FOUR WINS AND A TIP-OUT FOR DEXTER Champion driver Dexter Dunn kept his record-breaking final season with a junior licence moving at great pace despite a tip-out at the annual Roxburgh meeting on Tuesday, January 4. Dexter starred with a four-win haul, including back-to-back wins in the opening two races, but had to produce the…
DetailsTOO GOOD IN SIRES STAKES SILVER Donegal Delight has deservedly shed her tag as one of the best maidens in NZ after taking out the $15,000 Alabar Sires Stakes Silver on premier day at Auckland on New Year’s Eve. Top driver Dexter Dunn moved her forward wide from her second row alley at the 1400m…
DetailsSMILING SHARD REACHES $900,000 MARK Class pacer Smiling Shard took his earnings past the $900,000 mark with a sizzling sprint lane finish to win the $25,000 Robbie’s Bar & Bistro Ashburton Cup on Boxing Day, December 26. The anticipated match race between Smiling Shard and Stunin Cullen became a reality, with the two superstars taking…
DetailsCLOSING IN ON FASTEST DRIVING CENTURY IN A SEASON Record-breaking reinsman Dexter Dunn, who notched his 600th career NZ win with Spero Denario at Addington on Thursday, Dec 23, is closing in on the only record which has eluded him to date. Dexter, who moved to 601 when he backed up with stablemate Living Proof…
DetailsALL SYSTEMS GO FOR ASHBURTON Kaikoura Cup winner Smiling Shard was given a stronger hit-out at the Addington workouts on Monday, December 20, by trainer Cran Dalgety in preparation for Sunday’s $25,000 Ashburton Cup. Only nine horses had been nominated for the 2400m cup on Monday, however nominations have been extended until Tuesday morning. Photo:…
DetailsMATT MAGUIRE TO TACKLE YEARLING SALES PACE Matt Maguire will add further fuel to the Cran Dalgety stables assault on the $260,000 PGG Wrighton NZ Yearling Sales 3YO Open Pace at Auckland on New Year’s eve. Last month’s 1:53.9 Ashburton miler has been confirmed to travel north and join stablemate Empyrean for the big age…
DetailsPENALTY-FREE OPPORTUNITY ON THURSDAY West Melton trainer Cran Dalgety intends to strike again while the iron’s hot with speedy mare Yankee Dream at Addington on Thursday night. “We’ve struck a little bit of luck in that there is a C2 junior drivers race (penalty-free 2600m) there. They don’t often run 4YO and older races as…
DetailsBETTOR MOVE IT UPSETS IN SIRES HEAT Bettor Move It moved back into contention for the $150,000 Alabar Sires Stakes Fillies Championship at Auckland on December 31 after an upset win over favourite Paradise City in the 4th heat at Auckland on Friday, December 17. The Bettor’s Delight filly wasn’t wanted in markets after failing…
DetailsMEET ME IN SEATTLE DELIVERS ON DEBUT Meet Me In Seattle, a showy black colt by Bettor’s Delight who delivered by the barest of margins on debut at Addington on Thursday, December 16, has an interesting name, simply based on a personal connection by the owners. His title was a second choice name by co-owners…
DetailsDONEGAL DELIGHT INSIDE RECORD BUT FINDS WIN ELUSIVE Donegal Delight can lay claim to being one of the best maiden pacers, if not the best, in New Zealand. The winless Bettor’s Delight filly produced another top effort when inside Kiwi Ingenuity’s NZ 3YO fillies mobile 2200m record of 2:41.5 after chasing home NZ Sires Stakes…
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