Seventh Stakes-Winner for Power

Tara Madgwick - Saturday April 28

A long-range plan had a happy ending, but only just, when Power O'Hata prevailed at Te Rapa in her first black type outing.

PowerThe lightly-raced daughter of Power (GB), who had been successful when sent south to the central districts for the opening run of her campaign, handled a sharp rise in class with aplomb on Saturday to narrowly beat Hanger in the Gr.3 Inglis Sales Cambridge Breeders' Stakes (1200m).

"We thought if she could win at New Plymouth then we had to have a crack at this," said Murray Baker, who prepares the filly at Cambridge with Andrew Forsman.

"We've liked her right the way through. You don't even know she's there – she's quite quiet and that's the way you want them."

Power O'Hata sat in behind the leader and she responded to rider Matthew Cameron's urgings in the run home to take her record to three wins from six appearances.

"She's quite a promising filly and I thought it was a lovely ride by Matt, full credit to him," Baker said.

Power O'Hata hit the front 150m from home and withstood the late lunge of Hanger to score by the narrowest of margins.

"It's hard to go from a Rating 65 win at New Plymouth to a Saturday stakes race, but we got the right trip," Cameron said.

"I got the split when I wanted and she kicked nicely. She's seems a lot stronger, but she's still green and got her head up when she hit the front. Luckily she had it down on the line."

Power O'Hata is the seventh stakes-winner for Power, who is relocating to Queensland to stand at Oaklands Stud this spring. - NZ Racing Desk

Advertisment
More Reading...
Vale, Danny Champion
The thoroughbred racing industry is in mourning following the passing of respected horseman Danny Champion.
Karaka Graduate Wins Singapore Gold Cup
Back in 2016, Mr Clint (NZ) (Power) attracted a total of less than $150,000 across his two trips through the Karaka sale ring. He has since forged a highly successful racing career in Singapore, which went to new heights on Sunday with victory in the S$1 million Dester Singapore Gold Cup (2000m).
Group One Goal for Gift
Team Rogerson is poised to make a three-pronged attack on the Group I Sistema Railway (1200m) on New Year’s Day after Gift Of Power started off a big day on Saturday for her breeders and part-owners, Sir Patrick and Justine, Lady Hogan.
Miracle She Survived - Possover Powers to Victory at Eagle Farm
After placing at her first two starts, things started to go pear-shaped for Possover when she parted company with her rider at Toowoomba before surviving a float rollover when returning home after disappointing at Ipswich on January 8.
Castelvecchio Out for Remainder of Season
Aeliana’s late charge into second place in the $1.5million Group I MRC Thousand Guineas last Saturday stamped her as the filly to follow out of the race, but it wasn’t quite enough to put her sire Castelvecchio to the top of the second season sires list and he is now out of service at Arrowfield following surgery last week.
Ka Ying Rising connection draws Hayes team to Shamexpress at Karaka
With one of the world’s most exciting sprinters flying the flag for David Hayes in Hong Kong, it has been no surprise to see the trainer’s sons zeroing in on progeny of Windsor Park Stud stallion Shamexpress during the Ready to Run Sale at Karaka this week.
Queensland Stud Celebrates Big International Wins
Queensland’s Oaklands Stud has been celebrating a pair of international feature race winners by one of the farm’s new and exciting additions.
City of Troy Crowned 2024 Cartier European Horse of the Year
Outstanding Justify colt City of Troy was crowned Horse of the Year at the 2024 Cartier awards on Wednesday night in London at a star studded ceremony at the Dorchester Hotel.
One to Watch – Hawkesbury
Castelvecchio has gone from nowhere to somewhere during the course of this spring with three stakes-winners putting his name in lights and he had a promising three year-old colt salute at Hawkesbury on Thursday that has now won two of three starts.
Sires With Winners - Thursday November 21
Here is the full list of 32 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.