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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
By Mike Love A “peach” of a drive by Harrison Orange helped Blenheim trainer Tony Thomas and his mare Boudica take out the DTS Hawera Cup at Hawera yesterday. “It was good. She tries so hard every time she races,” said Thomas. Boudica settled back of midfield early from their 10 metre handicap. Orange then elected to move around the field with eyes on the lead at the 1200m. From there the pair staved off all challengers, holding on to win by one length. “We were pretty stiff on the first day. It was a 10 out of 10 drive by Harrison Orange. He took luck out of play.” “She’s a stand start specialist. She’s not really a grass track horse, but the junior driver penalty free was the carrot that got us up here.” Thomas reflects on Orange’s drive as a “peach” while reminiscing on the fact Harrison’s father Blair drove Thomas’ first winner back in 1998 with Rich Jem at Hokitika. It was part of a winning treble by Orange – he also won with Tina Ace and Golden Line. Boudica has been clocking up the kilometres with racing recently up and down the country. The seven-year-old Sportswriter mare has now won 10 from 90 starts, with over $166,000 in stakes. “We will go to the Addington mares race this Friday. Then we may go up to Palmerston and back up to Auckland for the Northern Country Cups and the Northern Breeders stakes.” Thomas has now trained 35 winners with over $340,000 in stakes. Other highlights on the card included a double and 500th winner for trainer Derek Balle (Rewiri Hill and Conrad H) and Michael House (Golden Line and State Trooper) trained a double while Crystal Hackett had a driving double with Kourtney Kardash and High Energy. View the full article -
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By Adam Hamilton Auckland Cup winner Republican Party is heading home after his fantastic third in the Hunter Cup. But compatriots Tact McLeod and Don’t Stop Dreaming will stay in Victoria to clash with Leap To Fame again in next Saturday night’s $100,000 Group 2 Cranbourne Cup. Trainer Cran Dalgety also planned to tackle Cranbourne, but admitted Republican Party “certainly felt” his brave and close-up third to Swayzee and Leap To Fame in record smashing time. “It’s really the first time in his career he’s pulled-up a bit shagged, as though he really knew he had a run,” he said. “He’s come a long way in the past six months or so and we’ll focus on getting him primed for the Race by Betcha now.” Republican Party charged home from three pegs to a head and half-neck behind the two best pacers in this part of the world. “Carter felt he could’ve gotten even closer, but hey I say a close third in a Hunter Cup behind those two is a win in itself and should be celebrated,” Dalgety said. “He’s always been five or 10 per cent below the big guns, but showed he’d improved and was up with the best Kiwis and now he’s run that well, albeit after being on the marker pegs, behind the best in Australasia.” Longer term, Dalgety said a return to Australia for the enhanced Brisbane Inter Dominion in July was a strong possibility. “It’s an attractive option now it’s in July, down to just two rounds of heats and the prize money has gone up,” he said. “It’s something we’ll look a lot more seriously at after the Cambridge race.” Caretaker trainer and driver Anthony Butt was thrilled with Tact McLeod’s close fourth, beaten about a metre, in the Hunter Cup. “He went super. They’re bloody great horses to try and get past,” he said. “He seems to have pulled-up great so we’ll more than likely go to Cranbourne.” Don’t Stop Dreaming only ran seventh, but he smashed the clock for his last 1000m after making ground a mile back and out very wide for the last 400m to be beaten just 7.1 metres. “It was a fantastic run, both he and Oscar (Bonavena) will be good to go to Cranbourne,” he said. Oscar Bonavena followed a solid third in his Great Southern Star heat with a disappointing sixth in the final after a good trail. Driver and co-trainer Mark Purdon said the star veteran was a bit fresh in the heat and felt like he ran out of condition in the closing stages of the final. “Those runs will bring him on for what’s ahead,” he said. The $100,000 Group 1 Hammerhead Mile on Miracle Mile (March 8) night is a major target. View the full article -
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By Jonny Turner Homebush Lad helped trainer Greg Hope join an elite group to have trained 1000 New Zealand winners with his Temuka Transport Waikouaiti Cup victory at Oamaru yesterday. Hope brought up the milestone when Torvi took out yesterday’s finale, the McLellan Freight Ltd Trot, to complete a winning treble for the horseman, who trains in partnership with wife, Nina. The Hopes ended the Oamaru meeting with 892 career victories, with Greg having prepared 108 winners before entering into an official training partnership with Nina. The couple’s son Ben Hope drove Homebush Lad to win before Torvi took out yesterday’s finale to complete Greg’s 1000-race winning feat. Ben Hope was thrilled to help his father reach the milestone. “It is a career highlight, 1000 is a phenomenal achievement.” “There hasn’t been many that have done it and if you look through the list of people that have done it they are champions of the sport.” “And that is what Dad is.” Nina Hope and co-owner Richard Dellaca will have to find room in Homebush Lad’s already bulging trophy cabinet after he won his second Waikouaiti Cup yesterday. Ben Hope gave the pacer a soft trip four back on the markers before the 11-year-old veteran charged along the inner to score. “He is just an awesome, awesome horse, he tries so hard.” “I don’t think I have ever had a horse try so hard.” “He has won about 11 or 12 country cups which is a phenomenal achievement and to be 11-years-old and still winning them is awesome.” Homebush Lad’s two Waikouaiti Cup wins sit alongside his victories in the Westport, Geraldine, Waimate, and Motukarara Christmas cups, plus his three Reefton Cup victories. After mixing his distances recently, the 3000m of the Waikouaiti Cup was just what the pacer needed. “He is a stayer and suits those long distances and he hasn’t really had them,” Hope said. “He got it in the Blenheim Cup and he ran third.” “He hasn’t really had that suitable race but today he got it and he got a great trip and capitalised on it.” Yesterday’s Edinburgh Realty Ltd Waikouaiti Trotters Cup was the highlight on a big day for Canterbury owners Bob and Maxine Garters. The breeder-owners scored with Maryanne Golightly in the Hawksbury Motors/ Custom Construction Mobile Pace before Helloveamoment won yesterday’s trotting feature. Driver Samantha Ottley was thrilled to deliver a feature win for the Garters on their Mark Jones trained trotter. “They’re big supporters of the (Jones) stable and they’ve had a great day with the maiden winning.” “They deserve everything they get because they put a lot into the game. View the full article -
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Trained by Championship Meet leader Saffie Joseph Jr., 6-year-old Soul of an Angel was timed in :47 4/5 on the main track, ranking 13th of 70 horses. It was her third work since finishing third in the Rampart Dec. 26.View the full article -
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What Grafton Races Where Clarence River Jockey Club – Powell St, Grafton NSW 2460 When Tuesday, February 4, 2025 First Race 1:15pm AEDT Visit Dabble The Clarence River Jockey Club is the destination for NSW racing on Tuesday afternoon, with a competitive eight-part program lined up at Grafton. The rail moves out +3m the entire circuit, and although the track is rated a Good 4 at the time of acceptances, scattered rainfall means punters could be facing a downgrade into the Soft range at some stage. All the action is scheduled to get underway at 1:15pm local time. Best Bet at Grafton: Jungle Law Jungle Law returns in the opening event of the Grafton program and appears perfectly placed in this Class 1 contest. The daughter of Jungle Cat put together an impressive campaign last time in, rounding things out with a close-up runner-up performance behind Runwiththetide at Eagle Farm on November 5. She’s won a tick-over trial heading into this first-up assignment, and with gate four allowing Yvette Lewis to dictate terms throughout, Jungle Law will prove hard to chase down as she secures her second career victory. Best Bet Race 1 – #1 Jungle Law (4) 4yo Mare | T: Danny Bougoure | J: Yvette Lewis (59kg) Next Best at Grafton: Swift Charm After a dominant victory in Highway company at Rosehill on January 18, Swift Charm appears primed to claim back-to-back wins heading into this weaker BM74 contest. The son of Per Incanto couldn’t have been more impressive in his latest outing when fending off the likes of Wal’s Angel, and although he needs to lug a big weight here, the 4kg claim of apprentice hoop Nick Palmer should prove valuable dropping down to 57kg as apposed to the 61kg on his back. He should slot into the ultimate stalking position from stall five, and provided he can hold his form, Swift Charm should have no issues justifying the short price with horse racing bookmakers. Next Best Race 7 – #2 Swift Charm (5) 7yo Gelding | T: Brett Dodson | J: Nick Palmer (4kg) (61kg) Best Value at Grafton: Monte Tiana Although Monte Tiana is winless heading into start 11, the daughter of Written Tycoon doesn’t look far away from breaking through. Her most recent performance behind an ultra-impressive Jamacri at Port Macquarie on January 24 doesn’t read well being beaten by 7.8 lengths; however, her work through the line was strong after bombing the start, and the four-year-old gets an opportunity to sit closer from barrier one this time around. Her best performances to date have come later in her preparation, and with Monte Tiana set to get every chance third-up, punters can expect a bold display at the each-way price with Picklebet. Best Value Race 6 – #3 Monte Tiana (1) 4yo Mare | T: Noel Mayfield-Smith | J: Matthew McGuren (56kg) Tuesday quaddie tips for Grafton Grafton quadrella selections February 4, 2025 3-5-13 2-3-6-10 2-5 3-4-5-9-12 | Copy this bet straight to your betslip Horse racing tips View the full article
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