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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
The Bob Hess Jr.-trained Roll On Big Joe caps a cross-country season with a Ring The Bell Stakes win Dec. 13 at Oaklawn Park.View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Kevin Doyle's Layabout took the lead late and held off a rally by Tiz Dashing to win the $125,000 Tropical Park Derby at Gulfstream Park Dec. 13.View the full article -
By Chief Stipe · Posted
Yes some of the Anti comes from the tall poppy slayers and much from a reaction to Rogie's personality. Every horse Rogie has that wins he says "I really think this horse is going places and is a potential champion"! A great salesman. Unfortunately in recent years the stables strike rate has dropped a lot. I was in the winners bar post race celebrating a win at Te Aroha. Rogie had run second. The race was in memory of some recently departed committee members of the Club. Rogie had come in to pass on his respects to family and friends. When he left I made a light hearted comment about how every horse Rogie has is going to be a champion. Boy did I get a passionate lecture on Rogie's virtues! Not long after that I saw a Trackside interview of George Simon in which he made special mention of Rogie. The story about when George started out and only had a pair of toy binoculars. Rogie was heading to Hong Kong for racing and asked George what he needed. George said a better pair of binoc's. Rogie asked him what is the best that you can get? A couple of weeks later when Rogie got back from HK he handed George a pair of the best binoculars money could buy. Since then I've heard a lot of very similar stories. But congratulations on getting S 'N' S back to somewhere near his best. Funny the same day my friend was standing next to Frank Ritchie in the birdcage chatting as their horses paraded in the bird cage. I said to her did she know who she was talking to? I said the champion trainer of Bonecrusher. Frank replied that champion horses make champion trainers not the other way round. Which is true but few of the armchair experts realise how hard it is to keep a horse racing at the elite level for long. More often than not something goes wrong and it takes a lot of work to bring them back. Congratulations to Team Rogerson for doing that with Sharp 'N' Smart. Easy to give up, rest on past acheivements and not persevere but by all accounts the horse still loves to race and that is what he was bred to do. -
By Mustang Kenny · Posted
Kendra Bakker is apprenticed to one of the very best riders we have seen down South, so will be getting the best of mentoring. Our apprentices are also overseen by Jason Laking who was a rare talent in the saddle and does an awesome job with them. -
By Chief Stipe · Posted
THOOZA (W Kennedy) - Had to be steadied to avoid the heels of SHE’S A DEALER which shifted in when not fully clear passing the 1200 metres. S McNab was advised to exercise care in similar circumstances. Raced keenly for a distance passing the 1000 metres. Held up for a distance passing the 400 metres. McNab got a mention but in my opinion for the wrong reason. He was lucky the horse he crossed and which had to pull up was ridden by a senior Jockey - Warren Kennedy. Thooza ran home strongly for second. I guess those that backed the favourite ridden by McNab would be happy with the ride.
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