ROCKER BAND WINS SECOND NEVELE R FILLIES HEAT Burnham trainer Mark Jones will head south with improving 3YO filly Rocker Band for the $18,000 Caduceus Club Of Southland Autumn Futurity at Invercargill on Saturday, March 21. The Overport Lodge trainer took out the mobile 2200m Autumn Futurity two years ago with Saveapatrol when the race was worth $25,000. Rocker Band, who notched her second consecutive Nevele R Fillies Heat win at the Timaru meeting at Addington on Thursday, March 12, is following a similar path to Savepatrol in the early stages of her career. Saveapatrol took out the Autumn Futurity …
AUCKLAND TC, WINTON HRC, WAIMATE TC, Mar 13-15
AUCKLAND TC, Friday, March 13 Race 6: EYRE I COME (SCR). WINTON HRC, Saturday, March 14 Race 8: GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME (12, Blair Orange), mob. 1609m: “Racing great and with luck can feature.” WAIMATE TC @ OAMARU (grass), Sunday, March 15 Race 2: ZENA MAC (5, Wayne Higgs), mob. 2000m: “Having no luck and finally drawn to stay handy.” Race 7: REKLAW SUPREME (11, Wayne Higgs), 2000m std: “Got pushed off the track last start so looking for more luck.”
TIMARU HRC @ Addington, Thursday, March 12
TIMARU HRC @ ADDINGTON, Thursday, March 12 Race 1: ARANNLEA (8, Mark), mob. 1950m: “Nice filly but drawn bad. If she trots all the way she’s a good each-way chance.” Race 2: ROCKER BAND (4, Ricky May), & CHAMPAGNE DREAMS (8, Mark), mob. 1950m: “Rocker Band is drawn handy again to go forward and will be hard to beat. “Champagne Dreams is drawn bad but if she gets luck can finish top three.” Race 7: PERISSA (9, Mark), mob. 1950m: “Is drawn terrible but is racing tough and an each-way chance.” Outside drives Race 3: THEBESTLOVE (9), mob. 1950m: “Nice …
REEFTON TC, March 8
REEFTON TC, Sunday, March 8 Race 4: ZENA MAC (7, Wayne Higgs), mob 2450m: “Honest maiden who trialled good on the weekend but unknown on wet grass.” Race 8: REKLAW SUPREME (5, Wayne Higgs) & ZAKSPATROL (6, Robbie Close), 3200m std: “Reklaw Supreme trialled nice on the the weeekend and enjoys the grass. Can finish well when he’s tucked away so each-way.” “Zakspatrol turned his form around last start with a good win at Addington. The track shouldn’t worry him so a good winning chance.”
BEAUTIDE WINS CONSECUTIVE INTER FINALS
BEAUTIDE UNCHALLENGED TO WIN 2ND INTER FINAL No one ever doubted he was a true champion! And today Australia’s best pacer Beautide showed he was a champion stayer as well. The former Tasmanian son of Bettors Delight sat outside of the three-time New Zealand Cup winner Terror To Love and simply blew him away with a fabulous win in today’s $750,000 TAB.COM.AU Inter Dominion Grand Final at Tabcorp Park Menangle. When West Australian pacer David Hercules had a “look” for the ‘death seat’, outside the leader early in the race, Beautide’s trainer-driver James Rattray declared it wasn’t there. So he …
Adore Me becomes world’s fastest mare
ADORE ME PACES 1:47.7 (1609m) IN LADYSHIP MILE If Natalie Rasmussen set out to make Tabcorp Park Menangle her own today (March 1, 2015) with three successive winners, she was overshadowed by one of the greatest pacers ever seen in the Southern Hemisphere. . . . And one of the greatest race-winning performances ever witnessed at the south-western Sydney track. Champion New Zealand mare Adore Me simply blew her rivals away with a record-breaking 1:47.7 victory in the Cordina Chicken Farms Ladyship Mile, smashing Smoken Up’s record by eight-tenths of a second. She became the fastest mare in the world …
CHEVIOT HRC @ ADDINGTON, Sunday, March 1
CHEVIOT HRC @ ADDINGTON, Sunday, March 1 Race 4: KOWHAI SUNRISE (3, Michelle Neilson), UR 1, & ASTRAPI (7, Blair Orange), 3, 10m, 2600m std: “Kowhai Sunrise is having her last start as off to be a mother. Needs to do things right. “Astrapi went good on Thursday. If he backs up on that form will be a chance again.” Race 5: PERISSA (7, Steve O’Brien) & GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME (9, Blair Orange), mob. 1950m: “Perissa was given every chance last start and is racing good.” “Goodness Gracious Me was in season last week so has been treated. She seems …
AUCKLAND TC, Friday, February 27
AUCKLAND TC, Friday, February 27 Race 1: EYRE I COME (3, Blair Orange), 2700m std: “Had set-back last week so will improve with the run but still a chance of placing if mistake-free.” Race 3: CHARMING LAVRA (3, Mark), 2200m std: “She fought well last week. Is racing good and the 2200m should suit better but its a step up so looking for luck.” Outside drive Race 8: LOOK AND LISTEN (3), mob. 2700m: “Has been racing solidly but its a good field. Looking for luck.”
Dexter Dunn can’t be beaten in WDC
DEXTER DUNN HAS UNASSAILABLE LEAD IN WDC Thursday 26th February 2015 The World Driving Championship headed to Penrith on Thursday night for three heats. Penrith is a suburb and a major centre in the metropolitan area of Sydney. Penrith is located 60 kilometres west of Sydney on the banks of the Nepean River. The Penrith track is 804 metres in circumference. New Zealand’s Dexter Dunn took a 39 point lead into the night over his nearest rival USA’s Tim Tetrick. Canada’s Jody Jamieson dominated the evening’s proceedings winning two heats but it was his patience that was rewarded in heat …
Dexter extends lead in WDC
DEXTER DUNN EXTENDS LEAD IN WDC, 4 TO GO Wednesday 25th February 2015 The World Driving Championship ventured to Bathurst on Wednesday night for another four heats. Bathurst is a regional city in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales. Bathurst is 200 kilometres west of Sydney, the oldest inland settlement in Australia and the site of the first gold discovery in Australia. Two of the international drivers struck gold at Bathurst with Denmark’s Knud Monster and France’s Pierre Vercruysse recording their first wins in the 2015 Championship but the night will most be remembered for the dominance of …