{"id":21921,"date":"2025-04-15T12:03:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T12:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/21921\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T12:03:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T12:03:12","slug":"horse-racing-nereus-starts-kiwi-queensland-invasion-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/21921\/","title":{"rendered":"Horse racing: Nereus starts Kiwi Queensland invasion early"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI\u2019ve got no doubt that he just didn\u2019t run the two miles out there, it\u2019s the only blotch in his record book really. He ranged up on the corner, but he just didn\u2019t run the two miles out.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe always tries extremely hard, he\u2019s got the kindest nature and he\u2019ll be a beautiful pony for a kid when he\u2019s finished racing. He never dances in the birdcage, he just does everything you ask him to do and he puts in on race day.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis mark area is a mile and a quarter to a mile and a half, so I think if we stick in those distance ranges, then he\u2019s going to do well.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Few opportunities remain for Nereus on home soil, so the stable is looking further afield with a likely kickoff point being the Group 3 Chairman\u2019s Handicap (2000m) at Doomben on May 17.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s really a limited amount left for him in New Zealand now, so at the sales, Mark Chittick [owner] suggested that we take him to Queensland for the Brisbane Winter Carnival,\u201d Ritchie said. \u201cThere is a stream of races that will suit him over there.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve still got to confirm with Mark, but he\u2019ll probably fly over in early May and the first run for him would be the Chairman\u2019s Handicap then the Premier\u2019s Cup [Group 3, 2400m], but there is a laundry list of cups races for him, like the Caloundra Cup [Listed, 2400m] and Ipswich Cup [Listed, 2150m] as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe doesn\u2019t mind a bit of cut in the track and you can often get a bit of rain in Queensland through the winter carnival there, so I\u2019m sure that won\u2019t be a bother to him at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Joining Nereus on the transtasman journey will be newcomer Davideo, Ritchie\u2019s latest purchase out of the Tattersalls Horses In Training Sale in England.<\/p>\n

On a previous visit to the sale, Ritchie secured Mahrajaan, who went on to win the Group 3 New Zealand Cup (3200m) and Group 2 Auckland Cup (2400m), and was ruled out of running in the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) last November in a vet inspection.<\/p>\n

The Cambridge horseman, alongside De Burgh Equine, outlaid 130,000 guineas (about $130,000 pounds or $292,000) to purchase Davideo, a 5-year-old by Galileo who made his first Kiwi appearance at the Ellerslie trials on April 3.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s being set for the Brisbane Cup [Group 2, 3200m],\u201d Ritchie said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a Galileo horse and is very much in the same mould as Mahrajaan. He\u2019s looking like a two-mile sort of horse, he\u2019s had one barrier trial so we\u2019ll give him a run over a mile somewhere before he goes and he\u2019ll be a good partner for Nereus for that campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n

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