Newgate announce virtual stallion parade premiere
Newgate has announced the premiere of their 2024 Virtual Stallion Parade. The online premiere will be held live on Monday, August 12th at 7 PM (AEST) on Newgate’s Facebook page.
“Newgate achieved a very impressive milestone in 2023 becoming Australia’s leading stallion operation by market share. The fact that the roster is even bigger and stronger this year with three of the most desirable first season sires we have ever stood is something our team is very proud of,” said Newgate Managing Director Henry Field.
“We’re keen to showcase our stallions to breeders in an engaging and informative way. This virtual format allows us to reach a wider audience and provide valuable insights for breeders while they make their breeding decisions for 2024.”
Hosted by Bruce Slade, the parade will feature all 17 stallions.
Bergerson hoping for a repeat of last spring
Just a month into entering a training partnership with Mark Walker at Te Akau Racing, Sam Bergerson recorded his first Group 1 victory courtesy of Skew Wiff (NZ) (Savabeel) in the 2023 G1 Tarzino Trophy. “It was an incredible day. We had four winners that day and Imperatriz won and kicked off her Australian campaign by beating Giga Kick,” Bergerson told Loveracing.nz on Friday.
Sam Bergerson | Image courtesy of Trish Dunell
“We are looking to go back-to-back (in the Tarzino Trophy).” The order of entry for the first Group 1 of the season was released on Thursday, with four Te Akau runners featuring in the top 10, including defending champion Skew Wiff, Campionessa (NZ) (Contributer {Ire}), Quintessa (NZ) (Shamus Award), and Romancing The Moon (NZ) (El Roca).
See You In Heaven favourite for Behemoth S.
See You In Heaven (Divine Prophet) will try and put her name among illustrious company when she chases a second successive G3 Behemoth S (formerly Spring S.) at Morphettville on Saturday. “She had a jump-out prior to her trial the other day and she probably lacks a bit of race fitness,” co-trainer Richard Jolly told racingsa.com.au.
“She hasn’t raced for a while now, she’s not quite as fit as she was last year, but they don’t lose their ability.” See You In Heaven is the current favourite and hasn’t raced since the G1 Toorak Handicap last spring.
Debut for exciting The Autumn Sun colt at Kembla Grange
Unraced 3-year-old colt Imperial State (The Autumn Sun) is the $2.40 favourite with the TAB to make a winning debut in the Congrats Saya Sakakibara Maiden at Kembla Grange on Saturday. The race is named in honour of recent Saya Sakakibara, who hails from the Illawarra's northern suburb of Helensburgh and cemented her status as a one of the greats of her sport with a BMX Gold Medal at Paris 2024.
“I think he is a very good horse,” co-trainer Gerald Ryan told racingnsw.com.au. “We have had a good rap on him for a while. He could have gone to the races after he won his first trial at Hawkesbury but we decided to give him a break.”
Four wins for Lindsay Park and Stackhouse at Geelong
Trainers Ben, Will and JD Hayes of Lindsay Park combined with jockey Daniel Stackhouse to win four races at Geelong on Friday. They opened their account with 3-year-old gelding Stoli Bolli (Deep Field) who was on debut and he is the first foal of Listed winner Champagne Boom (Spirit Of Boom).
They also won with Four Ace (Brutal {NZ}), Excel And Fly (Flying Artie) and Laa De Sha (Shalaa {Ire}).
Arctic Glamour to choose own pathway after Missile
Arctic Glamour (Frosted {USA}) will choose her own adventure this spring based on her first-up performance in the G2 Darley Missile S. at Randwick on Saturday. “We didn’t have any real goals for her, it was just get her up and fit and see what races were about,” co-trainer Sterling Alexiou told racingnsw.com.au.
Arctic Glamour | Image courtesy of Inglis
“You’d like to think even not fully screwed down she should be able to run well in that race if she’s going to be running in some decent races this spring.”
GoFundMe to help Gio Spiga
A GoFundMe has been set up to assist Moody Racing employee Giovanni Spiga, who was left fighting for life after a truck accident on Tuesday. Spiga's partner Billie is by his side and his family is flying to Melbourne from Italy to be with him.
Sarah Moody started the fundraising page to assist with Spiga's recovery and life ahead following the shocking accident. "Please keep Gio in your thoughts during this time and thank you very much for any support!" the GoFundMe description reads.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/giovanni-spiga
Impressive training performance with Zloties
The Grahame Begg yard has pulled off an incredible win at Geelong on Friday, with Pinecliff-owned mare Zloties (Snitzel) breaking her maiden in her first run for more than two years. “The team's done an exceptional job, over an extended period of time with this beautiful mare,” stable representative Rohan Hughes told racing.com.
“She's had a lot of problems, but everything's been done in the right way to get her back to the races, so we were rapt just to get her back to the races as a starting point. And then to see her put in a performance like that off such a long break, it's very exciting. She's an exceptional quality mare.” Zloties ran third on debut in February 2022 and hasn’t raced since. She is a half-sister to Group 2 winners Seaburge (Sebring) and Catch A Fire (Sebring).
Written Tycoon’s WA invader fit and ready
Co-trainer Ben Pearce believes Acromantula (Written Tycoon) can measure up again and repeat last year’s heroics when he returns to contest a second interstate campaign in Melbourne on Saturday. “I think he’s fitter, “Pearce said to The Races WA.
Acromantula | Image courtesy of Racing Photos
“I don’t think they’ll be able to cross him from barrier one. I spoke to Craig (Williams)’s manager and he said it was a very winnable race for him.” Acromantula has won eight of his 31 starts.
New ownership for Arc aimed Wootton Bassett colt
Group 1 winning 4-year-old colt Al Riffa (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) will race for the Al Riffa Syndicate and Masaaki Matsushima beginning in Sunday's G1 Grosser Preis von Berlin. The Joseph O'Brien trainee's long-term goal remains the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
Matsushima has already enjoyed some success in Europe as the part-owner of G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud winner Broome (Ire) (Australia {GB}).
Crystal Black on target for Australian spring
Crystal Black (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) all but stamped his own passport in the early hours of Friday morning, Australian time, when he continued his winning run in the G3 Ballyroan S. at Leopardstown in Ireland. He has now won five in succession and seven of his 19 starts.
“To get over today was the main plan and I suppose now, that's the next plan to try and aim for that (the Melbourne Cup),” trainer Gerard Keane told vrc.com.au.
Mutasarref wins Desmond S.
Mutasarref (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}) produced a career-best to land the G3 Bahrain Turf Club Desmond S under Colin Keane, who also won the Ballyroan S on Crystal Black. It was his ninth success from 20 starts, and a fourth at Leopardstown.
“You don't expect to be winning these races with the penalties. We were a bit disappointed with him last time at the Curragh, but that's the Curragh. I don't think he's ever run his best race there but he does it here,” trainer Ger Lyons told racingpost.com.
“You think the penalties are going to stop him and he just keeps doing things like that. Horses like him make you enjoy the game. The plan is to come back here on Champions Weekend for the Group 2 Boomerang Stakes, which is beyond him, but it will give us another day out.”
Dubai Mile heads Tatts online sale
A total of 172 horses, including Group 1 winner Dubai Mile (Ire) (Roaring Lion) (lot 172) have been catalogued for the Tattersalls Online August Sale. The sale begins at noon on Wednesday, Aug. 14 and ends beginning at noon on Thursday, Aug. 15. There are 139 horses in/out of training, 16 broodmares, nine stores, four yearlings, three foals, and the aforementioned Dubai Mile, who will be offered by Martyn Meade's Manton Park Stud, where he stood his first season in 2024.
Dubai Mile (Ire)
New training partnership for France
Jean-Claude Rouget, one of the most successful trainers in French racing history, is set to join forces with Jerome Reynier with the pair set to operate from a joint licence from January 1, 2025.
Rouget, 71, has training bases in Pau and Deauville and has managed the careers of some of the game's biggest stars, including Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winners Sottsass (Fr) and Ace Impact (Ire).
Judge blocks attempt to stop HISA
A federal judge in Oklahoma on Thursday denied a request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) that eight licensed Remington Park horsepeople wanted put in place to keep the Horseracing and Safety Integrity Act (HISA) from being enforced in that state.
Chief Judge Timothy DeGiusti of United States District Court of Oklahoma (Western District) wrote in an Aug. 8 order that, “the Court finds that Plaintiffs have failed to make a sufficient showing of irreparable harm to warrant the extraordinary remedy of injunctive relief, [and that] the imminent threat of irreparable harm that might warrant relief-particularly the issuance of a TRO on an expedited basis-is simply not present here.”
