Biggin Hill, Cinematic & Selfie will race at Ellerslie today. Biggin Hill starts in the G3 Concorde over 1200m. He is racing as consistently as ever and although he finished 6th he was only 2.2 lengths from the winner in the Counties Bowl at his last start.
Cinematic lines up in the R65 1200m. She will be ridden by Alysha and has drawn nicely at barrier 5, she will appreciate the better track being a good 3 today. Selfie resumes in the same race. He will be ridden by Amber Sims and is a likely improver in the race after a lengthy break, having last raced at Ruakaka on 10th September.

Top Prospect has come through his impressive win in the listed 3yo 1500m at Ellerslie in great order. He will be freshened up and aimed towards to Great Northern Guineas on New Year’s Day over 1600m.
Shangold went a good race at Counties on Wednesday finishing 3rd over 1100m, fighting hard to the line. He is still learning and we expect him to improve with more racing.

Swissta & Son Taari galloped nicely together this morning, both look on target for their next assignments. Son Taari will head to Te Rapa next Saturday for the R65 2100m and Swissta to Ellerslie on Sunday for the R65 1500m.
Irish Missile had a solid gallop with Selfie on the course proper on Wednesday, she will race at Tauranga on Friday over 1400m.

Cartell, Captain Rio – Pyrate Princess, Red Giant – She’s A Tomboy, Molly Polly, Lady Henrietta and Medaglia D’oro – Lunar Eclipse filly have all had educational jump outs at Counties over the past fortnight.
Japhite continues to have a niggly foot issue which has restricted her to slow work. Florence Hill has also had a steady week.  Azamour – Cataari had his first run along at ¾ speed during the week.

Any Suggestion – Southern Touch is due to have his work stepped up and work along at ¾ speed next week. All American – Do Gooda & Denman – La Chiflota fillies have resumed training, both in very good condition.

Last but not least and on a sad note, Fast Learner (or Crumb as he is known in the stable) has again had problems with a suspensory ligament that had him out for a long period last season and the decision has been made to retire him from racing. His group of owners had some fun with him, winning 5 races and being placed 11 times from only 20 starts, the highlights being his last to first win in the Lindauer Mile at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day and the Duoro Cup in Wellington in 2015.

In Australia
Moki made an excellent debut at Gosford on Thursday finishing 2nd over 1100m, ridden by Deanne Panya. He was a little slow clearing the gates and as a consequence ended up wide for the best part of the race and still fought on strongly to the line. He will take improvement from the race and should run well again at his next start mid December.

Untamed Diamond was to race at Rosehill today however a bruised heel during the week prevented her from having her final gallop so she will now be aimed for a similar race at Rosehill on the 10th.

Segenhoe was disappointing at his first start at Hawkesbury fading out to finish 7th of 8 runners. He has trialled since in blinkers and will race again at Canberra next Sunday over 2000m.
Dark Secret also trialled yesterday at Warwick Farm, we have yet to make a decision on his debut date. Our Ventura has had another week on conditioning pace work and swimming.
 
 

 Swissta broke through for his maiden win at just his third start at Avondale on Tuesday. Alysha always had him in a winning position and he fought on gamely to win by a neck over the 1200m. He is raced by the partnership of Carol Findlay, Barry Jensen (pictured below), Julian Ede, Carol Kidd, Gerald Shand, Pat Fruin, Janet Hepi & Wigg Wilson who have all been long time owners with us. Swissta looks like he may get over more ground and will head next to Ellerslie on 11th December over 1500m.
Our other two runners at Avondale, Irish Missile & Son Taari finished 3rd and 4th respectively, both finishing off their races well.

Owner Joanne Sims will have two runners on Counties Cup day tomorrow with  Biggin Hill  lining up in the Counties Bowl over 1100m and the promising filly Florence Hill in the R65 1400m.  Both horses go into the race on the back of some solid gallops over the past week.

Cinematic ran a creditable 7th at Tauranga last Saturday given the testing track and her wide barrier draw. She will race next at Ellerslie on the 3rd December and will appreciate better track conditions.
Selfie has again galloped well this week and looks likely to head to Ellerslie next Saturday to race over 1100m. It could be a good day for his owner Arthur Avis with his other horse Top Prospect also heading there to race in the 3yo 1500m.

We will be taking advantage of the jump outs being held on Monday on the course proper here at Counties with Fast Learner, Japhite, Shangold, Lady Henrietta, Time Lord, Molly Polly, Captain Rio – Pyrate Princess, Red Giant – Shes a Tomboy and the Medgalia D’oro – Lunar Eclipse all lining up.

In Australia
Segenhoe makes his Australian debut at Hawkesbury today over 2000m. With Jason on the side-lines he will be ridden by Rory Hutchings. He has worked well on the track since his trial and we expect him to run well.
Untamed Diamond continues to thrive in Sydney and worked nicely over 800m on Wednesday for her race day jockey Deanne Panya. She looks on target to race at Rosehill on the 26th December over 1200m.

Moki has worked well in blinkers during the week, he will gallop with Untamed Diamond tomorrow and could make his debut Friday week at Canberra over 1000m. Dark Secret stretched out nicely at ¾ speed this week, he may have a jump out later next week. Our Ventura is enjoying being back in the stable after a short break.

The NZB Ready to Run sale commences this week and we have been busy doing plenty of home work recently sorting out a number of likely types we think could develop into nice middle distance horses. We are looking to purchase at least one horse which we will race in a partnership of clients.
We are not regular RTR sale buyers but the last time we purchased a horse of this type it was the smart galloper Bellino. This type of horse seems to be able to be picked up at a reasonable value and with a lot of work already done with them it could financially prove a good option. If you are interested in this or any other horses at the sale please give us a call.
http://www.nzb.co.nz/sales/sale.cfm?ordered=lot&sort=asc&sale_id=193

Untamed Diamond finished a close up 2nd, beaten by the narrowest of margins at Canterbury last Saturday over 1100m. Once again she didn’t get any favours from the barrier and fought on hard over the final 100m. She has come through the race in good order and will step up to 1200m in her next outing at Rosehill on Saturday 26th.

Segenhoe trialled nicely over 1200m finishing 3rd for Rory Hutchings at Warwick Farm last Friday and galloped well again on Tuesday. He has bloomed since being in Sydney and will make his Australian debut next Friday over 2000m at Hawkesbury, where we expect a good showing. Jason will take the ride on race day.

Moki was a little green in his trial over 900m at Rosehill on Monday finishing 6th, he will trial again in blinkers before racing. Dark Secret has spent some time in the pool this week along with track work. Our Ventura has resumed training after a short break.

Cinematic will step out in the R85 1200m at Tauranga tomorrow, she has trained on well since her first up run for 2nd and her gallop on Tuesday morning was very good. She will be ridden by Cameron Lammas with Alysha riding in Christchurch. City Boy has drawn the outside barrier in the same race and is also nominated for Avondale on Tuesday. Scratchings, weather and track conditions will determine whether he will line up at Tauranga.

Swissta & Irish Missile were both scratched from Dargaville with wide barriers and will now head to Avondale on Tuesday. Both galloped well during the week in blinkers during the week. Son Taari will also race at Avondale in the R65 2100m. It will be his first start over 2000m+ but his track work and races to date suggest the extra distance will suit.

 A heavy 10 track put paid to Biggin Hill’s trip to Awapuni during the week, he will now race in the listed Counties Bowl over 1100m next Saturday. He will gallop tomorrow with Cartell in preparation. Florence Hill will also gallop tomorrow before racing at Counties over 1400m.

Selfie galloped in good style last Saturday, he should be forward enough to race at Ellerslie on 3rd December. Shangold & Top Prospect have had a steady week pace working after racing last week.

Captain Rio – Pyrate Princess, Time Lord, Molly Polly & Medaglia D’Oro – Lunar Eclipse have shown good promise in their early work at ¾ speed. Lady Henrietta has worked along nicely during the week and is due further barrier practice before a trial.
Red Giant – She’s A Tomboy, Azamour – Cataari & Any Suggestion – Southern Touch are getting through good pace work.
 

Top Prospect continued his winning run with a gutsy win over 1600m at Ellerslie on Tuesday. From barrier 17, Alysha did a great job to get him positioned on the fence early and never covered any extra ground, getting a gun run up the rails to win by a head . He has compiled a handy record of 2 wins & 2 placing from his 5 starts and looking a promising type for his owner Arthur Avis.

Shangold was a little overwhelmed with the Ellerslie atmosphere and a bit out of his depth against more experienced maideners over 1400m on Tuesday. He will benefit greatly from the run and we expect better things from him in the future.

Biggin Hill has been scratched from a strong field at Te Rapa tomorrow and instead will head to Awapuni on Thursday for the open 1200m. Kelly McCulloch will be back on board.
Irish Missile and Swissta galloped left handed this morning at Counties in preparation for Dargaville next Friday. Both horses may also have blinkers added to their gear to sharpen them up on race day.

Cinematic and City Boy will gallop on Saturday in preparation for Tauranga next Saturday. Te Rapa has come up a bit too soon for Selfie. He has galloped impressively this week and is not far off being back at the races.
Son Taari is another who will gallop on Saturday, he is on track to race again at Avondale on the 15th. Fast Learner was to trial at Ellerslie this week, he may now race fresh up at Counties on Cup day over 1100m. Florence Hill could also be seen back at the races on Counties Cup day over 1400m.

Japhite is back to full working with a change of shoeing, she has missed a bit of work with the foot issue and will need to be back to full fitness before racing again possibly late in November. Lady Henrietta was good through the race day barriers this week, she will have a jump out shortly before trialling. Captain Rio – Pyrate Princess & Time Lord stretched out well in their workouts at ¾ speed.

Our youngsters Molly Polly, Red Giant – She’s A Tomboy and the Medaglia D’Oro – Lunar Eclipse fillies had their first workouts at ¾ speed this week. Azamour – Cataari continues with pace work.

In Australia
After coming through her last start at the night meeting so well Untamed Diamond will chase the $100K prizemoney on offer at Canterbury tomorrow. She has drawn barrier 6 of 12 over the 1100m and has Deanne Panya back on board claiming 3kgs. She galloped brilliantly at Warwick Farm for Deanne on Tuesday.

Segenhoe will trial at Warwick Farm today over 1200m. Safely through his trial he could head to Hawkesbury on Friday 19th to race over 2000m. Moki will trial at Rosehill on Monday over 900m  to assess how forward he is to make his debut. Dark Secret has recovered from his bruised foot and is back full working.
 

A string of placings on both sides of the Tasman for the stable this week with a 2nd and three 3rds from 6 runners, all fresh up or resuming. Friday at Counties saw Swissta resuming and Shangold making his race day debut. Both acquitted themselves well finishing 3rd running on well over the concluding stages. Shangold looks a likely starter in the maiden 1400m at Ellerslie on Tuesday while Swissta could head to Te Rapa Saturday week, both horses will benefit from the step up in distance at their next starts.

Cinematic, Irish Missile and Son Taari also resumed their campaigns at Avondale on Wednesday. Cinematic produced at excellent run, she jumped well racing on the pace and finished off the race strongly to run 2nd beaten a head right on the line. She has strengthened up well during her break and looks to have a good season ahead of her. She will head to Tauranga on the 12th for her next start again over 1200m. Irish Missile (7th) and Son Taari (8th) were both in need of their outings and we expect improvement from them at their next starts, Irish Missile  will head to Dargaville in a fortnight over 1200m while  Son Taari  will step up to 2100m again at Avondale on the 15th November.

Top Prospect has also come on nicely since his win at Ruakaka, providing he gallops well on Saturday he could race at Ellerslie on Tuesday over 1600m.
Biggin Hill, City Boy and Selfie will gallop on Saturday and could all race at Te Rapa on Saturday 5th November. Biggin Hill was unsuited by the heavy testing Rotorua track at his last start and has trained on well since.

Fast Learner will trial at Ellerslie on Thursday, safely through the trial he will resume at Tauranga on Saturday 12th November over 1400m.
Lady Henrietta has impressed in her faster work and has been good through the barriers this week. She will have a jump out next Thursday. Japhite has unfortunately has some foot issues since her race at Ruakaka and has had a quiet fortnight since. Florence Hill has also had a quiet week of pace work.

Captain Rio – Pyrate Princess gelding & Time Lord (Guillotine – Mary Agnes) have worked along at ¾ speed this week, both are due further faster workouts again on Saturday.  
Red Giant – She’s A Tomboy has pace worked and had some barrier practice through the wooden gates this week. Molly Polly and the Medgalia D’oro – Lunar Ecplise filly have almost completed a month back in the stable and continue with pace work. Azamour – Cataari gelding is working along nicely in his 2nd week back at the track.
 
In Australia
 
Untamed Diamond ran an excellent race for 3rd at Canterbury last Friday night, she jumped well and raced on the speed as is her usual and was run down late on the line, finishing only half a length from the winner. She has come through the race in excellent order and may race next at Rosehill on Saturday 12th November.
 
Moki galloped well for Jason during the week and will look to have a jump out at Warwick farm next Friday before making his debut in Australia. Segenhoe has joined our Sydney stable, he too has worked well during the week and will trial next Friday prior to racing.  Dark Secret had galloped well last Saturday however has had an infection in a foot since and has subsequently had a quiet week.

Biggin Hill gets his shot at the big league at Rotorua tomorrow. With wins in R85 and open company recently he will start in the G3 Sweynesse Stakes over 1215m. He has drawn well at barrier 4 and will be ridden by Grant Cooksley with Alysha riding at Ashburton and Kelly unavailable. He goes into the race in great order however if the heavy track deteriorates later in the day it may not help our chances. 

Top Prospect and Florence Hill provided the stable & Alysha with a winning double at Ruakaka on Wednesday. It was a well-deserved win for Top Prospect who has had all his 4 starts to date on the Ruakaka track and improved with every start. He is raced by Arthur Avis who also has Selfie with our stable.
Ruakaka would have to be owner Joanne Sims favourite track with Florence Hill winning over 1400m at her first start, along with the recent wins she has had with Biggin Hill on the same track.  Florence Hill (Myboycharlie – Mellow Elle) was purchased by Richard for Joanne at the yearling sales in Australia. She had shown promise at the trials prior to her debut and looks to have the makings of a good staying filly.

Japhite also produced a very good first up run to finish 3rd over 1200m. She raced on the speed and only just faded over the final stages in a fast run race.

We are hoping the weather improves over the week as we are looking to run a number of our team at the local Counties meeting next Friday. Swissta and Shangold, scratched from Ruakaka with wide draws, along with Cinematic and Irish Missile who have been working well since trialling could all start and be realistic chances is the track is reasonable.

Son Taari was good in a jump out on Thursday and with another gallop under his belt could be fit to race again at Counties on Friday or Avondale on the 26th.

Fast Learner will head to the trials late October/early November before resuming on race day. Cartell and Selfie appear to be over their setbacks and will gallop on Saturday, both will need a few more workouts at speed to be back to full race fitness.

Lady Henrietta stretched out well on the wet track on Tuesday and is due to have barrier practice through the starting gates next week. Guillotine – Mary Agnes will be stepped up in his work and also have some barrier practice next week.
City Boy, Captain Rio – Pyrate Princess, Red Giant – She’s A Tomboy have had a week of pace work. Molly Polly (Hussonet – Tevez) and the Medgalia D’oro – Lunar Ecplise worked quietly in their first week back at the track.

In Australia
Untamed Diamond bypassed Warwick Farm on Wednesday after drawing a wide barrier. She galloped impressively on Thursday and will be nominated for the night meeting at Canterbury on the 21st over 1100m.
After a track gallop during the week Hot Mustard has unfortunately been side-lined with a torn suspensory. It is very disappointing after his good run of form of late. He will be off the scene until next autumn.
Our Ventura has taken a bit of time to get over her Hawkesbury misdemeanour and will have a short let up in the paddock for a fortnight. Dark Secret & Moki have settled in nicely in Sydney and are due workouts at speed on Saturday.

Dark Secret & Moki flew to Sydney on Monday to join our Warwick farm stable. Both horses have completed their ground work here in New Zealand and should race in Australia within the next month.

Our Ventura will race at Hawkesbury on Sunday. She has drawn the outside barrier over 1500m which is not ideal, hopefully Jason can slot into a nice position back in the field. She had a jump out last week in preparation but has had a five week break from racing due to a foot abscess so can only be improved from the outing.
Hot Mustard continued his run of consistent form with a good 3rd over 2200m at Warwick Farm on Monday. He has come through the race well and we may look at racing him back at Warwick Farm on the 19th or he may head north to Brisbane for a $60K race at Eagle Farm on the 15th depending on weather and track conditions.

Untamed Diamond will be back on track at Warwick Farm on Wednesday in the benchmark 78 over 1100m. Deanne Panya will ride her in a final gallop on Saturday in preparation and again on race day. She didn’t have any favours last start from an outside barrier so we are hoping for a better draw this time.

Here in New Zealand the ongoing wet weather is proving to be frustrating and has delayed starts for a number of our team. Japhite, Swissta, Florence Hill, Shangold & Top Prospect were scratched from Avondale last Wednesday when it came up a heavy 10, they are all nominated for Ruakaka on Wednesday where the track is currently a dead 5 and should provide a good surface for them.

Biggin Hill continues to train on well and looks on target to start in the Lion Red Plate at Rotorua next weekend. Cinematic could resume at Rotorua depending on track conditions.

City Boy was disappointing at Te Rapa last Friday finishing 7th over 1200m after a good run of form prior. He didn’t get the best of runs early, being caught three wide then just battled in the straight finishing 5 lengths from the winner. He has pulled up well however and appears to have taken no harm from the run.

Fast Learner is another of our team waiting on better track conditions to resume on race day. He continues to work keenly and should perform well when he steps out.
Cartell continues to be plagued with niggly foot issues and has had a change of shoeing which has helped, he too is no chance of racing again until the tracks get firmer. Irish Missile & Son Taari are back full working after some soreness issues. Selfie has had a quiet fortnight with a respiratory setback.
 
Lady Henrietta will work along at speed in company tomorrow morning. Captain Rio – Pyrate Princess, Red Giant – She’s A Tomboy & Guillotine – Mary Agnes have worked along nicely in quiet pace work. 2yo fillies Molly Polly (Hussonet – Tevez) and Medgalia D’oro – Lunar Ecplise have resumed training this week.

Hot Mustard added to our string of winners for the new season with a nice win at Hawkesbury last Thursday. Carrying his carded weight of 61kgs, Jason had him positioned nicely just off the pace and he won easily in the end, albeit the margin being only .8 length. It was an especially good effort considering he was fresh up after an 11 week break over the 2100m journey.
Now a 7 year old, Hot Mustard (Lucky Owners – Fashion Society) has spent the majority of his racing career in Sydney and has been most consistent for his quartet of owners, Leigh Crockford, Barry Colman, Talbot Munro and Richard with 5 wins and 11 placing's from 38 starts.

Untamed Diamond  worked well on Saturday morning and has freshened up nicely for her next assignment at Warwick Farm on 3rd October over 1000m. Our Ventura is back full working after a foot abscess had her on the side lines for 10 days, she won’t be seen on race day until early October.

City Boy looked home in the R85 1200m at Counties last Sunday. He was ridden a treat by Alysha but was just pipped on the post going down by a long head on the line. He is a model of consistency and should be very competitive when he lines up next at either Te Rapa on Friday 30th or Hawkes Bay on Saturday 1st.

Cinematic, Japhite, Swissta, Florence Hill, Shangold & Moki all turned in nice trials at Avondale last week, considering none were pushed hard to the line on the slow 9 track. Swissta, Japhite, Shangold & Florence Hill could head back to Avondale to race in a fortnight while Cinematic may resume at Rotorua on 15th October. Irish Missile also trialled and was disappointing, she will have an easy week getting over some minor soreness.

Cartell & Biggin Hill galloped together during the week. Biggin Hill will be seen next in the Lion Red Plate at Rotorua on 15th October, while Cartell will head to Matamata on 8th October over 1200m.

Fast Learner has galloped boldly over the past week and is due a jump out on Thursday. He is not far off a trial. Swiss Ace – Vibe will also head to the jump outs on Thursday.

Dark Secret and Top Prospect worked along at ¾ speed on Saturday. Son Taari is back on track after some muscle issues, Lady Henrietta is due to have her work stepped up this week. Captain Rio – Pyrate Princess, Red Giant – She’s A Tomboy & Guillotine – Mary Agnes have pace worked.

Biggin Hill continued his good run of form with another win in the open 1200m at Ruakaka last Saturday. The 7 year old Falvelon gelding has hit a fine vein of form for his owner Joanne Sims with 2 wins and 3 placings from his last 6 starts. He has come through the race in great order and will look to continue his run at Ellerslie on the 24th. In the same race Cartell was disappointing, never appearing comfortable and finishing well back.
Selfie was the ‘black booker’ of the day, after being slow out of the gates he settled at the rear of the field and made up a huge amount of ground in the straight to finish 6th only 2 lengths from the winner. It was a very good effort given his big weight and time between races. He has pulled up well and could race next at either Ellerslie on the 24th September or Te Rapa on the 30th.

Top Prospect ran an improved race over 1400m at Ruakaka. He had to work quite hard to get to the lead and held on well to finish 3rd, 1.3 lengths from the winner. He will have an easy couple of weeks and look to race again at Avondale on 5th October.

City Boy will race in the R85 1200m at Counties on Sunday. He has drawn 11 of 11 runners but with the track already a slow 8 and wet weather forecast the barrier draw may be an advantage. He has a light weight 54kgs and Alysha is booked to ride.

Cinematic, Japhite & Swissta will trial at Avondale on Tuesday and resume racing following. Unraced Moki (Testa Rossa) Florence Hill (My Boy Charlie) & Shangold (Rip Van Winkle) are also down to trial before making their race day debuts.

Irish Missile will gallop on Saturday and could race again at Ellerslie on the 24th. Dark Secret, Fast Learner & Swiss Ace – Vibe have had workouts at ¾ speed this week. Lady Henrietta has pace worked, while Son Taari has had a quiet week with some muscle issues. 3yos Captain Rio – Pyrate Princess & Red Giant – Shes A Tomboy resumed training this week.

In Australia
Hot Mustard finished a nice 2nd at the Hawkesbury trials on Monday, the trial should bring him on nicely for his next race at Hawkesbury on 22nd September over 2100m.
Untamed Diamond has trained on well this week. Our Ventura has had an easy week of swimming due to a foot abscess.