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Metro test for Joan's A Jett

Mark Kavanagh is not one to spruik his young horses, preferring to let them do the talking on the track. It’s why the Melbourne Cup-winning trainer is reluctant to play up the chances of emerging filly Joan’s A Jett (Rock 'n' Pop x Luna Tudor) who steps to metropolitan grade at only her second start at Caulfield on Wednesday. The daughter of Rock ‘N’ Pop turned heads with a storming maiden win at Seymour last month, after which Kavanagh spoke about her autumn prospects. While he’s got...

Heir of Tavistock breaks maiden

The Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra-trained Heir of Tavistock got his first win on the board when successful at Cranbourne on Friday over a mile trip. This was his fourth career start and he was backing up off a runner-up finish at Terang earlier this month. The three-year-old gelding jumped well to lead and looked happy in the running under a nice ride from Damien Thornton. The race became a two horse battle when Heir of Tavistock was challenged by Empire Legend and they fought it out to the li...

Pike duo ready for New Year's test

A solid work-out on Saturday morning by Gr.1 Sistema Railway (1200m) candidate Bostonian has trainer Tony Pike confident his stable star is at his peak for his biggest challenge. The Jimmy Choux four-year-old who was born and raised at Trelawney Stud for owner-breeder David Archer, hasn’t been seen since he opened his summer campaign with a comfortable victory in the Listed Counties Bowl (1100m) at Pukekohe last month. Pike believes his charge performs best with his runs spaced and is ready to...

Sword of Osman ready for raceday return

Juvenile Group One winner Sword of Osman was back in action on the weekend where he pleased Te Akau trainer Jamie Richards with his exhibition gallop between races at Matamata. Successful in the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) as well as the Gr.3 Matamata Slipper (1200m) in his two-year-old season, the Savabeel gelding had been freshened after finishing unplaced in the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton last month. “He’s probably more of a sprinter and he’ll resume in the three...

Trelawney mare scores decisive win at Ellerslie

Smart racemare Indecision (Per Incanto x Yeah Nah) gave her rivals weight and a comprehensive beating when she led all the way to win the Listed Hallmark Stud Handicap (1200m) at Ellerslie. The five-year-old was the clear topweight in the day’s sprint feature, carrying 60kgs in the seven-horse-field, 4kgs more than her nearest rival. Also burdened with the outside barrier for the contest, Indecision made light work of the situation as she set a steady pace in front before bursting clear of her...

Filly jetts away for debut win

Joan’s A Jett won impressively on debut at Seymour on Thursday for trainer Mark Kavanagh. “She was a little slow away and settled towards the back of the field but showing just how good she is, her jockey Craig Robertson was able to get her off the fence, come out wide and finish off strongly to win," said Kavanagh. Brent and Cherry Taylor, who bred Joan's A Jett and share in the ownership of the three-year-old filly, sent her over to the Kavanagh stable earlier this year. “Brent and Cher...

All-Star Mile set for extra Grunt

Two-time Group One winner Grunt (O'Reilly x Ruqqaya) has been one of the early nominations for Victoria's $A5million All-Star Mile. Should the Mick Price-trained galloper secure a spot in the final field, it will be a return to his favoured Flemington track where he won the Australian Guineas and Makybe Diva Stakes, both over the All Star Mile distance. The four-year-old becomes the third Group One winner – after Happy Clapper and Foundry – to be entered for the All-Star Mile on March 16. Gr...

Trelawney grad 'foils' opposition

Trelawney Stud graduate Pris De Fer (Savabeel x Foiled) justified his race day favouritism breaking his maiden in the Interislander Summer Festival Jan 5 Maiden (1400m) at Ruakaka on Tuesday.   Following up his debut second in the Maiden 1200 metres on 29 November at Avondale, the three year-old gelding was given a copybook ride by Opie Bosson who made his move on the home turn to lead from the 300m mark and went on to win by two lengths. “It was a lovely ride by Opie (Bosson),” said T...

Bostonian ready for Railway

Smart Cambridge galloper Bostonian (Jimmy Choux x Keepa Cheval) is heading in the right direction as he prepares for the Gr.1 Sistema Railway (1200m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day. Trainer Tony Pike gave Bostonian an exhibition gallop between races at Te Rapa on Saturday and was pleased with his hit-out. Ridden by Vinnie Colgan, Bostonian was timed to run the final 800m of his work in 47.72 and the last 600m in 34.83. “He’s thrived since his fresh-up run,” Pike said. “His coat wasn’...

Mystic Hill breaks maiden

Newcastle trainer Kris Lees scored a double at Tarree in Australia on Monday, spear-headed by the Trelawney Stud born and raised Mystic Hill (Savabeel x Cuphill). Three-year-old filly Mystic Hill was having her second start following on from her runner-up performance at Muswellbrook  on November 30.  Ridden by Andrew Gibbins she scored by just over five lengths in the Stacks Law Firm Maiden Handicap over 1400m. Mystic Hill was retained to race by Judi Wanless, a long-time client of Tre...

Sultan of Swing set for G2 test

Trainer Shaune Ritchie is looking forward to lining up Sultan of Swing (Bachelor Duke x Queen Cha Cha) in the Gr.2 Rich Hill Mile (1600m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day after his win in the Gr.3 J Swap Contractors Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa on Saturday. “I’m pretty keen to get him up over a mile,” Ritchie said. “He used to be very good as a sprinter fresh-up, but now he’s a year older he’s racing back in the field a little bit and with these 1400m and mile races being run at a good ...

Sultan of Swing has all the right moves at Te Rapa

Hardy galloper Sultan Of Swing (Bachelor Duke x Queen Cha Cha) capped a somewhat bizarre day at Te Rapa when he took out the Gr.3 J Swap Contractors Sprint (1400m) after a substantial delay in proceedings. The meeting had looked in jeopardy of being called off after racing was put on hold for an hour following a cloud-burst that saw torrential rain soak the Te Rapa track shortly after the running of the Gr.3 SkyCity Hamilton Waikato Cup. It continued the frustrations being experienced by the lar...

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War Affair returning to Singapore

Stephen Marsh is disappointed he won’t get an opportunity to test War Affair (O'Reilly x Kristique) again this season. The former Singapore topliner has had two starts since joining Marsh’s Cambridge stable and performed creditably. He finished seventh on an unsuitable slow9 track in the Gr.2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m) at Te Rapa then, after winning a trial, he ran fourth to the highly acclaimed Te Akau Shark in the Gr.3 Red Badge Spring Sprint (1400m) at Hastings last month. “I thought he w...

Bostonian back in emphatic fashion

One of the best of last season’s three-year-old crop showed he was back in no uncertain terms with a dashing victory in the Listed Haunui Farm Counties Bowl (1100m) at Pukekohe. Jimmy Choux gelding Bostonian (x Keepa Cheval), who was born and raised at Trelawney for owner-breeder David Archer, rounded off his three-year-old campaign with a hat-trick of victories in Queensland that culminated with the Gr.3 Sunshine Coast Guineas (1600m). A winning trial at Cambridge over 935m at Cambridge earl...

Igraine outstanding in Counties Cup

Imported mare Igraine (Galileo x Iota) rubber-stamped her quality as a stayer of note when she downed a handy line-up in Saturday’s Gr.3 Ssangyong Counties Cup (2100m) at Pukekohe. Carrying the famous Trelawney Stud colours of owners Brent and Cherry Taylor, the impeccably bred Galileo mare proved too tough in a grinding finish with race favourite Mongolian Marshal to capture her first success at stakes level. Purchased in Europe by bloodstock agent Paul Moroney as a future broodmare prospect ...

2018 Ready To Run preview

Trelawney Stud will be represented by eight Ready To Run two-year-olds at the New Zealand Bloodstock auction this week. Riversley Park will consign the More Than Ready colt out of Raziyya of Sydney (pictured above), while Diamond Lodge has care over the remaining seven.  Early education and breeze up preparation of the draft was completed in Cambridge by Diamond Lodge’s Jeremey Whale and Finbarr Leahy, after which they relocated to the appropriate vendor. The eight two-year-olds offer th...

Bostonian back for summer sprint features

One of last season’s best three-year-olds showed he has come back from a winter break in fine fettle with a dashing performance at the Cambridge trials last Thursday. The Tony Pike-trained Bostonian completed a hat-trick of wins in Queensland during the winter with victory in the Gr.3 Sunshine Coast Guineas (1600m) capping an outstanding campaign. The Jimmy Choux gelding, who was born and raised at Trelawney, was having his first serious hit-out in a new preparation when he easily accounted fo...

Indecision takes out Te Rapa feature

A bold front-running performance saw the Tony Pike-trained Indecision add further valuable black-type to her career record when she scored carrying the Trelawney silks in the Listed Legacy Lodge Sprint (1200m) at Te Rapa. Narrowly beaten at her last start in the Gr.3 Sweynesse Stakes (1215m) at Rotorua, Indecision would not be denied on Saturday after being rated perfectly in front by rider Leith Innes. Innes had the Per Incanto mare humming along nicely throughout the contest as she comfortably...

Randwick double for Trelawney

The Randwick races on Melbourne Cup day proved to be a happy hunting ground for Trelawney Stud graduates. The Stephen Marsh-trained Campari (O'Reilly x Lillet) was having the third start of her Australian campaign and was given a well-judged ride by Jason Collett to take out the Agency Real Estate BM70 (1400m). Campari, who was purchased by Go Racing for $100,000 out of Trelawney's 2016 New Zealand Bloodstock draft, was ridden right off the speed and then burst home on the rail for an impressive...

Emily Margaret primed for Zacinto

In form three-year-old filly Emily Margaret (Pins x Seven Schillings) has already one stakes victory to her name this spring and she will be looking to add the Listed Zacinto Stakes (1600m) to that tally at Riccarton on Saturday. The Kevin and Pam Hughes-trained runner has won two races this spring, including the Listed Canterbury Belle Stakes (1200m) two starts back, and finished a creditable third last-start in the Guineas Trial (1400m) at Riccarton. “The pace went on and then it came off an...

Campari out to claim further Aussie prizes

Stephen Marsh’s long-range plan to campaign a couple of promising mares off-carnival in Australia steps up a notch this week with Campari (O'Reilly x Lillet) and Mark Two tackling city assignments. The lightly raced but well performed pair scored maiden wins at Gosford earlier this month. Campari, who was sold out of Trelawney Stud’s 2016 New Zealand Bloodstock draft, heads to Warwick Farm on Wednesday for The Agency Real Estate Handicap (1400m). “They are well bred mares and have black ty...

Sword of Osman back to winning form in Te Rapa feature

Former top juvenile Sword Of Osman (Savabeel x Bunyah) was back in the winning groove at Te Rapa where he took out the Gr.2 James & Annie Sarten Memorial Stakes (1400m) with a bold front-running performance. A Group One winner during his two-year-old season, the Savabeel gelding had been slow to find his feet in this campaign with two unplaced efforts preceding Monday’s much improved showing. Aided by an inch-perfect ride by Opie Bosson, Sword Of Osman dictated the speed throughout before repe...

Stacey awarded scholarship

The NZTBA have announced that Ryan Stacey has been awarded the Keith and Faith Taylor Family scholarship to study at the Irish National Stud in 2019. Stacey will leave New Zealand in January to undertake the world renowned Thoroughbred Breeding Course at the famous nursey. “We had a number of very strong applicants this year, the calibre of the applicants was excellent and anyone of them could have represented us in Ireland,” said Justine Sclater NZTBA Business Development and Operation...

First black type test for Igraine

European import Igraine (Galileo) has hardly put a foot wrong since joining Robert Priscott’s Te Awamutu barn earlier this year and she is set to tackle stakes company for the first time in the Listed Jakkalberry Classic (1950m) at Rotorua on Saturday. The daughter of Galileo has won three of her four starts in New Zealand for Brent and Cherry Taylor of Trelawney Stud and Priscott believes she can continue that impressive strike-rate on Saturday. “I’m very pleased with the way she has been...