Zip A Dee Do Dah broke through in Sunday’s Initiation Plate (160m) after eye-catching runs at his first two starts. He scored by three-quarters of a length in a performance that pleased jockey Alan Munro. “He’s looked a stayer from the start. His first run was great and he backed it up last time. He…
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Ustinov progeny have been starring at the track recently with black type and feature race wins that bode well for the stallion standing at Smeaton’s Moorookyle Park. Ask Me Nicely (NZ) was rewarded for his consistency with a hard-fought Listed victory in the $110,000 Boulder Cup (2100m) in Kalgoorlie on Sunday. The grey stayer is…
Group 3 Street Cry winner Hurdy Gurdy Man has been retired to Moorookyle Park in Victoria. In a deal brokered by Gavelhouse, he has been purchased by Caviar Bloodstock to stand at Moorookyle Park which is located at Smeaton north of Ballarat. Hurdy Gurdy Man won the 2014 Victorian Country Racehorse of the Year award…
Sir Mako has made a remarkable recovery from knee surgery and a tendon injury that threatened to derail his career in New Zealand. Now with Chris Waller at Rosehill, his comeback continued with a determined victory in the Courtenay House Hcp (2000m) at Randwick on Saturday. “He is a typical tough, Kiwi stayer and has…
If longevity is a sign of toughness – which it surely is – then Ustinov is a stallion who will inherit durability in spades! The 16-year-old Moorookyle Park stallion, who has proven his ability to pass on his strength and honesty to his progeny, is the produce of parents who are still alive and kicking…
MOOROOKYLE PARK HAS BOLSTERED ITS ROSTER WITH THE NEWS BRILLIANT BLUE DIAMOND PREVIEW WINNER CECCONI WILL BE REPATRIATED TO VICTORIA. Cecconi (Encosta de Lago – Tonicity by Blazing Sword) has been based at Gerry Harvey’s Westbury Park in New Zealand and the best of his winners has been second-crop filly Precious Sophia. She is trained…
She’s Insatiable has thrived in the early stages of her North Island campaign and is on target for the G2 Avondale Cup on February 14. The Ustinov mare stormed home for an eye-catching third in the Wellington Cup last month before Canterbury trainer Terrill Charles sent her to Matamata for a week on the water-walker…
She’s Insatiable has staged a winning dress-rehearsal for next week’s New Zealand Cup (3200m) at Riccarton. The Ustinov mare settled beautifully for Jillian Morris and proved too strong for her rivals in the LR Metropolitan Trophy (2500m) on Saturday. She got the upper-hand to defeat Deliciano by three-quarters of a length and there was more…
Originally published on Thoroughbred Breeders Victoria. Click here to view the original story. Monday, 1 September 2014 A change of scenery has worked wonders for born-again mare Ididit (NZ). The daughter of Moorookyle Park sire Ustinov showed she had regained her zest for racing with a comfortable win at the Te Teko trials last week….