Racing: Size proves no handicap for Hastings filly Swing Low
14 May, 2021 06:00 PM
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Strapper Sarah Davis gives Swing Low an affectionate pat after the filly s gutsy win in a maiden 1600m race at Woodville last Saturday. Photo / Supplied
Strapper Sarah Davis gives Swing Low an affectionate pat after the filly s gutsy win in a maiden 1600m race at Woodville last Saturday. Photo / Supplied
Hawkes Bay Today
By: John Jenkins
What Hastings filly Swing Low lacks in size and stature, at the moment, she more than makes up with in toughness, as she showed when scoring a gutsy maiden win at Woodville last Sunday.
John Jenkins: Popsy has a special place in derby history
28 Apr, 2021 11:10 PM
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Atishu and jockey Kozzi Asano forge clear of their rivals in last Saturday s Listed Warstep Stakes (2000m) at Riccarton. Photo Supplied
Atishu and jockey Kozzi Asano forge clear of their rivals in last Saturday s Listed Warstep Stakes (2000m) at Riccarton. Photo Supplied
Hawkes Bay Today
By John Jenkins
Hawke s Bay-owned Popsy, one of only six fillies to have won the Group 1 New Zealand Derby in the last 60 years, finally succumbed to old age last week and had to be euthanised at age 30.
The Sir Tristram mare had been residing at Hawke s Bay s Montana Lodge Stud for the past six years, on the property owned by Graham and Isabell Roddick.