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Meaning what? They still improve those fields , especially the Railway, any kiwi horses in the Railway you think could win an Aus G2 sprint? -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen intends to run Soldier N Diplomat in the $1 million Southwest Stakes (G3) Jan. 31 at Oaklawn, with stablemate Obliteration headed to the $1.5 million Saudi Derby (G3) Feb. 14 in Saudi Arabia. View the full article -
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By Michael Guerin This is the campaign in which Bazooka needs to stand up but trainer Steven Reid isn’t entirely sure tonight’s main pace at Addington will be the moment it happens. Bazooka resumes after a month away in the Touchdown Rentals Pace (8.55pm) in which he faces barrier 9 in the 1980m mobile but meets few horses with his natural ability. While Beside Me ($1.85) looked a superstar filly this time last year Bazooka ($3.70) looked an open class horse in the making a year ago. “To be honest I thought he would have gone further by now,” admits Reid. “He has real ability but he went through a bit of a flat patch. “But I was a lot happier with his second at Invercargill last start (behind J T Boe) and he has been very good at the trials since. “I reckon the next three to six months we will find out what we really have with him. “I wouldn’t be surprised if he went through to the verge of open class but that is up to him now.” While an open class horse would be winning tonight’s race Reid says the barrier draw does concern him. “Being his first run in five weeks I am not that fussed about him rushing forward and trying to lead,” he explains. “I actually think he might be even better driven with a sit anyway but I realise that makes him harder to back. “I like a bet and I am keen on the horse but to be backing him this week I’d want $4 or $5,” says Reid, somewhat optimistically. Reid also has a real chance in the $35,000 Majestic Horse Floats Tasman Empress Final (7.56pm) with Nothing But You drawn barrier 1 in the small field. “She is a mare who has taken time to mature,” explains Reid. “But she is getting there now. She went two good races at Nelson and I think she will go well again.” Reid is counting down to the public return of his little superstar pacer Jumal, who was our best juvenile last season. “He will be back at the trials on February 11,” says Reid. “I’d say he will have two trials and then resume at Alexandra Park on March 13 and into the Harness Million on March 20. “I just love this horse and he has come back great. He hasn’t grown much, which always makes you wonder the others will catch up, but he has filled out. “But he looks really well so I am stoked and can’t wait to get him back.” View the full article -
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By Michael Guerin Nathan Purdon has plenty of reasons to be excited as he heads to the first Alexandra Park meeting of the year tonight. Because not only does the meeting boast the first juvenile race of the season but Purdon dominates it with four of the seven starters. The $17,000 Breckon Farms Young Gun heat (8.05pm) starts a run toward the $100,000 final at Alexandra Park on March 20 and the series looks set to provide a great advertisement for Purdon’s new business now that he is training on his own account. Things are looking good, we have 25 horses in work and 37 on the books,” he explained. “And this is a stage of the season we really love, when the two-year-olds start stepping out. “It has always been a big part of Dad’s career as he loved training the babies and I am the same.” Purdon says Coal Face (R7, No.6) is the clear best chance of his quartet tonight. “He is a very natural pacer who has been good at the workouts,” he explains. “Andre (Poutama) who will do most of my main driving when Dad isn’t available will be on him this week and I am have been really happy with how he has been handling our horses. “I think Dontgetmestarted (Sweet Lou) is the next best for this Friday as he is very professional and ready to go whereas I think the other two are more staying types of horses who will get better as the series goes on.” Earlier in the night Purdon will be represented by the enigmatic Pantani off the front line in the first race. Pantani once looked a budding open class trotter before his manners consistently let him down and they threatened to do so again in first outing for Purdon at Cambridge on December 24 before he recovered from a skip at the top of the straight to win. “He is a tricky horse and has a few issues,” says Nathan. “He can go out and trot faultlessly for five or six trackwork sessions in a row and then gallop in the next one for no reason. “I think the key is getting his confidence back and being off the front this week if he can step and stay in front it could suit him.” Pantani does step a long way up in grade though as he has proven group horses like One More Moment and Courmayeur just 10m behind him at the start. Tonight’s meeting also hosts two Metro heats for both the pacers and the trotters leading into $35,000 finals back at The Park on January 30. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
8th-GP, $84k, Msw, 3yo, f, 1m, 3:50 p.m. ET Shadwell Stable's ELGHEED (Tapit), a $1.2-million Keeneland September purchase in 2024, makes her first trip to the post for trainer Todd Pletcher. The filly is the first foal out of Immediate Impact (Into Mischief), a half-sister to champion Arrogate (Unbridled's Song) who won her lone racetrack appearance for Bob Baffert in 2019. The mare's second foal, a filly by Flightline, sold for $1.6 million to Douglas Scharbauer at the 2025 Keeneland September sale. Brad Cox saddles firster Prom Queen (Quality Road), a homebred for Gary and Mary West. The filly is out of Miss Bling Bling (Tapit), a daughter of Canadian champion Milwaukee Appeal (Milwaukee Brew) and a full-sister to multiple graded stakes winner Actress, dam of G1 Dubai World Cup winner Hit Show (Candy Ride {Arg}). TJCIS PPs The post Friday Insights: Pricey Tapit Filly Debuts at Gulfstream Park 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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