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    • Stuart Boman has been appointed the Hong Kong Jockey Club's contracted agent in the Northern Hemisphere. The position will see the Blandford Bloodstock agent assist with selection and preparation of horses for the Hong Kong International Sale. View the full article
    • Sam Agars POWER KOEPP - R9 (2) Has been a revelation for his new trainer and can salute again here   Jay Rooney POWER KOEPP - R9 (2) Consistent type who should get a dream run from the draw and be hard to beat   Trackwork Spy BIENVENUE - R7 (4) Track and distance winner two starts ago remains lightly raced under Purton   Phillip Woo JOLLY RULER - R3 (1) Is a live chance with a return to the level of a win in April   Shannon (Vincent Wong) SMART CITY - R5 (9) Excellent win over C&D last start and...View the full article
    • The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) has appointed Stuart Boman of Blandford Bloodstock as the contracted agent in the Northern Hemisphere. He will take over from Michael Kinane, who held the role for six years.   A statement released on Tuesday read, “The HKJC extends its gratitude to Mr Michael Kinane for his six years of service as the contracted agent in the Northern Hemisphere for the HKIS. Mr Kinane's expertise saw the retired champion jockey identify, select and purchase Hong Kong global champion Romantic Warrior, winner of 10 Group 1s across four different jurisdictions and holder of the world record with prizemoney of HK$214.7 million. Romantic Warrior, who was sold at the 2021 HKIS, is the sale's most decorated graduate.” It added, “The Hong Kong International Sale is an annual event which provides the opportunity for HKJC Permit Holders to purchase high quality horses sourced from the world's premier yearling sales. Apart from reigning Hong Kong Horse of the Year Romantic Warrior, other notable top graduates include Pakistan Star, The Duke, Good Ba Ba, Scintillation and, more recently, Patch Of Theta who have cemented the sale as a trusted source of success.” The post Stuart Boman Joins Hong Kong International Sale Team appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
    • Winter marvel Belardo Boy (NZ) (Belardo) overcame a clear topweight to collect the 11th victory of his career in the New World Otaki Handicap (1400m) at Otaki on Tuesday. A winner of the Gr.3 Winter Cup (1600m) and Gr.3 Metric Mile (1600m) in 2023, and the Listed Opunake Cup (1400m) and Listed AGC Training Stakes (1600m) last term, Belardo Boy has become accustomed to carrying hefty imposts, and Tuesday’s assignment was no exception, with six kilograms to his closest rivals. Jumping inside the short-priced favourite in Belles Beau, Belardo Boy travelled strongly for apprentice jockey Amber Riddell in the trail of Turnmeon, who led the compact field into the home straight. Belardo Boy cruised up on the inside as his stablemate, Make Time, came into contention on the outer, and the pair entered a dogfight from the 100m.  Belles Beau couldn’t make up ground on the Lisa Latta-trained pair, who went to the line almost in unison, with Belardo Boy sticking his head out to grab the victory by a nose. Latta was proud of her charge, who hadn’t been sighted since finishing a game second in this year’s AGC Training Stakes in May, where he was ridden by Riddell’s father Jonathan. “I thought he might have needed the run today, he hasn’t run in a while, but he just thrives on the wet tracks,” she said. “We’d left him in work because it’s just too wet to put him out in the paddock, so we ticked him over quietly and he’s had a good blow today. “We’ll put a nom in for the Opunake Cup, then just see how many points they give him and the weight he’ll get there before deciding whether we go or not.” While an Opunake Cup defence is still on the table, Latta has ruled out returning to Riccarton for a third attempt at the Winter Cup, instead putting her focus to some elite-level targets in the early spring. “He’s definitely not going south,” she said. “We’ll be looking at the weight-for-age races, hopefully we’ll get a wet spring and it should be a help that they’re not in Hastings. We might strike a wet track somewhere.” A six-year-old by Belardo, Belardo Boy was purchased by Latta for $28,000 when presented by co-breeder Haunui Farm at the National Yearling Sales in 2020, and five years later, he has earned more than $436,000. Latta was equally pleased to see Make Time (NZ) (Makfi) return to form, having battled in the holding conditions at Wanganui last start. “It was a much-improved effort from him, he’s just struggled in the really puggy tracks on some occasions,” she said. “He jumped and put himself right there and tried hard to the line. “We might look at the Opunake Cup with him or possibly heading to Riccarton for an open race.” View the full article
    • Cambridge horseman Clinton Isdale has had plenty of success in the South Island as an owner, and he is hoping that continues on Wednesday when Funfetti (NZ) (Embellish) will shoot for her third successive win on Riccarton’s polytrack.  Isdale tasted success in the south just last week when Storms Ahead (NZ) (Astern) was victorious at Ashburton, keeping his 100 percent South Island strike rate intact after winning first-up for Timaru trainer Stephanie Faulkner at his new home track last month.  Isdale purchased the son of Astern off Gavelhouse.com for $1,000 and said he opted to send him south in the hope of finding some form.  “I bought Storms Ahead off Gavelhouse, he had a couple of placings up here and I leased him out and then took him back,” he said. “I race him in conjunction with Eddie Brooks, Tina’s (Comignaghi, jockey) manager, and we are having a lot of fun.”  Isdale is also having plenty of fun with the John and Karen Parsons-trained Funfetti, who will head to Riccarton on Wednesday to contest the Cup Week Hospitality On Sale Now Rating 75 (2200m).  “She is another horse I purchased off Gavelhouse (for $2,000), so it has been quite good to me,” Isdale said.  “She is going well and loves the poly, so hopefully she can give a good account of herself.”  While he currently has two horses in the South Island, Isdale said that number could increase following next month’s Grand National Festival of Racing at Riccarton.  “I will be taking a few down for the Carnival and if they go alright I will probably leave them down there,” he said. “You can’t send average horses down there because it is competitive down there as well.”  Meanwhile, Isdale is looking forward to lining up a handful of his own team members this week, headlined by Gallant Hero (Fast Company) who will target the Rating 75 2100m contest at Hawera on Saturday.  The seven-year-old son of Fast Company was the subject of plenty attention last start when his saddle slipped and jockey Bruno Queiroz lost his irons near the 1900m but showed great horsemanship in regathering his irons and riding out his charge to a runner-up performance.  Isdale said his charge took no ill effects from the race and he is hoping for another bold showing this weekend before he heads for a well-deserved break.  “Everyone saw what happened with him last start when Bruno lost his irons,” Isdale said. “He has come through the race well. I didn’t race him last week because 2400m would have been a bit testing on him, so he will race on Saturday and Jonathan Riddell will be back on him and then he will go for a break.”  Stablemate Lady Moana (NZ) (Ocean Park) may have her last raceday start in the rating 65 1400m contest at Hawera, while two days prior, Isdale will head to Cambridge’s synthetic meeting with a trio of runners – Mirabella (NZ) (Sweynesse) in the Saddlery Warehouse 970 and Mahoe (NZ) (Alamosa) and Novak (NZ) (El Roca) in the TCL Earthworks 2000.  “Lady Moana was very disappointing last start, she has to measure up otherwise she will be in the broodmare paddock,” Isdale said.  “Mirabella was disappointing last start, but she copped a check out of the gates. In all of her runs prior to that she was quite competitive. She has got four kilos off her back, so she will be competitive, and I reckon Novak will be hard to beat as well.” View the full article
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