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Dragon Leaps Into NZ And Australian Derbys

Posted on February 15, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Dragon Leap has been a market mover for the Australian Derby after getting his campaign back on track with a Group Two victory at Ellerslie. He will first run in the New Zealand Derby after his decisive win in Saturday's Avondale Guineas (2100m). The Lance O'Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained gelding missed his original NZ Derby[...]

Posted on February 11, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Smart three-year-old Dragon Leap will contest Saturday's Group 2 Jamieson Park Avondale Guineas (2100m) at Ellerslie after overcoming a minor hiccup which prevented him from running in last weekend's Group 2 Waikato Guineas (2000m). This time last week the lightly-tried son of Pierro was the ruling favourite for the Group 1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby[...]

Posted on February 8, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

An elevated temperature has forced the scratching of current Group 1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) favourite Dragon Leap from today's Group 2 Legacy Lodge Waikato Guineas (2000m). The Pierro three-year-old was using the Te Rapa contest as his main lead-in race to the Derby at Ellerslie on February 29 but trainers Lance O'Sullivan and[...]

Posted on February 7, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Winning Saturday's Group 2 Legacy Lodge Waikato Guineas isn't a critical element of Dragon Leap's campaign, according to Matamata trainer Lance O'Sullivan. O'Sullivan, who trains the rising star Pierro three-year-old in partnership with Andrew Scott, has made it clear that this month's Group 1 $1 million Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) at Ellerslie is the[...]

Posted on January 2, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Talented three-year-old Dragon Leap stamped his Derby credentials with his winning effort in the Group 2 Jamieson Park Auckland Guineas (1600m) at Ellerslie on Wednesday. It was the second win and first stakes victory for the Lance O'Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained gelding who more than made up for his last-start indiscretion when costing himself the[...]

Posted on November 28, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Lance O'Sullivan has gone close to winning the Group 1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) in his time training, five-times producing three-year-olds to finish in the top five. The Matamata trainer reels off a list of high-class performers to have run well recently for the stable in the Ellerslie showpiece, with 2010 runner-up Corporal Jones[...]

Posted on November 5, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Spring Heat arrived at Ellerslie on Tuesday, in more ways than one. The sun was out and the temperature began to soar as the Lance O'Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained Spring Heat kicked off her season in the best possible style, recording her fourth career win in the Powersafe Electrical Wholesalers 1200. The daughter of More[...]

Posted on October 28, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Expensive yearling purchase Dragon Leap underscored his potential staying talent when he stormed home on debut to score over 1400m at Te Rapa. Raced by Hong Kong couple Eugene and Karen Chuang under their Hermitage Thoroughbreds banner, the Pierro three-year-old gelding was an A$1,050,000 purchase out of the Sydney yearling sales and is prepared by[...]

Posted on October 21, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Sir Charles Road is in danger of missing out on a start in the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) next month, a race he finished seventh in last year. The Lance O'Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained six-year-old has pleased his connections with his spring campaign to date, placing in two of his three starts in Sydney[...]

Posted on October 18, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Saturday's A$500,000 St Leger Stakes (2600m) at Randwick could have a major bearing on the 2019 spring campaign for well-performed New Zealand stayer Sir Charles Road. A highly creditable seventh in the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) last November, Sir Charles Road is currently 43rd in the order of entry for this year's running of[...]

Posted on September 19, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A return to middle distance racing has Matamata trainers Lance O'Sullivan and Andrew Scott confident that Charles Road can produce an improved performance two weeks out from his main Sydney spring target. The Myboycharlie six-year-old, Charles Road, who races as Sir Charles Road in Australia, steps up to 2000m in Saturday's Group 3 Kingston Town[...]

Posted on August 15, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Lance O'Sullivan, who trains in partnership with Andrew Scott, has little expectation of his talented stayer Charles Road as he lights a fuse on another Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) campaign in Sydney on Saturday. The Matamata trainer is delighted with Charles Road's progress ahead of the Spring Preview Handicap (1400m) at Randwick's Kensington track[...]

Posted on July 28, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Sydney Cup placegetter Sir Charles Road is in Sydney to be prepared for a spring campaign aimed at the Melbourne Cup. Trained by Lance O'Sullivan and Andrew Scott, the New Zealand stayer will bypass the Hastings spring carnival to concentrate on Australia starting with a 1400m-race at Randwick on August 17. Owner David Archer said[...]

Posted on June 26, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Pencarrow Stud's decision to bring a broodmare out of retirement has been spectacularly rewarded by the dual black-type winner Sleeping Beauty. The Rip Van Winkle six-year-old mastered the gruelling conditions for a dominant victory in Saturday's Listed Ultimate Ford and Mazda Tauranga Classic (1400m), having also taken out the Group 3 Rotorua Stakes (1400m) at[...]

Posted on June 22, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Class performer Sleeping Beauty underlined her credentials on the deep winter tracks when she out- toughed her female rivals to take out the Listed Ultimate Ford and Mazda Tauranga Classic (1400m) under weight-for-age conditions at Tauranga on Saturday. The six-year-old Rip Van Winkle mare has fashioned an impeccable record on wet tracks having now won[...]

Posted on May 11, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Consistent mare Sleeping Beauty finally got the major race win she deserved when she took out the Group 3 ISCL Rotorua Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. The Lance O'Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained six-year-old has proven a model of consistency throughout her career, having finished inside the top three in two-thirds of her 21 career starts before[...]

Dragon Leaps Into NZ And Australian Derbys

Dragon leaps back to health

Elevated temperature grounds Dragon Leap

Dragon ready to fire for Guineas

Wexford 3YO leaps into Derby contention

Dragon Leap continues down Derby trail

Spring Heat arrives at Ellerslie

Derby prospect scores on debut at Te Rapa

Last roll of the dice for Sir Charles Road

St Leger to dictate Sir Charles Road’s spring

Charles Road set to relish step up in distance

Charles sets off on road to the Cup

Sir Charles Road Preparing For Melb Cup

Broodmare’s unretirement works wonders for Pencarrow

Sleeping Beauty takes out Tauranga Classic

Sleeping Beauty claims deserved stakes victory

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