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its been a funny old last few of months for some of australian harness racing participants. in tasmania you had the driver olivia weidenbach prosecuted for couriering $90,000 through sydney airport,allegedly money from illegal activities.Last year the fella who trained the yole horses in victoria,robert walters was found to have falsified his neighbours signature when asked for proof he had permission for water supply to his property,when visited by stewards. Then soon after day he failed a drug test himself, but for a short time was still able to train in tasmania,but not victoria,and at one point still had had 20 horses under his name in tasmania that had been transferrred from w yole into his name after they had been transferred to w yole by b yole.I'm guessing they enjoy playing musical chairs. Then in july this year,you had a case heard where another tasmanian driver, who i think drove for yole at one point,well she had been the victim of some abuse from a trainer she upset with some comments iin victoriathat trainer ,a mr caruana sent her a text telling her to keep her mouth shut,remember this face you lesbian junkie slut.,commenting he may have to visit tasmaia. He was also quite a welcoming chap when the stewards turned up one day,telling them they may find his property a dangerous property to visit.District attorney,the horse who ended leap to fames winning streak when trained by jason grimson was a horse he owned and also has recently been training again. then you had this week the fella,justin downey,remembered amongst other things for joining in to help jack trainor and jason grimson in a fight they got into a bar in brisbane i think. Hey,that was a mate just helping a mate out in a pub stoush. Well this week he has been charged with serious drug supply charges. Hey someones got to meet the demand for meth. He obviously a very colourful fella literally as he is known for having some really good tattoo work on his body. His wife ,well shes out on bail.i wonder if he make bail in time io visit christchurch this year. oh and last month you had the south australian trainer luke o'neill. Well he has a horse trsansport business and was using that to traffic cannabis,apparently allegedly 100kgs. He claimed there was good money in selling hay and horse meds. Hey,whats wrong with a bit of a side business when going to the mildura trots. actually that reminds me of a big drug case involving polo ponies.true story,it would be over 30 years ago now,this horse truck overturned somewhere near waimate and when police turned up it had all these big barrels lying around. Well the cop,being the helpful fella he was,helped them put the barrells back on the truck,but what they didn't know was he had a wee peek inside one of the barrells as,well cops can be a tad curious sometimes.hullo ,hullo what have we got here i think he may have said.. Well that then led to the police staking out the property of the fella with the polo ponies.One cop even living in the bush for a couple of months.Obviously an outdoors man.anyway,turned out there was this massive cannabis farm on the property and the owner of the property was growing it on cntract for what was beilieved to be the south islnadfs biggest cannabis supplier. You see,he was supposed to have about 8 other farmers growing cannabis for his,throughout the south island.Now that bloke was one smooth dude. looked the part tyhats for sure with a very attractive wife. Anyway the polo playing man ,well he was a mean and ugly looking bugga,but he had a girlfriend who was a model and had done tv ads.Oh what money can get you. Well anyway,the upshot of it all was they had to spend a bit of a vacation at her majesties pleasure. The real shame was,the fella i called ugly and mean,well they let him out on bail at one point while they waited for the case to be heard,well blow me days,he went and visited an aquaintance in matamata and went and shot and killed him when he opened the door. You don't want visitors like that. -
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Why don't they run a betting competition on betcha/entain on a thursday/friday night with a $200 buy in that would create some interest. Could run a leader board and have these guys compete against all the other punters. That would be more interesting than watching them throw darts at the racebook and waffle on like they do. -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Derek Leung Ka-chun is hopeful Lucky Sweynesse can use Sunday’s Class One HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup (1,200m) at Sha Tin as a launching pad to international success later this month. Set the daunting task of taking on the world’s best sprinter, Ka Ying Rising, on Sunday, Lucky Sweynesse will be out to prove he is on track for his first overseas mission, with the Group One Sprinters Stakes (1,200m) in Japan on September 28 firmly on trainer Manfred Man Ka-leung’s radar. Leung is locked in for...View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
The early spring has tended to bring the very best out of Quintessa, and that trend continued at Ellerslie on Saturday with a spectacular last-to-first performance at $36 odds in the Gr.1 Proisir Plate. The $400,000 weight-for-age triumph came almost exactly a year after the Te Akau Racing mare’s last win, which was a first-up victory in the Gr.3 Cockram Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on August 31 last year. Another 12 months before that, she kicked her three-year-old season off with back-to-back successes at Taupo and in the Gr.3 Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) at Hastings. Quintessa headed into Saturday’s Proisir Plate on a seven-race winless streak, during which a third in the Gr.3 Mannerism Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield in February was her only time in the top five. But the Te Akau team approached Saturday with a quiet confidence, boosted by the fact that Quintessa’s three previous starts in a fresh state had produced two wins and a placing. In fact, earlier in the afternoon, co-trainer Sam Bergerson commented that Quintessa was worth “a dollar each way” if she got the right run. That part of the equation was left to jockey Rory Hutchings, who these days is based in Australia but made a flying visit home to take the ride. Quintessa drew gate 15 in a 16-horse field and was taken back to a clear last by Hutchings as Dusty Road and Herbert led the field around the first turn and down the side of the track. The race rapidly changed complexion coming into the straight as the field bunched right up and the leading lights made their moves. Qali Al Farrasha was the first to pounce, quickly joined by El Vencedor, La Crique and Tuxedo. The likes of Grail Seeker, Legarto, Waitak and Tomodachi were searching for runs just behind them. Hutchings opted to avoid all that traffic and switch to the outside, angling Quintessa out to be the widest of all with just under 300m to run. He pushed the button and Quintessa exploded. She roared past all 15 of her rivals in the blink of an eye, opening up a winning margin of a length and a half as Hutchings stood high up in the saddle in a triumphant salute. Quintessa continued the Te Akau stable’s proud recent record in the first Group One race of the New Zealand season, following on from Melody Belle (2018 and 2019) and Skew Wiff (2023). That win by Skew Wiff was the first Group One success for Bergerson, who is now in his third season in partnership with Mark Walker. “Quintessa was incredible today,” Bergerson said. “It was a very patient ride. We left it up to Rory, really. I asked him what he thought, and he said, ‘I’ll go back and will probably ride for luck,’ but then he ended up going the widest. “I was actually watching the other mare (Qali Al Farrasha) for most of the straight, and then at the last minute, she was flashing and we started really screaming. “Fair play to her. She’s come back in fantastic order from Australia. I can’t thank the team at home enough, and the veterinary and farrier team as well. They do an amazing job with her, and she’s just a sound, happy horse. “We were quietly confident coming into today, without being overconfident with the quality of the field. But she’s a fantastic mare and it’s great to see her back in form. “She’s pretty unassuming at home. She’d be one of the worst trackworkers in Matamata. But once those shades go on and she sees the crowd and gets a bit of a buzz for it, she’s just so genuine and tries so hard. That’s always going to hold her in good stead. “It was fantastic to get Rory over. He gave her an A1 ride, so patient. Full credit to the horse and Rory. “It’s special to get this win with my parents here today, and awesome to do it at Ellerslie. We’ve had a bit of a frustrating day until now, just being edged out in the three-year-old races and having a couple of disappointments, but that’s racing. It’s a great leveller. “I’m really stoked and just taking it all in and pinching myself, really.” Quintessa is now rated a $6 chance for the Gr.1 Howden Insurance Mile (1600m) at Te Rapa on September 27. She shares second favouritism with La Crique, while Legarto heads the market at $4. “I think the mile is the logical next step,” Bergerson said. “But we’re get her home and make sure she’s come through it well and then go from there.” That could throw a spanner in the works for Hutchings, who during the week announced a permanent move from New South Wales to Queensland. Hutchings has now won four Group One races, all of them in New Zealand, having previously taken out the Zabeel Classic (2000m) with Soriano and the Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) with Soriano and El Vencedor. “Might have to think about changing those plans now,” Hutchings said. “I love this place. “The plan was to go back today and try to ride for luck, but it got a little bit messy through the middle stages and I decided I’d be better off keeping her out of trouble and getting to the outside. She went past them in a few strides. That was electric.” Quintessa was bred by Peachester Lodge and is by Shamus Award out of the five-race-winning High Chaparral mare Chaquinta. She was offered at Karaka 2022 by Wentwood Grange, who also sold Saturday’s Listed Sir Colin Meads Trophy (1200m) winner Affirmative Action. David Ellis bought Quintessa for $170,000. From a 19-start career, Quintessa has now recorded six wins and four placings. She has earned $1.05 million for her owners the Te Akau Awarded Racing Partnership. Runner-up La Crique continued a remarkable run of second placings at the elite level. She has now done it in five consecutive races, having finished her previous campaign with seconds in the TAB Mufhasa Classic (1600m), Zabeel Classic (2000m), Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) and New Zealand Stakes (2000m). She has now been runner-up in seven Group One races in her career, which is a New Zealand record. Emerging star Tomodachi caught the eye with her strong finish for third, just ahead of Sterling Express, El Vencedor and an unlucky Legarto. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Lollapalooza went into Saturday’s Gr.3 Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie as a maiden, but she came out of it as one of the leaders of her generation and the clear favourite for the Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m). The $150,000 three-year-old fillies’ feature was the El Roca filly’s fourth start. She had finished third on debut at Ellerslie in February behind Lucy In The Sky and Miss Ziggy, then struck bad luck in the straight when eighth in the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) in her only other two-year-old start. Lollapalooza’s three-year-old return hinted at bigger and better things. Coming up against a strong field of three-year-old fillies at Taupo last month, she flew home from the back of the field for a close second behind In Haste. Saturday’s rematch saw In Haste jump as a $3.40 favourite and Lollapalooza at $5.90, but this time the Taupo result was turned upside down. Lollapalooza was ridden patiently by Vinnie Colgan, who took her back to last from her wide gate. She appeared to have a mountain to climb from the home turn, looking for a run along the inside and coming up behind a wall of horses. In the meantime, the stage was set for an all-Te Akau finish as In Haste and Queen’s Evidence edged ahead of Too Sweet coming into the final 150m. But Colgan had weaved his way through the pack on Lollapalooza, and suddenly she launched a stunning finish from nowhere. She bounded past In Haste and Queen’s Evidence in the last few strides and was three-quarters of a length in front by the finish line. “I opted to ride her quietly from the wide barrier,” Colgan said. “We haven’t seen them winning out wide so far today, so I stayed towards the inside and just hoped for a bit of luck. “She was explosive in the straight. I think getting up over more distance will suit her.” Lollapalooza was bred by Don and Dame Wendy Pye and is out of their Gr.3 Stewards’ Stakes (1200m) winner Carnival. Haunui Farm offered her in Book 2 of Karaka 2024, where Richardson Racing Stables and Social Racing bought her for $30,000. Trained by Graham Richardson and Rogan Norvall for the Social Racing Premier Dynamic Duo Syndicate and the Richardson Racing Carnival Syndicate, Lollapalooza has now had four starts for a win, two placings and $105,000 in stakes. “We love training good three-year-old fillies, and it was an honour to have three of them in the Gold Trail this year and to win it with Lollapalooza,” Richardson said. “Don and Wendy Pye bred her, and when I went and saw her at Haunui as a yearling, she was a standout from the start. Vinnie gave her a great ride today and we’re thrilled to get the result.” The TAB reacted to Saturday’s win by cutting Lollapalooza from $14 into $3.20 favouritism for the 1000 Guineas at Riccarton on November 8. “This is very satisfying,” Norvall said. “There’s been a lot of talk about her. Her sectional times were very, very good last start. For her to come here today and produce a similar performance, we’re really happy. “She’s doing everything we’ve asked her to do so far. We’ll go one step at a time, we don’t want to get too far ahead of ourselves, but this was a great win for her. “She’s nominated for the Guineas. The way she settles and the way she can come home, a big track like Riccarton should suit her.” Lollapalooza continued an outstanding start to the spring for the Social Racing Premier Dynamic Duo Syndicate, which also races the Gr.3 Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) runner-up Yokozuna. “Good fillies win this race, and I think we saw another good filly win it today,” Social Racing manager Brent Cooper said. “She may have been a maiden coming into it, but her performance for second last start was outstanding and I was confident. “There are two syndicates that race this filly. Graham Richardson has a syndicate that includes her breeders, Don and Wendy Pye. It’s great to have them in the ownership alongside our Social Racing syndicate. “There are a lot of first-time owners in the Social Racing syndicate, and with Yokozuna as well, they’re feeling lucky so far.” The Gold Trail Stakes was the first leg of the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series. Lollapalooza earned six points with her victory, while In Haste picked up three points and Queen’s Evidence earned one and a half. View the full article
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