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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
A huge crowd flocked to Waipukurau on Sunday as the Central Hawke’s Bay course hosted its first race meeting in six years, and Tauranga visitor Enright (NZ) (Power) emphatically broke a drought of his own in the DMAK Electrical Waipukurau Cup (2100m). The $35,000 country feature was the first win since October of 2022 for Enright, who has now had 43 starts for four wins, 13 placings and $179,300 in prize-money. He is trained by Stuart Manning, who co-bred and part-owns the Power gelding along with Kaye Durrant. The capacity crowd was treated to an exciting spectacle as the Cup field charged into the back straight at a frenetic pace. My Alibi, Duncan Creek and Tukituki all pressed forward and piled on the pressure, sapping their energy in the process and fading out of contention by the point of the home turn. Enright and in-form comeback jockey Erin Leighton had taken up a midfield position behind that early action, racing three wide but with cover. When the leaders began to tire coming down to the outside, Enright swept up around them and soon took command. He drew away down the straight, winning by two and a quarter lengths from Danjuro and the brave topweight Sailor Jack. “It was a bloody awesome day,” said Leighton, who also picked up a second win on Sunday’s card aboard Pepeha (NZ) (Darci Brahma). She has now won seven races this spring in a remarkable return following an injury-enforced absence of three years. “It was honestly one of the coolest days I’ve experienced on a New Zealand racetrack. It was incredibly well run. I think Kirsty Lawrence sold the place out, and they were all having a great time. She also provided plenty of iceblocks for the jockeys, which we appreciated! It was an amazing day, and to win the Cup was icing on the cake and a real thrill. “We had a terrible draw. We ended up caught three wide, but I managed to get a bit of cover. It started to get a bit scruffy inside me from the half-mile, they were bunching up and I was hearing a bit of shouting. That was when I decided to hook out, and he just trotted past them and went on to win easily. I thought it was a hugely impressive performance.” Enright is a son of the Zabeel mare Katy O’Beel, who herself won three races. Her dam Katy Keen was a star performer for Manning and Durrant between 2007 and 2010, winning 10 races and almost $500,000 in stakes headed by the Gr.2 Travis Stakes (2000m), Gr.3 Rotorua Cup (2170m), Listed Manawatu Breeders’ Stakes (2000m) and Listed New Zealand St Leger (2500m). The Waipukurau Cup was the fifth leg of the inaugural Prezzy Card Northern Country Cups Bonus Series. A new initiative from New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) and the Taupo Racing Club, the Northern Country Cups Series will see seven Country Cups staged across the North Island from October to December, with horses earning points for top-four finishes and required to contest at least three races, including the $100,000 Harcourts Taupo Cup (2000m). Sponsored by leading prepaid gift provider Prezzy Card, the series is designed to encourage participation, create a competitive narrative between regional racedays, and culminate in a high-stakes finale on Harcourts Taupo Cup Day on December 28. The Harcourts Taupo Cup itself has received a $15,000 stakes uplift from last season. The series began with Pacheco’s victory in the Poverty Bay Turf Club Cup (2600m) at Taupo on October 10 and Agera’s Listed Matamata Cup (1600m) success on October 17. The third leg was the Waverley Cup (2200m) on October 19, which was won by Just Charlie, and then Agera scored his second win of the series in the Feilding Cup (2050m) on November 1. View the full article -
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Jimmysstar (NZ) (Per Incanto) may be heading off for his summer break, but rival camps could soon have another headache to deal with as his younger brother goes public for the first time on Monday. In’kantosstar (NZ) (Per Incanto) is also trained by Ciaron Maher and is listed for his first jumpout at Cranbourne over 800 metres on Monday morning to begin a much-awaited racing career on the back of Jimmysstar’s incredible two years of racing in Australia. “Jimmy’s going out and he’s playing tag-team with his little brother In’kantosstar,” part-owner Ozzie Kheir said on Sunday. “We’re very much looking forward to seeing what he can do. It’s of course unlikely he could reach the heights of his brother, but he’s coming along nicely.” The group went to $260,000 to secure Jimmysstar’s younger brother at the 2024 Sydney Easter Yearling sales. The timing was certainly on their side as the still-emerging Jimmysstar was only twice listed-race placed at the time of the sale. The six-year-old is now a three-time Gr.1 winner with more than $6.6 million in earnings. Kheir said that while Jimmysstar’s autumn campaign was still at the discussion stage, there was a chance the horse could rise in distance to 1600 metres at some stage in the autumn before a likely second tilt at The Everest over 1200 metres at his following spring campaign. View the full article -
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Te Akau Racing collected a race-to-race double at Tauranga on Saturday, including a highly satisfying return to winning form by When Stars Align (NZ) (Zoustar) in the Stonewood Homes 1200. A well-related son of Zoustar bought by David Ellis for $400,000 as a yearling at Karaka in 2023, When Stars Align showed bright promise in the early stages of his career. He was a debut winner at Trentham as a two-year-old, then contested the Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) in only his second start. He returned at three to place behind star colt Savaglee at Taupo, followed by a third in the Gr.3 Barneswood Farm Stakes (1400m) at Ashburton. But he pulled up lame when finishing at the tail of the field in Savaglee’s Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m), prompting trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson to send him for a spell and have him gelded. On Saturday, on the anniversary of that 2000 Guineas disappointment, When Stars Align was right back at the peak of his powers. Sent straight to the lead by jockey Corentin Berge, When Stars Align dominated the $40,000 Rating 65 sprint from the front and kicked away in the straight to win by a length and a half. “It’s great to see him back in the winner’s circle,” Walker said. “It’s not that he’s lacked ability, but it took a bit of time after he was gelded to return to form and the owners have been really patient with him. “Winning his first run back as a four-year-old is a good sign and hopefully he will gain confidence from the win and he can go on to a higher level.” In the very next race on the card, stablemate Charmrose (NZ) (Charm Spirit) repeated the dose with a front-running victory of her own in the Tauranga Hardware & Plumbing 1200. The daughter of Charm Spirit was a last-start winner of a Rating 65 sprint at Ellerslie on October 18, and she stepped up to Rating 75 grade on Saturday and went back-to-back. Bred and raced by Dave and Nicky Hurst, Charmrose has now had 11 starts for three wins, five placings and $93,705 in stakes. “It was another really good win by the mare and good to keep the winning streak going for Dave and Nicky,” Walker said. “She was very well rated in front by Wiremu (Pinn) and she’s come of age as an older mare. She can be a handful in track work, but our riders have got her well under control and she’s in great form.” Ellis noted that the Hursts are long-standing clients of the Te Akau stable. “Dave and Nicky have been such loyal supporters of Te Akau for many years and they’ve bred a really up-and-coming mare in Charmrose,” he said. “The first syndicate they came into was King’s Chapel, who won the equivalent race that is now the Karaka Millions (1200m), the 2000 Guineas (1600m), Telegraph (1200m), three Group One races, and was New Zealand Horse of the Year before standing at stud. “They were also in one of our champion two-year-olds, Maroofity, who also won three Group One races, and Costa Viva who won the 1000 Guineas (1600m) and was named New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year.” View the full article -
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Classy mare Mary Shan (NZ) (Almanzor) has black-type targets on her agenda after bouncing back to winning form in Saturday’s Happy Hire Cup (1400m) at Tauranga. The daughter of Almanzor was close up in elite three-year-old competition two seasons ago, finishing second in the Gr.2 Soliloquy Stakes (1400m) and Eight Carat Classic (1600m), fourth in the Gr.1 Levin Classic (1600m) and fifth in the Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m). She added another two black-type placings to her record in last season’s Listed Aotearoa Classic (1600m) and Matamata Cup (1600m). Mary Shan kicked off her current season with a bold first-up victory at Wanganui on August 30, hinting that her five-year-old season might be her best yet. But she was brought undone by a testing Hawera track in her second-up assignment in the Gr.3 Taranaki Breeders’ Stakes (1400m), beating only one runner home as the $3 favourite. Trainer Andrew Forsman was hoping to get Mary Shan back on track in Saturday’s $50,000 open handicap on a Soft5 surface at Tauranga, and he got exactly what he was looking for. Ridden by Wiremu Pinn, Mary Shan settled into a good rhythm in fourth along the rail. When the front-running Leroy Brown rolled off the fence at the top of the home straight, Pinn and Mary Shan needed no second invitation. They dashed through and quickly took command, kicking away to win by a length and a half from Gospodin, You Say D’Orsay and Leroy Brown. “It was really good to see her bounce back yesterday,” Forsman said. “She obviously got tripped up by a very heavy track at Hawera the start before. She won very nicely at Tauranga to get the campaign back on track, and hopefully it’ll give her a bit of a confidence boost. “I don’t really have any firm plans in mind for her from here, but it’s all going to be about trying to add black-type to her pedigree page. There’s a few nice options coming up. “She could potentially back up for the Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (Gr.2, 1400m) at Pukekohe next Saturday, although there’s the prospect of some rain around, so we won’t rush into a decision on that. “We could wait until the following Saturday, where there’s a nice set weights and penalties race at Ellerslie (Gr.3 Great Northern Challenge Stakes, 1600m). And then we head into December, where races like the Cal Isuzu (Gr.2, 1600m) might really suit her. So there’s a few races that we can choose from, and we’ll just take things as they come and pick out what suits her best.” Forsman Racing paid $180,000 to buy Mary Shan from Prima Park’s draft in Book 1 of Karaka 2022. She has now won four of her 21 starts and placed in another six, earning $413,290 for owners Jackie Rogers and Gerald Shand. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Karaka graduate Patch Of Stars (All Too Hard) lived up to expectations in the feature Class 2 Lukfook Jewellery Cup Handicap (1200m) and boosted his Four-Year-Old Classic Series prospects with a smart win for Manfred Man and Zac Purton on an eventful day at Sha Tin on Saturday. Purton, who bagged a treble to extend his championship lead to 22 wins, spoke cautiously about Patch Of Stars drawing a tricky barrier nine in the build-up to the race. But in the event, he was able to manoeuvre the All Too Hard gelding into the box seat before letting down strongly to put away a handy field. Patch Of Stars was sold through the Riversley Park draft at the 2023 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale for $800,000 to owner Yeung Kin Man. The win sealed a raceday double for Man, after Hollie Doyle had earlier ridden Double Win (NZ) (Burgundy) to victory in the Class 4 Lukfook Jewellery Love Is Beauty Collection Handicap (2000m), increasing the veteran conditioner’s seasonal total to 13. “I think 1200 metres is good for him, because in the Class 3 1400 metres, he was favourite twice and was only fourth and fifth,” Man said. “Back at 1200 metres, he won a Class 3 and was promoted (to Class 2) today and won again, so I think it’s the best distance for him.” On The Lash (NZ) (Savabeel) held off fast-finishing rivals in the Class 5 Lukfook Jewellery Wedding Collection Handicap (1800m) to deliver trainer Pierre Ng’s first victory in four meetings. The win provided Luke Ferraris with another valuable win in his bid for LONGINES IJC qualification, as he held on by a nose from Richard Kingscote surging late on Cool Blue. Trainer Cody Mo’s Bucephalas (NZ) (Savabeel), whose odds plunged to 7/1 moments before the flag dropped, sliced through the field of the Class 4 Lukfook Jewellery Miss Hong Kong Love Yourself Collection Handicap (1400m) to claim his first Hong Kong win at his sixth attempt under Matthew Chadwick. View the full article
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