After a pair of luckless placings from wide barriers, New Zealand-bred mare Elettrica (NZ) (Vespa) turned things around at Rosehill on Saturday and set herself up for a potential black-type winter campaign in Queensland.
Saturday’s A$300,000 Gr.2 BMD Group Sunline Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley provided a special reward for a part-owner who has spent the last few years wondering what might have been.
Blake Shinn concedes drawing barrier 14 in the HK$26 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) with Galaxy Patch is “not ideal” but the Australian believes Pierre Ng’s charge has the temperament and class to overcome the challenge.
Helios Express will aim to join Rapper Dragon and Golden Sixty with a HK$52 million Four-Year-Old Classic Series clean-sweep as one of 14 selected runners for the HK$26 million 147th BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, 24 March.
James Covello, Sheep Pond Partners and Head of Plains Partners’ Beach Patrol (USA) again proved his affinity for the turf course at Arlington International Racecourse when finishing best in a frantic finish in Saturday’s 35th running of the Grade I Arlington Million.