Congrats Rosario, hope that you also got a piece of the juicy odds on offer here in NSW.
Spot on Paul, that was remiss of me. Bling It On was impressive, but Aristaeus still had to overcome difficulty to win himself. (I missed the Perfect Art USA connection). Personally I have no problem if someone wants to blow their own trumpet on this forum if they want to...wins are hard to come by at the best of times.
Congrats Rosario, hope that you also got a piece of the juicy odds on offer here in NSW.
thanks guys, absolutely thrilled with the little fella, and fortunately even here in japan i was able to have a sneaky 50 eachway,i was gobsmacked with the price ($26 fixed)especially considering he ran such a nice race first up.When he copped the check i thought it was all over.Cheers again!
Yes Hollie ... Allblack Stride certainly is establishing himself as a good two year old with two very authorative wins in the heat and final of the crown, bloody good drive by Luke. Unbeaten in four runs now, he looks a dream horse for a reinsman as he sprints and comes back under the driver just beautifully. Reckon even I could steer him. Shame that we didn't get to see Aristaeus get to show his wares after galloping and crashing - he is off for spell. Thought the midweek crowds at Bathurst looked a bit threadbare.
According to NZ Harness Racing Weekly this week's edition...
ALL BLACK STRIDE having a short let up in preparation for a mid May trans-tasman fight to Christchurch for his main 2yo targets....
NZ Sires Stakes ($150,000), to qualify for the 2yo Jewels Emerald (150,000)
NZ Yearling Sales Series Stakes (225,000 but not counting towards Jewels eligibility due to it's closed entry criteria).
According to the article quoting the owner..."We should find out exactly how good he is there".
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APG semi finals this saturday night at Menangle
Colts & Geldings
heat 1
1 22051 FOURSTARZZZSPECIAL K A Turner
Robert Morris (C)
2C0 FR1 2 11221 ALL EYES ON US B J McCarthy
Luke McCarthy
2C3 FR2 3 1393 CHRISTOPHER HENRY S P Tritton
Guy Chapple
2C0 FR3 4 2165 REAL CHARACTER C A Turnbull
Craig Turnbull
2C1 FR4 5 3 ADMIRAL JOY S M Hunter
Josh Willick
2C0 FR5 6 11 JACKATAC I K Watson
Luke Watson
2C2 FR6 7 112 PAINT THE HAMMER D R Hancock
Darren Hancock
2C2 FR7 8 12112 BLING IT ON B J McCarthy
John McCarthy
2C2 FR8 9 53 BLACKWARRIOR T E Pullicino
Tony Pullicino
2C0 FR9 10 0 ROYAL MISSILE I J Dornauf
Ian Dornauf
2C0 FR10
heat 2
1 7214 TIZ A SMOKEY M L Osborn
Joshua Osborn (C)
2C1 FR1 2 5622 GOWAN BRAE A P Gath
Kate Gath
2C0 FR2 3 664 KENNY CRACKER D M Hewitt
David Hewitt
2C0 FR3 4 21824 YOUNG MODERN M I Stanley
Michael Stanley
2C1 FR4 5 9 ARTARAMA L Miles
David Miles
2C0 FR5 6 11 BESPOKE ARTIST D Aiken
Chris Alford
2C2 FR6 7 s1141 LETTUCEROCKTHEM B J McCarthy
Luke McCarthy
2C3 FR7 8 11165 WRITTEN IN RED A S Turnbull
Steve Turnbull
2C3 FR8 9 212 MESSINI M Purdon
Michael Formosa
2C1 FR9 10 4243 HANDSOME MAJOR M B Towers
Josh Willick
2C0 FR10
Heat 1 - I think the Mccarthy horses just look better than them and could clear out, although very hard to line up interstate form, also obviously the race experience at Menangle which is very different to Albion Park or Melton
Heat 2 - Bespoke Artist looked really good in his heat and should be suited by the track, he's a big long striding horse with plenty of speed, much like Mccarthy's 2yo who is drawn right next to him, should be a cracking clash. Messini was the sales topper that year I think.
I think it can't be understated how different the racing is at menangle compared to Melton and any other 800-1000m track in the country.
Wouldn't say it is nsw horses that are better, just the McCarthy stable. Those qld lads will be at it again next year too if rosati's sales exploits here there and everywhere are any indicator. It's like there is rosati/mccarthy on one side, then there is the rest of us on the other side trying to beat them.
Two year old mentioned earlier in this thread (The Fat Man) poking along nicely in Victoria. Obviously was not right at his first start back in January behind Western Rockstar but has won his next two starts in very impressive fashion. On Tuesday night won easily at Terang by 13 metres breaking Bonavista Bay's race record by just on one second. Might be one to look out for in the future.