AUDIO: Shaune Ritchie
Andrew Bensley catches up with Shaune Ritchie ahead of Saturday's Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) where class mare Jennifer Eccles will resume.
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Paddington's first foals arrive in the Southern Hemisphere
Four-time Gr.1 winner and European superstar, PADDINGTON, has had his first Southern Hemisphere foals arrive on the ground at Windsor Park. “Both his foals are outstanding” commented Rodney Schick. “They have substance and quality. His own attributes are evident in his foals.” First on the ground was a colt
Trainer in no rush to lock in 3YO targets
Cody Cole is happy to play a waiting game with Landlock before confirming the three-year-old’s main goals for the season. The Matamata trainer has circled the Listed Sir Colin Meads Trophy (1200m) on September 6 as the talented son of Merchant Navy’s resuming run and will firm up
Further grass targets enter the picture for synthetic specialist
Lhasa proved he is more than a synthetic track specialist when he nearly caused an upset when finishing runner-up in Saturday’s Gr.2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m) at Te Rapa. The Hellbent gelding has recorded six of his seven career victories on the polytrack, and it was his sole victory
Near perfect weekend for Grays
Palmerston North trainers Kevin and Stephen Gray had a near perfect weekend, with four of their five runners collecting winner’s cheques. Ready Response (Better Than Ready) was their sole representative at Hawera on Saturday. He ran third on debut at the track a fortnight ago and the father-and-son duo