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Master of Arts gets Manion Cup

Jockey Damian Lane steered the Darren Weir-trained Master Of Arts (Mastercraftsman x Petit Verdot) to victory in the Gr.3 Manion Cup (2400m) at Rosehill on Saturday.   Trelawney Stud graduate Master Of Arts is on a path to the Sydney Cup and firmed from $101 to $15 for the 3200m Group One race after the Rosehill win. The six-year-old gelding travelled well midfield before working into the race strongly approaching the home turn. Lane peeled Master Of Arts ($8.50) into the clear inside the f...

Filly making up for lost time

Perroquet had an inglorious start to her career, but she’s quickly made up for a debut to forget. The Trelawney bred and owned daughter of Ocean Park and the Group One winner Pernod was pulled up in her first appearance and then finished fourth before an impressive last-start win. “She just never hit out that day at Matamata, it was a strange one, but then she was very good at Avondale and that gave us confidence that she would run well at Hastings,” said Andrew Scott, who trains with Lanc...

Distant Sky bolts in

Nigel Blackiston has been adamant for several weeks now that Distant Sky (Starcraft x More Than Adequate) has finally matured. As a five-year-old it has been a decent wait for connections, so Monday’s win at Ballarat was a well-earned reward for their patience and persistence. Distant Sky has been consistent throughout most of his career, with 15 top 5 placings in his 22 starts before Monday (one win and seven placings). However he had often been green and difficult to ride, turning his head o...

Talented youngster too strong in Sistema

Sword Of Osman (Savabeel x Bunyah) has taken pole position in the race for this season’s champion two-year-old honours. The slick son of Savabeel went to the top of the juvenile rankings when he produced another powerful front-running performance to win Saturday’s Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie off the back of his runaway success in the Gr.3 Reid & Harrison Slipper (1200m). Trained by Stephen Autridge and Jamie Richards, Sword of Osman has now won three of his four starts with his ...

Grunt one to beat in Australian Guineas

Tough colt Grunt (O’Reilly x Ruqqaya) headlines Mick Price's trio of chances in Saturday's Australian Guineas (1600m), with the Caulfield trainer declaring he'll be tough to defeat in the Group One. "What he did to win in Adelaide shows he'll be hard to beat on Saturday and is right up there for me," Price said. "He's also showed he likes Flemington (winning the G3 C.S. Hayes Stakes last start) and he will relish the 1600m and is even looking for further." Grunt was sold for $220,000 from Trel...

Opie's pick puts them to the sword

Opie Bosson’s judgment was again emphasised at Matamata where Sword Of Osman distanced his rivals. Te Akau’s stable jockey tipped the son of Savabeel as a rare talent before the two-year-old had raced and his prediction has been on the money. Sword Of Osman was successful on debut before he was unplaced in the Karaka Million (1200m), but he was back in the winning groove on Saturday with an effortless victory in the Gr.3 Reid & Harrison Limited Slipper (1200m). He’s a really, really good h...

See if he can hit the right note with Anthem

Back from a four-month layoff, talented but unpredictable performer Olympic Anthem (StarCraft x Fire Song) will be teamed up for the first time with current leading apprentice jockey Troy See on Friday night. With regular partner Michael Rodd riding Constant Justice, trainer James Peters had to look elsewhere. Vlad Duric and Glen Boss are suspended while Nooresh Juglall, who won on Olympic Anthem before, could have been an option but he is sticking with exciting three-year-old Nowyousee. Peters ...

Grunt stamps his Guineas credentials

Trainer Mick Price has bolstered his chances of winning a third Australian Guineas after promising colt Grunt (O’Reilly x Ruqqaya) confirmed his credentials in a traditional lead-up race at Flemington. Lightly raced Grunt, ridden by Damien Oliver, took his record to three wins from four starts when he edged past well-performed colt and Australian Guineas favourite Cliff's Edge to take out Saturday's Gr.3 C S Hayes Stakes (1400m). "He beat the right horse and he won the right way," Price said. ...

Quality filly tops Trelawney draft

New Zealand Bloodstock's bold move to revamp the yearling sale series has been rewarded with the Book 1 results exceeding expectations. Trelawney Stud sold 20 of the 23 yearlings offered for an aggregate of $2,960,000 placing them as seventh top vendor by this marker.  The farm's average came in as $148,000. Top lot for the Cambridge vendors was the Pins x Soriano filly who made $420,000 when knocked down to Rogerson Racing, the stable that prepared Soriano over her highly successful career...

Australian option for Francaletta

Quality mare Francaletta is likely to head overseas later this year. “She’s back in work and she’s had her first run along,” said Murray Baker, who trains the High Chaparral mare with Andrew Forsman. “We’ll probably be aiming for Sydney with her, she spelled really well.” Francaletta won the Gr.3 Taranaki Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) in the spring and finished runner-up in the Gr.2 Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) before she was sent to the paddock. Francaletta was so...

Decisive win by mare

There was definitely no indecision with the way Indecision won the NZB Insurance Pearl Series Bonus race at Avondale on Wednesday. The four-year-old daughter of Per Incanto streaked away to a four length win in the rating 65 1200 metre event, franking the form that had seen her run second in Pearl Series races at Matamata and Rotorua over the past month. According to part-owner Cherry Taylor, the decrease in distance made all the difference. “It’s fantastic to win a Pearl Bonus it’s a big ...

Imported mare impresses

Imported mare Igraine (Galileo x Iota)) added to her tally when successful at Awapuni on Saturday. The Galileo mare jumped well to lead, and stayed in front of her rivals in the Waterford/Farmers Transport Handicap (2100m) for the entire race before letting down in the straight to win by five and a half lengths under a quiet ride from Lisa Allpress. Trained by Robert Priscott, Igraine was selected by bloodstock agent Paul Moroney for Trelawney Stud as a future addition to their broodmare band. I...