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Kintyre claims Group 3 glory in stewards room

Posted on April 21, 2024
in Australian Horse Racing News

Although Gold Bullion () was first past the post, the gelding couldn't survive a protest lodged by connections of Kintyre (), with the result being overturned in the Group 3 Frank Packer Plate (2000m) at Randwick on Saturday afternoon. The Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained galloper seemingly did enough to score, initially making every post[...]

Posted on April 15, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

It was only a five-horse field engaged for the Frank Packer Plate at Group 3 level, which has seen Osipenko prove too strong for the three-year-olds. Chris Waller and Nash Rawiller combined with the impressive son of Pierro to take out the opener in a dominant display, rounding up his rivals in short order when[...]

Posted on April 16, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Verona had caused an upset in the first Group 3 of the afternoon at Royal Randwick, winning the Frank Packer Plate (2000m) in fine fashion. The Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained three-year-old was given a lovely steer under William Pike, beating Maurice's Medad and a disappointing Straight Arron. The former Kiwi had started just once[...]

Posted on April 22, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Group One winner Lion's Roar will continue his autumn preparation at Randwick on Saturday. The son of Contributer has continued to please trainer John O'Shea after his third placing in the Group 1 Australian Derby (2400m) at the Sydney track earlier this month, and he has elected to press on to the Group 3 Frank[...]

Posted on May 23, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Chris Waller-trained Kinane will carry the weight of expectation when he contests the Group 3 Gunsynd Classic (1800m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday, but the talented three-year-old will have to overcome the outside barrier in the field of 16. The son of Reliable Man has been one of the talk horses of the autumn,[...]

Posted on May 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Chris Waller has confirmed impressive Frank Packer Plate winner Kinane will not run in the Group One South Australian Derby with the gelding instead slated for a trip to Brisbane. Kinane was initially trained by his part-owner Mick Kent in Victoria before being sent to Waller when Kent took a break from training earlier[...]

Posted on April 21, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Westbury Stud stallion Reliable Man bolstered his CV on the weekend when his son Kinane took out the Group 3 Frank Packer Plate (2000m) at Randwick on Saturday. The Chris Waller-trained gelding has now recorded two wins from just four starts and with Saturday's victory he became his sire's seventh Group winner and 11th stakes[...]

Posted on April 18, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Michael Kent's judgment about Kinane's ability has been vindicated and fellow trainer Chris Waller is the beneficiary with the three-year-old an impressive Group Three winner at Randwick. Victorian handler Kent had planned an extended break from training to travel overseas and dispersed his horses to various trainers with Kinane ending up with Waller in Sydney.[...]

Posted on April 17, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

He often flies under the radar, and that is the way he likes it, but there is no doubting Tim Clark has been one of the form jockeys of the Sydney autumn carnival. Clark has ridden a stakes winner at every meeting for the past six Saturdays, three of them at Group Ones level –[...]

Posted on April 17, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman look forward to Saturdays even more than usual at present. With New Zealand likely into its final week of a month-long Alert Level 4 lockdown due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the training partners have been watching from afar as Quick Thinker and The Chosen One have represented the[...]

Posted on April 16, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Australian Derby plans for Get The Idea had to be aborted, so trainer John Sargent has redirected the lightly raced stayer towards the Group Three Frank Packer Plate. Get The Idea was an acceptor for the Group One Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick on April 4 but was scratched by Sargent the day before the[...]

Posted on April 14, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mark Newnham has had the Frank Packer Plate as Gone Bye's autumn goal for some time but admits he was not expecting the gelding to be taking on a Group One winner. Quick Thinker, winner of the Australian Derby, headlines Saturday's nominations and is the even-money favourite ahead of acceptances on Wednesday. The Murray Baker[...]

Posted on April 4, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman have done it again. Their names are synonymous with Derby success and the Kiwi conditioners applied their deft touch to Quick Thinker, who became Baker's fifth Group 1 Australian Derby (2400m) winner when proving too strong for his rivals in an energy-sapping contest at Randwick on Saturday. A[...]

Posted on April 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have continued their stellar Sydney autumn carnival form, producing the lightly raced Entente for a stakes victory at Randwick. The stable has won three Group One races in as many weeks, including the Golden Slipper courtesy of Farnan, with Entente adding a Group Three to that haul. The three-year-old broke[...]

Kintyre claims Group 3 glory in stewards room

Osipenko wraps up small field in Frank Packer Plate success

Verona causes boilover in Frank Packer Plate

Lion continues to roar at Randwick

Boom horse Kinane to step out in Queensland

No South Australian Derby Start For Kinane

Westbury Stud stallion proving to be reliable

Kinane Wins Frank Packer Plate For Waller

Clark In Lane For More Stakes Success

Quick Thinker to cap fine campaign

Packer Plate Start Looms For Get The Idea

Gone Bye Set For Group 3 Frank Packer Plate

Quick Thinker provides Baker with fifth Derby

Tulloch Lodge And Clark A Winning Entente

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