Captain Duffy took first place at Morphettville on the 14th October 2017 with the apprentice Chris Caserta!
Captain Duffy is trained by Phillip Stokes and we are excited to see him head to the Melbourne Spring Carnival!
The 2 year old son of Savabeel has won his debut at Warwick Park on Wednesday 19th July 2017. Addictive Nature was purchased at the Karaka Spring Sale 2016 and is the full-brother to the Group II winner Savvy Nature. Ridden by jockey Tim Clark he comfortably won the race by 1.3 lengths over Gold Standard and Schubert.
“He has shown us a lot so it’s nice to see him put them away today,” said Bjorn Baker’s stable foreman
ack Bruce.
“We have been waiting a good year for that since we’ve had him.
“He is a real good looker and he has got the manners to match which I think is very important for a colt. He takes everything in his stride and even today before the race, how he handled everything, was very impressive.”
Read more on this from http://m.racingnsw.com.au/FreeFields/latest_news_full.aspx?ArticleId=23364&Article=Addictive-Nature-Sparkles-On-Debut
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Street Impact makes it a tough win at Metropolitan level at her first start on the 12th July 2017 at Sandown Lakeside. A tremendous job by the entire team at Ultra Racing and Aquanita for Robert Smerdon – it’s been a long road to the races!!!
Robert Smerdon had just seen Street Cry filly Street Impact score a fighting win in a thrilling three-horse finish to the 1200-metre event, but not in the fashion he might have expected.
“We’ll always accept a win, but I think she’s a lot better than what we saw here,” Smerdon said.
“I think there’s more to come once she gets more confident in what she’s doing.
“That was probably one of the few times she’s had to come under pressure, but to see her win narrowly is a relief but I thought she’d win clearly.
“Today’s a good start point, a good outcome, but we’ve seen a lot more than that and I think there’s a lot more to come.
Read more from this interview here https://www.racing.com/news/2017-07-12/winning-debut-but-bigger-impact-expected
On the 20th May 2017 Hooked raced well at Morphettville, coming a close 2nd in the Hughes Limousines R A Lee Stakes with a purse of $42,500.
https://www.theracessa.com.au/race/5123299
6YO Hooked won his first race in some time on Saturday 15th April 2017 at Caulfield in the 1400m Group 3 handicap ridden by jockey Luke Nolen.
Trainer Robert Smerdon said “You have a plan in the back of your mind about how a race is going to play out and you hope that it does but more often than not some other variable comes into play and it doesn’t work out, but today just went as we’d expected and hoped,” Smerdon said.
“He had the barrier, he got a really good cart along and was able to present at the right time so it went exactly as it looked it might.”
Read more and watch the race at https://www.racing.com/news/2017-04-15/hooked-catches-another-feature-win?device=app
We are pleased to announce that Casino Fourteen won his maiden race at Echuca on the 9th April 2017, ridden by jockey Nikita Beriman.
Casino Fourteen is a 2yo Colt, trained by Greg Eurell.
Sire: Casino Prince
Dam: Run for Naara
Sire of Dam: More Than Ready
Watch his first win here:
Another great win for 3YO Colt Grand Chancellor who raced into 1st at the 1600m at Balaklava on the 5th March 2017, ridden by Justin Huxtable.
Jockey Emily Finnegan has taken 3yo filly Battle Hardened to first place in her last 3 races!
30th December 2016 – Strathalbyn 1203m
18th January 2017 – Morphettville Parks race 2
25th January 2017 – Morphettville Parks race 2
Battle Hardened
Sire: Hard Spun
Dam: Hiragana
Sire of Dam: Fusaichi Pegasus
Trainer: Phillip Stokes
Colour: Chestnut
Age / Sex: 3yo Filly
Foal Date: 30/09/2013
Toby Koenig topped day 1 of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale, with the $650,000 purchase of Lyndhurst farm’s Lot 280 yesterday.
The Sebring colt is out of Joleur, the well-related dam of multiple stakes winners, and is a three-quarter brother in blood to proven G1 performer Criterion.
We can’t wait to see the beautiful colt return to our shores!
Read more about the purchase here: http://nzb.co.nz/news.cfm?content_id=181427