Saturday, September 22, 2018

Pierro and Mica's Pride

         The races on Wednesday showed the strength of the Fastnet Rock breed with his broodmares producing numerous winners. While at Cranbourne the Pierro's continued to produce promising newcomers when they scored in the first two maidens. The Hayes/Dabernig stable filly, Dark Confidant got the day off to a flying start for them with a win in the 1400m maiden and this was followed by Rainbow Girl who saluted for the Luke Currie/Matt Laurie combination in the 1000m maiden. She is out of the Fastnet Rock mare,Free Spirited. 
  • Fifth Amendment -- The three year old gelding Fifth Amendment is by Statue of Liberty out of another Fastnet Rock mare, Promise to Rock and remains unbeaten. It was a solid 2 length win and was ridden by Jacob Rule for the Tony Vassal stable.The shorter trips are ideal for the breed.  
  • Fortification and Redoutes Choice -- In the 1100m maiden at Warwick Farm was won by the well bred Fortification ridden by James Mcdonald. It was his second start and he looks to have a promising future. He is out of the Canny Lad mare, Our Pride and Joy who's dam is the blue hen, Mica Pride. 
  • Pierro's and Rainbow Girl --  The Pierro colt, Dark Confident with Regan Bayliss riding for the Hayes/Dabernig stable scored a narrow win in the 1400 opening maiden. This was followed by the filly, Rainbow Girl who in the 1000m maiden scored at her third start and is from the same stallion but is also out of the Fastnet Rock mare, Free Spirited which is a definate positive on that side as well.
  • Murray Bridge and Lope De Vega -- The two maidens at the bridge were won by the Loe De Vega clan with wins in the 1400m fillies and mares going to Maui Girl for Tony Mcevoy. She was successful by a big margin at her first start in a race with Todd Pannel riding. While Madness in Valencia broke through at his fifth start. The four year old gelding was ridden by Justin Potter. Its worth noting the association young Raquel Clarke has with the Rebel Raiders and the mare Pearl Raider trained by Leon Mcdonald/Gluyas was the first of a double for her. In the last she got the job done for the Michael Vassalo stable with Iron Max. 
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Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Exceed and Excel Wednesday

        A day where the stallion Exceed and Excel progeny put their talent on the line with three of the breed winning at Canterbury and 6yo gelding Lucky Fish winning the last at Bendigo. The one horse to watch coming from the Victorian meeting was the So You Think colt, Merchant of Venice who remains unbeaten. The lady jockey's dominated at Balaklava Cup day in South Australia with young Georgina Cartwright winning the Cup and the Flying Hcp.


  • Major Wager and Exceed and Excel -- The three year old filly by Exceed and Excel, Major Wager was first up when scoring in the BM66 over the 1100m at Canterbury. She was ridden by Rory Hutchins for the Waterhouse /Bott stable and is out of the Encosta mare, Grenada Road. In the BM 70 for mares saw Excellent Design salute for the John Thompson camp first up as well. The 4 year old is also by Exceed and Excel and out of a Zabeel mare, Dezign. In the race following the Cummings/ James Mcdonald combination was successful with Coruscate. The four year old gelding was an easy winner of the 1100m BM 76.
  • Wagner the four year old Godolphin colt by Bernadini out of the Redoutes Choice mare , Ringstrasse made it a double for the combination and two in a row for her in the last of the day. The colt is owned by American interests.
  • Bendigo and Darren Weir -- While it was the Exceed and Excels and Godolphin having a good day in Sydney. The Bendigo track saw the Darren Weir camp and the Zabeel broodmares having a strong influence. In the first Hayes/Dabernig trained, Mickey Blue Eyes upset Black Caviar's little boy to break his maiden status. He is by Megalia D'oro out of the Zabeel mare, Carolina Bella. The three year filly,  Sizzleme by Sizzling out of the Zabeel mare, Parnissius blew her opposition away to break her maiden in the BM 70 over 1600m. Craig Williams riding for the Cindy Alderson camp won by five lengths.
  • The So You Think colt, Merchant of Venice kept his unbeaten record in tact with a strong victory in the BM 64 over 1600m. He was ridden by Ben Melham who recorded a double for the day in the next as he won on the Darren Weir trained gelding, Ruamaza. While Darren Weir trained winners in the two races after this with victories going to Steel Prince in the 2400 staying event followed by a win in the 1000m event for the I Am Invincible entire , Holy Blade ridden by Jordan Childs. The final race of the day at Bendigo saw a win to Lucky Fish. The six year old gelding by Exceed and Excel struggled early in his career but has found form the last twelve months with five wins. 
  •  Georgina Cartwright and Temp Voleurs -- It was ladies day on the Balaklava Cup day today with Raquel Clarke and Jamie Kah scoring doubles but it was young Georgina Cartwright who took the riding honours as she scored with a gem of a ride on the Kaphero mare Showpero in the 1050m Flying Hcp and then put up a great display on that awesome Time Thief front runner Temps Voleur as they stole the 2018 listed Balaklava Cup over 1600m.
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Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Pierro and the Choice

The horses that need to be put on the follow list from yesterdays racing at Kensington and Ballarat are Amanito,Brilliant Choice and Golden Script. The Sepoy's and Choisir's continue to get winners but it was the upper echelon stallions that won the bragging rights with doubles to the Pierro's and Redoutes Choice's.
  • Pierro and Amanito -- The Pierro gelding, Amanito now has four wins from eight starts after his win third up into this preparation over 1550m. The breed have a liking for the mile trip around second or third up. He is out of the Fastnet Rock mare, Elimbari and kept the Snowden's camp good run going with Tom Berry in the saddle after She's Furline won earlier in the day. The I Am Invincible filly made it two wins this preparation when Kerrin Mcevoy put in a awesome ride, for her to get a split and hang on for victory. Tom Berry rode the Hawkes, Redoutes Choice colt, Brilliant Choice earlier in the day to record his maiden victory after leading all the way. Stakes winners are popping up all the time for Pierro with Pierata,Pinot,Levendi and Tulip and most have a Redoutes Choice connection on the mares side like Levendi or other Danehill stallions like Fastnet Rock,Flying Spur.

  • Golden Script and Written Tycoon --Another win for a Written Tycoon first up when Golden Script for the Weir/Yendal combo scored over the 1000m which looked a little short but a great ride by Dean had the filly positioned close to the speed to hold on, in a tight finish.
  • Sebrings -- The Sebring's continue to get winners and Subraise was yet another this time for the Weir/John Allen combo. The Irishman has been riding in great form of late and brought the colt down the outside to record his first win after three starts. The rise in distance from 1200m to 1400m at his third start was the telling point.The Redoute's Choice mare, Sworn Evidence was another success for this combo with a great ride from John securing the victory in the 1100m BM 70. Later in the day Octobello gave the Pierro's a double over the 1550m trip when the gelding put it all together for the Price/Callow combo. The win of Sundarbans continued the good run of the Sepoy's when the 3 year old filly recorded her second win this preparation for the Hawkes/Dunn combo She is out of the Marauding mare, Cyclonic. 
  • The wins of Tip Top first up in the last at Kensington over 1300m in the BM 76 was one i needed to include here. The Choisir's continue to get winners across the country. Gigglon at Strathalbyn over 1600m scored a tough win. The gelding by O'lonhro for the new combo of Sue Jaensch and Sairyn Fawke was third up to the 1600m. The breed often improve with this progression.
  • In form jockeys -- Mcevoy,Berry in Sydney! John Allen in Melbourne ! Kayla Crowther and Sairyn Fawke in Adelaide.
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Thursday, August 23, 2018

Jamie Kah and The Tycoon

       The midweek meetings came from Sandown Warwick Farm and Balaclava yesterday. One of the highlights was the win by the Snitzel filly, Sure Knee in the opener in Sydney. While I reckon the performance of the Written Tycoon first starter, Alexandra Dreaming featured highly at Sandown. Jamie Lee Kah in South Australia is absolutely on fire with another treble at the Balaclava meeting.

  • Shoko and Sandown --  Sandown started off with a strong win to Condover Hall in the maiden, over 1600m, for the Weir/Rawiller combination.The Mastercraftsman 4yo is in his second preparation and could well win again over a touch further. The Written Tycoon first starter from the Henry Dwyer stable called Alexandra Dreaming won at a good price in the second maiden of the day with Ben Allen riding. She could be a star on the rise. In the BM 64 over 2100m saw the High Chaparral gelding Truly High storm down the outside for the Weir camp to win easily. This time it was the Irishman Johnny Allen riding. The win of the Sebring five year old mare, Shoko puts her record at two from two starts over 1400m. She was ridden by Linda Meech and never looked like getting run down. 
  • All Too Hard and Exceed and Excel -- Sure Knee put up a super performance to win the opener at Warwick Farm for trainer Chris Waller. It was the fillies second start and James Mcdonald had to work hard to keep her going to the line after using plenty of petrol early. The Snitzel filly looks the goods. They say Warwick Farm is a track specialist course and it might be worth noting the second win in a row here for the All Too Hard colt, Tarka over the 1600m trip. It was a good ride by James Mcdonald and he had a good day with a treble. While Cormac in the 2200m made it a double for the breed and both were out of Galileo mares. In the BM75 over the 1000m saw the daughter of Divine Madonna,Deity score for the Godolphin stable. She was ridden by Tommy Berry and it was the fillies second win over the trip. She is by Exceed and Excel who got a double for the day when Coruscate for the Cummings/Mcdonald combination recorded a victory in the last over 1200m, in the BM70.  I just wanted to touch on the win of  the 7 year old gelding Conarchie over 1400m. He is by the Redoutes Choice stallion Time Thief and I have noticed when they get out in front on their own and dictate, tends to lead to success for the breed. It was his eight win today and fourth at Warwick Farm. They are having alot of success in South Australia and always win at big odds. They have my attention!
  • Jamie Kah -- Her first winner for the day was the Ryan Balfour trained, Bris Vegas in the Class 2 over the 1000m but I think her ride of the day was on the Bianconi gelding, Playfellow in the BM 60. She timed her run to perfection over the 1600m which is a pet distance for the breed. She also ran second on another three well backed runners and then finished the day on a high for the Tony Mckevoy camp. When the four year old mare Fleeting Feeling by I Am Invincible bolted in with a four and half length margin. 
 
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Thursday, August 16, 2018

Miss Fabulass and Nuke

       Racing came from Canterbury and Sandown midweek with a Murray Bridge meeting in South Australia. The opener at Canterbury saw the blueblood, Miss Fabulass come out on top. The Frankel filly controlled the three horse race, to win easily. She is out of the excellent Redoutes Choice mare, Samantha Miss who ran third in the 2008 Cox Plate and is a triple group one winner. There was a double to the Smart Missiles. While the Chris Waller trained four year old Ocean Park gelding, Star of the Seas made it two wins in a row this preparation. 
  • Smart Missile -- There was a double for the Fastnet Rock stallion on Wednesday with wins to Nuke at Canterbury and the 3 year old filly Chevalier Deon which recorded an easy win over the 1300m BM 64 at Sandown. The John Mcardle trained galloper was well ridden by Jamie Mott sitting behind the leaders until the turn where she got a split and burst through for the win. James Innes jnr rode his first city winner as a senior jockey, after two months without his claim, on the Smart Missile three year old gelding,Nuke. He drove up along the inside rail to beat the favorite Bubbbles‘n’Troubles, by a head.
  •  Sandown and Declaration of Heart --Declaration of Heart who is by the War Front stallion, Declaration of War out of the Encosta De Lago mare, Cardiac. The colt won with a lot of authority over the 1300m distance. Trained by Anthony Freedman and ridden by Mark Zahra he is now unbeaten in his only two starts.

  • Ocean Park -- Star of the Seas was yet another winner for the five time group one winning stallion Ocean Park who stands at Waikato Stud in New Zealand. He is really starting to produce the winners and they are especially good fresh over the 1200 to 1400m trips. The Waller trained galloper was ridden by Jay Ford and had been freshened since his last win on 18th July at Warwick Farm for the 1250m event. At Murray Bridge we saw a win to Celtic Blast over the 900m he has now won twice over the short trip and three wins from five starts. He is by the Commands stallion, Atomic who stands at for a service fee of just $1,650 at Daffey’s Claremont Thoroughbreds at Gatum in Victoria.
 
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Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Catchy's Sister Symi


      Well with the Bendigo meeting off because of heavy rain on Wednesday it left us with just Canterbury and Gawler meetings. The Sydney meeting had some interesting winners with Catchy's full sister recording her maiden win in the benchmark 69. Symi held off some late challenges to record victory and the first leg of a race to race double for Fastnet Rock as the five year old gelding Metamorphic won the next for the Waller/ James Mcdonald combo.

  • Symi and Fastnet Rock --  Fastnet Rock filly Symi was the centre of attention at Canterbury on Wednesday and after leading all the way she showed plenty of fight to get a win in the Benchmark 69 over 1250 metres. "She jumped well, travelled beautifully in the run and dug deep when it mattered, and she'll improve a lot off that too."said trainer, Michael Hawkes. She is out of the Fusaichi Pegasus mare Cats Whiskers making her a full sister to Catchy. Her win was followed in the next race by the lightly raced Fastnet Rock gelding Metamorphic winning the BM74 over 1250m for Chris Waller. Its also worth noting the win of Its Fait Accompli in the last here who is also out of a Fusaichi Pegasus mare in Rhema. The five year old Stratum gelding has now won 172,000 dollars in prizemoney after winning the Narrandera Cup 1600m last start.  
  • Smart Missile --The 3yo filly Maid of Heaven secured her maiden victory for trainer Mark Newnham with Tim Clarke in the saddle over the 1250m trip.Gary Portelli four year old Foxwedge, gelding Puppet Master was successful in the BM78 over 1100m. He is out of the Encosta De Lago mare, Pinnochio. The Fastnet Rock stallion is champion second season sire and stands for 22,000 dollars at Newgate Farm
Checkout the Foxwedge filly Urban Fox winning the Group one Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh early last month.
  •      Jamie Kah and Hikaya -- Jamie Kah continued on with her success at the Gawler meeting having wins on Hikaya a three year old filly by O'reilly out of the Encosta De Lago mare,Bint Piavonic for Tony Mcevoy. She was first up today over the 1200m trip and did it on her own speed never really pushed out by Jamie to break her maiden status. The O'reilly's when fresh are definately a betting proposition.  While the Ryan Balfour trained Masipeg got home in the BM 64 for mares over 1200m. She is also out of an Encosta De Lago mare, Essence of Success. 
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Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Sepoy and Chris Waller


     The start of a new racing season today as we wonder what lays ahead this year with the crop of thoroughbreds we have seen and ones that are still to appear. One thing for sure Chris Waller will be in the winners circle plenty of times if the Warwick Farm meeting is any guide.  Chris and Zoustar were to the fore in the opener with Charge coming out victorious. This was followed by a race to race double to the Darley stallion Sepoy with both Sweet Scandal and Impasse winning for Chris.
  • Sepoy and Warwick Farm -- The Zoustar colt, Charge opened the day by breaking his maiden in strong fashion under the riding of James Mcdonald over the 1100m.Interesting to note the runner up was another Zoustar galloper, in Altair. I think the highlight of the meeting came with a race to race double for two Chris Waller trained, Sepoy gallopers . The first  Sweet Scandal who is a very promising mare and now has three wins from her four starts. She was ridden beautifully by young Sam Weatherly carrying nearly 60kgs to victory in the benchmark 70. She is out of Encosta mare, Bachanal Woman making her a full sister to Bayou, in Adelaide.  While Impasse in the 1400 BM 72 made it two wins in a row and a total of three victories from eight starts with an impressive win under the riding of Hugh Bowman. The four year old gelding is Ex Redoutes Choice mare, Amelias Dream who certainly can produce quality. 
  • Check out the progress on another promising three year old filly by Sepoy the Darren Weir trained, Anjana.

  • Sale -- In the opening maiden at Sale we saw the Foxwedge 3yo gelding Another Bit win his maiden over 1200m. He was ridden by Noel Callow for John Mcardle, who has been having a great run of late. While Little Bita Spunk battled strongly to finally secure another win in a BM64. The six year old Magnus gelding is out of the Fastnet Rock mare, Rock Me Sweet. While in the last race the class one, over 1200m saw victory go to the Star Witness four year old gelding, Star Silk who also comes from a Fastnet mare in Majeed.
  • Stryker and Magnus -- Today saw a double to stallions who's winners tend to like the give in the ground that is Magnus and Stryker. A good ride by Dom Tourneur saw the Magnus 3yo gelding Binding Force get up in the 1200m maiden at Morphetville adding to the success of  Little Bita Spunk. He is out of the Redoutes Choice mare, Obbligato and trained by Phil Stokes. While in the 1200m maiden saw the costly proposition, Flop by Stryker nail the Sepoy filly, Bayou right on the line to prevent a full sister double on the day as Sweet Scandal scored at Warwick Farm. If we shift to Sale we find in the 1400m maiden a win by the Matt Laurie trained, Stryker Queen both venues were run on soft tracks.
          Performances of other runners worth a mention today were Resurge by So You Think who is entered in the Golden Rose in September for Tony Mcevoy . The colt was an easy winner first up today over 1400m at Sale for jockey Luke Currie. In Sydney there was another promising Smart Missile filly in Ready to Prophet that won easily after being a little difficult to ride on entering the straight for Tim Clarke but boy oh boy didnt she pull clear when finding her feet. I think the Waterhouse/Bott stable may have a good one here.
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