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Trainer Gordon Richards was quite happy with his top sprinter Gytrash at the Morphettville the jump-outs that were part of his build-up to the Gr.1 Goodwood in May. The son of Lope De Vega, hit the line-locked together with the Phillip Stokes-trained Neodium. “He had only had one gallop before today and I didn’t want to knock him around too much,” Richards said. “It was more than enough to satisf ...
4YO Lonhro mare Lyre will is headed for the breeding barn at the end of the season but while she is still racing, her trainers have planned to aim her at three top races, which gives her the chance to once again win the highest level. The Anthony and Sam-Freedman-trained Lyre, who won the Gr.1 Blue Diamond Stakes in 2019, will run in Gr.1 Robert Sangster Stakes at Morphettville before heading to ...
Capitalist (Written Tycoon), Deep Field (Northern Meteor) and Flying Artie (Artie Schiller) have all received significant fee increases on the back of a remarkable autumn in which the Newgate Farm stallions all sired Gr.1 winners during the Sydney and Melbourne carnivals. The trio, standing for A$99,000, A$88,000 and A$33,000 respectively, head the Newgate Farm roster as the Hunter Valley stud ce ...
After the exciting 4YO destroyed a strong Benchmark 88 field in the Fujitsu General Sprint (1200m), O’Shea declared the spring weight-for-age sprints within his reach if he passes one final test this preparation. While the word Everest wasn’t mentioned by O’Shea the pinnacle of the spring sprints is the TAB Everest, run over the Randwick 1200m on October 16, and Lost And Running finds himself on ...
With 6 months remaining, Rupert Legh is rapt that his exciting sprinter Masked Crusader has secured his place in the 2021 edition of the much-awaited A$15 million Everest. The people involved in Max Whitby and Neil Werrett’s Everest slot are also part-owners with him in the Hawkes Racing trained galloper. Legh has been involved in each edition of the Everest to date via his star sprinter Chautauq ...
Dual TJ Smith Stakes winner Nature Strip is the first horse confirmed for the 2021 Everest under the Chris Waller Racing slot after an agreement was struck between the owners and the slot holder. The rising 7YO ran fourth in the 2019 Everest behind stablemate Yes Yes Yes, who raced in the Chris Waller Racing slot that year, while last year he finished seventh behind Classique Legend. It was a spr ...
There’s a new player in the 2021 TAB Everest in the shape of businessman James Kennedy who has secured the GPI Racing slot for this year’s edition and while it’s only for one year at present it seems he plans to be in for the long haul. Kennedy, 42, is Executive Chairman of the Luxury Group that carries his surname, which specialises in luxury watches and jewellery, but he’s been a growing presen ...
Last year’s Listed Midsummer Stakes winner Pogo returned after a last-start second in the Gr.2 Challenge Stakes in October to land the Listed EBF King Richard III Stakes at Leicester yesterday. The Charlie Hills-trained 5YO was sent off as favourite of the four runners and was ridden close to the pace by Kieran Shoemark. He hit the front a furlong from home and saw off the challenge of Mums Tippl ...
An emotional Daniel Meagher was trying to take it all in after he notched his first Gr.1 success as a trainer in his own right with Lim’s Lightning (Lope De Vega) bursting late onto the scene to claim the S$300,000 Gr.1 Lion City Cup yesterday. Meagher, the youngest of Australian Hall of Fame trainer and former Kranji trainer John Meagher’s three sons, spent 11 years in Singapore honing his craft ...
English trainer James Peters picked up a surprise winner with Asgard Massif (Fastnet Rock) going all the way in the S$50,000 Lim’s Cruiser 2017 & 2018 Stakes, a Class 4 Division 2 race over 1400m. Raced by liver surgeon Dr Tan Kai Chah, the 5YO is a son of Dr Tan’s former Kranji champion mare Jolie’s Shinju (Jolie’s Halo), and was registering his first local win after landing in Singapore with a ...