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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Classic Cup winner Rubylot and Classic Mile hero My Wish headline field announced on Friday morning.View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Stormland struck another winning blow for Cambridge Stud’s exciting young stallion Hello Youmzain. The two-year-old raced right up to trainer Ciaron Maher’s expectations with a tidy victory over 1000 metres on the Kensington track at Randwick on Thursday. Bred by Brendon and Jo Lindsay’s Cambridge Stud, Stormland was offered at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale and was knocked down for A$325,000 to Darby Racing and Deburgh Equine. “He was a ripper of a yearling and Darby were keen on him so I’m rapt,” Maher said. “We’ve got options with him now he’s won and looked like he had a bit in hand. He was impressive and has always been quite a natural.” Stormland jumped well to sit in third spot away from the rail and answered every call in the run home from rider Jason Collett to score comfortably. “He’s a big boy and still probably got a bit of furnishing to do, but he was able to travel and gave a really good kick,” he said. Stormland is the first winner for the More Than Ready mare Sienna Rose, a talented performer who won on five occasions up to 1400m, with her mother a half-sister to two-time Group One winner Merchant Navy and to the dam of Joliestar. Sienna Rose’s Sword Of State filly sold at Karaka this year to the TAB Racing Club for $180,000 and the mare has a Savabeel colt at foot. She is back in foal to Hello Youmzain, whose first Southern Hemisphere crop now includes four winners, headed by Stormland and Hello Romeo in Australia and Remala and Lucy In The Sky in New Zealand. – NZ Racing Desk View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Trainer Ciaron Maher says he is excited to see former Horse of the Year Pride Of Jenni (Pride Of Dubai) back at the races. Pride Of Jenni makes her reappearance in the Gr.2 Peter Young Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield on Saturday, just over four months after suffering a bleeding attack. Retirement had been announced for Pride Of Jenni after she finished last in the Gr.1 Champions Mile (1600m) at Flemington in November which came at the end of a hectic spring. Pride Of Jenni won the Gr.2 Feehan Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley, went to Sydney to finish second in the Gr.1 King Charles III Stakes (1600m) at Randwick before backing up a week later, beating one home behind Via Sistina in the Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley. Now a seven-year-old, Pride Of Jenni is stepping into unchartered waters since joining the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace team stable at the start of her 2022 campaign. Pride Of Jenni has yet to win in eight first-up appearances, but in all those outings she has not raced beyond 1400m fresh, but Maher said all the signs have been positive as the mare embarks on her first try at 1800m when fresh. “She’s coming off a lighter prep than normal and she trialled as well as she has previously since she’s been in my care,” Maher said. “She’s never won before at 1400 (metres), so we’ve taken a different tact with her this time going to 1800 (metres). “It is probably a rung below what she has been competing against, so there is probably a bit of a trade-off there.” In her last two preparations fresh, Pride Of Jenni has finished second to Mr Brightside in the Gr.1 C F Orr Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield last year and fifth to Pinstriped in the Gr.1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield last August. Maher said as Pride Of Jenni has aged, she has got ‘kinder’ with her manners which he said will take her a long way on Saturday. “Every prep she has got a little bit kinder in her manners,” Maher said. “This prep has been no different and she was very kind in her trial. Her gallops have been pretty cruisy and it’s not like she was a couple of years ago. “It’s exciting to have her back. She’s a cool horse and she wears her heart on her sleeve.” Where Pride Of Jenni next heads will not be announced until after Pride Of Jenni run on Saturday. The Gr.1 Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington on March 29 is a possibility as is an assault on the Sydney Autumn Carnival. “One step at a time,” Maher said. Pride Of Jenni is the $2.50 second elect in betting before the Godolphin mare Zardozi at $2.20. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
El Vencedor’s golden run of form has been recognised on the world stage, with the Stephen Marsh-trained gelding rated the 10th joint best galloper in the world in the latest LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings. The son of Shocking has been a dominant force in New Zealand, winning his last four races, including the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m), Gr.1 Otaki-Maori WFA Classic (1600m) and Gr.1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m). His performances haven’t gone unnoticed by the international racing fraternity, with the six-year-old earning an invite from the Hong Kong Jockey Club to contest next month’s Gr.1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin. Owner-breeders Mark Freeman and David Price have been overawed by the sequence of events over the past month and are honoured to see their horse recognised amongst the world’s best. “We seem to be continually living in a state of disbelief with what is all going on around us at the moment,” Freeman said. “It is a massive thrill to see him recognised like that.” “It is pretty amazing,” Price echoed. “When you look who is at the top – number one (Forever Young) just won the Saudi Cup (US$20 million, 1800m), Romantic Warrior is two, and our very own Ka Ying Rising is a super horse up in Hong Kong winning all the sprints and is pretty untouchable. It’s very humbling to see that.” Freeman and Price are looking forward to heading up to Hong Kong next month to watch their pride and joy take on the world’s best at Sha Tin, where he will try and emulate the success of four of his siblings, including Hong Kong Derby (2000m) hero Sky Darci. “He is a once in a lifetime horse, so we might as well make it a once in a lifetime experience if we can,” Freeman said. “Hong Kong just does that for us, it’s a massive thrill to be able to go up there. “It will be great if we can get another win up there. We are under no illusions at all to the challenge that he will face, but we are hoping he goes up there and runs a good race.” Price said heading to Hong Kong with El Vencedor is poignant, with the gelding initially set to join his siblings there a few years ago after being identified as a younger horse, but those plans were curtailed after he failed a veterinary examination. “The horse has won $1.26 million between two of us in four weeks, and the irony is we would have sold him for $1 million (to Hong Kong) right at the very start but he failed the vet,” he said. “There have been a few half-brothers who have been up there and won before, so the mare has been a prolific producer. She has had eight to the races and seven of them have won.” One of those winners that didn’t compete in Hong Kong was Chocante, who won five races, including the Gr.2 Brisbane Cup (2200m) and Gr.3 Counties Cup (2100m), and placed in the Gr.1 Metropolitan (2400m). While they enjoyed the success of their past winners, Price said nothing compares to the current journey they are on with El Vencedor. “We had an amazing time with Chocante, going over to Australia twice and winning the Brisbane Cup, placing in the Metropolitan, and running third to Winx (in the Gr.2 Chelmsford Stakes, 1600m). He gave us an absolutely amazing ride, but the one currently is pretty hard to grapple with. It is ethereal.” Price and Freeman will be joined in Hong Kong by Highden Park’s Sam and Libby Bleakley, who oversee all of Price and Freeman’s bloodstock. “Sam and Libby are heading up and it will be great to have them there because they are very much part of our breeding journey,” Freeman said. The pair have enjoyed plenty of success together over the last decade and believe their success can be emulated by anyone with a broodmare and a dream. “Mark and I have had the family for a long time. You would have to say we have had good success,” Price said. “It just highlights that there are no certainties. When people ask us what the formula is, for us it has been simple – some science, some red wine, and some bloody good luck. “I think we would have paid $6,000 for our service to Shocking (with the mating resulting in El Vencedor). It’s very reachable for anyone.” The pair, who began their breeding journey with foundation broodmare Take Silk, are now onto breeding from the third generation of the family. “The next generation is about to begin because El Vencedor has got a full-sister (Milagro), who was a miracle baby,” Price said. “She went to Stephen (Marsh) to go into work last year and she was a bit sore and cranky and Stephen wasn’t happy so he go the vet in who scanned her, and she was fine. He worked her a few more days and the same thing happened. The vet said if she breaks down, she might not be able to carry a foal, so for us it was a no-brainer. “We sent her straight to (Cambridge Stud stallion) Hello Youmzain and she is due in September. She was only three, but Libby (Bleakley) said nature will tell you whether she is ready, and she was clearly ready.” While they are looking forward to the future with their breed, Price and Freeman’s attention is currently on their star gelding El Vencedor and his looming Hong Kong venture. “It will be a trip of a lifetime,” Price said. “Win, lose or draw, it is going to be an amazing experience for us.” View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Our Time winning at Pukekohe on Friday. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Emerging stayer Our Time signed off his first season of racing on a winning note with a tough weight-carrying performance in the Trackside.co.nz (2100m) at Pukekohe on Friday. The well-related son of Time Test had to carry 60kg in the Rating 65 Benchmark event, but his form credentials still saw him jump as a $2.50 favourite in the hands of jockey Kelly Myers. The four-year-old had finished second in the $350,000 Sir Patrick Hogan Karapiro Classic (1600m) at Te Rapa two starts ago, edged out by a neck by the impressive Risque Ruler. In his only other appearance since then, Our Time finished fifth in a highly competitive $75,000 Rating 65 at Ellerslie, beaten by a short head, a short head, a head and a head. Drawn gate 11 among a 12-horse field on Friday, Our Time found himself caught three wide going into the first turn. Myers pressed forward and briefly took the lead turning into the back straight, then was happy to ease back into the trail when Ember Attack and No Plan Be swooped past from wide positions. No Plan Be had a strong kick turning for home and was going to take some catching, but Our Time knuckled down and surged past her at the 200m mark. The favourite pulled clear from there, going on to win by three-quarters of a length from a strong-finishing Gillian. Our Time has now had six starts for two wins, two seconds and $95,120 in stakes. Our Time is trained by Peter Lock for owner-breeders Peter Hart and Ian McDonald. That pair of trans-Tasman friends also bred and raced Our Time’s half-sister Faithful Feat, who Lock trained to win seven of her 17 starts including the Group 3 J Swap Sprint (1400m). She also finished second and fourth in the 2022 and 2023 editions of the Group 2 Westbury Classic (1400m). The dam of Our Time and Faithful Feat is the Snitzel mare On Yer Feet, whose half-brother Hiflyer placed in the Group 1 Thorndon Mile (1600m) and Tarzino Trophy (1400m) for Lock in 2018. Lock believes Our Time has the potential to follow in the black-type footsteps of those relatives, albeit over longer distances. “That was another great run today by a very progressive horse,” he said. “I’m very happy with him. He’s done all of this in only his first preparation, so he’s done a fantastic job. “He’s a half-brother to a very good mare that I had, Faithful Feat, and closely related to Hiflyer as well. So he’s got the breeding there, but he’s certainly a lot more stamina-oriented than those two. “I think he’s got much more ahead of him. He’s pulled up really well after this win today, so we’ll put him out now and give him a nice break while the weather is still good. “I’m looking forward to seeing what he can do a bit further down the track. I’d like to think he could win a nice Cup race, so those are the sorts of targets we’ll be setting him for next season.” Horse racing news View the full article
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