News - RELIABLE MAN (GB)
Danny O’Brien won the Gr.1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) in 2007 with New Zealand-bred Master O’Reilly and he is hoping he has another Kiwi that can add a second Caulfield Cup to his mantle on Saturday.
Five-year-old gelding Lord Ardmore continued his strong winter form, making it back-to-back victories when a hard-fought winner of the Premier's Cup Prelude (1800m) at Randwick.
Astute trainer Mark Newnham has had some good success with gorgeous grey fillies, think Greysful Glamour and Harmony Rose, and we suspect he may have another that made a winning debut at Hawkesbury on Sunday.
Champion expat New Zealand trainer Chris Waller enjoyed a highly successful afternoon at Rosehill on Saturday, saddling four winners and reaching 150 city wins for the season, and two of his victories came with impressive performances from New Zealand-breds Lord Ardmore and Bold Mac.
Trainer Allan Sharrock looks to have another smart juvenile filly on his hands after he produced impressive debutant Librarsi for a maiden victory over 1100m at Otaki on Friday.
There were some very familiar names on the board on Italian Derby Day at Capannelle on Sunday with the day’s feature being won by a son of Westbury Stud's Reliable Man (GB).
Game mare Wannabe ‘N’ Paris (NZ) became the latest stakes-winner for Westbury Stud's Reliable Man (GB) when she capped a wonderful day at Riverton on Monday for trainer Paul Harris when she refused to relent in the home straight to take home the major spoils in the Listed Carriers Arms Hotel Riverton Cup (2147m).
Westbury Stud's Reliable Man (GB) nearly had the winner of the Group I ATC Australian Derby with Benaud a close second, but he got some consolation with The Cunning Fox reiterating his staying credentials when taking out the A$200,000 Bendigo St Leger Trial (2200m) .
Victorian trainer Danny O’Brien will have a pair of runners in Saturday’s A$5 million All-Star Mile (1600m) at Flemington headed by last-star Gr.2 Blamey Stakes (1600m) winner Inspirational Girl, while fellow Kiwi-bred Callsign Mav landed a late place in the field.
On the eve of the Karaka Yearling Sale, Westbury Stud’s Reliable Man struck twice at Flemington.
Joe Pride has some serious stable stars at present in Eduardo and Private Eye, but he might also have an Oaks filly in the mix and we saw her at Wyong on Tuesday.
A son of Westbury Stud's Reliable Man (GB), Hypnos’ victory in the Gr.3 Powerworx Taranaki Cup (2000m) at Awapuni on Friday proved to be a sentimental one for co-trainer Roger James.
Westbury Stud’s Reliable Man (GB) has had some very good staying fillies including Oaks winners Miami Bound and Miss Sentimental, so when one of his three year-old fillies wins in this manner at her second start we investigate further.
Caspar Fownes is banking on consistency and a bit of luck when Sky Field lines up in Sunday week’s Gr.1 Hong Kong Sprint (1200m).
Promising three-year-old Rosberg impressed at Tauranga on Wednesday when scoring his maiden victory in the Katy Laidlaw Property Management 1400.
Group One performer Hypnos is in fine fettle ahead of the Gr.3 Eagle Technology Stakes (1600m) at Te Aroha on Saturday according to trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood.
A $430,000 NZB Ready to Run Sale purchase in 2017, Reliable Man (GB) gelding Reliable Team scored his biggest win to date when taking out the Group II The Bochk Jockey Club Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday.
New Zealand Bloodstock graduate Benaud will be after his first Group One scalp when he contests the Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) at Randwick on Saturday.
Leading New Zealand nursery, Westbury Stud, is hardly a stranger to success in the Australian spring with wonder mare, Bonneval, winning the Underwood Stakes and Dato Tan Chin Nam, while Miami Bound followed up her VRC Oaks and Wakeful Stakes victories with another blinder in last year’s Moonee Valley Gold Cup.
There were some well bred runners at Nowra on Friday, but a debut winner that is a well named half-brother to triple Group I winner Tofane was impossible to go past as a ‘One to Watch’ and continues a purple patch for his Westbury Stud based sire Reliable Man (GB).