Rangirangdoo (NZ) wins Gr.2 Green Day Expressway Stakes (1200m)
Rangirangdoo (NZ)
The Chris Waller-trained galloper Rangirangdoo (NZ) (Pentire) has given an early thumbs up signal to a tilt at April’s Doncaster Hcp (1600m).
Resuming in Saturday’s Gr.2 Green Day Expressway Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill, Rangirangdoo (NZ) drew on class reserves on an unsuited heavy (9) track, ultimately prevailing by 0.2 of a length over Dao Dao (Shinko Forest).
The 5YO son of the 9 time Gr.1 producer Pentire emerged as a serious talent last season, with feature wins here landed in the Gr.2 MVRC Crystal Mile (1600m) and the Gr.3 AJC Tramway Hcp (1400m).
All told, Rangirangdoo (NZ) has won 8 of his 15 starts, with all bar Saturday’s win coming at distances from 1400m – 1600m.
According to AAP racing, the plan from here is to step Rangirangdoo up to 1600m and then to 2000m.
“He has a few chinks and we are still learning about him, but he is a serious horse,” Waller told the AAP.
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RANGIRANGDOO
Bay gelding, foaled in 2004
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Breeding:
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Pentire x She Wishes by Kenfair
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Sire:
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Pentire; 27 stakes winners, 9 Gr.1 winners.
Stands at Rich Hill Stud for NZ$27,500.
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Dam:
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She Wishes: 3 time winning half sister to Satinka (Gr.2). Was stakes placed in the Gr.3 Hawke’s Bay Gold Trail Stakes and has produced 3 to race for 3 winners
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Winning Siblings
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Master Hunter (NZ) (O’Reilly) stakes placed.
Jacquart (NZ) (Zabeel) 2002 - winner
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Breeder:
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Mrs Victoria & Wayne Pike
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Owner:
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Neville Morgan
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Trainer:
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Chris Waller
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NZB Sale Details:
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Purchased from the Longlands Stud draft by Plumb Racing at the 2006 Premier Yearling Sale for $170,000.
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Race Record:
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15 starts, 8 wins, 4 seconds, 2 thirds
8 wins from 1200m to 1600m, A$625,380, to 2009-10, MVRC Crystal Mile H., Gr.2, STC Expressway S., Gr.2, AJC Tramway H., Gr.3, Mr Tiz Welter H., STC Club Liverpool H., AJC UD Trucks H., STC Lucky's Freeway Hotel H., Rosehill Event Centre H., 2d AJC Epsom H., Gr.1, STC Shannon S., Gr.2, AJC General Nediym H., STC SGE Credit Union H., 3d AJC Jim Beam H., Heathcote H.
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Gr.2 Expressway Win:
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$200000. Distance: 1200m. Time: 1:12.66. Margins: 0.2 len and 0.4 len.
Heavy (9)
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