MANAWATU HRC, Tuesday, February 16 Race 4: KOWHAI WHIZ (11, Matt Purvis), 1, 40m, 2500m std: “Will be harder off 40m but racing good. Each-way chance with the right luck.”
‘Angel’, My Hard Copy, get last two spots
ARMS OF AN ANGEL, MY HARD COPY, LAST TWO IN MIRACLE MILE A fabulous finish to grab third in the Chariots Of Fire by star four-year-old mare Arms Of An Angel has earned her one of the final invitations into the SEW Eurodrive Miracle Mile. And Western Australia will have a contender as well after the well-performed My Hard Copy earned the last invitation into the $A750,000 Sprint on February 28. Lord Zin Zan (1st emergency) and Easy On The Eye (2nd emergency) were added to the final field, should any runner be scratched in the next two weeks. Earlier …
Have Faith In Me next Miracle superstar
HAVE FAITH IN ME NEXT MIRACLE SUPERSTAR ? Champion NZ training partnership of Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen missed a start with Smolda in the Miracle Mile, but they will be there anyway, thanks to boom four-year-old Have Faith In Me. The beautifully-bred son of Bettors Delight turned the February 13, 2016, $A200,000 For 700 Chariots of Fire into a one-act affair, smashing the clock and becoming the fastest four-year-old to race at Tabcorp Park Menangle with a 1:48.8 mile. Natalie took the reins and Have Faith In Me simple blitzed his rivals, scoring untouched by 10.3m from Lord Zin …
Beautide makes it one-act affair
BEAUTIDE MAKES IT ONE ACT AFFAIR AT MENANGLE OK, OK, so we all expected it. And the way Beautide dealt with his rivals in the Coca-Cola Amatil Sprint at Tabcorp Park Menangle on Saturday February 13, 2016, he must have expected it too. Certainly Beautide and his reinsman James Rattray gave nothing else a chance as they cemented their invitation to the SEW Eurodrive Miracle Mile win an easy 4.4m win over another of the night’s surprise packets in Blazin N Cullen, with the gallant Easy On The Eye a close third. Beautide really gave nothing else a chance, burning …
Monifieth hits top gear to grab Miracle berth
MONIFIETH PACES 1:50.7 IN MENANGLE VICTORY Talented seven-year-old former Canterbury pacer Monifieth slipped under the guard of most punters at Tabcorp Park Menangle on Saturday, February 13, 2016. And the $18 shot slipped under the guard of boom five-year-old Bling It On as well, to snatch a last-stride victory in the $200,000 Cordina Chicken Farms Sprint and secure the second spot, behind Lennytheshark in the SEW Eurodrive Miracle Mile later this month. Bling It On, who made a mid-race dash and found the front failed by a half head to hold off Monifieth although his second placing also assured him …
Frith back to glorious best at Menangle
FRITH BACK TO GLORIOUS BEST AT MENANGLE Mighty mare Frith bounced back to her brilliant best with an all-the-way win to take out the first feature of a stellar night’s harness racing at Tabcorp Park Menangle on Saturday, February 13, 2016, in the $50,000 Group Two Therese Cordina Sibelia Stakes. Blessed with the gate speed to easily cross and find the front from gate three for star young reinsman Todd McCarthy, Frith reeled off a 27.7s first quarter of the mile to ensure nothing was going to challenge the six-year-old mare for the lead. After a 29.5s second split, the …
TIMARU HRC-INVERCARGILL HRC, February 14
TIMARU HRC, Sunday, February 14 Race 5: FAIR DINKUM BROMAC (11, Laura McKay), mob. 2000m: “Is needing luck.” Race 6: CORINGA DELIGHT (3, Wayne Higgs), mob. 2600m: “Gets good chance from a good draw.” Race 8: KOWHAI MONARCH (7, Samantha Ottley), DANKE (10, Robbie Close), 3, 10m, & SUNOFLINDENNY (SCR), UR 1, 20m, 2600m std: UR1, 2600m std: “If Kowhai Monarch races as good as last week he’s a winning hope.” “Danke ran on good last week and with luck can figure.” INVERCARGILL HRC, Sunday, February 14 Race 2: COURCELLES (6, Craig Ferguson), mob. 2200m: “Its a drop down to …
Kowhai Whiz could return to Palmy
RETURN TO PALMERSTON NORTH LIKELY FOR KOWHAI WHIZ Kowhai Whiz enjoyed Palmerston North so much last week with a winning double that he may return for next week’s next two-day Manawatu meeting (Tuesday Feb. 16 & Thursday, Feb. 18). The 7YO Now Another Look-Surprising gelding scored back-to-back wins in the hands of Robbie Close at both the Manawatu and Wairarapa meetings, run three days apart, last week (February 4 & 7). Robbie took all the shortcuts from the 20m line with an inside run four back at the 400m with Kowhai Whiz on February 4. He angled off the back …
AUCK-NZ METRO TC, Friday, February 12
AUCKLAND TC, Friday, February 12 Race 3: ARANNALEA (3, Tony Herlihy), 2200m std: “Mixed her gait late in the race last week. There’s a win in her up there providing she trots.” NZ METRO TC, Friday, February 12 Race 3: SUNOFLINDENNY (7, Samantha Ottley), UR 1, fr & EYRE I COME (9, Blair Orange), UR 3, fr, 2600m std: “Sunoflindenny raced good last start and can figure again.” “Eyre I Come had a little setback and missed Marlborough. Should be better with the race but can place.” Race 5: ROCKER BAND (7, Samantha Ottley), mob. 1950m: “Seems very well. The …
Chariots shapes as match race
CHARIOTS SHAPING AS A MATCH RACE It’s shaping as a match-race between two of the quickest pacers to race in Australasia. And two of the best reinswomen ever to grace the Tabcorp Park Menangle circuit will be in the ‘hotseats’. The $200,000 Form 700 Chariots Of Fire should ensure a big crowd at Menangle on Saturday night as Miracle Mile invitations go on the line. Star New Zealand-based driver Natalie Rasmussen is here to partner one of Mark Purdon’s stable stars in Have Faith In Me, who has drawn gate 11 and should come into 10 when the first emergency, Admiral …