Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Blue Sapphire for Written By

  •        The midweek racing at Caulfield with Blue Sapphire day and the Randwick meeting in Sydney where we saw the promising John Singleton owned Girl Tuesday continue on her winning way.
  • Written By -- The Blue Sapphire Stakes at Caulfield saw a small field face the starter and another win for Written By. The ace, Written Tycoon colt never settled at all during the race but still had his opposition covered easily as they hit the line.

  • Girl Tuesday -- In the 1800m benchmark 76 the Waller trained Girl Tuesday continued her unbeaten run which now sits at four. It was Chris Waller's fourth win for the day and second for Hugh Bowman. Earlier in the day we saw a promising Redoute's Choice filly, Brazilica win her debut, in easy fashion for the pair. The other two winners for the stable were So Taken and Savacool both ridden by young Sam Weatherly. The later, a Savabeel four year old mare was an easy winner at 1550m at his third start this preparation and is a horse to follow. 
  • Manuel and Commands -- This gelding produces every preparation and today in the BM84 over 1400m he out sprinted the promising stayer from the Darren Weir stable Fifty Stars. Manuel is a quality Commands gelding and could be in for a few more wins. Follow! 
  • I Am Invincible and I Am A Star-- Its been another awesome campaign for I Am A Star. The mare recorded her tenth win of her career and third in a row in the group 3 Ladies Vase, over 1600m. Ben Melham controlled from the front and never really looked in danger on the daughter of I Am Invincible. In the listed Village Stakes over 1200m Brave Song was given a gem of a ride by James Mcdonald as he sliced through the field halfway down the straight for a well deserved victory.This Your Song gelding is a genuine trier and now has won five of his 13 starts. 
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Exceed and Excel Lonhro

The midweek meetings were at Warwick Farm,Bendigo and Strathalbyn with a treble to the Lonhro's as they took out the first two at the farm. Exceed and Excel's continue to do well for the Godolphin camp while Smart Missile and the Ambidexters continue to get winners most days. James Mcdonald was on fire with five winners yesterday and three of them were for the James Cummings operation.
  • Lonhro and Warwick Farm -- In the opening two races at the Farm we saw Lonhro and James Mcdonald to the fore. Firstly it was the 3 year old colt Roheryn who finished strongly to win in the heavy conditions for the Godolphin camp. He is the last foal of Mannington who was the daughter of Bint Marscay''s mating with Danehill and she has also produced the VRC Derby winner Benicio. The second maiden was won by Colombina, a filly by Lonhro out of the Commands mare,Mascareri. In the 1600m benchmark 76 saw the very well bred 4yo mare Aqua D'ivinia score a good win for the Matt Smith/Jason Collett combo. She is by Pierro out of that super group one winning Danehill mare, Aqua D'amore and now has 3 wins and 3 seconds from her six starts.
  • Exceed and Excels and Cummings -- The winner of the last Roosevelt, needs to be mentioned because of the enormous run the Exceed and Excels are having in Sydney and it also gave James Mcdonald five for the day. It was a benchmark 70 over 1100m and the three year old colt absolutely bolted in by six. He is out of the Canny Lad mare, Seances. 
Exceed and Excel doing it both hemispheres currently sixth on the top sire list in Europe
  • Sebrings and Ambidexters -- Another breed who have been recording alot of victories lately have been the Sebrings and yesterday they recorded a double with wins to the Darren Weir trained Ringadingding at Bendigo over 1400m with young Ben Allen riding.While at the farm it was the Waller camp who have such great affinity with the breed that added the 1400m bm70 to their tally when Velocita won for James Mcdonald. The Ambidexters continue to get winners nearly every meeting in South Australia and again yesterday as the mare First Kiss by Ambidexter broke her maiden status at her third start for the Phillip Stokes camp. There could be more wins in store for her.The four year old Lonhro gelding Rock Harbour broke his maiden status at Strathalbyn for the Jolly camp over the 1350m at his third start.
  • Beauty and Smart Missile -- The Tony Mcevoy trained Beauty showed plenty of tenacity to hold off a strong challenge in the BM 70 0ver 1100m at Bendigo. The Smart Missile fillies are really making their presence felt this spring with Maid Of Heaven winning the group one Champion Stakes, last Saturday and Smart Melody who will be trying to keep her unbeaten run going in the group one Thousand Guineas this Saturday.I would not be surprised to see this filly win in Saturday grade.
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Sunday, October 7, 2018

Written Tycoons Fresh

Midweek racing was from Ballarat,Warwick Farm and Strahtalbyn in South Australia. A couple of horses to watch from these meetings are Spielberg a first starter who saluted for the Henry Dwyer stable and an unbeaten Snitzel colt called Mansa Musa at Warwick Farm. While Jamie Kah seems to have a good affiliation with the Krupts .
  • Waller and Warwick Farm -- In the benchmark 70 over 1600m saw the day begin well for the Chris Waller camp with Palmateer ridden by young apprentice, Sam Weatherly,score easily. The four year old Fastnet Rock mare is out of the Encosta mare Little Surfer Girl.While later in the day a mare by the name of Scratches won the 2100m BM70 for the Waller/Bowman combo. She is by the same sire as Winx and Zenyatta. The amazing Street Cry out of the Redoutes Choice mare, Kittens. 
  • The Exceed and Excel's continued their winning streak going on Sydney tracks with Deity who is having a great preperation making it three wins from six starts for the Cummings/Berry combo in the BM70. She is out of the good mare, Divine Madonna. 
  • Written Tycoon and Ballarat -- The opening race of the day at Ballarat saw a Written Tycoon colt, Spielberg win at his first start for trainer Henry Dwyer in the maiden over the 1000m and started a good day for young Damien Thornton. The breed perform so well at their opening runs after a spell. Damien also scored on Nessuna Fiducia  for Greg Eurell. In the class one over 1600m the Nicconi filly trained by Darren Weir and ridden well by young Ben Allen called Scenic Sight finished down the middle of the track to get the job done. Its her second win in her first preperation and looks a promising filly.
  •      Krupt and Strathalbyn -- There is a couple of races worth mentioning at Strathalbyn and they are the wins by the three year old filly Burn Off by Krupt who won the 1350m benchmark 60 in easy fashion for Jamie Kah. While an earlier maiden over 1200m was won by another of the Krupt breed a five year old mare called Containment also with Jamie Kah riding.  
Written Tycoon stands at Woodside Park 
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Thursday, September 27, 2018

More Joy For Street Cry

   On Wednesday we had racing from Flemington and Rosehill with the win by a Street Cry mare called Girl Tuesday, sparking interest. The daughter of Tuesday Joy won as if a big race is not beyond her. While female jockey, Jamie Kah continued her winning way in South Australia. The Sebrings recorded a double at headquarters while Exceed and Excel keeps producing winners at the Rosehill track for the James Cummings stable.

Sebrings at Flemington -- The filly Amphitrite was the first of the Sebring's to score with Craig Williams in the saddle for the Flying Start Syndications and Darren Weir. It was her second win of her career and she is out of the Redoutes Choice mare, Ocean Dream. In the following race again over 1400m we saw another Sebring successful as Vinland ridden by Chris Caserta got another win on the board. Its Chris's first city winner since his return to race riding. The win by the Lonhro gelding, Haunted made it 4 from 7 starts and continues the good run of the James Cummings stable in both states. The four year old is out of the Canny Lad mare, Seances. The benchmark 64 race up the straight over the 1000m saw the Nicconi filly, Final Choice for the Hayes/Dabenig stable record her second win from three starts. The breed really do go well up the straight. 

Street Cry and Girl Tuesday -- James Mcdonald had a good day out at Rosehill with a treble. The first of those wins was with Girl Tuesday who remains unbeaten for the Waller camp in the BM 76. She won eased down by 3.5 lengths. Check her win out here Girl Tuesday  .  This makes it three from three for her now and she could easily be a group one mare on the rise. The Waller/Mcdonald combination also scored with the four year old Frankel entire in the BM76 over 1500m called Merovee. When the James Cummings trained Resin won her fourth race from eight starts in the second last race of the day by three lengths. It gave James a treble. The mare is by Exceed and Excel and in the last another by that sire trained by James called Piracy was victorious over 1300m but this time the rider of the 4 year old gelding was Tye Angland.  The breed have been flying in Sydney over the last couple of weeks. Its been a big couple of weeks for the Strawberry Hills Stud and John Singleton. Merovee ! 

Jamie Kah Gawler -- The female jockeys continue to dominate South Australian racing and on Wednesday. The queen of the show Jamie Kah recorded another treble with the first being a Fighting Sun filly from the Tony Mcevoy stable called Magic Sunset which romped in by 6 lengths in the opening maiden. In the following race she got another Mcevoy runner Sweet Mischief home for her maiden victory. Then it was the Will Clarken trained first starter Magna Bella who won the 1100m maiden. She is by Magnus out of the Bel Esprit mare, Molto Bella. It is worth noting that breeding combination i have seen a few from that line successful.   
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Saturday, September 22, 2018

Pierro and Mica's Pride

         The races on Wednesday showed the strength of the Fastnet Rock breed with his broodmares producing numerous winners. While at Cranbourne the Pierro's continued to produce promising newcomers when they scored in the first two maidens. The Hayes/Dabernig stable filly, Dark Confidant got the day off to a flying start for them with a win in the 1400m maiden and this was followed by Rainbow Girl who saluted for the Luke Currie/Matt Laurie combination in the 1000m maiden. She is out of the Fastnet Rock mare,Free Spirited. 
  • Fifth Amendment -- The three year old gelding Fifth Amendment is by Statue of Liberty out of another Fastnet Rock mare, Promise to Rock and remains unbeaten. It was a solid 2 length win and was ridden by Jacob Rule for the Tony Vassal stable.The shorter trips are ideal for the breed.  
  • Fortification and Redoutes Choice -- In the 1100m maiden at Warwick Farm was won by the well bred Fortification ridden by James Mcdonald. It was his second start and he looks to have a promising future. He is out of the Canny Lad mare, Our Pride and Joy who's dam is the blue hen, Mica Pride. 
  • Pierro's and Rainbow Girl --  The Pierro colt, Dark Confident with Regan Bayliss riding for the Hayes/Dabernig stable scored a narrow win in the 1400 opening maiden. This was followed by the filly, Rainbow Girl who in the 1000m maiden scored at her third start and is from the same stallion but is also out of the Fastnet Rock mare, Free Spirited which is a definate positive on that side as well.
  • Murray Bridge and Lope De Vega -- The two maidens at the bridge were won by the Loe De Vega clan with wins in the 1400m fillies and mares going to Maui Girl for Tony Mcevoy. She was successful by a big margin at her first start in a race with Todd Pannel riding. While Madness in Valencia broke through at his fifth start. The four year old gelding was ridden by Justin Potter. Its worth noting the association young Raquel Clarke has with the Rebel Raiders and the mare Pearl Raider trained by Leon Mcdonald/Gluyas was the first of a double for her. In the last she got the job done for the Michael Vassalo stable with Iron Max. 
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Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Exceed and Excel Wednesday

        A day where the stallion Exceed and Excel progeny put their talent on the line with three of the breed winning at Canterbury and 6yo gelding Lucky Fish winning the last at Bendigo. The one horse to watch coming from the Victorian meeting was the So You Think colt, Merchant of Venice who remains unbeaten. The lady jockey's dominated at Balaklava Cup day in South Australia with young Georgina Cartwright winning the Cup and the Flying Hcp.


  • Major Wager and Exceed and Excel -- The three year old filly by Exceed and Excel, Major Wager was first up when scoring in the BM66 over the 1100m at Canterbury. She was ridden by Rory Hutchins for the Waterhouse /Bott stable and is out of the Encosta mare, Grenada Road. In the BM 70 for mares saw Excellent Design salute for the John Thompson camp first up as well. The 4 year old is also by Exceed and Excel and out of a Zabeel mare, Dezign. In the race following the Cummings/ James Mcdonald combination was successful with Coruscate. The four year old gelding was an easy winner of the 1100m BM 76.
  • Wagner the four year old Godolphin colt by Bernadini out of the Redoutes Choice mare , Ringstrasse made it a double for the combination and two in a row for her in the last of the day. The colt is owned by American interests.
  • Bendigo and Darren Weir -- While it was the Exceed and Excels and Godolphin having a good day in Sydney. The Bendigo track saw the Darren Weir camp and the Zabeel broodmares having a strong influence. In the first Hayes/Dabernig trained, Mickey Blue Eyes upset Black Caviar's little boy to break his maiden status. He is by Megalia D'oro out of the Zabeel mare, Carolina Bella. The three year filly,  Sizzleme by Sizzling out of the Zabeel mare, Parnissius blew her opposition away to break her maiden in the BM 70 over 1600m. Craig Williams riding for the Cindy Alderson camp won by five lengths.
  • The So You Think colt, Merchant of Venice kept his unbeaten record in tact with a strong victory in the BM 64 over 1600m. He was ridden by Ben Melham who recorded a double for the day in the next as he won on the Darren Weir trained gelding, Ruamaza. While Darren Weir trained winners in the two races after this with victories going to Steel Prince in the 2400 staying event followed by a win in the 1000m event for the I Am Invincible entire , Holy Blade ridden by Jordan Childs. The final race of the day at Bendigo saw a win to Lucky Fish. The six year old gelding by Exceed and Excel struggled early in his career but has found form the last twelve months with five wins. 
  •  Georgina Cartwright and Temp Voleurs -- It was ladies day on the Balaklava Cup day today with Raquel Clarke and Jamie Kah scoring doubles but it was young Georgina Cartwright who took the riding honours as she scored with a gem of a ride on the Kaphero mare Showpero in the 1050m Flying Hcp and then put up a great display on that awesome Time Thief front runner Temps Voleur as they stole the 2018 listed Balaklava Cup over 1600m.
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Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Pierro and the Choice

The horses that need to be put on the follow list from yesterdays racing at Kensington and Ballarat are Amanito,Brilliant Choice and Golden Script. The Sepoy's and Choisir's continue to get winners but it was the upper echelon stallions that won the bragging rights with doubles to the Pierro's and Redoutes Choice's.
  • Pierro and Amanito -- The Pierro gelding, Amanito now has four wins from eight starts after his win third up into this preparation over 1550m. The breed have a liking for the mile trip around second or third up. He is out of the Fastnet Rock mare, Elimbari and kept the Snowden's camp good run going with Tom Berry in the saddle after She's Furline won earlier in the day. The I Am Invincible filly made it two wins this preparation when Kerrin Mcevoy put in a awesome ride, for her to get a split and hang on for victory. Tom Berry rode the Hawkes, Redoutes Choice colt, Brilliant Choice earlier in the day to record his maiden victory after leading all the way. Stakes winners are popping up all the time for Pierro with Pierata,Pinot,Levendi and Tulip and most have a Redoutes Choice connection on the mares side like Levendi or other Danehill stallions like Fastnet Rock,Flying Spur.

  • Golden Script and Written Tycoon --Another win for a Written Tycoon first up when Golden Script for the Weir/Yendal combo scored over the 1000m which looked a little short but a great ride by Dean had the filly positioned close to the speed to hold on, in a tight finish.
  • Sebrings -- The Sebring's continue to get winners and Subraise was yet another this time for the Weir/John Allen combo. The Irishman has been riding in great form of late and brought the colt down the outside to record his first win after three starts. The rise in distance from 1200m to 1400m at his third start was the telling point.The Redoute's Choice mare, Sworn Evidence was another success for this combo with a great ride from John securing the victory in the 1100m BM 70. Later in the day Octobello gave the Pierro's a double over the 1550m trip when the gelding put it all together for the Price/Callow combo. The win of Sundarbans continued the good run of the Sepoy's when the 3 year old filly recorded her second win this preparation for the Hawkes/Dunn combo She is out of the Marauding mare, Cyclonic. 
  • The wins of Tip Top first up in the last at Kensington over 1300m in the BM 76 was one i needed to include here. The Choisir's continue to get winners across the country. Gigglon at Strathalbyn over 1600m scored a tough win. The gelding by O'lonhro for the new combo of Sue Jaensch and Sairyn Fawke was third up to the 1600m. The breed often improve with this progression.
  • In form jockeys -- Mcevoy,Berry in Sydney! John Allen in Melbourne ! Kayla Crowther and Sairyn Fawke in Adelaide.
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