Nick Kneebone has hit the ground running in his first full season of training, highlighted by his first Group One result last weekend when Speed Demon ran home well to finish third in the Gr.1 Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1200m) at Trentham.
Rejuvenated mare Archaic Smile captured her second career stakes victory when she out-finished fellow Cambridge raiders Churchillian and December to take out the Listed Bramco Granite & Marble Flying Handicap (1400m) at Trentham.
Progressive mare She’s A Dealer followed in the footsteps of her mum Say No More as she captured the Gr.1 Listen Live on Sportnation.nz New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) 14 years after her dam achieved the feat.
Multiple Group One winner Provence is looking for a fairytale ending when she heads to Trentham on Saturday to tackle the Gr.1 Listen Live On Sportnation.nz NZ Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m).
Andrew Forsman is weighing up between two black-type targets for his unbeaten mare Elle Sourit and her performance in the Waikato Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association Mile (1600m) at Te Aroha on Saturday will dictate which path she takes.
Fresh from a near-perfect day with his three starters at Pukekohe last Friday, Cambridge trainer Chad Ormsby is hoping his run of hot form continues at Trentham this weekend.
Simon and Katrina Alexander have plenty of time for Cambridge Stud filly Rioja, and she vindicated their early assessment with an eye-catching maiden victory at Matamata on Sunday.
