SUNDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2014
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DARRYL THRILLED TO REPAY LISA AND
CONSTANT CLIENTS WITH GUINEAS WIN
Darryl Bradley waves his whip and looks to the stands as he caps a long and successful combination with the Latta stable by winning the
One Thousand Guineas on Platinum Witness.
A
quieter approach with Platinum Witness (California
Dane) was rewarded with racing’s highest honour at
Riccarton yesterday when she struck Group One gold;
the Lisa Latta-trained filly proving supreme at the mile and
Race
CJC New Zealand One Thousand Guineas
Gr.1 1600m
Winner
Platinum Witness (Aus) 2011
Owners
Lincoln Farms Ltd and N J McAlister
Trainer
Lisa Latta (Awapuni)
Breeding
by California Dane (Aus) out of Chartreuse by
St Petersburg (Aus)
Monovale Holdings Ltd
Breeder
Sales
2013 National Yearling Sale, Select Session; V:
Monovale Farm, P: Lisa Latta Racing Stables;
$55,000
convincingly downing her female rivals in the New Zealand
Bloodstock One Thousand Guineas.
Platinum Witness had opened her winning account just
last month when successful in the Listed Armadillo Stakes and
she then finished fourth in the Group One New Zealand Two
Thousand Guineas.
“Last Saturday she was a bit above herself and raced
keenly,” Latta said. “We decided to ride her a bit more patiently
this time.”
Platinum Witness appreciated the waiting tactics and, after
settling back of midfield, came wide on the turn then finished
powerfully to reel in the game pacemaker Darci’s Dream (NZ)
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DARRYL THRILLED TO REPAY LISA AND
CONSTANT CLIENTS WITH GUINEAS WIN
(Continued from page 1)
(Darci Brahma) with the southern filly Belle Miraaj (NZ) (Iffraaj)
finishing third.
The filly is raced by long-time stable clients Lincoln Farms
and Neville McAlister and was a $55,000 Karaka purchase on
their behalf by Latta.
“They are always cheap afterwards,” she said. “This filly has
always showed a lot of ability and we had her set for this race
for a long time.”
Winning jockey Darryl Bradley has enjoyed a long and
successful association with Latta and her owners and he was
delighted to repay them for their ongoing support.
“It’s absolutely amazing,” he said. “To win for Lisa Latta,
Neville McAlister and Lincoln Farms and John Street is a great
thrill.
“Turning in she was travelling really well and Darci’s
Dream kicked, but Platinum Witness was too strong over the
concluding stages.”
The shock of the race was the failure of O’Marilyn (NZ)
(O’Reilly) and punters who backed her in to less than even
money would have been edgy before the turn.
The filly was given a good run on the pace by Sam Spratt
Returning to scale on Guineas winner Platinum Witness, Darryl Bradley but she didn’t look comfortable near the turn and dropped
is still on an emotional high. Behind him, David Walsh is more subdued. away to finish seventh.
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SUNDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2014
ECLIPSE STAKES WIN THE RESULT AS
BEACH WORK ADDS ZEST TO ZABISCO
The angle is deceptive and there’s only a nose in it, but Zabisco (#9) has snatched victory in the Eclipse Stakes from Pheidon.
T
he metamorphosis under trainer Darren Weir was
completed for Zabisco (NZ) (Zabeel) when the sevenyear-old entire produced a career-best performance to
land yesterday’s Group Three Eclipse Stakes, over 1800 metres
at Sandown.
After spending time in the care of several trainers in his
career in New Zealand and Australia, Zabisco was having his
third start for Weir, who explained that the galloper had spent
a lot of time at Warrnambool after suffering a slight setback
after his second run for the stable and did a lot of beach work.
Race
MRC Eclipse S. Gr.3 1800m
Winner
Zabisco (NZ) 2007
Owners
Trainer
A McGrath, J Voitin, T Mobbs, R Vela, L Greene,
I Frykberg, I Wales, A Dale & Purvis Loughnan
Syndicate (Mgr: D Purvis), K Wikeley and J
Collins
Darren Weir (Wangoom)
Breeding
by Zabeel out of Arthena by Desert Sun (GB)
Breeder
Greene Thoroughbreds Ltd
“Big thank you to all the staff down at Warrnambool,” Weir
said. “They’ve done all the work with him.”
Enjoying a perfect ride under man of the meeting Kerrin
McEvoy, Zabisco was waited with off a solid early speed
before being produced to challenge halfway up the straight,
wearing down Pheidon (Al Maher) to score by a half-head
with Extra Zero (Danzero) a neck away third.
“He’s got to settle back and you’ve got to produce him late
and just save him for the last furlong,” Weir said. “Kerrin did
that terrific today.”
Weir said it had always been his plan to get Zabisco to the
Eclipse Stakes and he felt that, although the horse was now
getting to the veteran stage, there was plenty of mileage left.
“I think he’s a horse who will get over ten furlongs,
especially the way he hit the line today.
“He might be a good horse for the Tassie carnival. It might
be something to look at – or even Brisbane down the track.”
– TVN & AAP TURF
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SUNDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2014
WHEN DEATH’S DOOR DIDN’T OPEN . . .
P
ersistent trier Mungo Jerry
(NZ) (Don Eduardo) produced
a Lazarus-like comeback
to outstay his opposition over the
ultimate flat distance in yesterday’s
Group Three New Zealand Cup at
Riccarton.
The Hunterville stayer was literally
on his death bed a year ago but expert
veterinary care and a shrewd training
regime resulted in a case of third time
lucky in the Christchurch Casinosponsored 3200 metre feature.
“He was on the operating table
twelve months ago and nearly died
from colic,” said Harry Bull, who
prepares the gelding with his father
Adrian. “This is really special.”
Kelly Myers shows her joy as a ride-for-luck plan comes off with Mungo Jerry in the New
Zealand Cup.
She had Mungo Jerry toward the back of the field on
Fourth in the cup three years ago and unplaced last
the fence and, as opposition riders hunted wide for better
year, Mungo Jerry only had his first runs over ground this
going on the third-day track, rails runs continued to present
preparation earlier in the month when third at Awapuni and
themselves from 1200 metres out.
filling a similar placing in the Listed Metropolitan Trophy on
Myers and Mungo Jerry cut the corner into the straight
the opening day of
and they drew clear in the closing hundred metres to take the
the carnival.
honours by a length and a quarter.
Despite a solid
“I’m thrilled for Adrian and Harry Bull,” Myers said. “They
form line, he went
have been good family friends and you wouldn’t find nicer
out at odds of 20-1
people.”
and, courtesy of a
Esprit D’Or (NZ) (Al Jadeed) fought on gallantly for second
new plan of attack,
after forcing the issue with Blizzard (NZ) (Any Suggestion),
was too tough for
who took fourth, a long way from home and the Metropolitan
his rivals.
winner She’s Insatiable (NZ) (Ustinov) found the line well for
“We had a plan,”
third.
rider Kelly Myers
Race
CJC New Zealand Cup Gr.3 3200m
said. “He’s got a
Mungo Jerry (NZ) 2006
Winner
great sprint but
Makaraka Bloodstock Ltd
Owners
he doesn’t always
Adrian & Harry Bull (Hunterville)
Trainer
finish it off – so we
by Don Eduardo out of Grovana by Grosvenor
Breeding
decided to ride him
Est late E W Hopson
Breeder
Co-trainer Harry Bull and jockey Kelly
for
luck
and
give
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Sales
Myers . . . family friends and New
Seaton Park Ltd, P: New Zealand Bloodstock
Zealand Cup winners.
him every chance.”
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SUNDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2014
ROGERSON JUVENILE RUN CONTINUES
AS JACQUETTA WINS WELCOME STAKES
G
raeme and Debbie Rogerson believe their remarkable
strike rate with the younger members of their
Tuhikaramea operation could have been even better.
The husband and wife team have won eleven of this
season’s thirteen two-year-old races and saddled the runnersup in the other two.
“It was disappointing that the ones that got beaten had
no luck,” Graeme Rogerson said. “We’ve got a good system.”
Jacquetta (NZ) (Keeper) has joined her stablemate and
Listed Wellesley Stakes winner Maritimo (NZ) (Pins) as a black
type performer with her comfortable victory in yesterday’s
Race
CJC Welcome S. L 1000m
Winner
Jacquetta (NZ) 2012
Owners
G A Rogerson, R, C, Z & P Ratcliffe and S Plant
Trainer
Graeme & Debbie Rogerson (Tuhikaramea)
Breeding
by Keeper (Aus) out of Henriette by Pins (Aus)
Breeder
G A Rogerson
Listed Barneswood Farm Agistment Welcome Stakes at
Riccarton.
The daughter of the Pins mare Henriette – a dual winner in
Australia when trained by Rogerson from his Randwick base
– posted her third victory in four starts on the course when
she defeated Peach Cove (NZ) (Buffalo Man) and Outlaw Kate
(Exceed And Excel).
“She’s a lovely filly; she doesn’t pull and only does what
she has to,” said Rogerson, who also bred and part-owns
Jacquetta.
Rider Chris Johnson urged her to the lead on
straightening and she never looked in danger of
disappointing the favourite backers.
“She hit the front a long way out and she’s still pretty
green but she held them quite well and won nicely,” he said.
The stable also won the previous event, the Mohua
Premier Handicap, with Cosmic Cube (NZ) (Dehere), who
had no favours when unplaced in Wednesday’s Group Two
Coupland’s Bakeries Mile.
“Another horse ran into
him and pushed him onto
the heels of another one,”
Rogerson said. “He’s a pretty
good horse.”
Cosmic Cube turned his
luck around yesterday when
he powered away over the
closing 200 metres to score
by four lengths from the
southern pair of El Chico
(NZ) (Stravinsky) and Go Go
Dingo (Testa Rossa).
“He’s a nice horse and
was down in the weights,”
rider Matt Cameron said.
“He proved how good he is
today.”
The sweet-travelling Jacquetta comfortably holds off the challenge from Peach Cove as veteran mainland
jockeys Chris Johnson and Terry Moseley contest the finish of yesterday’s Welcome Stakes at Riccarton.
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SUNDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2014
TALENT AND CLASS IN TAURANGA WIN
Through driving rain on a deteriorating track, Mark Sweeney punches Fay Fay along the rails to a surprise win in the Tauranga Stakes.
T
he training talents of Trevor and Martin Cruz were
showcased yesterday by the outstanding return to
racing of Fay Fay (NZ) (Falkirk), the Cambridge-based
brothers producing the former Group One Hong Kong Derby
winner for an emphatic victory in the Group Three Stella
Artois Tauranga Stakes.
“Two and a half months ago we considered retiring him –
even getting him to the races is a victory in itself,” Trevor Cruz
said.
“We completely re-worked his training regime so as not to
pressure his joints and we have to be very careful with what
we can and can’t do with him.
“We didn’t really have any expectations with him here as
Race
BOP RC Tauranga S. Gr.3 1600m
Winner
Fay Fay (NZ) 2007
Owners
A Wong
Trainer
Trevor & Martin Cruz (Matamata)
Breeding
by Falkirk out of Glamaine by Centaine (Aus)
Breeder
P J B Smith
Sales
2009 NZ National Yearling Sale, Festival
Session; V: Maara Grange, P: New Zealand
Bloodstock Ltd; $13,000
he hadn’t raced for a year and a half, but we did have him
relatively fit and he is a class horse.”
Bred by Wanganui couple Peter and Barbara Smith, Fay
Fay was originally sold at Karaka in 2009 for $13,000 and is
now back home as the winner of nearly $2.5 million.
“To be honest, when horses return from Hong Kong it’s
either because of injury or they’re not competitive anymore,”
Cruz said.
“We were actually using this race as a lead-up to the
Zabeel Classic so he has exceeded all our expectations – it’s
very satisfying.”
Fay Fay settled off the pace in a small but select field and
when runners fanned out in the straight rider Mark Sweeney
angled him toward the fence and the seven-year-old dashed
home to win by half a length.
“The other question mark we had about him was the
ground – it never gets that soft in Hong Kong,” Cruz said.
Julinsky Prince (NZ) (Darci Brahma) also got to the line
strongly to snatch second money off the favourite I Do (NZ)
(No Excuse Needed) who, although caught wide in the early
stages, had every chance.
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SUNDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2014
CHURCH BOY WORKING MIRACLES
W
arwick Farm trainer David Vandyke admits he has
been surprised by Church Boy’s rapid progress but
will gladly keep raising the bar.
Church Boy (NZ) (Iffraaj) claimed his fourth win from five
starts since Vandyke took over the Segenhoe team when he
won over 1500 metres at Rosehill yesterday to put himself in
the frame for Sydney’s biggest race of the summer.
Vandyke will get him ready for the Group Two Villiers
Stakes, over 1600 metres on December 13, as long as he
comes through as expected in the Listed Festival Stakes two
Race
ATC Cellarbrations The Grange Wyoming
H. 1500m
Winner
Church Boy (NZ) 2010
Owners
Segenhoe Thoroughbreds Australia Syndicate
(Mgr: K W Maloney)
David Vandyke (Warwick Farm)
Trainer
Breeding
Breeder
Sales
by Iffraaj (GB) out of Kilsheelan Marie by Lord
Ballina (Aus)
B J Nally
2012 National Yearling Sale, Select Session; V:
Ardsley Stud Ltd, P: Paul Moroney Bloodstock;
$53,000
weeks from now.
“He just keeps lifting,” Vandyke said. “If you had told me
at the beginning of his preparation he would be winning a
benchmark 80 on a Saturday I would have laughed.
“He was only a maiden last preparation and now he is
bullying his way into the better races.”
Sent out the $2.45 favourite, Church Boy raced handy to
the lead under Blake Shinn and assumed control in the final
stages to beat Abbasso (Encosta de Lago) by a comfortable
1¼ lengths.
Vandyke said Shinn had been an integral part of Church
Boy’s education.
“Blake has been the making of the horse,” he said. “He has
managed to keep him relaxed and he was very calm going to
the gates.
“The horse can hit a flat spot in his races and he did that
again in the straight but he picked up again and dug deep.”
For his part, Shinn deflected the praise to Vandyke.
“David has placed him well and he is taking really big
steps,” Shinn said. “He is a horse of the future.”
– AAP TURF
Church Boy wins his fourth straight, his fifth of eleven overall, and puts Blake Shinn on his way to a half-the-card haul at Rosehill.
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AMAZEALOT IS KRANJI’S QUIET ACHIEVER
– AND ONE TOUGH CUSTOMER AS WELL
M
odel of consistency Amazealot (NZ) (Keeper)
showcased all his fighting qualities in Friday night’s
S$60,000 Class 4 over 1200 metres at Singapore’s
Kranji racecourse when he upstaged fellow Kiwi-bred and hot
favourite Red Dawn (NZ) (Align) by a head in a stirring homestraight duel.
Race
Singapore TC Class 4 H. 1200m
Winner
Amazealot (NZ) 2009
Owners
Tivic Stable
Trainer
Sonny Yeoh (Kranji)
Breeding
by Keeper (Aus) out of Ma by Cape Cross (Ire)
Breeder
Plans Awry Ltd
Sales
2011 National Yearling Sale, Premier Session; V:
Shelby Park, P: Cliff Brown Racing; $120,000
Ridden by apprentice jockey Mohd Firdaus, the five-yearold had to do it the hard way from his outside gate, jumping
right onto the bridle to match motors with Red Dawn before
raising the ante at the top of the straight.
While many thought Red Dawn was waiting for that
moment to shake him off, Amazealot swept past to hit the
front then proved an obstinate adversary, hanging on to
win by a head. Such was the superiority of the first two that
the third-placed runner, Angry Cat (Estambul), finished four
lengths astern.
Raced by the Tivic Stable, Amazealot was having his third
success from nine starts for stakes earnings that have just
tipped over the S$100,000 mark.
Continued on page 11
Amazealot fights on best to deny the favourite Red Dawn by a head in Friday night Kranji action.
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AMAZEALOT IS KRANJI’S QUIET ACHIEVER
– AND ONE TOUGH CUSTOMER AS WELL
(Continued from page 10)
Trainer Sonny Yeoh said Amazealot was a gutsy
customer and also paid tribute to the veterinarian team at
the Singapore Turf Club for their outstanding work on the
gelding.
“He’s a nice horse but has had a few problems with his
throat. I’d like to thank the vets for the operation they did –
they actually had to cut his vocal cords,” said Yeoh.
“Red Dawn was the horse to beat and the plan was to run
close to him. Whether we could beat him was another story
but the kid rode him well and it’s paid off.”
News in Brief
Fatboy doubles up
After six previous outings had returned four placings, a
drop back in distance and class helped the Theo Kiesertrained, Mark Ewe-ridden Racer King (NZ) (Pins) claim
his first win in the S$75,000 Restricted Maiden over 1000
metres at Kranji on Friday night.
Kieser said a switch back to Polytrack after two misses
on turf also contributed to the win and he would now see
how the handicappers treated his horse before deciding
on his next race. Although taking seven starts to record
his first win, Racer King – an $85,000 buy from the Select
Firdaus, having his second winning ride aboard
Amazealot, was punching the air in delight on returning to
the winner’s enclosure.
“The plan was to jump well and try to lead but when I saw
Red Drawn was faster I just dropped off and sat behind,” he
said.
“I made an early move at the top of the straight as I
wanted to get the first run and let him chase us. I knew he
was coming back at us in the straight but my horse kept on
for a very brave win.”
– Singapore Turf Club
Session of the 2013 National Yearling Sale – has racked up close
to S$95,000 in prizemoney for the Fatboy Stable.
The celebrations continued for the Kieser-Ewe-Fatboy Stable
as the trio went on to pick up a second win three races later
with longshot Fatkid Wonderer (NZ) (My Halo) in the S$35,000
Maiden over 1200 metres.
The three-year-old, a $20,000 buy at the 2013 South Island
Two-Year-Old and Mixed Sale, was having just his third start
when he led from start to finish to score by a length and a
quarter in 1:12.56 on the Polytrack.
– Singapore Turf Club
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