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Joany Baby’s (Speeding Spur) win today in the $25,000 Advance Agriculture Winter Rewards Handicap Trot at Winton, highlights the fact it’s possible to get a good return by buying horses at the lower end of the market. Joany Baby was bred by Woodlands Stud and is out of the three win Sundon mare Mekong Princess. […]
The Will (Speeding Spur) has taken a bit of working out, but after her win today at Ascot Park, trainer Matty Williamson reckons she’s heading in the right direction. At the line, The Will had three quarters of a length advantage over Fir with a head back to third placegetter Shakedown. “She felt pretty good, […]
With twelve runners, Burnham trainer Bruce Negus will be the busiest trainer at tomorrow’s Waikouaiti Trotting Club meeting on the grass at Oamaru. Race One: Foveaux Gambler (Betting Line). “He’s been a consistently good horse when he’s been right. He went through a flat patch for a long time and I’m not a hundred percent […]
There have undoubtedly been some challenges, but Amistozo’s (Creatine) win at Oamaru yesterday rewarded her trainer and owners for their patience. The three year old trotting filly was slow away and took a few fancy steps before she settled. Once over the crossing, trainer driver John Morrison took her forward to sit parked before she […]
Having had six months off, Aveross Majesty (Majestic Son) returns to the racetrack tomorrow for the Forbury Park meeting on the grass at Wingatui. “He had a light tear in the suspensory ligament. I thought he was finished but Peter Gillespie my vet said we could get him back to the races,” Waikouaiti trainer Denis […]
When Australian driver Luke McCarthy takes the reins on Kingman (Always B Miki) in Tuesday’s IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup it’ll be his third drive in the great race. His first drive was on Washakie in 2009 which finished fourteenth and his second on For A Reason which ran third in 2014. He might not […]
The quest of Burnham trainer Bruce Negus to have good numbers in the Harness 5000 races in Ashburton next month continues at Oamaru tomorrow. “It’s a great concept and it’s encouraging the studs not to put their fees up,” Negus said. With thirty six winners so far this season he’s also closing in on his […]
Woodlands Stud’s own globetrotting square gaiter Speeding Spur will join the impressive and deep stallion roster at Victoria’s Llowalong Farms formerly known as Northern Rivers Equine for the 2021/22 season. Speeding Spur brings an extraordinary race career across four countries and two hemispheres including Group 1 wins in Australia, New Zealand and the United States. […]
