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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...

Weekend Runners - 12.06.2021

Good luck to connections of all Cm graduates racing this weekend including the following: AUSTRALIA SATURDAY:BRC- Race 8 Stradbroke H. Gr.1, A$1500000 1400m Tofane (NZ) 2015 (F. by Ocean Park-Baggy Green) (trainer: M D Moroney)Darwin TC- Race 6 Bet365 H., A$18500 1100m Power Rush (NZ) 2015 (F. by Power-Maid of Tralee) (trainer: Philip Cole)MRC- Race 4 Ladbrokes H., A$125000 1300m Aimee's Jewel (NZ) 2016 (F. by Proisir-Aimee's Idol) (trainer: C J Cassar)        ...

Promising filly to step up at Te Rapa

Promising filly Tevere will step-up to 1400m for the first time at Te Rapa this weekend. The daughter of Contributer has pleased in her previous two starts over 1200m, culminating in a last start win at Te Rapa last month, and her connections believe she will appreciate the step up in distance on Saturday. Pam Gerard, who trains Tevere in partnership with Michael Moroney, has been impressed with the three-year-old from the outset and was pleased she was able to break maiden ranks at the second t...

Tofane on song ahead of Stradbroke

Michael Moroney believes Tofane is back to her best and he is hoping she can show that in the Gr.1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The daughter of Ocean Park ran back into form when runner-up the Gr.3 BRC Sprint (1350m) at Doomben last month, with 60kg on her back, and Moroney said she has worked well since then. “I think she has trained on to her best,” he told SENTrack. “Our foreman, Olivia Miller, who was with her in Sydney when she won the All-Aged (Gr.1, 1400m),...

No Compromise caps Thurlow family’s special day

An impressive win by No Compromise at Randwick on Saturday added extra lustre to a momentous day for the Thurlow family. Previously trained by Bill Thurlow, and raced by his wife Patricia and brother Grant, the four-year-old Pins gelding crossed the Tasman a month ago to join Chris Waller’s stable.  After an eye-catching third on his Australian debut on May 15, No Compromise went two better on Saturday with a powerful come-from-behind performance in the hands of Tommy Berry in the Taylor ...

Weekend Runners - 29.05.2021

Good luck to connections of all Curraghmore graduates racing this weekend including:AUSTRALIA SATURDAYRandwick: Race 3 Taylor Construction H., A$125000 2400m No Compromise (NZ) 2016 (G. by Pins-Baggy Green) (trainer: C J Waller)Eagle Farm- Race 3 Fred Best Classic Gr.3, A$250000 1400m Not an Option (AUS) 2017 (C. by Not a Single Doubt-Chintz) (trainer: A W Pike)                     Race 7 Queensland Derby Gr.1, A$600000 2400m ...

Stradbroke likely for Tofane

A Group Three placing has helped extend the racing career of Tofane. Her owners were on the cusp of selling her as a broodmare proposition, but her runner-up effort in the Gr.3 BRC Sprint (1350m) at Doomben last Saturday has altered that path. Trainer Mike Moroney is now leaning towards a tilt at the Gr.1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) with her at Eagle Farm next month. Moroney’s assistant trainer Jack Turnbull was delighted with last weekend’s run and is looking forward to her contesting the S...

Cunningham enjoys further success with Matamata partnership

Curraghmore Stud principal Gordon Cunningham continued his good form with Mike Moroney and Pam Gerard’s Ballymore Stables when Tevere broke her maiden status at just her second start when storming clear to win over 1200m at Te Rapa. “Tevere is the third horse I’ve had in training with Ballymore,” Cunningham said. “The first was Chicharita who won the Royal Stakes (Gr.2, 2000m) and she finished fourth in the New Zealand Derby (Gr. 1, 2400m). “The second was Tofane, who we sold afte...

Weekend Runners - 22.05.21

Good luck to connections of all Cm graduates racing this weekend including:AUSTRALIA SATURDAYDoomben - Race 8 BRC Sprint H. Gr.3, A$175000 1350m Tofane (NZ) 2015 (F. by Ocean Park-Baggy Green) (trainer: M D Moroney)Carnarvon RC - Race 6 Nor West Louisa Bay H., A$15000 1200m Tumut River (NZ) 2014 (G. by Choisir-Princess Jay) (trainer: Sean Rains)Darwin TC - Race 6 Silks Darwin H., A$17500 1100m Power Rush (NZ) 2015 (F. by Power-Maid of Tralee) (trainer: Philip Cole)Flemington - Race 9 Victorian J...

Tofane to reunite with Bosson

The last time Tofane was ridden by top Kiwi hoop Opie Bosson they won a Group One, and trainer Michael Moroney is hoping the pair can replicate their winning form at Doomben on Saturday. Bosson has flown to Queensland to partner Melody Belle in her final raceday appearance in the Gr.1 Doomben Cup (2000m), and has picked up the ride on Tofane in the Gr.3 BRC Sprint (1350m). Bosson last rode the daughter of Ocean Park, who was bred by Gordon Cunnigham before being sold privately after an impressiv...

Allpress heads to Melbourne to retain ride on Kiwi mare

Four-time New Zealand champion jockey Lisa Allpress will reunite with Aimee's Jewel in Melbourne on May 1. Allpress was the Proisir four-year-old mare's regular rider in New Zealand, guiding her to three wins from her seven starts under the care of Stratford trainer Trudy Keegan. The highlight was her win in the Gr.3 Canterbury Breeders' Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton last November. Now with Kyneton trainer Charles Cassar, Aimee's Jewel has won two jumpouts in preparation for her Australian debut o...

Weekend Runners - 17.04.2021

Good luck to the connections of all Cm graduates racing this weekend including the following:AUSTRALIA SATURDAYRandwick- Race 5 Australian Oaks Gr.1, A$1114500 2400m Sassysav (NZ) 2017 (F. by Savabeel-Rock Diva) (trainer: C Maher & D Eustace)                  Race 10 Sapphire S. Gr.2, A$302000 1200m Tofane (NZ) 2015 (F. by Ocean Park-Baggy Green) (trainer: M D Moroney)Barcoo ARC- Amateur Race Club H., A$7450 1200m Granola State (NZ) 2013 (G....