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Good Banter outstays rivals in Adrian Knox Stakes

Posted on April 6, 2024
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jamie Kah and Mark Zahra have battled it out down the length of the Randwick straight in the Group 3 Adrian Knox Stakes, with Kah getting the better of her Victorian counterpart as Good Banter () edged out Autumn Angel () in the final strides of the 2000m contest. As the Adrian Knox Stakes is[...]

Posted on December 3, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Leading Sydney jockey Nash Rawiller is forming a potent partnership with New Zealand-bred gelding Toesonthenose, who scored a comfortable win at Rosehill. Rawiller had his first ride on the Ocean Park gelding at Newcastle on November 18, scoring a two-length win in a Midway Handicap (1600m). He was back aboard again on Saturday and delivered[...]

Posted on November 19, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

The John Sargent-trained Toesonthenose scored the fifth victory of his career when running out a strong winner at the Newcastle feature meeting on Saturday. Carrying topweight of 59kgs, the son of Ocean Park was three back on the fence rounding the home bend but cruised past his rivals to score by just over two lengths[...]

Posted on November 3, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer John Sargent is well-regarded as a master trainer of fillies, and the affable Kiwi expat has a strong contender in Saturday's Group 2 Wakeful Stakes (2000m) at Flemington in Harlow Mist. The daughter of Mapperley Stud stallion Contributer was a strong winner of the Oaks Preview (1800m) at Flemington on September 24 and is[...]

Posted on September 25, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sydney trainer John Sargent, known for his expertise in training staying types, introduced a strong contender for the VRC Oaks with Harlow Mist's impressive victory in the Kennedy Oaks Preview (1800m) at Flemington. Jockey Mick Dee delivered a flawless ride as Harlow Mist positioned herself just behind the leading pack before accelerating strongly in the[...]

Posted on May 7, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Palmetto had to wait seven starts for his first win in Australia, but the second came much more quickly – and in a race worth $500,000. A dual Guineas winner in the South Island of New Zealand, the Ghibellines gelding found his winning groove across the Tasman with a victory at Hawkesbury on April 22.[...]

Posted on November 28, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

There were scenes of joy at Warrnambool as the John Sargent-trained galloper Bastida claimed the $288,000 Jericho Cup (4652m) on Sunday in front of enthusiastic connections who travelled from New Zealand. A New Zealand bred four-year-old, Bastida (), who won his way into the race after bolting in at Canberra over 3400m last Sunday, sat[...]

Posted on November 28, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer John Sargent had a good reason not to be trackside on Saturday to saddle smart staying mare Gin Martini. While the four-year-old mare notched her maiden stakes success with a hard-fought victory in the Listed Sandown Cup (3200m), Sargent was walking daughter Lucy down the aisle. The flashy chestnut, who is raced by James[...]

Posted on October 29, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Perfect Thought has run away with the Carbine Club Stakes in the first race of the Melbourne Cup Carnival, giving Craig Williams and John Sargent their first winner on Derby Day at Flemington. The favourite, Pungo, set up a genuine tempo and looked to have the race within his keeping at the 200m mark before the[...]

Posted on September 21, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Beaufort Downs may be one of the youngest thoroughbred nurseries in New Zealand, but they are already starting to leave their mark on the Australasian racing landscape. The North Canterbury Farm has been in operation for less than five years and look to have bred one of the leading contenders for the Group 1 VRC[...]

Posted on September 10, 2022
in Tips

Trainer John Sargent thought enough of Pink Ivory to take two shots at Group One glory as an autumn three-year-old, but an impressive come-from-behind win at Rosehill on Saturday has him even more excited about the Kiwi-bred mare's prospects in the months ahead. Making her second start in a new campaign and stepping up from 1550m, the[...]

Posted on July 19, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

John Sargent is looking forward to what lies ahead with promising maiden galloper Perfect Thought after an encouraging trial at Hawkesbury on Monday.

Posted on February 1, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

One of the most competitive editions of the Light Fingers Stakes is set to be run at Royal Randwick on February 12, but trainer John Sargent believes his filly Four Moves Ahead will be right up to the mark.

Posted on October 7, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

As a member of one of racing's best-known families, Awapuni horseman Peter Didham is hardly a surprise package in the country's training ranks. Only weeks after being confirmed as the winner of the Gavelhouse.com Newcomer to Training Award for 2020-21, Didham was credited with his first black-type success when he saddled up House Of Cartier[...]

Posted on June 11, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

All the word is on Zaaki ahead of Saturday's Group 2 Q22 (2200m) at Eagle Farm, but Randwick trainer John Sargent is keen to upset the apple cart with Brandenburg. The New Zealand-bred gelding finished third behind the Annabel Neasham-trained six-year-old in the Group 1 Doomben Cup (2000m) last start after taking up the pacemaker[...]

Posted on April 22, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Promising filly Gin Martini was purchased at Karaka as an Oaks prospect, but she has quickly found herself tackling elite-level targets as a juvenile. The daughter of Rip Van Winkle has placed twice in her three starts to date, including running third in the Group 3 Schweppervescence (1400m) at Rosehill earlier this month. Trainer John[...]

Posted on April 8, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jamie Kah and Rachel King have become household names in racing and trainer John Sargent is predicting a similarly bright future for Alysha Collett. Melbourne jockeys' premiership leader Kah and King have six Group 1 rides between them at Randwick on Saturday, while Collett gets a black-type opportunity aboard Land Ahoy in the Group 3[...]

Good Banter outstays rivals in Adrian Knox Stakes

Nash continues impressive run with Toesonthenose

Sargent impressed with Toesonthenose after Newcastle success

Harlow Mist primed for Wakeful challenge

Harlow Mist shows Oaks credentials in Flemington victory

Palmetto powers to Coast success

Bastida lands Jericho Cup for Kiwi connections

Gin Martini triumphs for father of the bride

Perfect Thought claims Carbine Club Stakes

Dazzling filly Oaks bound

Pink Ivory claims victory at Rosehill

Sargent aiming at August return for promising Perfect Thought

Four Moves Ahead in the mix for Light Fingers Stakes

Didham continues proud family legacy

Brandenburg seeking redemption in Q22

Sargent hoping to toast Group One success at Randwick

Sargent filly out to Land Oaks berth

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