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Queen Azteca takes on males in the UAE Derby (G2) April 5 at Meydan Racecourse. She will be the lone Scandinavian on the card, and a first ride on the big night for Carlos Lopez.View the full article

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Paul and Sally Flatt's Childwickbury Stud has entered into a multi-year sponsorship agreement with Newbury Racecourse, supporting the Listed Fillies' Trial Stakes on the Lockinge card on May 17. A 10-furlong contest for three-year-old fillies, the race carries prize-money of £75,000 and has an impressive roll of former winners, including subsequent Group 1 stars Nashwa (GB), Eshaada (GB) Warm Heart (Ire), Sea of Class (Ire), and Izzi Top (GB). Childwickbury Stud, set on 300 acres in Hertfordshire, has recently played a significant role in the raising of stakes performers such as the dual Group 1 winner and young Cheveley Park Stud stallion Vandeek (GB), French Classic winner The Tin Horse (GB), and Group 2 winners Threat (GB) and Indie Angel (Ire). A joint-statement released by Paul and Sally Flatt read, “We are thrilled to support the Fillies' Trial at Newbury, as it represents a stepping stone towards the Classics for fillies. This aligns perfectly with our goals for the stud, and we believe it plays a crucial role in nurturing talent within the sport. “It's our ambition to see our own home-bred fillies competing in this race one day. We're committed to fostering the next generation of champions and look forward to the possibilities ahead.” Childwickbury Stud manager Christian Williams added, “We're proud and excited to partner with Newbury in supporting such an important race, a contest which has a significant part to play in the European Pattern and thus aligns perfectly with Childwickbury's reputation as 'the home of Classic winners'. “It's an exciting time at Childwickbury. Mr and Mrs Flatt have committed significant investment in regenerating the stud [and] its bloodstock and are committed to supporting British racing on the quest to breeding their own Classic winners.” The post Childwickbury Stud to Sponsor Newbury Fillies’ Trial appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here is one horse of interest for this Sunday running at Hanshin Racecourse: Sunday, March 30, 2025 6th-HSN, ¥15,200,000 ($101k), Allowance, 3yo, 1200m SEEK THE DREAM (c, 3, Liam's Map–Surf Siren, by Bernardini) is the lone winner from two to race out of his unraced dam, a half-sister to Taareef (Kitten's Joy), three times a winner at group level in France and runner-up in the G1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp in 2017. Most recently sold for $200,000 at last year's OBS June Sale, Seek the Dream was a debut second going the one-turn mile at Tokyo Feb. 2 before cutting back to this distance to graduate narrowly when last seen at Kyoto on Feb. 22. The Grade III-winning third dam Marianna's Girl (Dewan) produced 13 winners, including the graded scorers Marastani (Shahrastani) and Christine's Outlaw (Wild Again). Seek the Dream was also a $110,000 KEEJAN yearling, $195,000 KEESEP purchase and RNAd for $190,000 when offered at the 2024 OBS April Sale. O-North Hills Co Ltd; B-Dixiana Farms LLC (KY); T-Kazuya Nakatake The post Liam’s Map Colt Looks To Put Them Back-To-Back at Hanshin appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The silent auction for the Stable Recovery Gala, to be held April 19 at Fasig-Tipton in Lexington, Kentucky, is now open and accepting bids. Among the dozens of items up for grabs are: Halters worn by Not This Time and Cogburn A day at the races at Saratoga, valued at $2,000 A football helmet signed by University of Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops and tickets for the first game of the 2025 season A basketball signed by former UK basketball star Reed Sheppard, now the point guard for the Houston Rockets, and third-row seats to the UK basketball game of your choice A Citizen Bull saddle towel signed by Bob Baffert Additional seating has been added to accommodate the sellout crowd for the event. Stable Recovery, a Taylor Made initiative which has now gained widespread support across the racing industry, provides a safe and stable environment for men in early recovery from addiction to alcohol and drugs, and finds them meaningful employment in Thoroughbred racing or other industries. Click here to learn more about the gala, buy tickets, or register to bid on the silent auction items. The post Stable Recovery Gala Silent Auction Now Open 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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Northern-based hoop Courtney Barnes returned to her hometown of Wingatui on Friday where she recorded the biggest highlight of her career when riding home five winners on the 10-race card. All five runners are trained by her former employers Brian and Shane Anderton, which further added to the occasion for Barnes. “I have only won three before (in a meeting), so to get five today was great,” Barnes said. “It means even more doing it for BJ and Shane, they were massive supporters of mine when I was starting out, and I am forever grateful to them. “I lived in Mosgiel (when growing up) so I worked for them before school and then I signed up to Shane (for my jockey apprenticeship).” Brian Anderton was just as thrilled for Barnes and has been only too pleased to support her. “It was great,” he said. “She was apprenticed to us, and she was bred to be a jockey, her mother was a Didham.” Barnes was confident she had a good book of rides on Friday, but didn’t expect to achieve the level of success she did. “I knew I had a really nice book of rides, and I thought I could get a couple, but I didn’t really expect to get five,” she said. “Their (Andertons) horses are really hard to beat on their home track. “It is pretty cool being able to come home and do that after being away for a few years now.” The Andertons also celebrated a great day at their local track, with the father-and-son training partnership winning six races, including Exchange in the Property Brokers – Ray Kean Open (1400m) and Afire, a full-sister to Group One winner Smokin’ Romans, taking out the Nellies Restaurant & Bar Maiden (1400m). “Exchange is a horse that lost a bit of form, and he got to a point where he didn’t like racing much, so we gave him a long spell and he has come back alright,” Brian Anderton said. “Afire is a sister to Smokin’ Romans, so I was pretty happy with that (win).” The Andertons came close to getting seven wins, with stable runner Our Approval beaten a mere head in the TAB Southern Alps Challenge Golden Ticket (1600m). The silver lining of the defeat was that the four-year-old gelding has already qualified for the $350,000 Southern Alps Challenge (1600m), having placed in the ODT Southern Mile Final (1600m), and his vanquisher, The Cluster, gave his sire Ghibellines five wins on the card. Ghibellines stands at Brian Anderton’s White Robe Lodge, and he was duly rapt with the day’s result. “We got beaten in the last, but a Ghibellines beat us, so that gave him five for the day too,” Anderton said. “He does a good job.” Fresh off her memorable day, there will be no rest for Barnes, who will fly back to the Waikato tonight (Friday) in order to ride at Te Aroha’s Saturday meeting. Barnes is excited about her prospects on the eight-race card, which includes Group One winner and last year’s New Zealand Champion Two-Year-Old Velocious, who will be making her raceday return in the Manco 1150. “I am back home tonight and I am really looking forward to my book tomorrow, with a highlight being Velocious, with some other nice rides amongst my book,” she said. “Stephen (Marsh, trainer) has been very good to me since I have moved up, so it would be nice to get a win for him tomorrow.” View the full article

When Feroce (NZ) (Super Seth) took out the Gr.1 Australian Guineas (1600m), giving him his first elite-level win as a trainer, Dom Sutton was nonetheless more than happy to share the limelight in terms of publicity with Collingwood coach Craig McRae, who has a share in the horse. And he is hoping it will be a case of same again after the Gr.1 Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington on Saturday with the three-year-old gelding. Sutton wasn’t surprised that McRae’s part-ownership in Feroce stole the headlines because, since arriving in Australia, the Englishman has become well aware of the pulling power of the AFL and the Magpies, due in no small part to his relationship with Collingwood supporter John Kanga. It was the Melbourne Racing Club chairman who formed the AFL Premiers syndicate, which includes his friends McRae and Collingwood assistant coach Jason Leppitsch, who both have a share in Feroce. With McRae being on-course to cheer Feroce home, it was no shock to Sutton that newspapers and television news services focused on the premiership-winning coach. McRae said in the days following the race that winning the Group One was a memorable experience and one that may have gotten the better of him. “I lost my way a bit when he hit the front at the clock tower,” McRae said after the win. “That’s an experience I haven’t had and I’m lucky enough to be involved with. It was amazing and quite different to others in my life, but it’s something I’ll never forget.” Sutton meanwhile said it was good publicity for his stable. “It’s about having good people involved and Craig is a great bloke and he has a lovely wife Gabriella. It’s nice to have them part of the team,” Sutton said. Sutton had been in contact with McRae before the Australian Guineas via text messages and, while he has left him alone recently because the AFL season is now in full swing, with Collingwood having a bye this week, he hopes the coach may attend again. So too does Feroce’s jockey Billy Egan, who is a Magpies supporter and thought it was a great experience meeting McRae after the win. “It just topped off an unreal day. I couldn’t believe it,” Egan said. Egan attended Collingwood’s 2023 Grand Final win with his father Brendan and his mate and fellow jockey Daniel Stackhouse. “Winning my second Group One and my first at Flemington on Feroce is the highlight of my career but being at the Grand Final in 2023 wasn’t far off as I’m a one-eyed Collingwood supporter,” Egan said. Sutton’s good luck charm is his father Nick, who will fly in from England to attend the Australian Cup, like he did when Feroce won the Guineas, and the rising star of the training ranks is looking forward to his galloper tackling 2000m for the first time in his career. “2000m is in his wheelhouse. He looks and gallops like a 2000-metre horse, but you never know until you are there,” Sutton said. “It’s going to be a very strong pace and there will be no place to hide. If Deny Knowledge takes on (Pride Of) Jenni, then hopefully that’s the undoing of those two and we can be somewhere just off them and in striking distance.” Feroce is $10 with Sportsbet to win the Australian Cup. View the full article

Danny O’Brien can find enough reasons to assess his hardy galloper Young Werther (NZ) (Tavistock) as ‘a blowout chance’ in Saturday’s Gr.1 Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington. “He’s got enough good runs at the track and distance at Group One level to say he’s in the mix,” O’Brien said of his $61 chance with Sportsbet, who will be ridden by Daniel Stackhouse. He also finished third in the 2023 Champions Stakes, with the only time he didn’t fire coming in last year’s Australian Cup, when he finished seventh but pulled up sore. “He’s a blowout chance as he loves the course and distance and a firm track. He’s going to present there ready to fire. I’m very happy with him,” he said. History is also on O’Brien’s side as in the past seven runnings, the Australian Cup has been won by outsiders on three occasions, with Harlem prevailing at $61 in 2018 and again in 2019 at $31 while Homesman was a $26 winner in 2021. O’Brien said also in Young Werther’s favour will be the likelihood of the speed being on from the outset, which will suit him, while he believes form assessors should be forgiving of his last-start seventh placing in the Australian Cup Prelude (2000m) at Flemington on March 8. “Damian Lane was happy with him. He said they really steadied up in the mid stages, which didn’t suit him, and then he got outsprinted. It will be a completely different race shape on Saturday and the pace will suit him,” he said. “He’s ran some great races there and he’s done enough to be in the mix.” Heading to Flemington for the last time will be Young Werther’s illustrious stablemate Vow And Declare. Last year the pair both ran in the Australian Cup, with Vow And Declare finishing fourth, which was his final start at Flemington. The Victoria Racing Club has invited the 2019 Melbourne Cup winner to visit on Saturday in order to farewell racing fans. With a golden ticket available for the winner of the Listed Roy Higgins, the VRC thought it was appropriate for Vow And Declare to lead that field out onto the track and give his fans a chance to farewell him. O’Brien said Vow And Declare was enjoying his relaxation in his yard but he was always hanging by the gate looking at the barn. “He wants to come in and get into his box but he’s well and truly retired. He’s enjoying some equestrian work with our young rider Molly Lyons,” O’Brien said. View the full article

Go Racing’s Group One darling Atishu will be offered for sale at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast in May. The daughter of Savabeel was set to go through the auction ring last year, however, her ownership group voted to extend her racing career, which paid dividends last spring where she went on to win the Gr.1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) and place in the Gr.1 Might and Power (2000m) and Gr.1 Champions Stakes (2000m). Initially purchased by Go Racing out of Waikato Stud’s 2019 New Zealand Bloodstock Book 1 Yearling Sale draft for $260,000, Atishu has gone on to record 11 victories, including three at elite-level, and accrued more than A$5.6 million in earnings. “She’s taken us on a fantastic ride, she’s a very special horse,” Go Racing’s Albert Bosma said. “From day one she showed she was going to have an exciting future. She was able to run amazing sectionals in New Zealand from the outset. “At home she won four straight before heading to Australia and winning first time out in Sydney. Two starts later she won a Group Three Bill Ritchie (Stakes). “She’s one of those mares that has kept getting better and better and she continues to race so well at the highest level. “Atishu was a lovely yearling. Her full sister the year before sold for $875,000 and Atishu was very similar looking. She has developed into a lovely looking mare, with great conformation and a tremendous will to win.” Atishu’s sale will be an emotional one for her connections, who have experienced the ride of a lifetime with their mare. “She has provided us with so many thrills,” Bosma said. “It will be sad to see her leave the team, but we are also excited about what the future will hold for her and being able to see what she can produce.” Atishu will attempt to add to her already envious record when she heads to Flemington on Saturday to tackle the Gr.1 Australian Cup (2000m), a race she placed in last year. “She has worked very well,” trainer Chris Waller said. “This has been her target all along, so she is ready to go.” Atishu will be joined in the Magic Millions Broodmare Sale by fellow Go Racing star Diss is Dramatic, a triple Group winner in New Zealand, including the Gr.2 Japan Trophy (1600m). View the full article

Ka Ying Rising with Zac Purton in the saddle win the Group 1 Hong Kong Sprint. Photo: HKJC. Returning from injury, Zac Purton is excited to reunite with Ka Ying Rising when the world’s highest-rated sprinter contests the HK$5.35 million Group 2 Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, bidding to extend his winning streak to 11 races. Currently ranked joint third with Co-Tack and Beauty Generation (10 consecutive wins each) behind Silent Witness (17 wins) and Golden Sixty (16) for the most wins in a row in Hong Kong, Ka Ying Rising bids for his seventh straight victory this season. Purton, who suffered a foot injury on February 9, takes nine rides this weekend and the seven-time Hong Kong champion is looking forward to partnering triple Group 1 winner Ka Ying Rising on Sunday. “He hasn’t put a foot wrong the whole time he’s been in Hong Kong, he’s pleased us in everything he’s done – every trial, every race, every piece of work – he’s been a pleasure to have anything to do with,” Purton said. “He’s got a lovely nature, he eats everything, he’s kind in nature, good on race day. He’s a proper little racehorse – it would be great if they were all like him. “It will be good to be back, I’ve been out for quite a while now and I’ve missed quite a bit – it’s been disappointing in that sense. “I obviously have to build the quality of my books back up. It will be good to get back out there again and it’s good that I’ve got Ka Ying Rising at the weekend and another couple of horses there that look like they can run well.” Purton has ridden Ka Ying Rising in both the gelding’s Group 1 victories – the Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) and Centenary Sprint Cup (1200m), the latter marking the second time this season the four-year-old has lowered Sha Tin’s 1200m course record with a searing gallop of 1m 07.20s. With Purton sidelined, Karis Teetan combined with Ka Ying Rising to land the Group 1 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin on February 23. Ka Ying Rising’s trainer David Hayes is confident his star can continue his winning streak this weekend. “He’s in really good shape. His trial last week was probably as good as he has trialled all season and I think the way his coat looks, it’s as good as it’s been so I would expect another good run,” Hayes said. To carry 128lb on Sunday, Ka Ying Rising will concede 5lb to six rivals – California Spangle, Helios Express, Lucky With You, Magic Control, Copartner Prance and Gorgeous Win. “I know he’s got to a carry some extra weight but he probably deserves it,” Hayes said before identifying Helios Express – who has already finished second four times this season to Ka Ying Rising – as the main danger. “You have got to respect Helios Express, especially with five pounds (lighter). He (Ka Ying Rising) has had the measure of him at set weights, but it’s now slightly different conditions but I would expect us to be a pretty firm favourite.” Hayes and Purton will also combine with Ka Ying Rising’s half-brother Ka Ying Glory, a recent Happy Valley trial winner, who debuts in the first section of the Class 4 Plantation Handicap (1200m). Tony Cruz is optimistic veteran California Spangle can recapture top form after five successive finishes outside of the top three. “California Spangle is in the best shape he’s ever been in. Ka Ying Rising, he’ll be the one – if I ran second to him, I’ll be happy,” said Cruz, who will also saddle Beauty Joy and La City Blanche in the HK$5.35 million Group 2 Chairman’s Trophy (1600m). “Beauty Joy, I’m very happy with his condition. We’ve waited a long time for this race. He had an elbow problem before but he’s in top shape now and I’m very happy with him,” Cruz said. Beauty Joy (Brenton Avdulla) and La City Blanche (Matthew Chadwick) will face Beauty Eternal, Galaxy Patch, Chancheng Glory, Ensued, Happy Together, Red Lion, Straight Arron, Moments In Time, Nimble Nimbus and Sunlight Power. Sunday’s 10-race Sha Tin card starts with the Class 4 Severn Handicap (2000m) at 12.45pm HKT. Horse racing news View the full article

In his first appearance since finishing runner-up to Giavellotto at Sha Tin in December, the globetrotting stayer is the one to beat in the Tancred Stakes.View the full article

By Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk The highly successful team of GP and Mrs N M Hope is officially disbanding. From next Tuesday (April 1), Greg will remain the “frontman” but wife Nina, the country’s most successful female trainer, will be stepping away. In a changing of the guard Ben Hope’s got himself a promotion and will go into partnership with his father. “Mum will be off the papers but she’s been a huge part of what we do and will continue to be,” says Ben, “we couldn’t do it without her.” Earlier this month Nina Hope set a new record for wins by a female trainer when she had her 899th winner, eclipsing the old mark set by Natalie Rasmussen, in partnership with Mark Purdon. She then became the first to 900 as well – her current total stands at 901. At the time she described her 899th win as “a pretty cool moment”. “It’s very much a team thing – I haven’t done this on my own.” So why the change? “It was a case of ‘when and not if’ and now the time is right,” says 25-year-old Ben. “Dad got to 1000 training wins not that long ago and Mum went past 900 and I think to be honest they were waiting for those milestones before they switched it to me and Dad.” Greg Hope has 1079 wins in total. Greg and Nina’s best season was in 2017 when they had 84 wins with a team spearheaded by the likes of Enghien and AG’s White Socks. Ben in contrast is a novice with just 15 training successes on his own account to go with the 259 he’s had as a driver. “I love driving and I’ll carry on driving but the training will come first.” So how will the new partnership work? “My small team of horses will go into the partnership, we are just joining up.” “Dad’s been doing this a long time and a lot longer than me – he’ll still be the frontman!” The new father-son arrangement will debut at Timaru next Wednesday and then all eyes will be on the Night of Champions at Cambridge where their stable star Muscle Mountain will take on Australasia’s best including Bet N Win, Oscar Bonavena and The Locomotive in the $600,000 TAB Trot. View the full article

Prominent racing figure Vin Cox has resigned from his role as general manager of Yulong Investments, just four months after joining the global breeding and racing powerhouse. Cox, who stepped into the position in November 2023, cited “differences in opinion on strategic direction and values” as the reason for his sudden departure. “I want to thank the exceptional team and clients I have had the privilege to work with. I do not want to make any further comment,” Cox said in a brief statement. His exit marks a significant shift for the Yuesheng Zhang-owned operation, which has rapidly grown into a dominant force in Australian and international bloodstock. While his stint at Yulong was short-lived, Cox played a key role in overseeing some major racing success stories, most notably the rise of Via Sistina, who delivered a stunning performance to win the 2024 Cox Plate, and Devil Night’s recent Group 1 victory in the Blue Diamond Stakes. Cox brought considerable experience to the role, having previously led Magic Millions and served as the managing director of Godolphin Australia. His reputation as a polished operator and deep understanding of the racing and breeding landscape made his appointment at Yulong a headline move late last year. Yulong has not yet commented publicly on the resignation, and there is no word yet on who will step into the general manager role moving forward. The departure adds a layer of intrigue to the future direction of one of Australian racing’s most powerful and ambitious stables. Horse racing news View the full article

Tavistock colt Ceolwulf scores in impressive fashion at Warwick Farm. Photo: Bradleyphotos.com.au Trainer Joe Pride will back up Ceolwulf in Saturday’s Group 3 Neville Sellwood Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill, using the race as a lead-in to the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (Group 1, 2000m) at Randwick on April 12. Pride had considered the Doncaster Mile as an alternate path but opted for a more measured approach into the Queen Elizabeth. “This just looked like the obvious race,” Pride said. “The Doncaster was also on the cards, but the only trouble with that is it would mean him backing up into the Queen Elizabeth. The decision I had to make was: what race do we think we’re the best chance of winning? And I’ve come up with the Queen Elizabeth. To do that, giving him two weeks into it is the smart play.” Ceolwulf’s autumn preparation was briefly interrupted when a leg abrasion forced a change of plans, prompting a step back in distance for the Canterbury Stakes (Group 1, 1300m), where he finished fifth. He then bounced back with a strong third in the George Ryder Stakes (Group 1, 1600m) last weekend behind Gringotts and Fangirl. “Because we missed a run, I was left back-tracking a little bit and had to give him a [Canterbury Stakes] run that didn’t really matter, but that he had to have,” Pride said. “After last Saturday, I think the horse is very much back on track.” Ceolwulf will jump from barrier ten in the Sellwood with Chad Schofield to ride. Horse racing news View the full article

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Two years after buying Alabama Lass from a Melbourne yearling sale, Matamata trainer Ken Kelso is retracing those steps to find out how the brilliant filly measures up across the Tasman. Alabama Lass will have her first Australian start in Saturday’s A$500,000 Listed HKJC World Pool Sprint Classic (1100m) at Flemington. She is the highest-rated runner in the field, and under the set weights and penalties conditions of the race, carries 2kg below the 59kg topweight. She is the TAB’s $2.70 favourite and will be ridden by Craig Williams. “This is going to give us a good idea of how she measures up in Australia,” said Kelso, who trains in partnership with his wife Bev. “We won’t die wondering. If she puts her best foot forward, which she has in all of her New Zealand starts, I think she’ll be competitive.” Kelso paid A$120,000 to buy Alabama Lass from the Inglis Premier Sale in Melbourne in March of 2023, having travelled over for Legarto’s successful raid on the Gr.1 Australian Guineas (1600m). Alabama Lass has had eight starts in New Zealand for five wins and three second placings, most recently a five-length runaway over multiple Group One winner Crocetti in the Gr.3 King’s Plate (1200m) at Ellerslie on March 8. The daughter of Alabama Express had been tripped up by rain-affected ground when runner-up in the Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) and Crocetti’s Gr.1 Sistema Railway (1200m) in her previous two starts. “She was a bit unlucky with rain-affected ground in the Guineas and the Railway, so it was good to see her show what she can do when she gets a track to suit,” Kelso said. “Everything’s gone to plan with her since then. She flew to Melbourne on Wednesday and coped with it really well. She ate everything last night and is looking bright. “She had her final serious hitout at home on Saturday morning, up against the rail on the course proper. It was a bit foggy, so we weren’t able to time her, but it looked like good work. I think she’s spot on and we’re all systems go. “She’s in a good place at the moment and we’re very happy with her. Whatever happens on Saturday, this is going to be her final start this season.” Alabama Lass has drawn gate four among a full field of 18 sprinting three-year-olds. “They tell me that’s not a bad place to draw,” Kelso said. “A few of the other favourites have drawn around her. “We’ll leave tactics up to Craig, who will have done his form. I’m not saying that she won’t lead, but I don’t think she has to. If something else wants to go forward, she’s shown that she’s quite adaptable and can take a sit. “She’s shown at home that she’s good around corners, but we all know that races down the straight at Flemington are quite different. It’ll be interesting to see how she handles it.” View the full article

Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh heads to Trentham on Saturday with an opportunity to move ahead of arch-rivals Te Akau Racing in terms of Group and Listed wins in New Zealand this season. The Te Akau team of Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson holds a clear premiership lead over Marsh with 97 wins to 68, but the two powerhouse stables are deadlocked with 13 black-type victories apiece. No other trainer has more than Robbie Patterson’s nine. Remarkably, Marsh has collected nine of those 13 features since New Year’s Day alone – Bourbon Empress in the Gr.2 Rich Hill Mile (1600m), To Cap It All in the Listed Wellesley Stakes (1100m), Provence in the Gr.1 Thorndon Mile (1600m) and Gr.1 New Zealand Breeders’ Stakes (1600m), Ardalio in the Gr.3 Almanzor Trophy (1200m), El Vencedor in the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m), Gr.1 Otaki-Maori WFA Classic (1600m) and Gr.1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m), and Glamour Tycoon in last Saturday’s Listed Lightning Handicap (1200m). Marsh has now won a total of 97 Group and Listed races in his career, with 94 in New Zealand plus three in Australia. He will be represented in three of the four stakes races on Saturday’s Trentham card. Tale Of The Gypsy lines up in the Gr.1 Courtesy Ford Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m), Kiwi Skyhawk contests the Gr.3 Higgins Concrete Manawatu Classic (2100m), and Glamour Tycoon will back up from her Lightning Handicap success and chase a second Listed win within the space of a week in the Bramco Granite & Marble Flying Handicap (1400m). Te Akau has runners in all four black-type features, including a four-pronged Sires’ Produce Stakes contingent headed by favourite La Dorada. Marsh respects the opposition but has a big opinion of Tale Of The Gypsy, who was a $180,000 purchase from Book 1 of Karaka 2024. The daughter of Written By won impressively on debut at Te Aroha in January, and has subsequently been plagued by wide gates when finishing fourth at Ellerslie, fifth in the Gr.2 Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) and fourth in the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m). “I thought she ran a huge race from a wide gate to finish fourth in the Sistema,” Marsh said. “She ran home in some very good sectionals. “I’ve been thrilled with her in between times. She hasn’t had a good gate in her life and has drawn wide again on Saturday (gate 11), but she’s due a bit of a change of fortune and will hopefully get a bit of decent luck in the running. If she gets that, she could be a big improver.” Kiwi Skyhawk brings the strongest form credentials into the Manawatu Classic, having run a close last-start fifth behind Willydoit in the Gr.1 Trackside New Zealand Derby (2400m). The Derby has been a solid Manawatu Classic guide in recent years, with beaten Derby runners The Chosen One (2019), Charles Road (2017) and Humidor (2016) winning the Manawatu Classic while the likes of Just As Sharp (2024), Desert Lightning (2023) and Beaumarchais (2017) have placed. “There was a ton of merit in Kiwi Skyhawk’s performance for fifth in the Derby,” Marsh said. “He didn’t get all favours in the running, but still ran really well. He’s the highest-rated runner in the Manawatu Classic field by a couple of points. This race certainly isn’t the Derby. He’s going into it in good order and can run really well.” Marsh was pleased with Glamour Tycoon’s Lightning Handicap win last Saturday and sees no reason not to back her up in the Flying Handicap. “Her form has been hard to fault all season, and she was very tough down there at Trentham the other day,” he said. “It looked like the second horse (Platinum Attack) got his head in front and was going to pull away from her, but she fought back hard to get the win. It was great to see. “She came through it really well. She’s a big, strong girl, so I’m happy to try backing her up into another Listed race on Saturday. I don’t expect the quick turnaround to worry her.” Another source of excitement for Marsh on Saturday is the raceday returns of Velocious and Super Photon at Te Aroha and Trentham respectively. “Velocious resumes in the open sprint at Te Aroha and Super Photon is in the 1200m three-year-old race at Trentham,” Marsh said. “They’re a couple of very classy, stakes-winning juveniles from last season – obviously Velocious was champion two-year-old. They’ve both had wind operations and are coming back up beautifully. I’ve been thrilled with their recent trials and I’m really looking forward to seeing them back at the races.” Marsh identified the Gr.3 Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa on April 26 as a potential target if Velocious performs up to expectations in this autumn campaign. View the full article

Top-flight sprinter-miler Waitak will draw on his powers of versatility when he steps up in trip at Trentham on Saturday. The Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained son of Proisir will be among the favoured contenders in Saturday’s Gr.2 Awapuni Gold Cup (2100m) following his return to winning form at his most recent appearance. Waitak was untroubled earlier this month to claim the Gr.2 Japan Trophy (1600m) at Tauranga following a prolonged and successful sprinting career highlighted by his Gr.1 Railway (1200m) victory. “He’s got a good base of fitness now with a couple of more recent mile races, he’s settling well and racing like he can head out to the middle distance,” Scott said. “It will give us further options with him next season if he runs it out strongly. We would probably have liked it to be 2000m rather than 2100m, but we’ll take the hand that’s dealt. “He’s been training well and is in really good condition.” It won’t be a trip into the unknown for Waitak, who finished runner-up at three in the Gr.2 Avondale Guineas (2100m) and was fifth in the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m). “He went down by the barest of margins in the Guineas and ran well in the Derby so there are some form lines there,” Scott said. “After this trip away, we will probably look to give him a well-deserved break. He’s done a good job and has raced well without a lot of luck.” Waitak will be accompanied south by Desert Mystic (intowin.co.nz, 1600m) and Phoebe Buffay (Herrick Perry Memorial, 1400m). “Desert Mystic is in really good form and he’s been a horse that has gained a lot of confidence this season,” Scott said. “He is strong at the mile and he will have to carry a wee bit of weight (60.5kg), but we’re expecting another competitive performance from him.” Desert Mystic won three on the bounce before a last-start third at Matamata where he missed the jump and lost a hind plate during the race. Phoebe Buffay is also in good touch and followed up her maiden success with a solid third at Te Rapa. “She looks like she’s well-placed and has been freshened since her last run. She’s good at 1400m and is in a good place,” Scott said. The stable will also be well represented at Te Aroha on Saturday and Scott suggested Miss Bo Beep (Manco Handicap, 1150m) and The Weapon (Te Aroha Plumbing & Drainage 2022, 1400m) to be among their leading hopes. “We’re looking forward to Miss Bo Peep making her first start in the open grade, we think she’s a promising sprinter and should race really well,” Scott said. She has won three of her six starts while The Weapon hit the line strongly for second when resuming at Taupo last month. “His first run back was encouraging, and we think he’s gone the right way since,” he said. “Some of his three-year-old form was quite good and we’ve taken our time with him.” View the full article

Consistent mare Haughty has often been the bridesmaid throughout her short career and will get a prime opportunity to break through maiden ranks at Tauranga on Sunday. The daughter of Iffraaj has struck competitive races all the way through, placing behind the likes of Knights Realm, Zormella and last-start in Rating 60 company behind Sax ‘n’ Silks. Back in her own grade, Haughty will have the services of top senior hoop Michael McNab in the Ultimate Mazda Maiden (1600m), where co-trainer Sarah Fahy feels she is well-placed. “She’s a lovely horse, she’s actually my brother’s,” Fahy said. “She’s been galloping really well, she’s ready to win and she’s just been coming up against some really nice horses. Hopefully she can get there on Sunday, she’s stepping out to the mile for the first time and we’re hoping that will be the answer with her. “She sits quite nicely in this field and has drawn well (6) last time the draw held her back a little bit last time I think.” Fahy, who trains in partnership with her husband Conor, will also be represented at Te Aroha on Saturday by Procella. A capable stayer, the Proisir mare was a winner three starts back, but over-raced with the blinkers on last-start in the South Waikato Cup (2000m). Under a light weight of 54kg, she will contest the Pyramid Trucking 2200. “She’s a really tough little mare, we’ve been waiting for a bit of rain with her to be honest which hasn’t come, but she always puts in a good effort,” Fahy said. “Last start at Matamata, she was just a bit keen with the blinkers on, so we’ve taken them off for Saturday. She’s going really well at home.” The Pukekohe Park trainers have enjoyed plenty of success with their small team this season, including a smart debut winner back in February in the form of Wolf Twenty One. The Tivaci three-year-old was unbeaten at the trials and carried that form to race-day, where he held off late chargers to score over 1200m. While delighted with the result, the Fahy’s will likely farewell the gelding as he heads across the Tasman to continue his career. “We definitely expected that from him, he’s won every trial we’ve put him in and he’s a lovely, progressive horse,” she said. “Even though he didn’t win by a heap, I think that was just because he was out on his own for a while and he certainly did it easily. “He is probably heading to Australia now, he’s destined to go over there and we hadn’t expected to get to race him, so it was nice that we got to and he got the win there. “Mark Walsh has the majority share and bought him from Karaka with some connections of his, he’s from Ireland and Conor met him through some Irish mates. It’s been a really nice journey.” View the full article

Bidding is now open on Gavelhouse Plus for NZB’s National Online Yearling Sale, a 102-lot catalogue set for sale on the premium online platform. Bidding will run for a five-day period, commencing Friday 28 March with the first lot closing on Tuesday 1 April at 6pm (NZT). Buyers must register on Gavelhouse Plus in advance in order to gain bidding approval. Presenting a distinct advantage, all lots purchased from the National Online Yearling Sale are eligible to be nominated for NZB’s lucrative Karaka Millions Series. Just nine short months after they make their virtual sale-ring debut, graduates of the online sale can compete for a share of the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m), followed by the $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) as well as the NZB Mega Maiden Bonus Series with $1m in bonuses up for grabs across 40 maiden races each season. Renowned vendors from across New Zealand are supporting the Sale, with a contingent of 44 proven, emerging, and first-season sires progeny offered. Buyers can secure yearlings by the likes of Almanzor, Proisir, Ocean Park, Tarzino, Vanbrugh, Ace High plus emerging and first-season sires Satono Aladdin, Super Seth, Noverre, Hello Youmzain, Wrote, Sword of State and Armory. All horses have been inspected by NZB agents who are available to assist buyers with enquiries. View the 102-lot catalogue here. For more information, contact Bloodstock Sales Manager Kane Jones (+64 27 274 4985 or kane.jones@nzb.co.nz), Sales Representative Patrick Cunningham (+64 21 181 5898 or Patrick.Cunningham@nzb.co.nz) or Andrew Buick (+64 27 555 0640 or Andrew.Buick@nzb.co.nz). View the full article

Landlock came desperately close to landing an upset earlier this month at Ellerslie and the talented juvenile will have another shot at Group One glory as a key player in Saturday’s Courtesy Ford Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m). A gelding by Merchant Navy, Landlock was an early two-year-old winner and progressed on to place in the Gr.2 Wakefield Challenge Stakes (1100m) before a fifth-placed effort in the Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m). At overs in the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) on Champions Day, Landlock boomed home to fall just short of the hot-favourite Return To Conquer, pushing him to a clear $5 second-elect in the Sires’ behind La Dorada ($2.40). The Sistema effort may have caught punters by surprise, but not Cody Cole, who has been pleased with his progress in the three weeks between runs. “It’s been business as usual since the Sistema, he’s a pretty easy horse to train,” he said. “He just eats, does his work and typically always works well. “We haven’t done anything out of the ordinary, all through the season his runs have been spaced out and we’ve taken him away for gallops to tick him over and keep him up to the mark. But, on the three-week back-up and the way he raced at Ellerslie, I didn’t feel anything extra was necessary.” Landlock was ridden on that occasion by the recently departed Kevin Stott, with Ryan Elliot taking the reins from the ace draw at Trentham. “Early on he was putting himself on speed, but I think he’s just starting to figure things out and it wasn’t until we drew poorly in the Karaka Millions that we rode him more neutrally, where he showed that turn of foot,” Cole said. “We’ve opted to ride him in that same way since then and Wellington is such a big, roomy open track that even if you get back on the rail, you often get your chance at some stage. He won’t be getting right back, he’ll just come out neutral and find his position where he’s comfortable. “Hopefully the breaks will come when he needs them.” Secured by Cole for just $20,000 out of Book 2 at Karaka, Landlock has already earned back more than nine times his purchase price heading into the $550,000 contest, where the juveniles will step out to 1400m for the first time. “He looks like he’ll step up in trip and cop it well, he seems to relax quite nicely and he’s developed a nice turn of foot,” Cole said. “He’s a wicked little horse and he didn’t have a big price tag, and probably by a pretty unfashionable sire, but he doesn’t know that.” Based at Matamata, Cole will travel south with three other representatives, including progressive mare Rareza returning in a new campaign. The daughter of Exosphere has had just seven starts, with two wins including her last-start effort down the Trentham chute in November before heading for a spell. She appeared for a quiet trial at Taupo earlier this month, with the Japac Homes 1200 her first-up assignment. “She just had a bit of a splint on her leg after her last run at Wellington and we knew the track conditions were getting firmer, so she was going to need to be in the paddock rather than racing on it,” Cole said. “That’s settled down now and she’s had one run down the chute, which was a winning one. She’s a big striding mare that really appreciates the wide open spaces, rather than around a bend. “She had a very quiet trial there at Taupo, I didn’t realise the distance was going to be changed to 1100 from 1000 so we just sat quiet on her and that was just a fitness hit-out. She’s bounced through that well and she’s working really well.” Bow Hill will strike a more favourable distance in the InToWin.co.nz 1600, after a creditable effort in the Entain/NZB Insurance Pearl Series Final (1400m) last-start at Ellerslie. “It was a big effort from her to go from 2200 and back to 1400 with eight weeks between runs,” Cole said. “It wasn’t until the last 100m that she really warmed up and hit the line hard. “She’s another horse that is well-suited by the big, long Trentham straight, she doesn’t possess a lot of barrier speed but she has a nice turn of foot so that’s why we’ve opted to take her down there.” Completing the stable’s runners is Evelyn Rush, a debut winner who also returns from a break in the Herrick Perry Memorial (1400m). “She won her first start and was possibly a bit disappointing through the rest of the prep, but she didn’t have all favours there at Wellington and didn’t really get a lot of room,” Cole said. “We rode her back in her trials and she actually rounded it off really nicely and hit the line well. We’ve stepped her up to 1400 first-up and we’ll probably look to ride her a bit more neutral as well.” View the full article

Trainers John Sargent and Gary Portelli are hopeful, rather than confident, that they can spring an upset when the outstanding Treasurethe Moment makes her Sydney debut in the Vinery Stud Stakes (G1) March 29 at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse.View the full article

Luxor Cafe, an American Pharoah colt, looks poised to earn a guaranteed bid to the Kentucky Derby (G1) as the favorite in the Fukuryu Stakes, final leg of the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby.View the full article