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Follow Your Dreams (NZ)
2 c Contributer – Dare To Dream by O’Reilly O: K Rae, M Harris, S and A Rumble, R Dick and D McHugh B: Kevin Hickman T: Ken Rae & Krystal Williams-Tuhoro S: 2020 NZB Karaka Yearling Sale, Book 2 V: Valachi Downs P: Ken Rae Stables, $24,000 W: Nobby Bussell Memorial 2YO Handicap, 800m,... Read More
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Verry Elleegant
Two academic points spring to mind in an assessment of Verry Elleegant. The most obvious is that the spelling is a tiny bit off. The second, from the mare’s pedigree, suggests the maths don’t quite hit the mark either. The factor that screams “potential champion” in the lineage of the five-year-old, who’ll attempt to become... Read More
Pat Glennon joins our Incomparable Inductees
– The man who rode the arguably incomparable Sea Bird II – Thomas Patrick (Pat) Glennon – (23 August 1927 – 14 February 2004) – had limited international success, measured by numbers alone, compared to his fellow “Incomparables” (the Australian jockeys who had sustained and remarkable success in England, Ireland and France from the 1900s... Read More
Chittick foresight rewarded with top mare Probabeel
A combination of one man’s determination and one stallion’s brilliant but all-too-short career, is firmly behind the success of last week’s Epsom Handicap (Gr 1, 1600m) victress Probabeel (Savabeel). The man is Garry Chittick, founder of Thornton Park Stud which later morphed into Waikato Stud when that fabulous facility became available to purchase. The stallion... Read More
Eight for Belardo
New first season sire winners Belardo Belloccio (2 c ex Three Cards by Mastercraftsman) won on debut at Salisbury on Thursday to provide Belardo (Lope De Vega) with his eighth individual winner. The David Menuisier-trained colt landed the opening novice stakes by a neck from Aleas (Archipenko), with the well-fancied 5-4 favourite Mohaafeth (Frankel) back... Read More
