Six-year-old gelding Delmonico rewarded his connections with an impressive win in the $35,000 Optimise Fertilisers (1600m) on the grass course at Riccarton on Saturday. The Andrew Carston-trained son of Prince of Brooklyn, benefited from an efficient ride from stable apprentice Sima Mxothwa, who snuck along the inside running rail to win by two-lengths, paying $17.50 for the win. It was the sixth career win for Delmonico, who despite many a decent run, had not won a race sinc

Yogesh Atchamah, Andrew Carston, Lexi Porteous and Glenn Ritchie pictured with Knockingatthedoor. Photo: Riccarton Park Trainer Andrew Carston has had some great results for owners Glenn and Lynne Ritchie, with Miss Ziggy and I Am Belle among their previous winners and on Tuesday at Riccarton Park they celebrated the maiden win of Knockingatthedoor. The three-year-old son of Super Seth brought good form into the race, having won two trials in last month. Jumping from the wide

Riccarton-based trainer Andrew Carston was happy to kick off the long weekend with a winning double at Ashburton on Thursday. Super Seth filly, Giggly Gal started the day off on a positive note when she took out the Supporting Dynamic Gymnastics (1600m) maiden with a barnstorming run under jockey Kyle Williams. “She’s a nice filly, she’s taken a bit of time to mature but she’s been building to a win,” Carston said. Giggly Gal was having her tenth race day start for Taimate

Riccarton-based trainer Andrew Carston had a successful day out at Ashburton on Thursday, with two winners, Taimate Staar and Master Brutus. A new addition to the stable, Master Brutus benefited from a perfectly timed ride from Kylie Williams to score by a short half-head over Texas Dolly in the Agraforum Growing Innovation (1200m). Master Brutus and Kylie Williams “I’ve only had him for three weeks,” said Carston. “He came straight down after his last race at Ōtaki and he ar