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Picnic at Caulfield for Annavisto

Talented four-year-old Annavisto (NZ) (Reliable Man) advanced her record to five wins from ten starts, when comfortably taking out the 4CYTE for Living Legends Handicap (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Prepared by Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr, Annavisto found the lead under John Allen who then controlled the tempo, turning the race into a dash home and ultimately an easy watch for punters that supported the mare into favoritism.   “I thought it was this little party going on out there f...

Maasir makes winning return

Curraghmore graduate Maasir posted a win at Taupo on Friday when resuming in the Pitch Sports Bar & Lucky Lizard (1300m). Although settling last on a comfortable pace and still eight lengths astern at the 600m, Maasir took an inside passage and quickened too strongly for his opponents, with stablemate Aromatic finding plenty after racing outside the leader. It was a cagey ride by talented hoop Ryan Elliot, seizing the initiative to save ground, and one that determined the outcome in the mind of ...

Weekend Runners 17.09.2021

Good luck to connections of all Cm graduates racing this weekend including the following:AUSTRALIA FRIDAYNewcastle JC Race 7 Newcastle Gold Cup Gr.3, A$254900 2300m No Compromise (NZ) 2016 (G. by Pins-Baggy Green) (trainer: C J Waller)NEW ZEALAND FRIDAYTaupo RC Race 4 Pitch Sports Bar H., NZ$12000 1300m Maasir (NZ) 2017 (G. by Proisir-Maakel) (trainer: J W Richards) AUSTRALIA SATURDAYRandwick Race 3 Midway H., A$100000 1600m Lisdoonvarna (NZ) 2014 (F. by Super Easy-Axislass) (trainer: Ms A ...

Newcastle Gold Cup tilt for No Compromise

Former Kiwi galloper No Compromise will have his second tilt at Group Three level when he contests the Newcastle Gold Cup (2300m) on Friday. The son of Pins has had six starts in Australia for trainer Chris Waller for three wins and two placings, justifying former trainer Bill Thurlow’s decision to send him across the Tasman. “He is going really well, they are really happy with him,” the Waverley horseman said. “He has always been honest, so it’s good he is doing the job.” The five-y...

Ambitious spring underway for Rapid Falls

Cambridge trainer Tony Pike left the Te Rapa racecourse on Saturday evening a happy man after his team of four runners produced two wins, including one by Gr.3 Martin Collins New Zealand Cup (3200m) candidate Rapid Falls. Pike was pleased to see Sacred Falls mare Rapid Falls make a winning start to her spring campaign in the Waikato Draught Handicap (1600m) after signing off her previous campaign with a win at Ellerslie. “She (Rapid Falls) is a mare who has really strengthened up ove...

Staying test for Penelope Cruise

Penelope Cruise will run 1000m further than she has before when she contests the NZB Airfreight Road To Jericho (3210m) at New Plymouth on Saturday, but trainer Allan Sharrock believes she is up to the task. The six-year-old daughter of Ocean Park heads into the race off the back of a win and runner-up performance over 2000 and 2100m respectively, giving Sharrock confidence ahead of her first staying assignment. “I think the run at Hawera last week has topped her off nicely and she gives every...

Weekend Runners - 11.09.2021

Good luck to connections of all Cm graduates racing this weekend including the following:AUSTRALIA SATURDAYKembla Grange- Race 4 Midway H., A$100000 1200m Lisdoonvarna (NZ) 2014 (F. by Super Easy-Axislass) (trainer: Ms A Turner)Carnarvon RC- Race 2 Thanks Everyone for 2021 H., A$15000 1000m Tumut River (NZ) 2014 (G. by Choisir-Princess Jay) (trainer: Sean Rains)Nanango RC- Race 5 Heritage Bank H., A$8500 1600m Spring Season (AUS) 2015 (G. by Sebring-Private Steer) (trainer: Cassie Saunders)Flemi...

Makybe Diva homecoming for Tofane

Tofane will make a welcome return to her home track of Flemington on Saturday when she contests the Gr.1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m). The daughter of Ocean Park ran third first-up in the Gr.1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield last month, and trainer Michael Moroney believes she will appreciate the roomier track at Flemington. “I thought she struggled a bit around that last corner (at Caulfield),” Moroney told SENTrack. “Just the way the race was run, they started to really sprint around th...

Riverplate to make Australian debut

The Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young stable will find out if they can add a bit more firepower to their three-year-old ranks when former kiwi-trained runner Riverplate (NZ) (Flying Artie) runs over 1200m at Sandown on Wednesday.After one start in New Zealand for the recently retired Andrew Campbell where he ran second at Te Rapa in June, Riverplate was whisked across the Tasman.Busuttin likes Riverplate but is not sure what to expect on Wednesday and sees it as a learning curve.“You ju...

Weekend Wrap Up – August 31

Despite having no winners over the weekend three Cm graduates have us very excited for what’s to come this spring.  Triple Group One winner Tofane produced a top-class performance on her return to racing, finishing a close third to Behemoth in the Gr.1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield.  The six-year-old Michael Moroney-trained daughter of Ocean Park found the line really well after taking a little bit longer than usual to get balanced on the straight.  Her connections are sure...

Weekend Runners 28.08.2021

Good luck to connections of all Curraghmore graduates racing this weekend including the following:AUSTRALIA SATURDAYKembla Grange Race 7 Premier's Cup Gr.3, A$161000 2000m No Compromise (NZ) 2016 (G. by Pins-Baggy Green) (trainer: C J Waller)Cairns JC Race 4 FGF Bitumen H., A$25000 1250m Pumps (NZ) 2015 (G. by Jimmy Choux-Musigny) (trainer: Bonnie Thomson)Caulfield Race 1 Neds H., A$130000 2400m Nerve Not Verve (NZ) 2015 (F. by Shocking-Bilancia) (trainer: M D Moroney)   ...

Let’s Elope target for Annavisto

Trainers Mick Price and Micheal Kent Jnr have elected to take a cautious approach with Annavisto (NZ) (Reliable Man x Avisto) with her first-up run at Caulfield on Saturday. The local trainers were weighing up whether to line her up in the Gr.3 Cockram Stakes (1200m), but have elected to take the easier option of a Benchmark 90 1400m assignment first-up on Saturday. The four-year-old mare hardly put a foot wrong last preparation, winning three of her five starts, including the Listed Bendigo Gui...

Timing right for Waller stayer in Cup

Tim Clark believes there is a sense of timing surrounding progressive stayer No Compromise (NZ) (Pins x Baggy Green) ahead of his latest assignment in the Gr.3 Premier’s Cup (2000m) at Kembla Grange.  The former New Zealander has scored a hat-trick of wins in five Australian starts and was given a freshen-up following his latest 2400m victory at Rosehill in July.  Clark, who partners No Compromise for the first time on Saturday, figures the break between runs has been a deliberate pl...

Priya Selvam believes in I'm Incredible

by Michael Lee, Singapore Turf ClubWhen former national showjumper Priya Selvam set her heart on I’m Incredible from a Facebook page of retired racehorses looking for a new home, she had absolutely no idea who he was.It’s only later that she found out the thoroughbred she had chosen to reignite her passion for horseback riding was a Singapore Horse of the Year (2019) and multiple-Group winner at Kranji.Not that it was hard to believe – regardless of the self-proclaiming moniker!“I h...

Empire Rose likely for Tofane

A lucrative spring campaign could be instore for triple Group One winner Tofane, but in which state that will be is yet to be decided. On Monday Racing Victoria announced all Group One races for the spring would be worth a minimum of A$1 million, with a A$1 million bonus up for grabs for the Gr.1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) for fillies or mares if they have won one of 12 selected races for the fairer sex. The boost in prizemoney has come shortly after the announcement of a new race in Sydney, the...

Quick turnaround for Memsie-bound Tofane

Triple Group One winner Tofane was back in action at the Flemington jump-outs on Monday after a brief break from her winter exertions.  The Michael Moroney-trained daughter of Ocean Park enjoyed a hit-out over 800m on the outside of the course proper, with Craig Williams aboard, who partnered the mare to victory in both the Gr.1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) and Gr.1 Tattersall’s Tiara (1400m). “She trialled really well. She was a bit on the fresh-side,” Moroney said.  “Craig had...

Weekend Runners

Saturday 31/07/202115:40 ATC Race 5 Midway H., A$100000 1300m          Lisdoonvarna (NZ) 2014 (F. by Super Easy-Axislass) (trainer: Ms A Turner)18:26 Race 6 Moree RC Sunderlands Supplies H., A$15000 1200m          Bridges to Babylon (NZ) 2016 (F. by Proisir-Sarajay) (S I Singleton) 18:32 Race 6 Darwin TC Ascend Sales Trophies H., A$21250 1000m          Power Rush (NZ) 2015 (F. by Power-Maid of Tra...

Weekend Runners - July 3 2021

Good luck to connections of all Cm graduates racing over the weekend including the following: AUSTRALIA SATURDAYRosehill Race 3 Agency Real Estate H., A$130000 2400m No Compromise (NZ) 2016 (G. by Pins-Baggy Green) (trainer: C J Waller)Gundagai-Adelong RC Race 6 XXXX Gold H., A$15000 1000m Seventh Seal (NZ) 2016 (G. by Fastnet Rock-Episode) (trainer: Mitchell Beer)SCTC Race 6 Winx Guineas Gr.3, A$175000 1600m Not an Option (AUS) 2017 (C. by Not a Single Doubt-Chintz) (trainer: A W Pike)NEW ...

Moroney rewarded for holding Nerve

Nerve Not Verve (NZ) (Shocking) swung her form around at Sandown Lakeside on Wednesday, leaving an interrupted preparation behind by winning the Ladbrokes Easy Form Handicap (2100m) for fillies and mares.Trainer Michael Moroney wanted to campaign Nerve Not Verve during the Queensland Winter Carnival but a series of setbacks impacted her form this campaign, resulting in four unplaced efforts, which saw her remain stabled at Flemington.Moroney was consequently delighted to see the five-year-o...

Pike plumps for Sunshine Coast option

Cambridge trainer Tony Pike is confident he can figure in the thick end of the prizemoney in a Queensland stakes race for the second weekend in succession.The stable was represented by dominant Listed Tattersall’s Life Member Stakes (1830m) winner Tutukaka (NZ) (Tavistock at Eagle Farm last Saturday, and Pike is expecting a good showing from talented three-year-old Not An Option (Not A Single Doubt) in Saturday’s Gr.3 Winx Guineas (1600m) at the Sunshine Coast.The Not A Single Doub...

Beluga banks Hong Kong win

Trainer David Hall continued his excellent late-season form when Beluga, triumphant in the Class 3 Mount Nicholson Handicap (1400m), lifted Hall’s seasonal tally to 35, a haul which includes four wins from his past eight runners. “He’s by Tavistock and you sort of think they’re going to run 2000m, but he’s out of a Written Tycoon mare so he might have too much brilliance to be staying but the new season we might try him again at the right time,” Hall said of the gelding’s suitabili...

Tofane takes out Tiara

Rejuvenated mare Tofane (NZ) (Ocean Park) has become the third horse to claim the Gr.1 Stradbroke Handicap-Tattersall’s Tiara double on Saturday with a comfortable win in Saturday’s 1400m contest. Jockey Craig Williams described Tofane’s victory in the Tattersall’s Tiara as “quite easy” after the Michael Moroney-trained mare outclassed her rivals to land her second Group One win of the Brisbane winter carnival and third elite level win of her career. The five-year-old daughter of Oce...

Tiara tilt for Tofane

A third Group One scalp is in the offing for New Zealand-bred mare Tofane this weekend when she lines-up in the Gr.1 Tattersall’s Tiara (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The daughter of Ocean Park won the Gr.1 All-Aged Stakes (1400m) last year, and on the cusp of being sold as a broodmare last month, her ownership group decided to retain her and were rewarded with a second placing in the Gr.3 BRC Sprint (1350m) and victory in the Gr.1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) last start. Trainer Michael Mo...

Tatts Tiara confirmed for Tofane

Moroney, who hasn’t been able to get up to Queensland, received positive reports from his team in the Sunshine State on Tuesday morning, helping his decision to push on for more Group One honours. “I spoke to Libby (travelling foreman) this morning. We hopped on her back for the first time and she said she felt terrific, you wouldn’t have known she had had a run. She is doing that way as far as the feed bin goes as well,” Moroney told SENTrack. “At this stage it is all systems go headi...

Tofane outclasses rivals to claim Stradbroke

Tofane (NZ) (Ocean Park) was at her best on Saturday when claiming the second elite-level win of her career with a brave performance to secure the Gr.1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m). A few weeks ago the five-year-old mare was at a career crossroads. Having managed two Group placings since her Gr.1 All Aged Stakes (1400m) victory last autumn, her owners were weighing up whether to auction her at Queensland's national broodmare sale. Rupert Legh was one of those keen to sell but on Saturday at Eag...