FIFTH EDITION LOOKING FOR RACE AFTER QUIET MONDAY TRIAL Fifth Edition is set to return to racing at Addington on Friday night, after a proposed $11,000 free-for-all over 1950m attracted nine acceptors. He will start from gate seven in the preferential draw pace, with bigger earners, Tijuana Bromac and Mighty Flying Mac drawn outside him.…
DetailsCHRISTEN ME SECOND IN WINTER CUP; AUSSIE TRIP LOCKED & LOADED Kentuckiana Lodge trainer Cran Dalgety has locked in Christen Me’s proposed Sydney campaign despite being narrowly beaten in the Winter Cup at Addington on Saturday, May 21. “We’re set to go there all guns a blazing,” Cran said. “He will lift even more now…
DetailsKENTUCKIANA LODGE TEAM HEADING NORTH FOR UPCOMING RACING Kentuckiana Lodge trainer Cran Dalgety has six earmarked to campaign in the north over the next few weeks. Smart 3YO filly trotter Donegal Bettorgretch and last week’s Nevele R Fillies Consolation winner Double Shot are scheduled to race at Auckland on Friday week, May 27. Also going…
DetailsCHRISTEN ME LOOKING FOR WINTER CUP START OVER 3200m Kentuckiana Lodge trainer Cran Dalgety is keen to give comeback king Christen Me another pre-Aussie conditioning run at Addington on Saturday afternoon, May 21. He’s one of six nominations for the proposed $20,000 C5-0C Garden City Florist Winter Cup over 3200m. However, the big question is…
DetailsDONEGAL RUNDLESCREEK RUNS TRACK RECORD IN MAIDEN WIN Donegal Rundlescreek made her first win at her sixth start a notable one at Oamaru on Saturday, May 7, with a 3YO filly track record win over 2000m. The daughter of Bettor’s Delight and Boyd’s Creek (Elsu-Why Not Girl, by Smooth Fella-Kahu Del) led the North Otago…
DetailsBARBEQUE IN SUPPORT OF ‘JONTY’S JOURNEY’ “Jonty’s Journey”, and his followers, enjoyed a memorable fun day barbeque on Saturday, May 9, 2016, at Kentuckiana Lodge, West Melton. Even though Cran won two races at Oamaru with Donegal Rundlescreek and Recipe For Dreaming, and finished third with other starter Talkerup, racing was put on the back-burner…
DetailsBROODMARE SOKY’S LEGEND LIFTS PROFILE WITH BIG USA WINNER Soky’s Legend, the rising 22-year-old dam of this year’s North American aged star Bit Of A Legend (1:51h), was bred last October with Woodlands Stud stallion American Ideal (p3, 1:47.8). With several of her foals being nuggety pacers but not endowed for size, the cross with…
DetailsCHRISTEN ME RETURNS IN THE BEST POSSIBLE FASHION Kentuckiana Lodge trainer Cran Dalgety is “bubbling with excitement” after a sensational NZ record-equalling return by stable flag flyer Christen Me at Rangiora on Sunday, April 24. Chances of a return to Menangle, NSW, for the $A100,000 Len Smith Mile now loom large, with an extended Queensland…
DetailsBIT OF A LEGEND JUSTIFIES FAVOURITISM IN RICHEST USA RACE OF YEAR Bit Of A Legend, a dual Australasian Breeders Crown champ for NZ trainer Cran Dalgety, won the richest race of the year in North America today, the $US609,000 George Morton Levy Memorial in 1:51 at Yonkers Raceway, New York (April 24). It was…
DetailsILDIVO DELIVERS AT SHORT ODDS FOR NEW STABLE OWNER New stable owner Keith Shadbolt, who won a Superstars 4YO Championship at Addington 16 years ago with Bruzem (10 NZ wins & $97,405, 1:52.6, US) was back in the winner’s circle at Addington on Thursday, April 21. Mr Shadbolt bred and races the 3YO Bettor’s Delight-Swinger…
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