Owner-trainer Rodd McKenzie and leading apprentice Corey Campbell after a maiden win at Cromwell on Sunday Strong Report - Cromwell Otago Racing Club meeting at Cromwell, December 2, 2018. Weather, fine; track, good (3); rail, true position. Race 1: Otago Farm Machinery Maiden, $10,000, 1400m The De Boy justified his...
Weather, fine; track, slow (8); rail, true position. Race 1: Mouse Kennedy, rating 72, $11,000, 1600m Swing Note won comfortably. The 4yr-old Encosta De Lago mare, who won her previous start fresh up at Ashburton, is trained at Matamata by Jamie Richards for the Te Akau Jazz syndicate. She was...
Weather, fine; track, heavy (11); rail, true position. Race 1: Wairepo Hereford Stud Maiden Hurdle, $10,000, 2750m. Doctor Eden, having his first start as a jumper, prevailed by a nose. Gary Walsh settled Doctor Eden in third place despite the gelding racing keenly. Doctor Eden shared the lead at the...
Former Wingatui trainer Arthur ''Mick'' Didham will be remembered as an astute horseman and a pioneering campaigner of horses in Australia. The former trainer and jockey died in Dunedin on Tuesday, aged 86. The Didham family have made an incredible mark on Wingatui racing. So, too, have the Anderton family....
Weather, fine; track, heavy (11), rail, true position. Race 1: Central Southland and Freight Hurdle, $10,000, maiden, 2750m. Speedy Jax won narrowly at his sixth start over hurdles. Ridden by Hamish McNeill, he trailed the pacemaker Paddy Owen, came to the fore at the last fence and lasted by a...
1 Central Southland Freight Mdn Hurdle 12.01pm 2 Wairepo Hereford Stud Open Hurdle 12.36pm 3 Brocklebanks Dry Cleaners R85 2200m 1.11pm 4 No Limits Interiors R75 1200m 1.51pm 5 GO Healthy NZ Mdn 1400m 2.24pm 6 Bowel Cancer New Zealand R65 1400m 2.59pm 7 Wild Range Photography Open 1400m 3.34pm...
Weather, fine; track, slow (7), rail, out 4m from 1400m to 300m, followed by cutaway rail. Race 1: Taieri Colts Maiden, $10,000, 800m Cabernet won in dashing style. She trailed the leaders, surged along the inner in the home straight and won by four and a quarter lengths. Hiho fought...
1 Taieri Colts Maiden 800m 11.47am 2 Wingatui Function Centre Rating 75 & Jumpers 2200m 12.17pm 3 KB Contractors Rating 75 1200m 12.52pm 4 Mosgiel Tavern Maiden 1200m 1.27pm 5 Ray & Alison Kean of Southern Wide Real Estate Rating 65 1200m 2.02pm 6 Carefree Stables Rating 85 1400m 2.37pm...
Weather, fine; track, dead (4), rail, true position. Race 1: KB Contractors Maiden, $10,000, 1600m The 3yr-old filly Mossy Creek ran on boldly to win. The grey daughter of Casino Prince – De Groove is trained by Brian and Shane Anderton for the O’Malley family, of the West Coast. Mossy...
Weather, fine; track dead (4), rail, true position. Race 1: The Wingatui Function Centre, $11,000, rating 80, 1500m All Black Magic justified his favouritism with a narrow win in a race that developed into a 500m sprint. It was the third win in nine starts for All Black Magic, trained...
