Landora's Pearl due toresume at Motukarara

Landora's Pearl, the smart 2yr-old trotting filly of last season, is due to resume racing at Motukarara on Sunday.

Landora's Pearl won a heat of the Australasian Breeders' Crown at Addington in June when trained by Paul Nairn at Leeston.

The daughter of Earl-Landora's Image was transferred to Graeme Lang in Victoria and won at Ballarat in July.

She finished seventh in the final of the Breeders' Crown.

Tintin In America, brilliant winner of the Futurity Stakes at Cambridge last Friday, is in a free-for-all at Alexandra Park on Thursday night.

Sno's Big Boy is off 30m in a discretionary handicap on Thursday.

He was scratched at Cambridge after pricking a foot.

Peter Jones has taken over the training of Texas Typ from his son, Mark.

The Live Or Die gelding has won at Oamaru and Addington and been placed in six starts since transferring to Mark in September.

Texas Typ is part-owned by Grant Hatton, a long-time client of Peter Jones.

Hatton was in the ownership of Lightspeed, who won four of his nine starts in the 1990s before being sold to the United States.

Mark Jones has trained the winners of 26 races this season compared with his previous best tally of 18 in 2008-09.

Tact Lizzie, who set a New Zealand record for a mare of 3.20.6 for 2700m (mobile) at Ascot Park last Thursday, has the Standardbred Breeders' Stakes at Addington on February 12 as her next assignment.

Tact Lizzie, trained at Winton by Trevor Proctor, lowered the record of 3.20.7 set by Armalight in the 1983 Auckland Cup.

Tact Lizzie was served by McArdle the day before she raced.

The 5yr-old mare has failed to conceive to earlier services.

The track record at Ascot Park is 3.19.1 set by Highview Tommy as a 3yr-old in May.

Cams OK has a junior drivers' race at Oamaru on January 31 next on his programme.

The 4yr-old posted his second win in four starts when successful at Oamaru last week driven by Tomahawk co-owner and trainer Leon Crawford.

The Cammibest-OK Pussy gelding had won at Omakau on January 2 in the hands of Anthony Butt.

The January 31 meeting is on the grass track.

Crawford bred Cams OK.

The other two foals out of OK Pussy - Reusam and Crawdou - have also won.

Leading driver Dexter Dunn has the advantage of familiarity when he drives Ar E Jay in race 4 at Wyndham today.

Dunn drove Ar E Jay to win at Rangiora in November, 2008, when the Dr Ronerail gelding was trained by Michael House at West Melton.

Ar E Jay, who has not raced for 14 months, is now trained by Brian Norman at Gore.

The 5yr-old trotter has been restricted to seven starts.

Blakatak, a rival for Ar E Jay and now trained by Brendon McLellan at Wyndham, has won at his first start for two other trainers.

The 9yr-old trotter has not raced for close on 12 months.

He won at his first start at Winton in December, 2004, when trained by Doug McLachlan at Myross Bush.

Blakatak then won five races when trained at Oamaru by Phil Williamson.

The Armbro Invasion gelding was transfered to David and Catherine Butt and won first-up in November, 2008.

Dunn is also driving Sign Him Up (race 6), who has transferred to the Westwood Beach stable of Graeme Anderson and Amber Hoffman since he last raced in July.

Sign Him Up won first-up as a 3yr-old at Invercargill in 2008.

He then changed hands and won at Invercargill when trained by Steve Dolan at Rangiora.

Phineus Chase (race 7) joined the Mosgiel stable of Darryn Simpson after finishing third to Falcons Courage and Shoot No Blanks at Roxburgh on January 4.

 

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