Racing: Mongolian Wings set to take flight
9 Jan, 2021 09:00 AM
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Mongolian Wings should be hard to beat at Ellerslie. Photo / Trish Dunell
NZ Herald
By: Michael Guerin
Mongolian Wings gets the perfect chance at Ellerslie to take a small step down the path that led his father to greatness.
The 3-year-old will try to make it three wins on end in the $50,000 Te Akau Gingernuts Salver at Ellerslie; the 2100m event the next race on the path to the Vodafone Derby, also at Ellerslie, on March 6.
Mongolian Wings sire Mongolian Khan not only won that Derby but also the ATC Derby in Sydney as a 3-year-old before capturing the Caulfield Cup as a 4-year-old, making him one of the great modern Kiwi stayers. His son has a long way to go to equal dad but has started in the right fashion.
Racing: Weight of expectation heavy for Callsign Mav
8 Jan, 2021 08:00 AM
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Group 1 winner Callsign Mav and the 63kg he will be asked to carry in the open handicap over 1400m at Awapuni is a big task. Photo / File
NZ Herald
By: Michael Guerin
Trainer John Bary has an addition to one of racing s oldest sayings and punters should take note before backing the best horse racing at Awapuni tomorrow. Everybody in racing knows weight can stop a train, says Bary, and I think it can even stop a bullet train.
The bullet train in question is Bary s Group 1 winner Callsign Mav and the weight in question is the 63kg he will be asked to carry in the open handicap over 1400m.