yearling Sale in New Zealand. Karaka 2026 will take place at the Karaka Sales Centre from 25 – 29 January, the iconic week on the international sales calendar marking the 100th National Yearling Sale in New Zealand. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
A quality cast of four-year-olds will clash in Malaysia’s richest race this weekend, with a significant NZB influence throughout the 16-horse field. Sunday’s Selangor Mile (1600m) is worth RM1m (NZ$395,000) and is marketed as ‘One Race, One Million, One Champion’. Five of the 16 runners in the 2025 Selangor Mile are graduates of the Karaka sale ring, plus New Zealand-bred Shinjuku (NZ) (Tarzino). ANTIPODEAN (NZ) The number-one saddlecloth will be carried by the race’s highest-rated runner and likely favourite Antipodean (NZ) (Derryn). Breeders Grangewilliam Stud offered Antipodean in Book 2 of Karaka 2022, where he failed to meet his $40,000 reserve. He returned to Karaka for the Ready to Run Sale later that year and was bought by Malaysian-based trainer Simon Dunderdale for $23,000. Antipodean’s high-class career has so far produced 10 wins and five placings from only 16 starts. He has banked RM396,900 (NZ$157,015) in prize-money. Antipodean won nine races last year including the 3YO Pacific Cup (1200m), the New Zealand Bloodstock 3YO Trophy (1400m), the Selangor Gold Cup (1600m) and Sports Toto Supreme Challenge Cup (1400m). Antipodean was transferred to a different stable at the end of last year, and his 2025 campaign has so far produced a series of placings in the Chinese New Year Prosperity Trophy (1600m), Tunku Gold Cup (1200m) and 4YO Sprint Championship (1200m). He has returned to Dunderdale for the build-up to the Selangor Mile, in which he will be ridden by Bernardo Pinheiro and will jump from gate 11. “With the Selangor Mile coming up, the owner (Yee Kin Kong) probably thinks the horse needs a change of luck,” Dunderdale commented to the Selangor Turf Club this week. “I have been working him for the past month and I am happy with him. I’m happy with the draw too. It means the jockey can place him anywhere in the race.” LUCKY MAGIC (NZ) Lucky Magic (NZ) Vendor: Prima Park The next Karaka graduate in the Selangor Mile field is Lucky Magic (NZ) (Mendelssohn), whose jockey Shafiq Rusof won more than 50 races in New Zealand between 2017 and 2019 including the Group One Tarzino Trophy (1400m) and Arrowfield Stud Plate (160m) on Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands). Lucky Magic was offered by Prima Park in Book 1 of Karaka 2022, where Ben Kwok bought him for $35,000. He was subsequently re-offered by Prima Park at the Ready to Run Sale and sold to the HY Cheng Racing Stable for $75,000. Lucky Magic has had 12 starts for seven wins, two placings and RM161,182 (NZ$63,745) in stakes. His victories include the Penang Gold Cup (2000m) and Perak Derby (2000m). He is heading into Sunday in some of the best form of his career, having won four of his last five starts. Lucky Magic has drawn well for Sunday’s blockbuster mile, jumping from gate five for trainer, and well-known buyer HY Cheng. PLATINUM GLORY Platnium Glory (NZ) Vendor: Riversely Park Platinum Glory (Showtime) was offered by renowned Ready to Run Sale vendors Riversley Park during the 2022 edition of the world-leading sale of two-year-olds. He was bought by the Macau Jockey Club for $30,000. From just five starts to date, Platinum Glory has recorded three wins, a second and a fourth. Platinum Glory strung together three impressive wins in a row, starting with a four-length romp over 1400 metres at Selangor in February. He won over the same course and distance in March, this time by three and a quarter lengths, then returned from a freshen-up with a neck victory in May. He stepped up to 1600 metres last start on June 15 and finished second. Platinum Glory has drawn awkwardly on Sunday in gate 14 for trainer CW Choi. DON’T FORGET BOSS (NZ) Don’t Forget Boss (NZ) Vendor: Riverrock Farm Don’t Forget Boss (NZ) (Preferment) caught the eye of successful pinhookers Riverrock Farm during Book 1 of Karaka 2022, where he was bought for $30,000 from the draft of Wentwood Grange. He was offered in the Riverrock draft at the Ready to Run Sale and knocked down to trainer David Kok for $75,000. Don’t Forget Boss has had 22 starts for five wins and six placings. He won three times in Singapore and has added another two victories since relocating to Malaysia. His total earnings are the equivalent of more than NZ$100,000. He was rated highly enough during his Singapore career to contest the Singapore Guineas (1600m) and the Grand Singapore Gold Cup (2000m). Jockey Harmeet Singh Gill will take the mount on Don’t Forget Boss on Sunday, and the pair will jump from the handy draw of gate three for trainer David Kok. RED DRAGONFLY (NZ) Red Dragonfly (NZ) (Rubick) was a $55,000 purchase from Riversley Park’s draft at the 2022 Ready to Run Sale. Red Dragonfly (NZ) Vendor: Riversley Park He has had 17 starts for six wins and a placing. He began his career in Singapore, placing once from eight starts, then moved to Malaysia and made a huge impression with wins in six of his first seven starts. Red Dragonfly has drawn the inside gate on Sunday, and trainer Ooi Chin Chin intends to use that to his advantage. “It means we can go with the pace,” he said. While the NZB Bloodstock team are currently canvassing around the world for the upcoming Ready to Run Sale and Karaka 2026, NZB’s Director of Business Development Mike Kneebone is in Kuala Lumpur ahead of the inaugural running of the Selangor Million-dollar Mile. “On Sunday, we have a big chance to add another NZB graduate to the impressive winning tally this season, so it is timely to visit this significant market.” “To kick off the big weekend for Malaysia, the New Zealand High Commissioner to Malaysia, HE Michael Walsh and myself are hosting a dinner at the New Zealand Residency this week with the most influential racing people in the country,” he added. NZB’s Mike Kneebone & Selangor Turf Club Chairman, Tan Sri Datuk Richard Cham Hak Lim “Selangor Turf Club have continued to improve and innovate, and the RM 1,000,000 Selangor Mile is another step forward, advancing horse racing here. “Our buying bench for the upcoming Ready to Run Sale is shaping up to be incredibly strong, and no doubt with vendors full support to bolster the catalogue, we will see some incredible results again. “The horses that continue to perform on the racetrack from this sale is unbelievable. Ten Group Ones this season alone is phenomenal, and the results in Malaysia are no different.” “Last year I predicted that we would sell a million dollar two-year-old, this year we might sell more.” The Selangor Mile will be run as Race 9 on Selangor’s bumper 12-race programme on Sunday. The scheduled start time of the Selangor Mile is 4.30pm local time (8.30pm NZT). The 2025 edition of the Ready to Run Sale will take place at the Karaka Sales Centre on Thursday 13 & Friday 14 November with Breeze Ups to be held at Te Rapa Racecourse on Monday 13 & Tuesday 14 October. Entries for the Sale are open now and close at 5pm on Friday 1 August. To nominate your rising two-year-olds for the 2025 Ready to Run Sale, visit NZB’s online portal at portal.nzb.co.nz. Karaka 2026 will take place at the Karaka Sales Centre from 25 – 29 January, the iconic week on the international sales calendar marking the 100th National Yearling Sale in New Zealand. Karaka 2026 will take place at the Karaka Sales Centre from 25 – 29 January, the iconic week on the international sales calendar marking the 100th National Yearling Sale in New Zealand. View the full article
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