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Jockey keeping cards close to his chest about who he will ride in Golden Slipper

Racing: Hawke's Bay owner shares in two wins on big Karaka Millions night 28 Jan, 2021 08:45 PM 9 minutes to read Need I Say More is at full stretch as jockey Troy Harris urges the gelding to victory in the Group 3 Cambridge Stud Almanzor Trophy (1200m) at Ellerslie last Saturday. Hawkes Bay Today By: John Jenkins Matamata trainer Jamie Richards prepared the winners of three of the feature races at last Saturday's Karaka Million night at Ellerslie and Waipukurau's Michael Ormsby shared in two of them. Richards saddled up Need I Say More to triumph in the Group 3 $70,000 Cambridge Stud Almanzo...

Homesman will almost certainly be at the mercy of the voting public as trainers Anthony and Sam Freedman look at a possible first-up tilt at the All-Star Mile for The Valley lover. His only unplaced run at The Valley was behind Lys Gracieux in the 2019 Cox Plate. Sam Freedman said the seven-year-old is back in work preparing for his autumn campaign. He said connections had not locked in Homesman’s program but the All-Star Mile was the priority. “He’s good. He’s back in and going very well, he’s quite forward,” Freedman said. “Hopefully, he gets a run in the All-Star Mile and we ...

Unbeaten three-year-old Aegon is set to head to Australia for the autumn, but his targets over the carnival remain up in the air.

Link to Share In a titanic tussle that lived up to the pre-race hype, Aegon kept his perfect record intact with a thrilling win over Amarelinha in Saturday’s Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie. Although the million-dollar race attracted a full field of 17 three-year-olds, the build-up was completely dominated by two horses. One was Aegon, whose three-from-three record included the Group 1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton and the Group 2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) at Hastings. The other was Amarelinha, a stunning last-start winner of the Group 2 Eight Carat Cla...