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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Mazu winning the 2025 Group 3 Hall Mark Stakes. (Photo: Bradleyphotos.com.au) The Joseph Pride-trained pair of Mazu ($4.40) and Coal Crusher ($9.50) have fought out the finish in the Group 3 Hall Mark Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday afternoon, with the former getting the upper hand in the concluding stages to secure his ninth career win. The son of Maurice appeared set to peak fourth-up into the campaign after tackling the Group 3 Star Kingdom Stakes (1200m) last time out, where the six-year-old was overhauled by General Salute. Mazu was getting a big swing in the weights against some key rivals, including the Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald-trained Ostraka () who looked to dictate throughout under Jason Collett. Coal Crusher sat to his outside the entire journey and looked to be travelling well throughout, while Mazu and Givemethebeatboys () were poised to strike settling behind the leading pair. Jamie Melham was quick to put the race to bed as she loomed to the front at the furlong pole, and although the stable companion was in the fight, Mazu got the better of Coal Crusher in the shadows of the post. Click here for all Randwick replays. Joe Pride was on track and couldn’t have been happier with the performance as he spoke post-race. “It was a funny run race in the end,” said Pride. “He was coming up underneath them. Ostraka didn’t seem to want to cross and that kept Coal Crusher in an awkward position. He ran bravely as well. It was a good run and Dragonstone had things against him coming from back in the field. “Jamie (Melham) seems to have a real affinity with this horse and we’ll see if we can get her on for something in Queensland. “There isn’t so much a plan (in Brisbane) but he’s a weight-for-age winner, he’s a Doomben 10,000 winner. The sprinters probably aren’t at that elite level this year so we’ll probably freshen him up and give him a couple of targets in Brisbane.” Jamie Melham picked up her first win of the carnival as she spoke to media post-race. “I love this horse,” said Melham. “He’s a horse that you can’t tell what to do, you’ve got to ask him. It is up to him if he wants to produce his best on the day and everything was perfect in the run for him, I thought, because he likes being covered up and having that last crack at them. “If he gets to the front too far (soon) sometimes he overthinks it. It was perfect for him and you have to ask him nicely. If he wants to produce, he’ll produce. “Today he decided to bring his best.” Mazu is currently a $15 chance with horse racing bookmakers for the Group 1 Doomben 10,000 (1200m) on May 17. Horse racing news View the full article -
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There is a better chance if like most tracks your runner has a decent draw but todays racing says it is fair to all runners. The winners positions in the running were varied. A great example was the last two races. Doctor Askar won the Easter from a wide draw (14) but on pace and in the last also over 1600, Croupier from barrier 13 won after being back for most of the race. The other 7 races were all won by single digit barriers one (x3) five (x3) and 9 nine (x1). Only two runners out of all the races placed with a double digit draw, they were barriers 10 and 14, both ran 2nd. Barrier three did not run 1,2, or 3 in any of the nine races. -
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Ethan Brown salutes after winning the Group 1 All-Aged Stakes on Jimmysstar. (Photo: Bradleyphotos.com.au) The Ciaron Maher-trained Jimmysstar ($6) has come with a withering burst to claim the Group 1 All-Aged Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday afternoon, giving the progressive five-year-old his second Group 1 victory of the campaign. The son of Per Incanto had been sensational this preparation since claiming the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) first-up, tested in weight-for-age company against Briasa ($3.80) in the Group 1 T.J. Smith Stakes (1200m) on Day 1 of The Championships. He was the flashing light on that occasion, finishing in fourth place, with the step-up to 1400m seemingly ideal for the maturing gelding. Ethan Brown lobbed into the ideal stalking position mid-field with cover, while Briasa was forced to sit to the outside of Belclare () in the early stages as the pair ensured a genuine tempo. Broadsiding () was heavily backed with horse racing bookmakers prior to the jump and looked to get the run of the race under James McDonald from barrier three, while Joliestar ($10) was ridden cold by Zac Lloyd to get the last crack at their respective rivals. Briasa gave a good kick at the furlongpole;, however, it was only a matter of time before Jimmysstar took over, with Ethan Brown managing to get clear running in the concluding stages, while Joliestar loomed to his outside. He was able to hold off the Chris Waller-trained mare in the end, with Jimmysstar picking up a much-deserved victory in the 1.5 million feature to round out the Group 1 action in Sydney for the autumn. Click here for all Randwick replays. Ciaron Maher was on track to break down the win post-race. “He is such a ripper,” said Maher. “This prep, he has come out this time with the Oakleigh Plate and his next two runs have been absolutely outstanding. Four runs at group one level. Browny as well. That was a very cool ride. “He’s a cool horse, Jimmy. Great ownership group and he’s got a pretty cool jockey as well. Just thrilled. This has been a real come out preparation for Jimmy. “A couple of states, it doesn’t matter. He performs and I take a lot of pride in that. “To pull off two group ones with this horse; they get the raps then the raps come off them. The owners have been so patient. “I was thinking about The Everest after the Oakleigh Plate, the other day, he ran home a quicker time in the TJ than he did in the Oakleigh Plate, and his Oakleigh Plate was blistering. “He’s just a very good horse and I’m sure he’ll make his presence felt in The Everest. “He’s a horse that, if they can run home in that ridiculous time, normally they can’t do it at both ends and he’s just a very good horse and I’m sure he’ll be better again next prep.” Ethan Brown then spoke post-race. “He needed a cool ride today,” said Brown. “Sometimes it doesn’t always go our way being a backmarker. We were able to get in front of Antino. That was one box ticked and then it was just holding it together and looking for a gap. “He was able to clove through and when he hits top gear, there’s not many other horses that can go that quick. “Very grateful that I’ve done that. I’ve always felt I’ve ridden well but it helps when you have the cattle under you and a lot of experience, too, over the last six months which has helped. Feels like I’m furnishing well as a rider.” Jimmysstar is now on the second line of betting at $7 for The Everest (1200m) on October 18. Horse racing news View the full article -
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Kiwi-bred filly Movin Out made a successful switch from Sydney racing to a tilt at Victorian riches when she came from well back to race to a dominant victory in the Mornington Guineas (1600m) on Saturday. The three-year-old daughter of Novara Park- stallion Staphanos originally began her career out of the Bill Thurlow stable at Waverley where she broke maiden status at her second start before finishing a meritorious third in the Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) behind Captured By Love and Alabama Lass at her third and final New Zealand run. Subsequently purchased by thoroughbred powerhouse Yulong, the filly joined Chris Waller’s operation in Sydney where she ran an eye-catching fourth first up in the Gr.2 Phar Lap Stakes (1500m) before dropping out to finish last in the Gr.1 Vinery Stakes (200m) behind Treasure The Moment. Sent south by Waller, Movin Out was having just her third Australian outing on Saturday and she showed just what she is made off as she buried her rivals with a powerful home straight surge in the hands of Ben Melham to power away with the Guineas by more than two lengths. Waller stable representative Lizzie Collett was delighted with the filly who has already shown the stable she has a few tricks up her sleeve, both on and off the track. “She only arrived Monday morning with us but she travelled down well,” Collett said. “She is a fairly quirky character and I think the Sydney stable would agree with that, but she did everything right today as she was quiet and relaxed, and you couldn’t fault her in the mounting yard. “I was happy with the way she settled and she just did everything perfectly and next week we hope to back her up and go to Adelaide for the (Australasian) Oaks (Gr.1, 2000m).” Melham was taken by the run and is keen to stick with the filly if she makes it to Adelaide. “She was very good and has been running in the right races where she was very unlucky in that first start in a slowly run race,” he said. “She got it all wrong in the Vinery but she has good ability and is still learning. She’s very aggressive and was much better today. You just have to switch her off and you can see the turn of foot she has. “I wasn’t happy to come around the lot of them but she had a class edge on them and when she relaxed, I was happy to take luck out of the equation and she was too good. “I would definitely ride her in Adelaide as she is more than good enough to win as long as she can get some tempo in the race.” Movin Out is a daughter of the Stravinsky mare Wahaha, a half-sister to four-time Group One winner Wall Street and was bought out of Anistay Lodge’s Book 2 yearling draft for NZ$24,000 at Karaka last year. View the full article
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