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By Chief Stipe · Posted
Kheir buys NZ Oaks fancy www.racing.com Prominent owner Ozzie Kheir has purchased next month's New Zealand Oaks favourite Leica Lucy, with an eye to further Group 1 Oaks races in either Sydney or Brisbane this autumn. Leica Lucy, who has won three of her four starts in New Zealand, is due to race at Te Rapa in G2 company on Saturday as she progresses to the NZ$1 million New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham on March 22. Leica Lucy will race in partnership with her current owners and breeders Peter and Heather Crofskey and will continue her preparation for the New Zealand Oaks under the guidance of her current trainer Robbie Patterson. Kheir said on Monday that the deal, which was brokered by Mathew Becker of Group 1 Bloodstock in conjunction with Bruce Perry, will see Leica Lucy transferred to champion trainer Chris Waller at Rosehill after the Oaks for a potential ATC Oaks tilt in April. Leica Lucy is likely to start a short quote on Saturday in the G2 David and Karyn Ellis Fillies Classic as she steps to 2000 metres for the first time. Kheir has been active in New Zealand of late, with three purchases out of the recently completed Karaka sales. A Proisir filly and a Sword Of State filly are to be trained next season by Ciaron Maher, while Waller is to be the trainer of a brother to Stakes winner Scarlet Oak. -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Prominent Australian owner Ozzie Kheir is looking to repeat history in this weekend’s Gr.2 David & Karyn Ellis Fillies’ Classic (2000m) at Te Rapa, after buying into the $1 million Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) favourite Leica Lucy on Monday. Last year Kheir purchased into Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) winner Molly Bloom in the week of the Fillies’ Classic, and she gave him a near instant return on his investment when winning the Te Rapa feature. Kheir is hoping he can do the same with Leica Lucy on Saturday, having struck a deal with her owners, Heather and Peter Crofskey, who will remain in the ownership of their homebred. The three-year-old daughter of Derryn has been a standout for the couple, winning three of her four starts for trainer Robbie Patterson, including the Gr.3 Eulogy Stakes (1600m) and Gr.3 Desert Gold Stakes (1600m), both at Trentham. The Upper Hutt venue will be the home of her final two starts for the Taranaki horseman next month before she heads across the Tasman to join Molly Bloom at Chris Waller’s Sydney barn. “Ozzie Kheir has joined up with the Crofskeys. I have got her for her next three runs, and she will be transferred to Chris Waller,” Patterson said. “It is good that Ozzie has got the confidence in me to train her. She is a fantastic filly, and she will be good wherever she ends up.” Patterson has been rapt with Leica Lucy’s career trajectory to date and believes the best has yet to be seen from her, with distance set to be her biggest ally. “She is only going to get better too. The further she steps up, the better she should get,” he said. “I am really excited about Saturday at Te Rapa and then the Lowland and Oaks. We will just take one race at a time, but there is a lot to look forward to.” The New Zealand Oaks’ $1 million purse has been a big lure for Leica Lucy to remain in New Zealand, and Patterson foresees it being an ongoing trend with New Zealand’s burgeoning prizemoney. “It (Oaks prizemoney) is a great carrot, that is obviously why she stayed here instead of going straight to Aussie,” he said. “New Zealand racing is on the up and the Australians are noticing and are starting to take advantage of it.” Leica Lucy could be joined on the float trip north to Te Rapa this weekend by stablemate One Bold Cat, however, Patterson said his presence will be weather dependent and is looking unlikely at this stage with the fine weather forecast. “He is in the Herbie (Gr.1, 2000m), but if the track gets too firm for him, he won’t be going,” Patterson said. “It will be dictated by the weather, but it looks fine at the moment. “There are some pretty classy horses there. It is probably one of the toughest Group Ones I have ever seen in New Zealand.” Meanwhile, Patterson’s Group One winner Puntura has been retired. Bred and raced by Taranaki couple Carole and John Lynskey, Puntura won 11 of his 41 starts, including last year’s Gr.1 Thorndon Mile (1600m), which earned him an invitation to compete in the A$3.75 million All-Star Mile (1600m) at Caulfield. His other notable victories included the Gr.3 Coupland’s Bakeries Mile (1600m) and Gr.2 Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m). He failed to find form this season, with his fourth placing in the Gr.1 TAB Mufhasa Classic (1600m) being the highlight of his preparation. He sustained a slight tendon strain following his run in last month’s Gr.1 Thorndon Mile (1600m), which brought down the curtain on a pleasing career. “He has done a great job,” Patterson said. “He didn’t come up as well as he did last year. He deserves a good retirement. He has gone to our vet, Rebecca McKenzie, and she will look after him well.” View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
There was plenty of merit in Eye Candy’s runner-up effort behind Hinekaha in the Listed Oaks Prelude (1800m) at New Plymouth on Saturday, and trainers Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray now have their sights set on a couple of Trentham fillies features. “It was very brave,” Ritchie said of Eye Candy’s weekend run. “It was a superb ride by Lily Sutherland, she got herself in front and then slowed them down and did her very best to wait as long as possible before taking off, and nearly got away with it. “The winner was too good. If you run the race 100 times, she is going to beat her every time. The winner might be a very classy filly, so to run second to her is no disrespect.” Ritchie was pleased to see the daughter of Darci Brahma back in form after a luckless run in the Listed Gingernuts Salver (2100m) at Ellerslie last month, where she tailed the nine-horse field home. “In the Gingernuts she took a trail and George (Rooke, jockey) elected for the inside on that occasion, and it didn’t pan out. She got squeezed a little bit and I think her run that day was a little inconclusive. “I am not suggesting that she would have won the race by any means, but the (6.7) lengths to the winner was not fair to her talent. “She does seem to run her best races when she has led. She has won at Ruakaka from leading and it was another good performance at New Plymouth.” Eye Candy is now set to head to Trentham next month to have her first look at Trentham in the Gr.2 Little Avondale Lowland Stakes (2100m) before returning to the Upper Hutt track a fortnight later to tackle the $1 million Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m). “She has had some racing, so we won’t want to tax her,” Ritchie said. “She will probably go straight to the Lowland and have a look at Trentham. The timing of those looks nice for her. We will give her a good look at Trentham and that will tell us if we are on the right track for the Oaks or not.” Ritchie was also pleased with the debut runner-up performance of Tajana behind gun two-year-old Return To Conquer in the Gr.3 Colin Jillings 2YO Classic (1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. “We are delighted with her,” Ritchie said of The Oaks Stud-bred and raced filly. “Her trial was superb before it. She came from last and rolled into the middle of the track at Matamata and got home really well.” Ritchie said the daughter of Darci Brahma still has plenty of developing to do and believes she is a more natural three-year-old, and won’t be tested too much as a juvenile. “It was notable in the birdcage that she was clearly the most relaxed and probably looked the least like a two-year-old,” he said. “She is our first two-year-old runner of the season. There were some beautiful, strong animals there and she just looks like she is going to be a better spring three-year-old. “We won’t give her too busy of a campaign this time around, we will probably look for a maiden two-year-old somewhere, and if she performs in that we might roll the dice at a race like the Sires’ Produce Stakes (Gr.1, 1400m) because she appears like she is looking for 1400m already. “But she certainly won’t have any more than two races. We see her as a potential 1000 Guineas (Gr.1, 1600m) filly.” Ritchie is excited about the prospects of another The Oaks Stud filly in Alaskan, who will continue her path towards the New Zealand Oaks in Saturday’s Gr.2 David and Karyn Fenton Ellis Fillies Classic (2000m) at Te Rapa. “She is probably our best Oaks chance at the moment,” Ritchie said. “I thought it was an impressive win last start at Pukekohe. It looks like a mile-and-a-half will suit, so she will go around in the Fillies Classic, and that will give us a guide as to where we sit in the scheme of things for an Oaks perspective.” View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Roger James has unveiled an exciting prospect in his attempt to add a seventh $1.25 million Gr.1 Trackside New Zealand Derby (2400m) to his record, in the form of unbeaten three-year-old Oceana Dream. James has prepared half a dozen Derby winners in his career, the most recent being last year’s demolition job by star filly Orchestral, which was his first in partnership with Robert Wellwood. Oceana Dream, a gelding by Ocean Park, debuted with a comfortable win over 1400m on January 2 and stepped out to the mile in last Saturday’s Trelawney Stud (1600m) at Ellerslie. In the hands of George Rooke, Oceana Dream had an outside draw to contend with and he covered plenty of extra ground in the running, racing three-wide before coming into the centre of the track on straightening. Another favoured runner in Ridefromtheashes hit the lead early in the straight and fought hard to hold out Oceana Dream, but the gelding pinned his ears back and lifted late to take the win by a head. “I thought it was excellent, he was stuck three-wide, he worked everywhere, and he showed tenacity to get to the line,” James said. “I thought it was a very good run and he’s still learning, there’s a lot of areas for improvement. “The Derby is absolutely the main aim for him, probably through the Avondale Guineas (Gr.2, 2100m).” Bred and raced by Judi and Ron Wanless, Oceana Dream has shortened to $12 in the TAB Futures market for the Derby, which will be run on Champions Day at Ellerslie on March 8. While missing the major spoils, the Cambridge trainers picked up placings in each of the feature races at Ellerslie, including the fast-improving Hasstobeawinner finishing runner-up to Group One winner El Vencedor in the Listed Fulton Family Stakes (1500m). The son of Vadamos commenced his season in Rating 65 grade, and in a matter of two months, won the Stella Artois 1500 Championship Final before recording the quickest last 600m in a strong open-class field on Saturday. “I thought that was enormous, he was the only one to come out of the pack from a long way off them to run towards a Group One winner at his first start in open company,” James said. “It just confirmed that he is up to the best and he’ll probably get a good one, one day.” Younger stablemate Vittoria was on debut in the Gr.3 Colin Jillings 2YO Classic (1200m) and showed she has a bright future ahead, running third and just 1.3 lengths from the hot-favourite and winner Return To Conquer. “She’d only had one trial and she was last away in that trial, but she showed good improvement as I’d hoped for, because she’s got a great brain,” James said. “She bounced the barriers nicely, she got a bit green on the turn and pulled a shoe, but she picked herself up nicely and got to the line nicely, so there will be improvement again with her. All in all, it was a good effort. “We’ll just observe her over the next week or so and make a decision from there (where to next).” Moving into the new week, James and Wellwood, alongside Orchestral’s owners Colin and Helen Litt, are still in discussions around her next start, which could be in Saturday’s Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa. “We haven’t made a final decision on the Herbie Dyke yet, we’re having a meeting with the owners this afternoon (Monday) and we’ll make a call as to which course we take,” James said. The Litt’s homebred filly High Elation will feature later in the week at Tauranga, having her second start in the Laser Electrical Mount Maunganui Maiden 3YO (1200m). A filly by I Am Invincible, High Elation is out of Elate, who won the Listed Oaks Prelude (1800m) and placed at Group Three level for the stable. On debut after trialling one year ago to the day, High Elation finished second to Detain and James was complimentary of her effort. “All merit to her, she’d only had one trial which was about a year earlier and I thought her run was very good,” he said. “She heads to Tauranga on Friday and I’m looking forward to it.” View the full article -
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