Racing: First start on grass

Corka Dream, winner of eight of his 13 starts and runner-up in four others, has his first start on grass at Motukarara on Friday.

Corka Dream is off 30m in the $20,000 feature race over 2810m.

Corka Dream had his most recent win at Addington last Friday.

His trainer, Robert Dunn, worked him on grass at Omakau last month before he resumed racing on January 15.

He had been away from racing for 14 months and twice undergone surgery for front joint problems.

He has won two of his three starts in a fresh campaign.

• Monkey King and Tennis Ball are back with trainer Steven Reid at Pukekohe.

Tennis Ball is engaged at Alexandra Park on Friday night.

Stunin Cullen resumes racing on Friday night.

He has not raced since December 31 when he won the $243,000 Yearling Sales Series final at Alexandra Park.

He is unbeaten in six starts this season and top stake earner among the 3yr-old pacers with $180,732.

• Rocket Reign, winner of the Central Otago Cup last month and 13 other races, has been sold out of the stable of Geoff Dunn to Australia.

Jimbob Jac has joined the Oamaru stable of Graham Bartlett.

The winner of nine races, Jimbob Jac had his most recent win at Invercargill in October for Whiterig trainer Ross Wilson.

Jimbob Jac was tried with Terry May at Methven in the spring of 2007, with his best effort in five starts a fourth at Ashburton.

Willygo, winner of seven races when trained by Leo O'Reilly, is now trained by Michael Heenan at Rakaia.

Bad All Over has joined the Melbourne stable of Lance Justice.

The Badlands Hanover gelding has won eight races for Christchurch owner Terry McDonald from the West Melton stable of Graham Court.

• Kiwi Ingenuity, dashing winner of the group one New Zealand Breeders' Stakes at Addington last Friday, will be spelled for a week.

"We almost scratched her as she had a slight cold and she was treated with antibiotics. We didn't work her on Thursday," Carla Robertson-Holmes, wife of trainer Robbie Holmes, said.

 

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