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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Godolphin's G1 Gold Cup victor Trawlerman (Golden Horn), who has also picked up wins in this term's G3 Henry II Stakes and G2 Lonsdale Cup, sealed his status as the year's outstanding stayer with another defeat of his John and Thady Gosden-trained stablemate Sweet William (Sea The Stars), in race-record time, in Saturday's G1 Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup at Ascot. The 5-6 favourite pick was sharply into stride and led passing the judge first time before accepting a tow in second once out in the country. Regaining control with a half-mile remaining, he kicked clear off the home turn and had enough in reserve as Sweet William threatened to spoil the party in the latter stages. Trawlerman hit the line with a 1 1/2-length advantage, with one dozen lengths back to Al Qareem (Awtaad) in third. Pedigree Notes Trawlerman is the leading performer from two scorers out of G3 Deutsches St Leger second Tidespring (Monsun), herself one of three black-type representatives for G1 Prix Vermeille heroine Sweet Stream (Shantou). Tidespring is kin to stakes-winning G3 Munster Oaks third Loveisthehigherlaw (Kodiac) and Listed Radley Stakes placegetter Sweet Dream (Oasis Dream). Sweet Stream is the leading performer out of the stakes-placed Snug Dinner (Jareer) while Sweet Dream produced G3 Prix Penelope victrix Making Dreams (Make Believe). Snug Dinner, the best daughter of the stakes-placed Stand By Me (Home Guard), is the second dam of Listed Premio Royal Mares victrix Testa O Croce (Orpen). The post Trawlerman Subdues Rivals in the Long Distance Cup appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
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By Michael Guerin The Ashburton Flying Stakes could decide the New Zealand Cup chances of Jeremiah and Better Knuckle Up. And it may now also play a pivotal role in the preparation of their stablemate Merlin after his moderate fifth at Addington on Friday night. Jeremiah and Better Knuckle Up head south next week to join the rest of the Barry Purdon/Scott Phelan raiders already in Canterbury and they looked in fine form for the trip when they quinellaed the Vale Chris Garrard Pace at Alexandra Park on Friday night. Both were slow away and had to make up enormous ground in the 2200m stand and their runs had equal merit. Better Knuckle Up dragged Jeremiah into the race but it was a beautifully-timed drive from Barry Purdon that proved the difference as Jeremiah got over the top of his stablemate late in sizzling sectionals. “He is a pretty good horse, they both are,” said Purdon, driving his second winner in two meetings after six years out of the racenight sulky. “He has speed and they will both head to the Ashburton Flying Stakes next. “That should give us a really good idea of where they stand and we can make our decisions about whether to aim at a New Zealand Cup after that. “They both have the Christian Cullen against their own age group down there as well and there are other options for them during Cup week as well.” One of those is the NZ Free-For-All, a race Merlin won last season but quite incredibly he now hasn’t won a race in 10 starts since. He was only okay, by his own high standards, when fifth behind Republican Party in the Canterbury Classic at Addington on Friday. “He maybe gets a pass mark but really I think he should have finished second,” said Purdon. “He will likely head to Ashburton next too and we’d like to see him go a little better.” Purdon will also head south next week to join up with the team and can look forward to the upcoming three-year-old races in both gaits with some excitement after Greased Lightnin and Meant To Be were both excellent in their races at Addington on Friday night. Meant To Be will improve on his fresh up second to Habibti Pat in the three-year-old trot while Greased Lightnin looks to have gone to another level after a storming win in the Garrards Sires’ Stakes Sophomore. “He went great and he had taken ground off the best three-year-olds in the Flying Stakes the start before too,” said Purdon. Greased Lightnin as of yet doesn’t have a spot in The Velocity but after the last two weeks it is hard to believe there are 10 three-year-old pacers in the country better than him. View the full article -
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By Adam Hamilton The odds are mounting against Swayzee’s quest for a record-equalling third successive IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup win at Addington Raceway on Tuesday, November 11. The champion stayer missed defending his Victoria Cup title with a bowel infection and owner Mick Boots revealed it is still an issue. “He’s touch and go for NZ,” Boots said. “It’s that bowel infection and it’ll be hard to get the work into him for an NZ Cup.” The line in the sand looks to be next Saturday night’s Battle of Beersheba free-for-all at Menangle. If Swayzee doesn’t contest the race, NZ looks impossible. Swayzee has only raced twice in the past six months for a first-up sixth in the Group 1 Len Smith Mile on September 6, then a second to Kingman at Menangle on October 4. View the full article -
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Ceolwulf mastered the Randwick mile again on Saturday, going back-to-back in the Gr.1 King Charles III Stakes (1600m) and heading an all New Zealand-bred trifecta in the A$5 million showpiece. The Tavistock gelding defended his King Charles crown with a powerhouse performance to beat 10-time Group One winner Mr Brightside by a length and three-quarters. The Matamata-trained Proisir gelding Pier finished another neck away in third. That trifecta capped a remarkable day at Randwick for the Kiwi-breds, who had earlier produced a one-three result with Ka Ying Rising and Jimmysstar in the A$20 million Gr.1 The Everest (1200m), followed by a Linebacker-Lord Penman quinella in the A$1 million Silver Eagle (1300m). A top-flight performer up to a 2400m placing in the Gr.1 Australian Derby as a three-year-old, Ceolwulf added a new dimension to his repertoire with a scintillating spring Group One 1600m double in last year’s Epsom Handicap and King Charles. The five-year-old was below that very best form through his first four runs this spring, finishing fourth in the Gr.1 Winx Stakes (1400m), fourth in the Gr.2 Chelmsford Stakes (1600m), third in the 7 Stakes (1600m) and sixth in the Epsom. But he rose to the occasion on Saturday and was right back at the peak of his powers. Trainer Joe Pride applied blinkers for the King Charles and Ceolwulf showed an explosive turn of foot to burst out of the pack in the straight. Just as Pride Of Jenni, Mr Brightside, Pier and Pericles seemed set to fight out the finish, Ceolwulf flew through on their inside to score a superb win. “That was absolutely amazing,” Pride said. “I watched it down there with my two daughters, who never come to the racetrack, so it was really special. “It’s been 12 months of waiting, really. I was here 12 months ago and I thought this is the best horse I’ll ever train, and we spent another 12 months waiting to see that again. “I’m just glad to see him return to what he is capable of, because his best is better than a lot of the horses that have been beating him. “We chucked the blinkers on him, it’s the first time today he’s ever worn them, and it’s done the trick. He just needed to find some room in the straight because he was full of running. “This horse is a long way from being finished, there’s plenty of wins to come. He wins the races that count and gets beaten in a few that I guess don’t count as much.” Ceolwulf has been ridden to all of his three Group One victories by Chad Schofield. “It’s a relief as much as anything,” Schofield said. “First up I didn’t give him the best ride, but his last couple have been below par. “But Joe had the ace up his sleeve with the blinkers and he travelled so well today. I knew we were on today. We found a happy spot on the rail and he did the rest.” Ceolwulf was bred by Cambridge Stud owners Sir Brendan and Lady Jo Lindsay and is a son of the Shamardal mare Las Brisas. The gelding is a graduate of the 2022 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale, where Pride and part-owner Leighton Howl went to $170,000 to secure him from Riversley Park’s draft. Ceolwulf has now had 24 starts for six wins, seven placings and A$9.13 million in stakes. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Two New Zealand-bred horses lined up in the A$1 million Silver Eagle (1300m) at Randwick on Saturday and filled the first two placings, headed by a sparkling performance by Linebacker. Previously the winner of three of his 10 career starts headed by the Gr.1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) in the autumn, the first-crop son of Waikato Stud’s rising star stallion Super Seth had a spring setback last month when he sprained an ankle and was ruled out of the Gr.1 Epsom Handicap (1600m). But Linebacker showed he was back on track and caught everyone’s eye with a win in a Randwick trial last week that also featured the champion sprinter and Saturday’s A$20 million Gr.1 The Everest (1200m) winner Ka Ying Rising. Linebacker was sent out as a $3.10 favourite for his assignment on Saturday, and the John O’Shea and Tom Charlton-trained four-year-old made it look easy despite a tricky draw of 12 in a 13-horse field. Despite never getting closer than three off the rail, jockey Zac Lloyd was able to find cover. Linebacker took care of the rest, taking command in the straight and going on to score a dominant victory by two and a half lengths over Go Racing’s promising Contributer gelding Lord Penman. “He is so nice to ride,” Lloyd said. “I thought today was a query, obviously he’s had a couple of setbacks, but John and Tom are just training him so well. His trackwork rider Santiago too – the horse can be quite keen and he does a fantastic job with him. “I just tried to keep it smooth and trust that I was on the best horse. I actually got a lovely run, considering he was three deep and they weren’t going fast. I had cover off the horse in front of me, because he was a bit off the fence. “He put that field away so quickly and there is still so much more to come with him. I am so excited. He knows how to get the job done and he is a serious racehorse.” Linebacker has now had 11 starts for four wins, two placings and A$1.63 million in prize-money. “This horse has just been going so well,” O’Shea. “I was really disappointed when we had a setback early in this preparation, because I was desperate to run him in the King Charles (Gr.1, 1600m). “Zac (Lloyd) has got a great understanding of him now and the team have done a great job, my staff at home. A lot of work has gone into him to get him to this point. “He’s in great form and Zac is riding him really well, so I’m very happy.” Bred by GSA Bloodstock, Linebacker was purchased out of Haunui Farm’s draft at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale for $160,000 by O’Shea and Suman Hedge Bloodstock. He is a son of the English-bred Oasis Dream mare Garden Of Swans, who is a half-sister to the Gr.1 Sandown Eclipse Stakes (2000m) winner and sire Mukhadram. Saturday’s runner-up Lord Penman, previously a four-time winner in New Zealand for Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh, has now had 11 starts for four wins, four placings and A$439,164 in stakes. He was a $60,000 purchase by Toro Bloodstock from Mapperley Stud’s yearling draft at Karaka in 2023. View the full article
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