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That was super impressive. Good call on her winning Mr Galah. 55 half out of the gate with a death seat 54 second last 1/2 mile . just incredible they can run 1.49 miles like that and win easy these days. That one Aardie's Express will win plenty. Big spending Canadian millionaire owner Mike Tanev has a good one there for sure. Think he sold 1/2 of the other one AardieByTheSeaside to the Bond Team in WA and it's gone over there. yet to start. Interesting the other mare's race tonight went to the Queenslander. 'Girl from Rosedale' in 1.51. after a few handy Brisbane runs for Ryan in Veivers in 1.53 lately. picks up a win over Grimson and Trainor at Menangle ? which is a bit of a surprise. they sure rattle along now. Grimson's 2 runners tonight both 2nd then , to the QLDer visitor and the 'Express' new arrival you pointed out. that'll annoy him lol. -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Handler has high expectations for his exciting galloper after commanding Class Three success: ‘He could probably be a 100-point horse’View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
The trend of big wins for lower-profile stables during Riccarton’s autumn carnival continued in the Gr.3 Coca-Cola Canterbury Gold Cup (2000m) on Saturday, where well-travelled veteran Green Luck (Street Cry) delivered a career highlight for Timaru trainer Stephanie Faulkner. The $120,000 weight-for-age feature followed hard on the heels of last Saturday’s inaugural $350,000 TAB Southern Alps Challenge (1600m), which was won by Matscot (NZ) (Haradasun) for local owner-trainer-breeder Sharon Robertson. Green Luck ran an eye-catching seventh in that race last weekend, crossing the line three and a half lengths behind the winner, and he backed up seven days later and did something very special for Faulkner and his owners. Ridden by Kylie Williams in Saturday’s Canterbury Gold Cup, Green Luck jumped from gate two and soon strode forward to take the lead. He was able to set a sedate pace down the back of the track, and then Williams began to up the ante coming down the side. Green Luck’s race appeared to be coming to an end as Harlech (NZ) (Darci Brahma) and Dazzling Miss (NZ) (Proisir) collared him in the straight, but the nine-year-old summoned another mighty effort to claw his way back into the lead and prevail by a half-neck. “That was a good win,” Williams said. “Steph didn’t really want me in front, but he jumped so well. I thought that if we could dictate the race, he’d be pretty hard to roll after he produced such a good performance under 60kg last week. “Down the back, I was thinking ‘Where are they?’ So I had a sneaky look back and they were a wee way behind me, but he was doing it easily and I got some pretty soft sectionals. From about the 800m and 700m, I quickened them and quickened them. “He got headed in the straight, but he stuck to his guns and came back. I thought he’d battle away and end up about sixth, but then I was like, ‘Oh, he’s coming back again here. Come on, buddy!’ He dug deep and got the win.” It was the first black-type victory for Green Luck, who began his career in Queensland with three starts for two wins at Ipswich in February of 2018. The Street Cry gelding’s next 39 starts were in Hong Kong, where he recorded six wins and seven placings. He then joined the Canterbury stable of the late Paul Harris, for whom he made a winning New Zealand debut on Riccarton’s synthetic track in June 2022 and finished fourth in the Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m) that October. Saturday’s big win was Green Luck’s eighth start for Faulkner and capped a consistent run of form that featured a third at Riccarton last March, a fourth in the Listed Timaru Stakes (1400m) in January, a fourth at Ascot Park, a third and a fifth at Riccarton, and his close seventh in the Southern Alps Challenge. The Canterbury Gold Cup was the second black-type success for Faulkner, who had previously won the Listed Timaru Stakes (1200m) with Petrify (NZ) (Scaredee Cat) back in 1998. “This is right up there,” Faulkner said. “It’s kind of unbelievable, really. I don’t know what to say. “He’d been in Hong Kong and won a lot of money over there, and then he came to New Zealand. We had a bit of bad luck with him last year – he went amiss and was out for five months. It’s been a long, slow process to get him back. This is a great result and I’m very happy for his owners. “I don’t really have any plans from here. I’ll probably chuck him out in the paddock for at least a month now, and then we’ll have a look at what we do after that.” A half-brother to the multiple Group One-winning Western Australian gelding Luckygray (Bradbury’s Luck), Green Luck has now had a total of 59 starts for 10 wins, 11 placings and more than $1.2 million in stakes. View the full article -
Sure enough Aardies express wins by a length in 1.48.9,after sitting 3 wide then without cover for the last 1000m. Just too good although was asked for the effort to do it. The thing that surprised me was the price. I had thought $2 was great,but it ended up at $2.80 on the tote and $2.70 on the ff for a win. The money came for its stablemate manhattan which was the big shortener. What was a bit of a shame was the mare still seemed to be a bit sore somewhere and jack trainor seemed to steer a wider path in the back straight as she had a tendency to move in on the bends. A very good mare,just hope she handles the racing ok. i though fate awaits went very good gammalite. Ran 3rd. But the couple of 2 year old races i saw were dominated by the clayton tonkin horses. What was interesting was how big a gaps there was between the winner ,then place getters,then the bulk of the field. 7 of the first 9 races were won by horses paying $2.50 or under at melton. The other 2 races the winners paid just over $20,with the red hot favorites running a place. -
By The Centaur · Posted
Why do most clubs run their main race as the second to last. If its 10 races on the programme then its Race9. By that time most patrons are tired and want to go home. Also by that time the track is in worse condition than say race 5. Lets be logical. Have the main race mid afternoon before Australians get engrossed in their features and not late afternoon. Too many feature races are falling by the wayside unnecessarily.
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