By Tayler Strong
Hopes And Dreams was scratched at the Winton meeting on Sunday due to a stone bruise. “It showed up two days after she won at Oamaru but she is on the road to recovery,” said Graeme Anderson, her trainer. Hopes And Dreams was a dashing winner at Oamaru on August 28, her second win in three starts since joining the Anderson stable.
Pocket Caesar, a winner at Winton on Sunday, has joined the Tisbury stable of Kirstin Barclay after being claimed for $6000 by Art Shirley. Pocket Caesar has been nominated for the Oamaru meeting next Sunday.
The six-win trotter Heard The Whisper is now trained by Amber Hoffman. She has taken over the stables at Waikouaiti formerly occupied by Billy Heads, who was training Heard The Whisper.
Hoffman had been based at the Waikouaiti racecourse since she shifted from Westwood in June. Heard The Whisper, who has not raced since March, won his races when trained by Phil Williamson. Heads, who is on leave, shifted to Waikouaiti from Waimumu (Southland) in March to take over the stables formerly used by Andrew Faulks and Noel Creighton. The property was bought and refurbished by Gerald Cayford, the part-owner of Heard The Whisper. Backseat Chick(two wins) has been transferred from Heads to Craig Laurenson at Edendale. Ygritte has gone to Hoffman.
Hoffman said King Denny has jogged up sound. He pulled up lame when resuming at Addington on August 19 and subsequently an abscess burst in a foot.
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