Matches for "Shane and Lauren Tritton"

Some cricket followers may already be familiar with the hashtag 'Lynnsanity' and if you follow harness racing as well you are about to see the term a lot more. The sport now has its own equine version thanks to trainers Shane and Lauren Tritton naming a two-year-old they purchased at the Ready2Run Sale last year Lynnsanity. But the association with cricket does not stop there. The colt's namesake, Australian cricketer Chris Lynn who has also been a dominate force in the Big Bash League for Brisbane Heat, has purchased a share in the horse - his first venture into harness racing. "I follow cricket and I've wanted to name a horse Lynnsanity which is a hashtag associated with the cricketer Chris Lynn," Shane said. "I didn't know Chris but I got in touch with him and told him I was naming a horse after him and he was keen on the concept and has taken a share in the horse. "Chris and a few of his closest family and friends including his mum Kym and NRL legend Gordon Tallis have also taken an interest in the colt. "Chris has had shares in gallopers and greyhounds before but never owned a standardbred but he sounds keen to be involved." Lynnsanity, the horse, went around in at education trial at Tabcorp Park Menangle last Tuesday and clocked 1:58 with a last quarter in 27.3s. "He shouldn't be too far off racing . . . he is paid up for Bathurst and the Breeders Challenge," Shane said. "We'll have regular updates on the horse on our Twitter page (@Tritton_Team)."   AMANDA RANDO

Nobody likes stock taking but the new owner of the Tapanui Four Square, Southland trainer and breeder Matt Saunders won’t mind counting the jelly beans today after a big result at the Menangle racetrack last night (Saturday). Saunders and fellow West Otago breeder Graeme Edgar scored a notable double when Salty Robyn (bred by Saunders) beat close relation Stanley Ross Robyn (bred by Edgar) in the $50,000 Group Two Cordina Chicken Farm Hondo Grattan Stakes. “He (Saunders) got in touch at 10 to 7 this morning so he was up and going. It’s take over day today at the shop so he’s busy stock taking,” said Edgar. Both horses were bred and reared in Southland and share the same third dam Ryal Robyn. Salty Robyn’s dam Holly Robyn (Live Or Die - Robyn's Treasure) was given to Saunders by Edgar in 2011 and a year later Salty Robyn was born. “Matt did some work for me with the horses and he wanted to get started so I gave him the mare. You have to support the young ones coming through. Matt’s father and I were best mates and he worked in the area and Matt was born in Tapanui. He can take all the credit for the win. I just bred the mother.”  Salty Robyn was sold to Australia in July 2015 as an unraced two year old. He’d won a workout at Ascot Park in September 2014 when driven by Andrew Armour. Holly Robyn has since left Spike Robyn (Santanna Blue Chip) which was also sold to Australia but is an unraced three year old .She also has a Washington VC yearling filly and her latest foal is also a filly by Art Major. In last night’s feature Salty Robyn sat parked beside leader Our Waikiki Beach for most of the 1609 metre trip with the leaders running their first 800 metres in 55.7 seconds. Salty Robyn took the lead at the top of the straight and won easily in a time of 1-50.8 with Stanley Ross Robyn 5.3 metres back in second. Stanley Ross Robyn came from four back on the inside, got off the running line just before the home straight and ran home nicely. Salty Robyn has now won 15 races and his season is unbeaten in nine starts. Trained by Shane and Lauren Tritton, he's banked $168, 825 for his connections.  “It was a big thrill. I stayed up and watched the race and I’ve watched it 100 times since,” said Edgar. Stanley Ross Robyn was bred by Edgar and had five starts from Hamish Hunter’s Ryal Bush stable, winning his last two races before being sold to Australia. He’s had fifteen starts since; winning three. His biggest pay day was when he finished third in last year’s Group Two Queensland Derby won by Catcha Lefty. “They’ve looked at Stanley Ross Robyn. I think he’ll do a good job over there. He’ll be good over any distance from a mile to two miles. One of the owners rang me after he’d won at Goulburn and said they had money on him at $150 to 1 in the Chariots.” His dam Atomic Robyn (Soky’s Atom – Maree Robyn) is one of the last Soky’s Atom mares being bred from. Her first foal Our Lilly Robyn by Gotta Go Cullect qualified for Gore trainer Trevor Cross almost a year ago as a five year old. According to Edgar ‘she’s got her mother’s temperament’ and Cross has got her in foal to Washington VC. Atomic Robyn also has a two year old by Washington VC. “He’s not far away. He’s at Hamish Hunters. The mare's not in foal.” Maree Robyn is a full sister to New Zealand Oaks and DB Fillies Final winner Robyn’s Treasure. Edgar and Gore trainer Ross Wilson owned the Son Of Afella mare. Stanley Ross Robyn who is named after Wilson (Stanley Ross Wilson) is the mares’ second foal. Her latest foal is a filly by Art Major.   Bruce Stewart Southland Harness Racing  

Is it a fracture, a bone chip or is it nothing at all? Harness racing connections of Arms Of An Angel will not know the full extent of her mystery knee injury until after Christmas. Trainers Shane and Lauren Tritton will have a vet scan her knee again next Wednesday and hopefully give the pair some clarity on the issue. In the meantime, however, connections will have to wait for a diagnosis on their mare which could potentially be career-ending. "It's all a bit surreal at the moment but we haven't given up hope," Shane said. "At this stage we don't know the full diagnosis of her injury but whatever the outcome we'll be giving her every chance to make a racetrack return if we can." Just last Wednesday the Trittons made the grim discovery that there was a problem with the daughter of Elsu who is one of the fastest mares outside of North America. "She has been bright, eating well and jogging well but just wasn't 100 per cent right when she fast-worked," Shane said. "We had the vet look over her and they weren't happy with how her knee was when flexed. "The scan came back unclear and we just have to wait for things to settle in her knee before we can scan it again. "It could be fractures or even bone chips so it could be very serious or not serious at all. "She definitely did it in her last start . . . she has been known to do a few things wrong but not to gallop during the run like the way she did and her overall run after that incident was disappointing." Arms Of An Angel galloped for a short distance at the 1300m mark when leading in the Group Three Teeny Teeny Stakes at Tabcorp Park Menangle on December 10 and subsequently finished sixth. "One thing I've learned with horses is to not panic early," Shane said. "There is not a lot we can do at the moment but to keep her boxed up in the stable. "We'll know more next week."   AMANDA RANDO

It has been a horror weekend for mighty mare Arms Of An Angel. What was first thought to be a minor “tummy bug” yesterday morning turned into something a lot more scary and saw her rushed to the vet clinic where she spent all last night. Thankfully the diagnosis was much better this morning. “Yesterday was a really tough day, but the vet called this morning so say she seems bright and can come back home,” Tritton said. It all escalated after Tritton scratched Arms Of An Angel from her comeback race – last night’s Les Chant Cup – when she was “a bit off” yesterday morning. “She hadn’t eaten her brekky and then I saw her lying down, which is unusual for her,” he said. “We weren’t going to take any risks so we scratched her, but she seemed ok though much of the day. “Then, later in the arvo, she broke into a sweat, her temperature went up and it got scary. “We rushed her straight to the vet clinic where they did all sorts of tests and spent the night with her. “Anyone who’s had horses knows these things can escalate so quickly. We were really worried.” Tritton said it was a huge relief to get a positive call from the vet this morning. “They say she’s totally fine now and we could work her today if we wanted,” he said. “They say it was some passing bacterial thing. They called it actinobaccillus peritonitis. “She’s simply irreplaceable this mare. We haven’t seen many in the sport as good as her, so it’s such a relief to get the good report.” Given Arms Of An Angel won’t go to the Perth Inter Dominion, there is no urgency for Tritton to get her back to the races. “I’ll see how she is this week before we think about races again,” he said.   Adam Hamilton

A Newcastle harness racing breeder ventured to Tabcorp Park Melton and produced the thrill of his trots life. Owner-breeder David Carpenter’s two-year-old colt, Tingira Beach, was a long-time in the making but the effort paid off when Harrington Park husband-and-wife team Shane (trainer) and Lauren (driver) Tritton delivered him the Empire Stallions Vicbred Super Series final win. “I’m overwhelmed at the moment,” Carpenter said. “I’ve been racing horses over 25 years and this is my first Group 1 race winner tonight. “I bought the mare (Western Tingira) in America as a yearling, brought her out here and have been able to breed a really nice colt (by Somebeachsomewhere). To see him come out and win a Group 1 race is beyond my wildest dreams. “It’s pretty exciting to be able to produce a horse like this that can win on a night like this.” Lauren Tritton, from barrier four, gently eased Tingira Beach forward, taking the breeze and then the lead with Geoff Webster’s Wrappers Delight taking the box seat. There they settled, with Tingira Beach’s primary threat, Emma Stewart-trained Our Little General driven by Chris Alford, placed three back the pegs. There they remained to the final bend, with Tingira Beach creating a gap in the field with his 28.3 third quarter, which enabled Alford to sweep Our Little General wide and set up a final straight showdown. Tingira Beach held on by a head, winning in a 1:56.4 mile rate, with Wrappers Delight a further 7.8m back in third. “This horse is really tough,” Lauren Tritton said. “He still looks around a bit and I don’t think we will see the best of him until he grows out of that, but tonight I can’t take any credit away from him, he has done the job well. “Full credit to the second horse (Our Little General), he’s gone massive tonight. This fella, he’s got the job done and I couldn’t be happier for the owners, they put a lot of time and money into this sport and they deserve it more than anybody.” Trainer Shane Tritton said it might be only the beginning for his talented colt. “He is very green and up until now, his last two starts, he has only just started to switch on,” he said. “We are very proud of him and Lauren, who handled the pressure well and drove him a treat. He’s probably a better horse when he’s not in front because he is very green, but he is starting to switch on, which is helping. Once (Tingira Beach) learns to race we will see a better horse, but we are very proud of him and happy to be here.” Michael Howard Harness Racing Victoria

Harness Racing aficionados will be licking their lips at the thought of next Saturday night’s four-year-old entires and geldings’ Empire Stallions Vicbred Super Series Final after tonight’s semis and barrier draw. Heat winners Ideal For Real and Tee Cee Bee Macray have drawn five and 13 respectively, while reigning Vicbred champ and horse of the year Menin Gate, a fierce warrior when in front, has drawn well in barrier three. Murranji Track in gate two has good gate speed and can run along also, so he will surely create headaches for speed mappers. Tee Cee Bee Macray was ultra-impressive in winning his heat tonight, and while barrier 13 is never ideal, he does his best work when winding up with a big finish. Trained by Alan Tubbs, Tee Cee Bee Macray (Ponder/Way Mya Macray) sprinted powerfully through the final 400m to overhaul pacemaker Solarsonic in the run to the line. Driven by Greg Sugars, Tee Cee Bee Macray rated 1:56.9. “There’s a lot of depth in the (four-year-old) field … but he’s very fast,” Sugars said. “He’s a very good horse.” The win clearly meant plenty for the Tubbs team, who received plenty of congratulations trackside. Ideal For Real (American Ideal/Tamara Hall) was also super-impressive, the Emma Stewart-trained star winning its 10th race from 18 starts with a 1:56.2 run to score by 14.2m over runner-up Sevens Hope with Mister Wickham third. Despite the ease of the win and the high expectations being placed on Ideal For Real, Lang said the entire still had a bit to learn. “He’s got to learn to go straight or he’ll have to cover more ground than the others … he’ll get beat doing that,” he said. “He’s got a good record but it won’t be an easy race next week.” The continued dominance of the Emma Stewart stable was on full display in the four-year-old mares’ Empire Stallions Vicbred Super Series semi-finals tonight. The Smythes Creek trainer qualified five mares for next Saturday night’s final, giving her almost half the field. Stewart-trained Starburst Girl (barrier two for the final), Brighty Valentine (three), Lovelist (seven), Delight Me (nine) and Stay And Play (11) will all line up in the big dance. Delight Me (Bettor's Delight/Cornsilk) impressively won her semi-final with Gavin Lang in the sulky, defeating stablemates Lovelist and Starburst Girl in the first semi-final, working wide in the run before finding the line strongly. Stay And Play (Live Or Die/Play Ball) posted a mile rate of 1:56.2 in her 8.3m win over Snip Of Grand in the second semi-final, with third placegetter Brighty Valentine also hailing from the Stewart stable.   Empire Stallions Vicbred Super Series 4YO Mares Final barrier draw 1: Diamond Castle 2: Starburst Girl 3: Brighty Valentine 4: Soho Tokyo 5: Boadiceas Fury 6: Snip Of Grand 7: Lovelist 8: Glory Daze 9: Delight Me 10: Morton Plains 11: Stay And Play 12: Keayang Mercedes (em) 13: Miss Dreaming Empire Stallions Vicbred Super Series 4YO Entires & Geldings Final barrier draw 1: Repeat After Me 2: Murranji Track 3: Menin Gate 4: Sevens Hope 5: Ideal For Real 6: Lucky Lombo 7: Mister Wickham 8: Solarsonic 9: Stagger Lee 10: Soynwasabi 11: Rule Of Thumb (em) 12: Blacknbrown 13: Tee Cee Bee Macray ............................................................................................................................................................................... Tingira Beach has emerged a frontrunner in the Empire Stallions Vicbred Super Series' two-year-old colts and geldings for New South Wales team Shane and Lauren Tritton, dominating his semi-final and drawing well. Things only got better for the Somebeachsomewhere colt out of Western Tingira after he won his class's second semi-final by 12.9m, having then drawn barrier four in the final. Conversely, fellow semi-final winner Jilliby Kung Fu will start from barrier 12 and will have to do things the hard way in the final on Saturday, July 2. Lauren Tritton, driver of Tingira Beach, warned there was more improvement to come from her colt, who found the front and comfortably beat highly-fancied Victorians Our Little General and Wrappers Delight into second and third place. “(Tingira Beach) is still really green, he still had a look around, but tonight he raced a lot better," Tritton said post-win. "He still had a good look around in the race and was on and off the bit. Next week he might run a bit better and could get the best of them." Tritton said Tingira Beach's favourable draw, albeit with Geoff Webster's Wrappers Delight inside her, would not be a huge factor. “He’s very versatile and the barrier doesn’t really mean much too him," Tritton said. "He hasn’t got that much gate speed in him, it’s always good to draw a good barrier but that’s not much of a worry.” It could be a worry for Jilliby Kung Fu, though the talented Terang colt is only too happy to run them down from behind. In his semi-final, Jilliby Kung Fu found the front and, though he “gets a bit lonely out there on his own”, according to driver Jason Lee, he had enough of a buffer to win by 2.5m from Geoff Webster’s fast-finishing Misterfreeze. The two-year-old colt by Four Starzzz Shark out of Slip Slop Slap, trained at Terang by Marg Lee, produced a fifth win in 10 starts when from barrier 10 he looped the field to find the front. “I think he’s a better chaser and I probably got a bit of itchy feet and thought I should jump around to the front, but he didn’t really want to go on with the job,” Jason Lee said. “He had a little bit left in the tank.” Misterfreeze kept him close company at Tabcorp Park Melton in the semi-finals and Somebeachshadow, trained by Craig Demmler and driven by Jodi Quinlan, surprised with a third placing having started a $59 shot.   Barrier draws: Two-year-old colts and geldings pacers 1: Wrappers Delight 2: Ruthless Armbro 3: Misterfreeze 4: Tingira Beach 5: Form Analyst (emg) 6: Island Specialmajor 7: Canada Bay 8: Our Little General 9: Bundy Playboy 10: Albarock 11: Somebeachshadow 12: Jilliby Kung Fu 13: Classic Maker (ODM) Cody Winnell & Michael Howard