Stallion farms move on Te Akau’s Group 1-winning I Am Invincible colt
Stud farms from both sides of the Tasman have made overtures about securing Saturday’s exciting Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) winner Move To Strike, the first elite level-winning two-year-old for Australia’s premier sire I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit). The highly touted Te Akau Racing-owned and trained colt made a huge statement with his... Read More
Lucky Sweynesse bounces back with Sprint Cup victory
Lucky Sweynesse (Sweynesse) sealed consecutive Sprint Cup (Gr 2, 1200m) wins on Sunday at Sha Tin for jockey Hugh Bowman and trainer Manfred Man. Banishing the memories of back-to-back defeats across his last two outings, Lucky Sweynesse returned in emphatic style on rain-dampened ground to round up the field in 1m 09.17s as favourite, while... Read More
Tony Cruz notches 1,500th Hong Kong win as Beauty Joy lands Chairman’s Trophy
Tony Cruz further cemented his place in Hong Kong racing’s firmament of stars by reaching the 1,500-win milestone as a trainer with Beauty Joy’s (Sebring) victory in the Chairman’s Trophy (Gr 2, 1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. Cruz, 67, became only the third trainer to reach the towering 1,500-win landmark in Hong Kong behind... Read More
Tassort on top after Manaal flies home
Sires’ Produce Stakes win a huge boost for Newgate Farm’s first-season sire Young stallion Tassort’s (Brazen Beau) outstanding start to his stud career received Group 1 affirmation when Emirates Park’s exciting homebred Manaal flew home to win a thrilling Sires’ Produce Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) at Randwick on Saturday. Jumping from the outside gate of... Read More
Lightning strikes at Randwick for dynamic duo
The dynamic duo of trainer Peter Moody and owner-breeder Stuart Ramsey had a shot at the stumps and struck again when tough mare Chain Of Lightning (Fighting Sun) became her late sire’s first elite-level winner with a fighting – and very timely – victory in Saturday’s TJ Smith Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m). Moody and co-trainer... Read More
Move To Strike scores in Sires’ Produce Stakes
Te Akau Racing produced the goods once again in a major two-year-old event when the highly touted Move To Strike (I Am Invincible) came with a powerful late burst to capture Saturday’s Sires’ Produce Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) at Trentham. The son of I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit), who was purchased by Te Akau Racing... Read More