Progressive stayer Boxmoss showed his last start Te Rapa victory was no fluke as he produced another powerful home straight surge to capture The Lawn Shed Winter Series – Stayers Final (2100m) at Ellerslie.
The curtain has been drawn on the racing career of multiple Group One winner Grail Seeker, with the daughter of Iffraaj to join the broodmare band at Yulong following her private sale.
Ellerslie’s Saturday meeting proved to be a momentous occasion for Chris Wood, with That’s Gold’s dominant win in the Gr.2 Avondale Guineas (2100m) bringing up his 500th training victory in New Zealand.
A tilt at the Gr.1 Trackside New Zealand Derby (2400m) is now on the cards for exciting three-year-old That’s Gold following his impressive victory in the Gr.2 Eagle Technology Avondale Guineas (2100m) at Ellerslie.
Chris Wood acknowledges his emerging three-year-old That’s Gold will have a fight on his hands in the Gr. 2 Jimmy Schick Shaw’s Auckland Guineas (1400m), but he’s still taking a positive approach to the Boxing Day challenge.
