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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Ten-time Group One winner flies to Riyadh three days later than originally scheduled in preparation for world’s richest race.View the full article -
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Trainer Pam Gerard took plenty of convincing to head south to Tauherenikau with Reputation (NZ) (Iffraaj) on Thursday, but the long trip paid off with victory in the Listed Clubs NZ Wairarapa Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m). Leading apprentice jockey Lily Sutherland was positive aboard Reputation from the jump, pushing forward to sit outside pacemaker Ruby Rocks (NZ) (Burgundy). Sutherland began to apply pressure from the 600m, which told on Ruby Rocks, and Reputation quickly had the lead. She had a two-length advantage on her rivals at the turn, which widened with every bound, and she coasted to a comfortable 2-1/2 length victory over the fast-finishing Nigella Lane. Adding another stakes victory to her record was the perfect gift for Sutherland, who was celebrating her 21st birthday, and she said everything went to script. “We thought she was going to lead and just sit outside them,” she said. “There was a little bit more pressure than we thought, but once we got there, she relaxed and got a really nice run for a while. We got to the rail before the turn, and they just couldn’t get to her.” Thursday’s victory continued a stellar week for owner-breeders Christopher and Susanna Grace, whose green and yellow silks were also carried to stakes success by promising filly Hinekaha (NZ) (Savabeel) in the Listed Oaks Prelude (1800m) at New Plymouth last Saturday, while fellow homebred Loch In Ora (NZ) (Pierro) was third in the Gr.3 Taranaki Cup (1800m) a race later. Christopher Grace was keen on the idea of Reputation heading south to Tauherenikau to try and secure black-type, and said it took some convincing for Matamata-based trainer Pam Gerard to agree to the trip. “Twice I had to ring her and say ‘the racing is a wee bit easier down our way, bring the horse down please’,” Grace said. “And thank goodness that she did.” Gerard admitted she was loathe to make the 14-hour round trip to Tauherenikau, but she was pleased she made the journey. “The idea was always in our head but it’s a long way to come,” she said. “When the noms came out and I saw the field, I thought of every excuse not to come, but I couldn’t, she is here and she has done it.” While the travel was one concern for Gerard, she said a hard surface was another, but she was full of praise for track manager Matia Grace and the way the Tauherenikau track presented. “The track can get quite hard here but hats off to the girl (Grace) that has been doing it,” Gerard said. “She has got the water on and that has made a big difference because this horse doesn’t really like it too firm.” By Iffraaj, Reputation is out of Zabeel mare Tenacity, a half-sister to Gr.2 Wellington Cup (2400m) winner Graphic, and the dam of stakes performer Motivation. Reputation has now won four of her 12 careers starts and earned nearly $150,000 in prizemoney. View the full article -
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Enigmatic four-year-old Danjuro (NZ) (Saxon Warrior) has been a work in progress for trainer Peter Didham, but the penny may be starting to drop with the son of Saxon Warrior, who scored his second consecutive victory in the Central ITM Wairarapa Cup (2050m) at Tauherenikau on Thursday. The gelding settled off the pace for jockey Kavish Chowdhoory, who elected to shift to the inside when turning for home and weaved a path between leaders Richochet and Sailor Jack to score by a short head. “They went a good clip in front, and he travelled beautifully throughout,” Chowdhoory said. “Instead of going out wide, which he can rein out sometimes, I snuck up on the fence and everything seemed to open up and he was good to the line.” Didham was rapt with Chowdhoory’s efforts and said patience is finally starting to pay off with Danjuro. “It was a really good ride, and I’d like to thank the owners because they have been patient,” he said. Purchased for $140,000 out of Curraghmore’s 2022 New Zealand Bloodstock Book 1 Yearling Sale draft, Danjuro has shown plenty of ability from the outset, winning on debut at Woodville as a three-year-old and Didham thought enough of him to give him a tilt at the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton two months later, where he finished sixth behind Crocetti. He remained winless until scoring at Wanganui last month and backed that up with Thursday’s eye-catching display. “He has got a tonne of ability, but he’ll hang in, he’ll run off at Wellington, and out at the car park he got away before the start,” Didham said. “I think when he is six or seven, he is a gelding, he could be a Cups horse. He has got that ability, it is just getting the brain with the body. “It’s just one (race) at a time with him. We are just happy to get these two wins in a row. He has got it, but he is a bit smarter than me sometimes.” Danjuro’s victory secured a winning double at the meeting for Didham, who was victorious earlier on the card with two-year-old filly War Princess (NZ) (U S Navy Flag), who won on debut in the Pope & Gray Contractors Maiden 2YO (1000m) in the hands of Joe Doyle. View the full article -
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Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) out to move clear of Lindsay Park legend with ninth Group 1 win. Mr Brightside will forever be a special horse in the careers of Ben, Will and JD Hayes, but he is presented with a chance to break new ground for Lindsay Park at Caulfield this Saturday. The seven-year-old son of Bullbars will chase a ninth Group 1 win when he resumes in the $750,000 C F Orr Stakes (1400m), in which victory would make him the most successful elite-level performer in the 77-year history of the training operation founded by Colin Hayes. Better Loosen Up owns that honour, with eight Group 1 wins, including a Cox Plate and Japan Cup for David Hayes, and while JD Hayes said it was amazing what he achieved in a sadly-brief stint at the top level, Mr Brightside’s longevity made an equally-impressive performer. “With ‘BLU’, we all talk about him because he was such a champion, but he was only around for two seasons and able to achieve what he did for my old man,” Hayes said. “Mr Brightside is gearing up for his fourth (season) here, so he’s been around for a long time. “The comparisons were drawn early, but I think they are warranted.” Mr Brightside is striving to become just the fifth multiple winner of the C F Orr Stakes, a race first run in 1925, and only the second behind Typhoon Tracy (2010/11) since it attained Group 1 status in 1993. Lord (1959/60) and three-time winners Manikato (1979-81) and Vo Rogue (1988-90) are the other multiple winners. An earner of almost $16.4 million in stakes, Mr Brightside has won the Doncaster Mile and Makybe Diva Stakes twice, a Memsie Stakes, Futurity Stakes and last year’s Champions Mile, which was his most recent racetrack appearance. Mr Brightside also won the All-Star Mile in 2023, before the race gained the Group 1 status it will carry this year, and that 1600m event at Flemington on March 8 is again an autumn target. In between the Orr Stakes and All-Star Mile, Mr Brightside will run in the Futurity Stakes, also a 1400m Group 1 weight-for-age event worth $750,000 at Caulfield, on February 22 – a race he won last year. “He’ll follow the same path that he has for the last three years and he just looks tremendous, he’s absolutely glowing in the coat,” Hayes said at Thursday morning’s Festival of Racing launch, which will held at the Hayes family’s Flemington stable. “He’s going as good as ever, he’s ticked every box that we’ve thrown at him and that usually culminates in a consistent performance, so hopefully that’s what we’ll get on Saturday.” Mr Brightside has drawn barrier eight in the 10-horse Orr Stakes with Craig Williams to make his return to the saddle after more than a week on the sidelines due to illness. View the full article -
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Emma-Lee Browne is approaching the Colac Cup on Friday with a degree of trepidation as it will be Rhinoceros’ (NZ) (Vadamos) first time running over 2000 metres in his 41-start career. The six-year-old gelding has become a country cups king over summer with wins in the Dunkeld and Camperdown Cups among his past three starts and, although he is bred on staying lines, Browne said he has always wanted to race too keenly to get out in trip but has shown some signs of maturing. Browne said she still harbours some doubts about how Rhinoceros will handle the 2000m. “I’m not sure. It’s his first time up to 2000m which could be a bit testing for him although he’s started to settle down now,” Browne said. “Will (Gordon) knows him well and we’re hoping he can get the job done. Now he’s a bit older he may be able to get the trip.” Browne said Rhinoceros is part of the family and they love what he has achieved for them. “He’s done such a great job. We are so proud of him. He was one of the first horses we sent over from New Zealand when Dave came over and he’s still doing the job for us,” she said. “We love him. My daughter rides him every day. He’s been a super horse for us.” Rhinoceros put David and Emma-Lee Browne on the map in Melbourne in 2021 when he won city races at Sandown, The Valley and Caulfield in the spring of that year. With his recent return to form with those victories at Dunkeld and Camperdown, Rhinoceros has taken his career record to nine wins from 41 starts. In the Colac Cup he will clash again with Khoekhoe, who finished second to him in the Camperdown Cup. View the full article
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