Tiara provides perfect end to day

10 November 2014

The well-related Tiara provided a perfect end to the day for WS when she was successful in the closing event at Te Rapa on Saturday.

As the breeder of Tomorrowland earlier in the Te Rapa programme, Waikato Stud was to the fore again when Tiara struck career win number two by a length in the hands of Lee Magorrian.

A daughter of O’Reilly and a grand-daughter of the Gr 1 Auckland Cup winner Royal Tiara, the four-year-old has now won twice in a light career from the stable of Jason Bridgman.

Pure Alpha delivers again as Ardrossan continues to rise

Ardrossan gelding Pure Alpha led throughout to win by 1.29 lengths at Eagle Farm for owner Ozzie Kheir, taking his earnings past $300,000. The result caps a stellar run for sire Ardrossan, whose yearlings fetched up to $450,000 this year on strong Hong Kong form.

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The Corner with Garry Chittick

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