News - TARZINO (NZ)
The story of Proxima Dea is a real trans-Tasman page turner, bred and raced by Kiwis, foaled in Australia, purchased by one trainer and prepared by another and her dam sold through Inglis Digital last year and now in Victoria, potentially carrying another classic staying star of the future!
Proxima Dea extended her flawless record to five out of five with a powerhouse performance in the $2m Gr.1 Moet & Chandon Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) at Randwick on Saturday.
The emergence of unbeaten filly Proxima Dea has added another chapter to a breeding venture that began with the racetrack deeds of outstanding mare Montefilia and has its sights set firmly on producing elite middle-distance horses.
A full sister to Group I BRC Queensland Oaks winner Gypsy Goddess, promising staying three-year-old Proxima Dea extended her perfect record to three out of three with an irresistible finish in Saturday’s A$120,000 Midway Handicap (1800m) at Rosehill.
Well-related filly Proxima Dea made a perfect start to her career at Randwick on Saturday with an all-the-way debut victory in the A$160,000 Elite Sand and Soil 2YO Handicap (1400m).
Talented New Zealand-bred gelding Tarzing claimed his first Sydney victory with an impressive performance in the A$160,000 Irresistible Pools and Spas Handicap (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday.
David Greene has always thought Free Bird would thrive over further ground, and she fulfilled that promise when winning over a middle distance at the first time of asking at Ellerslie on Saturday in the Golf Warehouse 2100.
Mike Breslin is hoping the horse he named after one of his favourite footballers, Peter Crouch, can earn him a ticket into Australia’s most coveted race.
Physique and pedigree didn’t point to Grocer’s Girl emerging as a two-year-old black-type prospect, but stakes success now beckons in her final appearance of the season.
Rugged stayer Crouch may well have earned the right to put an Australian stamp in his passport with a typically dogged effort to claim the headline event on the Otaki card on Saturday, the Listed NZ Punter Of The Year @ HB Spring Carnival Hawke’s Bay Cup (2200m).
Westbury Stud duo Tarzino and El Roca were represented by a winning double at northern headquarters to successfully open and close the Ellerslie card.
Flemington has been a happy hunting ground for New Zealand-bred mare Tarvue, who produced another big performance at the Melbourne track in Saturday’s A$80,000 TAB We’re On (2000m).
Trainer John Sadler has the Gr.2 Adelaide Cup (3200m) in mind as a potential target for Tarvue after her tenacious victory in the A$130,000 Off The Track Trophy (1800m) at Flemington on Saturday.
Stakes targets are in the offing for consistent gelding Maldini after he scored the biggest win of his career when taking out the Dunstan Horsefeeds Stayers’ Championship Final (2400m) at Ellerslie on Boxing Day.
New stakes winners for resident stallions Redwood and Tarzino were celebrated by Westbury Stud at the weekend.
Race favourite Tshiebwe followed a perfect script as he galloped his way into contention for the Gr.3 NZ Campus of Innovation & Sport Wellington Cup (3200m) in January with a strong performance to take out the Listed Steelform Roofing Group Wanganui Cup (2040m) on Saturday.
Trainer Paul Preusker will get another tilt at a Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) after Torranzino ran out a strong winner of the Gr.3 Geelong Cup (2400m) on Thursday.
Last season’s New Zealand Derby hero Willydoit will step back into the spotlight on Saturday when he contests the Gr.1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) at Randwick for trainer Ciaron Maher, with jockey Tommy Berry bullish the horse is ready to make his mark over the famous mile.
Scientific tests have revealed surprising results on the distance aptitude of this season’s star New Zealand staying three-year-old Willydoit.
Quirky but talented mare Miss Tarzy has come from last win the Leilani Series Final (1400m) under a patient Jett Stanley ride.