Racing: Hawke s Bay owner shares in two wins on big Karaka Millions night
28 Jan, 2021 08:45 PM
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Need I Say More is at full stretch as jockey Troy Harris urges the gelding to victory in the Group 3 Cambridge Stud Almanzor Trophy (1200m) at Ellerslie last Saturday.
Hawkes Bay Today
By: John Jenkins
Matamata trainer Jamie Richards prepared the winners of three of the feature races at last Saturday s Karaka Million night at Ellerslie and Waipukurau s Michael Ormsby shared in two of them.
Richards saddled up Need I Say More to triumph in the Group 3 $70,000 Cambridge Stud Almanzor Trophy (1200m), On The Bubbles to take out the $1million Karaka Million Two-year-old (1200m) and Entriviere to score in the Group 3 $70,000 Concorde Handicap (1200m).
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In a titanic tussle that lived up to the pre-race hype, Aegon kept his perfect record intact with a thrilling win over Amarelinha in Saturday’s Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie.
Although the million-dollar race attracted a full field of 17 three-year-olds, the build-up was completely dominated by two horses.
One was Aegon, whose three-from-three record included the Group 1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton and the Group 2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) at Hastings.
The other was Amarelinha, a stunning last-start winner of the Group 2 Eight Carat Classic (1600m) over the same course and distance as the Karaka Million 3YO Classic.
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Levante in the Westbury Classic (Ellerslie R3)
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