Waller wins with former New Zealand filly
A win with Firebird Flyer at Warwick Farm on Wednesday has edged Sydney's premier trainer Chris Waller closer to a record-breaking season. Firebird Flyer, who came to Waller from New Zealand as a six-start maiden, ended a frustrating four-run sequence of second placings for her new trainer. A $3 chance in the TAB Rewards Plate, she got the nod by a head over $2.40 favourite Kingsguard. "It's good to get the win," Waller said. "She has a good constitution and looks as well as she did when sh...
June 29, 2016Cm grads in HOY contention
Three Curraghmore graduates feature in the the New Zealand Horse of the Year finalists announced by New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing earlier this week. Two Cm graduates stake claims on Champion 3YO honours, Gr.1 Queensland Oaks heroine Provocative and Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks winner Fanatic. Cantankerous filly Provocative burst on to the scene in December with a customarily wayward but convincing win on debut at Taranaki. Jockey Leith Innes' saddle slipped at her next start, at Ellerslie in Janua...
June 28, 2016Talented youngster back in the fray
Smart filly What Choux Want has returned to Andrew Carston's Riccarton stable to build up for her spring campaign. "She's looking good and hopefully she'll be ready to go to the Canterbury Belle Stakes," he said. What Choux Want was a debut juvenile winner and subsequently placed in the Gr.2 Matamata Breeders' Stakes and the Listed Welcome Stakes and she also finished fifth in the Listed Karaka Million. - NZ Racing Desk...
June 28, 2016Heroic Valour back in work
Unbeaten two-year-old Heroic Valour has returned to Te Akau's Matamata stables. He made a successful debut at Trentham in January and a month later he won the Listed Reid & Harrison Slipper before adding the Gr.1 Diamond Stakes to his CV. "He looks great and is being prepared for a trial at Te Teko in early August and then he will be aimed at races like the Hawke's Bay Guineas and the New Zealand 2000 Guineas," said Te Akau princpal David Ellis. "He will have a spell after that and we wi...
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