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Possibly the exotics at the Mot especially the 10000 guaranteed first 4 that were carried over in some races probably boost the Mot over Omakau but the win pool in the main race today is only beaten strangely by the race before, Kaikoura, Westport,The Mot and Omakau and possibly Richmond, once use too, top the turnovers for racedays away from Addington and probably beats most of them too. -
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By Murray Fish · Posted
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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Matamata trainer Pam Gererad will head south to Trentham on Saturday with a quality team of three runners engaged for the day’s feature meeting. Spearheading the attack will be last start Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) winner Romanoff who will be stepping out on raceday for the first time since defeating stablemate Affirmative Action in the Riccarton blue riband classic. His mission on the weekend is the Gr.2 Levin Track Supporters Levin Classic (1400m) with Gerard keen to see him perform to expectations as she prepares the son of Belardo for a pair of major assignments at Ellerslie. “He had a nice freshen-up after returning from Christchurch and this was the race we felt would be best to kick him off in,” Gerard said. “He has been working along nicely at home and we want to see him perform to expectations, albeit knowing this isn’t his main aim and that the 1400m might be a little on the short side for him. “He is a real character and loves a trip away as he just puts his head down and eats everything you put in front of him, so the whole journey to Wellington and back, along with the race will be perfect for him.” Safely through Saturday, Gerard is eying the $1.5million TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) at Ellerslie on 24 January followed by the $4million NZB Kiwi (1500m) on 7 March where Romanoff will take up the Canterbury Jockey Club slot he secured with his 2000 Guines victory. “As long as he pulls up well on Saturday he will then go straight to the Karaka Million and then into the NZB Kiwi,” Gerard said. “The key will be to keep him fresh enough while also getting the miles into his legs that he needs, so it is likely he will have an exhibition gallop or similar between those two races. “He has earned his chance at those races and having a runner with a decent chance is what racing is all about.” The second member of Gerard’s Trentham team is last season’s Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) runner-up Dubai Gold who will tackle the Gr.3 Ron Stanley Memorial Phar Lap Stakes (1600m). Gerard admitted she has been struggling to find appropriate races for the four-year-old mare after the first two starts in her current campaign. “She (Dubai Gold) trialled really well before her first-up run at Counties back in November but then everything went wrong during the race where she got trapped wide throughout,” she said. “We really wanted to see where she stood at weight-for-age against the best fillies and mares so we rolled the dice and ran her second up at Te Rapa in the Cal Isuzu (Gr.2, 1600m) where she just got outsprinted in the closing stages, while she was also feeling the hard track a little. “That has convinced me she really is a better mare in the autumn as that was where she excelled last season when there was some cut in the tracks. “It has been tough to find a suitable race for her, but the pieces have fallen into place for Trentham as they have had a bit of rain, she loves the track and she really impressed me this week with her work. “She has dappled up nicely so we decided on Friday morning to send her south and I’m hoping that is the right decision. “If she goes well we can go back for the Remutaka Classic ($350,000, 2100m) on the 31st (of January) and then look again at what is available after that. “She is still on her learning curve and we know if she comes up like she did last year then there is always Brisbane in the Winter as an option.” Last start maiden winner Dragon Blossom rounds out Gerard’s Trentham team and her trainer believes she is a strong chance in the Blue Star Group 1600. “She (Dragon Blossom) is flying and while she took a long time to win a maiden she had been running in very strong fields without much luck,” she said. “She is only small but she is tough and has been to Trentham before and gone a cracker, so I’m hoping she can do the same again on Saturday.” View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Matamata trainer Cody Cole is following a similar blueprint to last year with his Group One performer Navigator, who will head into the Gr.1 TAB Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham on Saturday fresh-up. The six-year-old son of El Roca was also in a fresh state when placing in the race last year, and Cole saw no reason not to follow that same path this year. “We did that last year with him and that’s the way to have him,” Cole said. “He performed well there last year and I feel like we have got him going a bit better than that this year.” The Navigator hasn’t been sighted on raceday since he was unplaced in his sole start over spring in the Gr.1 Proisir Plate (1400m) at Ellerslie in September, but Cole is happy with the way he has come up this time in and is hopeful of a bold showing on Saturday. “He had a jumpout at Te Rapa and he won that comfortably on the bridle, so we know he is back to himself,” Cole said. “He had a few niggles in the spring and we have put those behind us and hopefully the best version of him turns up tomorrow, and if he does, he shouldn’t be too far off them.” Cole is also excited about the prospects of two-year-old filly Silhouette, who will line-up in the Listed JR & N Berkett Wellesley Stakes (1100m). The daughter of Armory won on debut over 900m at Trentham in October, and she was set to return to the Upper Hutt track last month to contest the Gr.2 Wakefield Challenge Stakes (1100m), but a bout of colic thwarted those plans. She has made a pleasing recovery and Cole is hopeful she can secure black-type this weekend. “She was meant to go down for the Wakefield, but she had a bit of colic leading into it and disappointedly we didn’t get there, but she seems right now,” he said. “They don’t give away stakes races, but she looks to be a nice chance on paper and if she performs up to her best, and puts the last couple of weeks behind us, I think she can go pretty close to it.” Stablemate Bow Hill will be given her first tilt at stakes level when she contests the Listed Vernon & Vazey Truck Parts LTD Marton Cup (2200m), and she heads into the race in good form, having placed in her last two outings. “It is a bit of a throw at the stumps with her but she is probably in the best form that we have had her in,” Cole said. “She has run a couple of really bold races in her last two starts and she has done it the hard way coming from back. I think she deserves a chance and a bit of the first three money would be great.” Latrelle just missed out on securing black-type when fourth in the Gr.2 Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m) at Trentham last month and Cole said she has progressed in the right direction since, believing she will be a major player in the Gr.3 Ron Stanley Memorial Phar Lap Trophy (1600m) on Saturday. “She was unlucky not to get a bit of black-type there last time at Trentham in the Group Two,” Cole said. “She was three-wide with no cover in weight-for-age, and it took its toll in the last 50m and she just came to the end of it. She will be better for that run, she has bounced through it well and she typically goes well at Trentham.” There’s plenty of pressure on Cole’s shoulders as his promising filly Cheerio gets set to contest the Gr.2 Levin Track Supporters Levin Classic (1400m) carrying the well-known silks of owner-breeder John Messara of Arrowfield Stud. The daughter of Maurice placed on debut over 1200m at Tauranga in October before winning at Ruakaka last month and will take on a strong line-up when making her stakes debut this weekend. “There is a little bit pressure going around in those silks,” Cole said. “There are some well proven horses there, it is a pretty tough field. The manner in which she won last start and what she has shown us at home has been pleasing, we have always had a decent opinion of her. “It is a tough ask from a sticky gate (12), but her work has been really good and she is probably a filly that is still on the up and she has got plenty of upside to come, whether it is going to be just yet or she needs a bit more time, we will find out on Saturday.” On the Trentham undercard, Cole looks to have three strong contenders in Renovations, Miss Jones and Bradley. Previously racing in Australia, the Trelawney Stud-raced Miss Jones won her New Zealand debut for Cole at Ellerslie last start and he believes she can double her tally if she brings her manners this weekend. “She has come from Australia and she is a mare that has got ability, she just wants to do a bit wrong,” he said. “I think down the chute at Trentham will suit her and with Opie on, there are a couple of positives there. “She has just got to put it all together and after her last run we have learned a bit about her and popped the shadow roll on her and fingers-crossed she settles enough early and she can round it out like she did at Ellerslie.” Group Three performer Renovations disappointed when seventh over 1400m at Te Rapa last month and Cole believes the recent wet weather will assist his mare on Saturday. “She was a bit disappointing last start. I just think the track got a bit too firm towards the end of the day,” Cole said. “She probably appreciates her toe in the ground a bit more and it shouldn’t be too firm at Trentham with the rain around throughout the week.” Cole’s team will be rounded out by Bradley, who is rated a $3.90 favourite to take out the Blue Star Group 1600. “It has taken me a little while to figure him out,” Cole said. “He won really well fresh-up and he was a bit disappointing second-up at Counties, but I am putting that down to trainer error, I just backed him up a bit soon, which is just not his style. “We put him in the paddock for 10 days leading into Trentham last start and it was a different performance to what we had the start before, and we have done the same thing again this time. Opie (Bosson, jockey) has obviously had a sit on him and he knows what he is capable of.” Cole has had a good association with Trentham over the last few years and he is hoping to continue that this weekend. “It has been really good to me over the years, I couldn’t say why,” he said. “Last season we had a lot of luck there and fingers-crossed we can keep it rolling. We have had a bit of luck so far this season and a good day tomorrow would be great.” View the full article
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