Wyndham trained harness racing four year old Da Vinci (Art Major) is in the form of his life and his win in the $40,000 Group Three Macca Lodge Northern Southland Cup yesterday was his fourth in a row. Trainer driver Craig Ferguson tucked in behind the Sam Ottley driven Got You Covered who took up
“It s a massive blow, hard to put into words. “I felt something wasn’t right in the last couple of hundred metres [of the gallop] . he changed stride and I pulled him up.” Orepuki Lad won the Invercargill Gold Cup and Tyler Eight was an impressive maiden winner at Ascot Park on February 20. The father and daughter training partnership of Kelvin and Aimee Tyler had plans to start Tyler Eight in the Wellington Guineas on March 20. Kelvin took City Slicker to Auckland for two races, with the priority being this Saturday’s $500,000 Auckland Cup. Meanwhile, the Tylers and Eades will be hoping their luck changes for the Wyndham Racing Club’s race meeting at Gore on Sunday. Kilowatt and Dr Velocious, trained by the Tylers, and Riviera Rock, a member of the Eades’ stable, are nominated for the Wyndham Cup.
“I love my horses, it’s just a shame I didn’t do this earlier,” he said. His win tally could increase on Wednesday when three of his team race in Invercargill. Wilson thought Galleons Future was possibly his best chance ahead of his other two runners, Tease My Tartan and Better Galleon. “I really like Galleons Future. He’s a nice wee horse . I think he’s got a reasonable future.” Wilson has owned racehorses for more than 30 years with one of his success stories being Atomwise who, in a five-month period in 1997, won five of eight starts and was sold to Australia for $200,000.