DELIGHTFUL MEMPHIS TAKES OUT MATCHMAKER HEAT Former Overport Lodge mare Delightful Memphis has taken out an opening $US40,000 leg of the Blue Chp Matchmaker Series for mares at Yonkers Raceway. The daughter of Bettor’s Delight and Memphis Melody showed a good sense of timing from third spot approaching the turn to catch front-running fellow ex-Kiwi Bettor Joy on the line. Racing as Delightfulmemphisn in the USA, she scored by a nose in 1:53 for the mile, two laps of the Yonkers circuit on Saturday, March 16 (NZ time). Trained in North America by “Nifty” Norman, Delightful Memphis became the seasonal …
BANKS PEN. TC, March 17
BANKS PENINSULA TC, Sunday, March 17 Race 7: NAIYA FRANCO (5, Sheree Tomlinson), mob. 2000m: “Is the best horse on ability in the field. Has got to turn up in right mood but a winning hope if she does.”
NTH SOUTHLAND-MENANGLE-NEWCASTLE, Mar. 9
NORTHERN SOUTHLAND TC, Saturday, March 9 Race 5: STYLISH MEMPHIS (1, Ricky May) & MISS RUBY SUNSHINE (4, Samantha Ottley), mob. 2200m: “Stylish Memphis is a nice filly in the making but still learning and if we can run top three we will be happy.” “Miss Ruby Sunshine put in a good tough run first-up and a top-three finish will be a pass mark for her.” Race 7: BARRETT (1, Sheree Tomlinson), mob. 2200m: “Gets the right draw and hopefully if they run along he’ll be an each- way chance.” Race 8: UPTOWN LADY (4, Samantha Ottley), mob. 2200m: “Good …
CHEVIOT HRC, Sunday, March 3
CHEVIOT HRC @ ADDINGTON, Sunday, March 3 Race 6: MISS RUBY SUNSHINE (9, Samantha Ottley), mob. 2000m: “Has been trialling well and a chance with the right luck.”
Overport fillies solid in Menangle Sapling
OVERPORT LODGE FILLIES CHASE PINK BONNET Overport Lodge fillies, Lulu Le Mans and Millwood Tilly, will be better placed against their own sex in next Saturday’s $50,000 Group Two Pink Bonnet at Tabcorp Park Menangle. The fillies ran a creditable third, and fourth, respectively, against the colts in the $50,000 Slingsby Holdings Sapling Stakes at Menangle on Saturday, March 2. Sapling winner, Mach Dan, a Mach Three gelding from NZ-bred mare Bettor Give It (Bettor’s Delight-Giveitawhirlgirl), finished too strongly from a handy spot for driver Chris Alford in 1:52.9 for the 1609m. Mach Dan, a $3.30 favourite for the Victorian …
Laura McKay wins double
LAURA McKAY IN SUBLIME FORM Overport Lodge junior driver Laura McKay was in sublime form at Addington on Friday night, scoring a winning double with stable runner Smoke N Reactor, then repeating with Enchantee two races later. Laura had settled for minor placings in her drives for the season before Friday, but turned things around with the winning double for her eighth and ninth career wins. She reined Smoke N Reactor patiently from the five gate in the Telfer’s Electrical Mobile Pace, settling second-to-last, then sweeping the others away with a well-timed final sprint. Smoke N Reactor swept up five …
NZ METRO TC-MENANGLE (NSW), March 1-2
NZ METRO TC, Friday, March 1 Race 4: SMOKE N REACTOR (5, Laura McKay), mob. 1980m: “Improved performance last week. If she backs up that run, she is a good winning hope.” Race 8: BARRETT (5, Sheree Tomlinson), mob. 1980m: “Good win on premier night but is up in grade and small fields are hard, so an each-way chance.” Race 10: UPTOWN LADY (9, Samantha Ottley), mob. 1980m: “Fresh-up drawn bad so looking for luck.” NEWCASTLE (NSW), Friday, March 1 Race 9: MISTER FINNIGAN (SCR). MENANGLE (NSW), Saturday, March 2 Race 1: THE BUS (4, Natalie Rasmussen), mob. 1609m: …
Millwood Tilly first siring win for ‘Terror’
NZ HARNESS NEWS, Feb. 27 TERROR TO LOVE’S FIRST WINNER Three-time New Zealand Cup winner Terror To Love is on the board as a sire. From his first crop of 61 live foals, 10 have qualified and the first of those to win came across the ditch on Saturday night. Millwood Tilly, a New Zealand-bred filly, won her debut at Newcastle for Christchurch trainer/driver Mark Jones, who is based in Sydney with a team of horses at present. He selected her at last year’s Karaka yearling sale from the draft of Katie Carville, paying just $13,000. She’s owned by three …
Overport NSW form continues
THE BUS & MILLWOOD TILLY WIN, MISTER FINNIGAN THIRD The Bus, the latest $100,000 earner for the Mark Jones stable, capitalised on a drop-back from Menangle racing to win again in a $6360 C6 and faster pace at Newcastle on Saturday, February 23. A hot $1.33 favourite from the four gate, The Bus led up for driver Guy Chappie and came clear to win by 9.3 metres in a 1:58.5 rate for the 2030m, quickening over his last 800m in 55.8s and his last 400m in 28.3s. This was the 12th win in 41 career starts for The Bus, the …
NEWCASTLE (NSW), Monday, Feb. 25
NEWCASTLE (NSW), Monday, Feb. 25 Race 2: LULU LE MANS (1, Mark), mob. 1609m: “Don’t know much about the opposition but drawn to get every chance and should be a good chance.”