Amidst the hustle and bustle of another busy morning at Waikato Stud, principal Mark Chittick was pleased to be able to sit down and catch his breath as he reflected on another stellar 48 hours for the iconic Matamata nursery. Three-year-old filly Zee Falls started the ball rolling when she became the third individual stakes[...]
Cystic fibrosis sufferer Harry Coffey took three months off from riding during the pandemic to protect himself. He returned to riding in the city with a win.
Daniel Bowman had his greatest moment as a trainer when Begood Toya Mother won the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes and he is looking for a repeat performance.
Trainer Daniel Bowman isn’t under the same pressure as he was going into last year’s Regal Roller Stakes with his stable star Begood Toya Mother. Last year, Bowman said the stakes were high as the horse needed to win the 1200 metre Listed sprint to boost his rating high enough to get into the Sir[...]
Daniel Bowman expects the Group One C F Orr Stakes to answer an important question about stable star Begood Toya Mother over his pet distance at a course where he excels. Bowman has had Saturday’s weight-for-age Orr (1400m) at Caulfield as a target for Begood Toya Mother who gave the trainer his first Group One[...]
Popular gelding Begood Toya Mother figures prominently in early voting for the $5 million All-Star Mile but is far from certain to head to the rich race. The Daniel Bowman-trained five-year-old capped an impressive rise during 2019 when he delivered on a long-range plan to win the Group One Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) at[...]
Begood Toya Mother has delivered on a long-range plan in the Group One Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield in a dream result for young Warrnambool trainer Daniel Bowman. Saturday’s $500,000 handicap over 1400m had been Bowman’s target for several months with Begood Toya Mother and the exciting gelding did not disappoint on the big[...]
Any concerns Begood Toya Mother might have missed a start in the Sir Rupert Clarke have been erased, with the favourite assured a place in the Group One handicap at Caulfield. Warrnambool trainer Daniel Bowman targeted the race a long way out but had an anxious wait until the gelding’s place in the field was[...]
The Daniel Bowman-trained Begood Toya Mother has been installed the early favourite in an all-in market for the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes after the release of nominations for the Group One handicap at Caulfield. Begood Toya Mother was posted as the $5 favourite in the TAB’s market on Monday before firming to $3.50, with Saturday’s[...]
Some advice from fellow trainers has swayed Daniel Bowman into giving Begood Toya Mother his chance in the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. Bowman had Begood Toya Mother entered for three races on Saturday – a stakes race in Adelaide as well as a handicap and the weight-for-age Memsie Stakes at Caulfield – all over 1400m.[...]
Trainer Daniel Bowman is considering options in Melbourne and Adelaide for Begood Toya Mother ahead of his planned Group One target at Caulfield. Bowman has entered Begood Toya Mother in three 1400m-races on Saturday – two at Caulfield and one at Morphettville. Begood Toya Mother is among 17 nominations for the Group One Memsie Stakes[...]
Begood Toya Mother could be the horse to give young trainer Daniel Bowman his first Group One success after the exciting gelding handled his first stakes test at Caulfield with aplomb to extend his winning sequence. Bowman has next month’s Group One Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield in his sights with the five-year-old gelding[...]
Daniel Bowman believes Begood Toya Mother has improved as he begins a preparation the trainer hopes can result in big race success in the spring. Begood Toya Mother resumes from a let-up in Saturday’s Listed Regal Roller Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield, an important race for the gelding because Bowman is targeting the Group One Sir[...]
Group One winner Scales Of Justice and exciting prospect Begood Toya Mother have made appearances at a midweek Warrnambool meeting for track gallops as they prepare for feature race targets in Melbourne. Scales Of Justice made a successful return to racing with victory in the Group Three Bletchingly Stakes last Saturday week at Caulfield and[...]
Trainer Daniel Bowman has pinpointed the Regal Roller Stakes as Begood Toya Mother’s introduction to stakes racing with a view to a tilt at the Group One Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes. Begood Toya Mother rose through the grades with five wins from as many starts during his most recent preparation, going from a benchmark-64 win[...]
Having shown trainer Daniel Bowman no signs she has had enough this preparation, last-start Creswick Stakes runner-up Golden Halo is pressing on to chase a late-season city win at Caulfield. Golden Halo came from back in the field to run second to promising Adelaide sprinter Gytrash in the Listed Creswick Stakes (1200m) on June 22,[...]