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Two hot chances for Too Darn Hot in Chairman’s Stakes
Too Darn Hot (Dubawi) continues to surge as a sire and will have two darn hot chances when the build-up to the Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) gathers pace in Saturday’s Chairman’s Stakes (Gr 3, 1000m) at Sandown. Hot Sea (Too Darn Hot) will debut for the also up-and-coming Gavin Bedggood stable, after two... Read More
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Romantic Warrior shows his class again in Jebel Hatta but race is marred by Measured Time’s fatal injury
The closing stages of the Jebel Hatta (Gr 1, 1800m) should have been a celebration of the global phenomenon that is Romantic Warrior (Acclamation), but the feeling of elation was replaced with sorrow after last year’s winner Measured Time (Frankel) suffered a fatal injury. Billed as a clash of the titans, the Group 1 contest... Read More
Railway redemption for Crocetti
Last season’s champion male three-year-old Crocetti (Zacinto) returned to his brilliant best at Ellerslie on Saturday, defeating a star-studded sprint field in the Sistema Railway (Gr 1, 1200m). The Zacinto (Dansili) gelding was one of the standout performers on the Karaka Millions card 12 months ago, extending his unbeaten career record to seven-from-seven with a... Read More
Lindsay Park all smiles at Sandown
Shining Smile (Spirit Of Boom) provided a northern flavour to a major success in the south by storming to victory in Saturday’s males’ Blue Diamond Preview (Listed, 1000m) at Sandown. The strapping colt made it two wins, back-to-back, from four starts in scoring by 1.75 lengths as a raging $1.65 favourite in a six-horse field.... Read More
My Gladiola new Blue Diamond favourite after stunning Sandown display
Impeccably bred grey My Gladiola (I Am Invincible) was shortened to favouritism for the Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) after an ultra–impressive debut victory in the fillies’ Blue Diamond Preview (Gr 3, 1000m) at Sandown on Saturday. The seventh foal of triple stakes winner and $1.1 million broodmare Villa Verde (Not A Single Doubt),... Read More
The Te Akau show rolls on as NZB The Kiwi looms for Karaka Millions 3YO heroine Damask Rose
You can never keep Te Akau Racing down for long. A year ago, the tangerine machine didn’t win its eighth straight Karaka Millions 2YO (RL, 1200m), instead having to settle for second place in the $1 million event when Damask Rose (Savabeel) came in behind the Stephen Marsh-trained Velocious (Written Tycoon). However, 12 months on... Read More