By Jess de Lautour, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk The retirement of stable star Live Drama has left some large shoes to fill in Lance Robinson’s stable, though there could be a new mare on the rise in Adannaya. Adannaya was Robinson’s sole representative at Wingatui on Saturday, and as the track worsened to a
By Richard Edmunds, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk Peter and Dawn Williams will take on the Karaka Millions meeting’s two hottest favourites with their pair of runners at Ellerslie’s eagerly anticipated twilight blockbuster on Saturday. The Byerley Park trainers’ last-start Group One winner Desert Lightning will line up against $1.50 favourite Legarto in the inaugural running of
By Richard Edmunds, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk Matamata trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott will saddle more than a quarter of the field in Saturday’s $1.5 million TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) at Ellerslie, with Group One-winning filly Molly Bloom a headline act among their talented quartet. Molly Bloom burst to stardom with an enormous finish
By Joshua Smith, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk Diminutive gelding Tokyo Tycoon will be vying for back-to-back Karaka Millions titles when he heads to Ellerslie on Saturday to contest the $1.5 million TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m). The son of Satono Aladdin was victorious in the Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) last year, and trainers Mark Walker and
By Joshua Smith, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk Live Drama will be looking to get her summer preparation back on track at Riccarton on Saturday. The daughter of Ghibellines was late scratched in the Gr.2 Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m) at Trentham last month after failing to load and was required to have a barrier trial to the
By Richard Edmunds, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk Rich Hill Stud’s managing director John Thompson is hoping to make a habit out of million-dollar racetrack success on the eve of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales. Members of the high-flying Rich Hill stallion roster sired both big winners at last year’s Karaka Million meeting at Pukekohe. Satono
New Zealand-bred mare Eternal Flame passed a crucial test at Caulfield on Friday and is now on a path towards bigger and better things. The four-year-old daughter of Sacred Falls scored a runaway victory in Friday’s Catanach’s Jewellers The Mary Bell (1400m), which was the third win of a promising eight-start career. Eternal Flame was
By Joshua Smith, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk Te Akau Racing have a rich history in the TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m), having won the last seven editions of the race, and Sam Bergerson is hoping to extend their run in his first year at the helm of New Zealand’s leading stable, alongside co-trainer Mark Walker. “I
It will be a sentimental sale for Wentwood Grange at Karaka this year, with brothers Sean, Leigh, and Dean offering the final foal out of the mare that kicked everything off for the trio.
Proven stayer Mahrajaan will open his quest for another major distance title when he returns to action at Trentham on Saturday.
