Highly promising Savabeel gelding Poison Chalice remained unbeaten this preparation when he produced another dynamic performance to defeat a talented field on the Lakeside course at Sandown on Wednesday.
Promising Kiwi filly Elsie May broke through for her first victory for trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace in the Tobin Brothers Celebrating Lives Handicap (1600m) at Sandown on Wednesday under a determined Luke Campbell ride.
Trainer Michael Kent is already looking toward an autumn campaign with New Zealand-bred mare Crimson Light following her first-up win over a mile at Sandown on Wednesday.
A strong Kiwi connection will be at play this Saturday at Flemington when New Zealand-bred three-year-old Artzino pairs with star apprentice Wiremu Pinn in the Sir Henry Bolte Handicap (2000m).
Apprentice jockey Wiremu Pinn displayed his supreme talent at Sandown on Saturday, notching his first metropolitan winner in Australia before going on to post a treble.
Trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr celebrated a race-to-race double with New Zealand-breds at Sandown on Saturday afternoon, headed by the unbeaten Globe in the A$150,000 King’s Coronation Cup (1800m).
Expat New Zealand trainers Emma-Lee and David Browne are dipping their toes into breeding with the purchase of a familiar broodmare on gavelhouse.com last month, and their investment quickly paid off with a win at Sandown on Saturday.
