Kiwi Chronicles
Challenge of the suffixes
Wet weather again impacted New Zealand racing this past weekend. Yet more spring rain caused the northern meeting, at Otaki, to be postponed until later in the week. However, down south, in mid-Canterbury, Ashburton presented a great surface (rated a Good 4) and for once clods of earth were not being showered into the air... Read More
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Please hold
“Thank you for calling Rich Hill Stud. Due to Saturday’s wonderful results our lines are busy. Please hold.” Rich Hill Stud may well be experiencing a rush of calls about now after their Proisir (Choisir) sired the Howden Insurance Mile (Gr 1,1600) winner Waitak and Satono Aladdin (Deep Impact) supplied the Hawkes Bay Guineas (Gr... Read More
Let’s bring it on
It’s clear that Sunline Vase (Gr 3, 1400m) winner Tajana (Darci Brahma) is for real. Her form at two was more than promising but in her two starts this season she has proved best of the fillies and maybe the best three-year-old at this point of the season. Although she performed fairly on top of... Read More
Will they or won’t they?
Mr Brightside (Bullbars), who may be better named Mr Upside, has put the cat amongst the pigeons with his superb return to winning form in Saturday’s Makybe Diva Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m), his third Makybe Diva in a row. The mile is his domain and rider Craig Williams can take a good deal of the... Read More
Group 1 racing kicks off in New Zealand
Kiwi Chronicles observed some quite interesting results this week, a number of which almost prompted a name change to The Observer. On the local front however, the spectacular finishes to the Proisir Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) and the Gold Trail Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) were most certainly the standout performances. As commentator George Simon rightly... Read More
Refreshing
It’s already September which means that next month (yes next month!), all bloodstock industry eyes will be focused on Australia. Until this past Saturday, one date stood out, namely Saturday, October 18 when world star sprinter Ka Ying Rising (Shamexpress) is due to line up in The Everest (Gr 1, 1200m) at Randwick. The excitement... Read More