Luvaluva

Brandenburg seeking redemption in Q22

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 June 17, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sydney trainer John Sargent is over the moon with the way Group 1 performer Brandenburg has returned to his Randwick barn and he is now eyeing some lofty spring targets with the son of Burgundy. Brandenburg had a quality three-year-old season, placing twice at Group level in spring before winning the Group 2 Hobartville Stakes[...]

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

Randwick trainer John Sargent is poised to make a splash when Brandenburg contests Saturday's Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m). The Kiwi ex-pat, who moved to Sydney six years ago, has the three-year-old colt humming this campaign and the drop to the minimum weight with seven-time Doncaster winning jockey Glen Boss booked to ride has seen[...]

Posted on March 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

In a week he has had to retire Luvaluva, trainer John Sargent will look to another stakes-performed mare from his stable to make her mark at Rosehill. On Wednesday, Sargent announced the retirement of five-year-old Luvaluva after the Group One-placed mare strained a tendon in the Epona Stakes at Rosehill last Saturday. House Of Cartier[...]

Posted on March 25, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Group One placegetter Luvaluva has run her last race with a tendon injury ending her racetrack career. The John Sargent-trained mare won six of her 30 starts including the 2017 Group Two Wakeful Stakes. In April 2019 she went to New Zealand where she ran third in the Group One Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes. “It is[...]

Posted on February 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

New South Wales-based jockey Koby Jennings is aiming to maintain his perfect strike-rate on the John Sargent-trained Luvaluva in the Group 1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa on Saturday. The 24-year-old hoop, who is originally from Taralgon in Victoria, has ridden the five-year-old mare in her last two starts for two victories in[...]

Posted on January 26, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Expat New Zealand trainer John Sargent is hoping to strike while the iron is hot with New Zealand-bred mare Luvaluva. The daughter of Mastercraftsman has recorded two stakes victories in her last two starts after a 20-month hiatus from the winner's circle. Luvaluva broke her winning drought in style in the Group 3 Summer Cup[...]

Posted on January 11, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Rejuvenated mare Luvaluva will be given a Group One opportunity across the Tasman after landing back-to-back stakes wins with a classy performance in the January Cup. In a race that did not go to plan, Luvaluva was flushed out into a three-wide position when the speed slowed but rather than panic, jockey Koby Jennings used[...]

Posted on January 10, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

When Koby Jennings looks back on 2019, he remembers it as a year of challenge and reward. The challenges started early when his father, Troy Kilgower, underwent treatment for cancer. Between riding engagements, the NSW-based Jennings travelled home to be with his family who live in Victoria's Gippsland region. It was a difficult period but[...]

Posted on January 8, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

After re-establishing herself as a winner, Luvaluva will start the short-priced favourite to enhance her record in the January Cup at Randwick. The John Sargent-trained mare won the Group Three Summer Cup on December 26 over the same 2000m-course as Saturday's Listed race. Her previous victory came in the Adrian Knox Stakes, also over the[...]

Posted on January 6, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Luvaluva will be given the chance to add another stakes win to her record with trainer John Sargent extending her summer campaign to include the January Cup at Randwick. The last-start winner of the Group Three Summer Cup (2000m) on December 26 will line up over the same distance in Saturday's Listed race. The Summer[...]

Posted on December 27, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A day after producing Luvaluva to win the Summer Cup, trainer John Sargent has claimed another Group Three win with Tinkermosa in the Belle Of The Turf Stakes at Gosford. Although Luvaluva had not won for more than 18 months she was well-supported to win the Summer Cup at Randwick while Tinkermosa was at $20[...]

Posted on December 26, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

More than 18 months after signalling her class with a Group Three win, Luvaluva has claimed an overdue victory in the Summer Cup at Randwick. Since her triumph in the Adrian Knox Stakes (2000m) as a three-year-old in April 2018, the John Sargent-trained Luvaluva has raced in top company but struggled to crack it for[...]

Posted on December 25, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Punters are keeping faith with Luvaluva who will start favourite in the Summer Cup in her bid to win her first race for more than 18 months. The John Sargent-trained mare has been as short as $3.70 for Thursday's Group Three race since acceptances on Monday but is now at $4. Sargent deliberately kept her[...]

Posted on December 23, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Alward will revert to his favourite distance of 2000 metres in the Summer Cup after another defeat over longer. The Chris Waller-trained import has yet to win in 11 attempts beyond 2000m but has seven wins at the distance of Thursday's Listed feature at Randwick. His most recent victory was in the Listed ATC Cup[...]

Posted on November 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Having ruled Luvaluva out of a Group One feature in Perth, trainer John Sargent will concentrate on a million dollar race closer to home with the mare to head to The Gong at Kembla Grange. Sargent and Luvaluva's owners considered the Kingston Town Classic at Ascot on December 7 but the logistics of the trip[...]

Brandenburg seeking redemption in Q22

Sargent hoping to toast Group One success at Randwick

Big spring tipped for Brandenburg

Doncaster within Sargent’s grasp

House Of Cartier Ready To Fire At Rosehill

Group One Placegetter Luvaluva Retired

Jennings looking to nab Kiwi Group 1

Herbie Dyke assignment for Luvaluva

Luvaluva Wins Again To Earn Group One Shot

Jennings Confident Luvaluva Can Win Again

Luvaluva Favourite To Continue Winning Way

Luvaluva To Extend Summer Campaign

Tinkermosa Wins Belle Of The Turf

Long Wait Over For Luvaluva In Summer Cup

Luvalulva To End Summer Campaign In Cup

Alward Back To Favourite Distance In Cup

Luvaluva Out To Get Gong At Kembla Grange

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