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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Saturday’s A$160,000 Asahi Super Dry Handicap (1800m) at Rosehill marked a deserved breakthrough for the super-consistent Misterkipchoge (NZ) (Ocean Park). The New Zealand-bred son of Ocean Park had won only once in his 20-race career before Saturday, but his last 12 starts dating back to last September had produced two seconds, five thirds, four fourths and a fifth. The four-year-old was an emergency for Saturday’s Benchmark 78 handicap, but he snuck into the field and capped that long run of consistent form with an overdue win. Misterkipchoge was ridden by Jean Van Overmeire, who pushed him forward out of the gates to take an early lead. He later settled in third behind Ganbare (Maurice) and Monarchs Brae (Highland Reel) when they slid past him from their wide gates and took up the pace going into the back straight. The Chris Waller-trained Misterkipchoge surged through in between that pair to lodge his claim after coming around the home turn, taking the lead at the 250m mark. The biggest challenge came from Misterkipchoge’s stablemate Pure Alpha (NZ) (Ardrossan), who loomed as a distinct danger on his outside. But Misterkipchoge rose to the challenge and held on grimly, snatching victory by a nose. Racing in the colours of Sir Owen Glenn’s Go Bloodstock, Misterkipchoge has now had 21 starts for two wins, eight placings and A$254,925. Misterkipchoge was bred by Cliff Erb and is by Ocean Park out of the Mastercraftsman mare Porotene Mhia (NZ). Second dam Ghia (NZ) (Kaapstad) is a half-sister to Freequence (NZ) (O’Reilly), the dam of Group One winner I Do (NZ) (No Excuse Needed) and Listed Queensland Cup (3200m) winner Iggi Pop (NZ) (Savabeel). Erb purchased Porotene Mhia for $10,000 from a 2020 online auction on Gavelhouse.com. Misterkipchoge began his career in the Stratford stable of Gavin Sharrock, finishing sixth and fourth in two starts at Wanganui and New Plymouth in 2023 before being sold privately. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
New Zealand-bred colt Matahga (NZ) (Tivaci) stamped himself as an exciting spring three-year-old prospect with a hard-fought victory in the A$120,000 Listed David Peacock Oaklands Plate (1400m) at Morphettville on Saturday. The step up to black-type level came less than a month after Matahga’s raceday debut, where he finished second over 1100m at Morphettville on May 31. The son of Tivaci won his next race in smart style at Murray Bridge on June 14, earning favouritism for Saturday’s Oaklands Plate. Matahga was squeezed back and settled third-last for jockey Jacob Opperman before starting to weave through the pack. Opperman spotted a narrow opening two off the fence in the straight and drove Matahga through, bounding up on the inside of Ethereum Girl (Maurice) and collaring her in the last couple of strides to win by a neck. “He came off the bit a long way from home,” Opperman said. “I thought there was no point in trying to go around them, which would probably cost us the race. I had to pick and choose and find a way through. “When we got into the clear, I thought he was going to have to really pick up. To his credit, he really put the ears back and had a go and got there.” Matahga has now had three starts for two wins and a second, earning A$144,800 in stakes for the Brook family’s Saddlers Knife. Matahga was bred by Simon Lawson and is by Tivaci out of the Reliable Man mare Mohegan Star (NZ), who is a half-sister to the Gr.1 Blue Diamond (1200m) winner and new Little Avondale Stud stallion Little Brose. Waikato Stud offered Matahga in Book 1 of Karaka 2024, where trainer Phillip Stokes bought him for $80,000. “He’s a nice colt, this horse,” Stokes said. “He dug deep today and went for runs. “We were cursing Jacob for a while, thinking he might have been better to go around them, but he rode him very well. He’ll take a lot out of it, this colt. He’s nice horse going forward. I’m just rapt for the Brooks, who own him. “He’s come a long way in this prep. The team have done a fantastic job with him. He’ll go for a break now and I think he deserves to be aimed at some of the nice three-year-old races in the spring. “We bought him in New Zealand. David (Brook) picked out a few yearlings when we were over at Karaka, and he liked this horse, and we were able to bid on him and get him. He wasn’t an expensive horse either, so it’s going great.” View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Seven-year-old mare Bacio Del Mist (NZ) (Reliable Man) took her earnings past A$300,000 with a career-best triumph in Saturday’s A$160,000 Irresistible Pools Stayers’ Cup (2400m) at Rosehill. The grey daughter of Reliable Man was bought for only A$30,000 from the 2019 Magic Millions National Yearling Sale. She has now had 44 starts for seven wins, eight placings and A$356,505. Trainers Lee and Cherie Curtis stepped Bacio Del Mist down in class for Saturday’s assignment, having lined her up in Listed company in her last two starts for a fifth in the Lord Mayor’s Cup (2000m) and a 10th from a wide gate in the Winter Cup (2400m). She settled in the second half of the field on Saturday for jockey Alysha Collett before warming into her work stylishly in the straight. Bacio Del Mist outstayed fellow grey Mormona through the final 100m and won by a neck, with a similar margin back to Casual Connection (NZ) (Complacent) in third. “She’s a marvel for a $30,000 yearling,” Lee Curtis said. “She has just had no luck in this campaign – not just with the barriers, although they’ve been horrible too, but just missing out on runs in races. “When she ran fifth in the Epona (Gr.3, 1900m), we had her in another race that day and she missed out by one, and she ran super in the Epona. Over the 2400m she would have run really well. “She has had no luck and she has been running good races too. She is such a gutsy thing and so tough.” Curtis suggested that plans to retire Bacio Del Mist to stud might be put on hold after Saturday’s win. “The plan was to go through this prep and wind it up, but the owners might want to race her for another 12 months now,” he said. Bacio Del Mist was bred by Westbury Stud owner Gerry Harvey and is a daughter of Westbury stallion Reliable Man. The dam of Bacio Del Mist is the unraced Encosta de Lago mare Bacio Del Vinto, whose four other winners include the Gr.3 Manawatu Cup (2250m) winner Marroni (NZ) (Makfi) and the eight-race winner St Lawrence (NZ) (Redwood). View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Well-related gelding Flamin’ Romans (NZ) (Ghibellines) collected his second win from only four starts at Caulfield when he took out Saturday’s A$80,000 Sportsbet BlackBook Handicap (2000m). Previously a winner over the same distance and in the same Benchmark 78 grade at the Melbourne track last October, the five-year-old put in a repeat performance on Saturday. The Ciaron Maher-trained Flamin’ Romans was third-up in a new campaign, having resumed with a seventh over 1500m at Sandown in May before a last-start second in a 2000m race at Mornington on June 9. On Saturday he was right back in peak form. Flamin’ Romans broke sharply from the starting gates and took up a handy position in behind Nation’s Call (Frankel), I Am The Empire (Camelot) and Make It Sweet (Fiorente). Jockey John Allen got Flamin’ Romans rolling as the field made their way down the side of the track. He briefly appeared to be labouring coming around the turn, but then he regathered his momentum after straightening for home. The five-year-old gelding lengthened stride and surged to the front in the final 150m, going on to win by a length and a quarter. A full-brother to his Group One-winning stablemate Smokin’ Romans (NZ) (Ghibellines), Flamin’ Romans has now had 17 starts for five wins, seven placings and A$255,740 in stakes. “The race didn’t pan out too badly for us today,” Allen said. “We found a good position. They kind of slowed it up down the side. We were able to get to the outside and get rolling. “He takes a bit of cajoling, he was off the bridle on the corner, but once we straightened up and got balanced up, he found plenty for me and was good and strong. He went into overdrive and pulled away. “He’s a younger brother to Smokin’ Romans. Like him, he seems to be improving with a bit of age. I’m not sure he’ll get to the level his brother did, but he’ll win plenty of races for his owners anyhow.” Flamin’ Romans was bred by White Robe Lodge’s Brian and Lorraine Anderton and is by the stud’s successful sire Ghibellines. The dam of Flamin’ Romans is the Yamanin Vital mare Inferno (NZ), who herself won 10 races including two editions of the Gr.2 Canterbury Gold Cup (2000m). View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Manzoice (Almanzor) has already been a Group One winner during the Melbourne Cup Carnival at Flemington, and a welcome return to winning form in Saturday’s Gr.3 Tattersall’s Cup (2400m) at Eagle Farm may earn him a return to that big stage. The son of Almanzor ventured to Melbourne and won the Victoria Derby (2500m) in the spring of 2022. He had gone winless through the two and a half years since that classic triumph, but has been a regular placegetter since then including in the Gr.3 N E Manion Cup (2400m), the Premier’s Cup Prelude (1800m), the Listed Wyong Cup (2100m), the Gr.3 Chairman’s Handicap (2000m) and a last-start third in the Gr.3 Brisbane Cup (3200m). On Saturday he broke through for a richly deserved win, finishing powerfully from off the pace to score a commanding win by four and a half lengths. “When I watched his replays, I thought he might have been the forgotten horse in this race,” jockey Andrew Mallyon said. “He was always there or thereabouts without winning against some top stayers. “He’s a nice, relaxed customer and I knew he would stay the trip comfortably, so we just bided our time and when he got the split in the straight, he gave them a galloping lesson. “I love the way he settled and he built really nicely into the race from about the 600m mark. He was really strong through the line, and you’d like to think he’ll be pretty competitive in some spring staying races judging by that performance.” The Chris Waller-trained Manzoice has now had 32 starts for three wins, eight placings and more than A$1.84 million in stakes. “He was very good today,” Waller’s assistant trainer Charlie Duckworth said. “We thought he might be able to roll into the race and make it a staying test, but Andrew cut the corner and saved all the ground, and the horse was good late. It’s been a long time between drinks, but I’m sure his owners will be delighted. “He’s a legend to have a stable, he’s such a lovely horse and it was great to see him have plenty of zip at the end of the race. “He deserves a spell now, then we’ll have a think about what we do with him in the spring. He’s proven over two miles and there’s a pretty big two-mile race in Melbourne in early November, so we might have to have a crack at that.” Manzoice was bought for A$340,000 by Chris Waller Racing and Mulcaster Bloodstock as a yearling. He was bred by the Blenheim-based Stephanie Hole and is out of the Mastercraftsman mare Choice (NZ), a winner of the Gr.3 Eulogy Stakes (1600m) for New Plymouth trainer Robbie Patterson. Choice is the dam of five winners from five foals to race. View the full article
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