Ocean Park’s son crashes the Cup Day Party
On the first Tuesday of November, racing fans across the globe turn their eyes to Flemington,a nd in the second race of the day, it was the Waikato Stud-bred Party Crasher (ex Party Popper) who joined in the Cup Day celebrations with a controlled win over the 2000m trip.
Trained by young South Australian trainer Michael Hickmott, the son of Ocean Park was having just his seventh start. Ridden by the inform jockey Mark Zahra, the pair jumped from barrier 10 and whisked down the centre to win by a neck.
The four-year-old was sold by Waikato Stud at the 2023 NZB Karaka Yearling Sale Book 1 for $40,000 to K Pertab and C Cole. He is out of the unraced Rock N Pop mare Party Popper, who has a yearling full brother to Party Crasher and is expecting a foal by Ocean Park this season.
Ocean Park Trans-Tasman Double
With Andrew Forsman’s 3yo Ocean Park filly Pine Leaf breaking her maiden by a widening four and a quarter-lengths in the last at Cambridge on Wednesday, celebrations continued as just ten minutes later it was the Chirs Waller trained Velaris who saluted at Canterbury with fellow Ocean Park runner I Park finishing a gallant third.
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Tivaci’s Movie Night steals the show at Newcastle
A sister to the Gr.1 ATC Flight Stakes (1600m) winner Never Been Kissed, the Waikato Stud-bred and raced Movie Night (NZ) was rewarded for her consistency, breaking her maiden with an all-the-way win over 1400m at Newcastle for trainer Tom Charlton.
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