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Jumps day Selections
Looking forward to Waikato Steeplechase and Hurdle Day at Te Rapa on Saturday – always exciting jumping on show. I am a self-confessed jumping Guru and follow the jumpers and jumps racing all winter long. The Waikato Hurdle (3200m) is always a tricky race to find the winner and this years is no exception. [...]
Mourayan posing for the cameras
Mourayan looking good and posing for the cameras after his Sydney Cup victory on Saturday. Massive day for jockey Hugh Bowman. Rumors continue to flow about the future of Mourayan. With co-owner Nick Williams confirming on Twitter that Mourayan has not been sold to stud in a $30m+ deal, but are in negotiations.
Pierro retired
The connections of champion three-year-old Pierro have decided to retire the horse from racing. The decision comes the morning after Pierro’s brave second to Sacred Falls in the Doncaster Mile. Pierro lugged 57 kilograms on a heavy track and tasted defeat in Sydney for the first time. His owner Greg Kolivas spoke to trainer Gai [...]
SURVIVED SENSATIONAL IN CUP
History is no match for a rising star. We’d started to suspect Survived was one of those, and the hometown hope proved it beyond doubt on Saturday with an electric win in the Group 3 Hawke’s Bay Gold Cup that lit up a gloomy Hastings day. In a handful of powerful strides, Survived blew away both [...]
Derby weekend winners
All the best to Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman and connections of It’s A Dundeel in the ATC Derby. He will lap them. Fly’s Best Bet Galaxy Star Jamo’s Best Bet Zurella Next Best Horse Warrior Quaddie value Postmans Daughter Needly
Golden Slipper weekend winners
Massive Saturday of racing! Were going to keep it short and simple, these are the horses we think will win. All at nice odds! Good luck to the Kiwi’s racing in Sydney! Fly Vs Jamo Fly Best Bet Shuka ($4.80) Next Best Ruud Awakening ($11) Jamo’s Best Bet Neo ($2.80) Next Best Quintessential ($6.50) [...]
Black Book Time
Sum Up - Resumed with a nice seventh placing behind Our Famous Eve on Saturday. Looks on track for a big winter once he gets up to 2000 metres. Zurella – Big run by the kiwi mare in the Group I Coolmore Classic, they wanted to know if she was good enough to make the [...]
best bets of the weeknd
Fly’s Best Bet Shuka ($3.40) – Has been racing in strong fields all season and finally gets a perfect chance to win. Massive drop in grade and weight, and is clearly the class horse of the race. The opening fixed odds offer no value but I can’t see any horse beating him. He was a [...]
Ruud Awakening TAB Futures Special
Ruud Awakening – Early Bird Futures Special Reported by TAB Updates: Wednesday, 20 Mar 2013, 16:00 Early Bird Special – Get your MONEY BACK if Ruud Awakening comes 2nd or 3rd Promising New Zealand filly Ruud Awakening is set to take on Australia’s best in the world’s richest race for 2 [...]
Sangster has Australian autumn riches in sight
Cambridge stayer Sangster will be flown to Sydney later this week in search of further Australian Gr I glory. The Savabeel four-year-old’s domestic form has been red hot this preparation and connections have two more top-flight autumn targets on their wish list before his current programme is reassessed. “He’ll fly over on Thursday and run [...]
