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The Star Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Thursday January 4 2018 17 Sport Value Cars www.valuecarswarehouse.co.nz 32 Moorhouse Ave | 03 366 7768 The biggest range of vehicles in one location Purdon’s All Stars chasing $5m • By Michael Guerin THREE WHITE pieces of paper covered in scribbled nicknames hold the key to more than $5 million of summer harness racing riches. And the first plans contained on those papers go into action tomorrow night with a surprise at Cambridge and a champion in Perth. After a complete domination of Sunday’s Auckland Trotting Cup meeting – where they won seven of nine races they contested – Rolleston-based Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen sat down yesterday to plan where their army of pacing stars go next. The logistics are mindboggling, with not just tens of millions of dollars of horseflesh heading to all parts of Australasia, requiring flights, ground transportation and handlers, but the bookings for all the staff who need to be in New South Wales and Victoria weeks before the race track action starts. An example: While Vincent and his stablemates were running the trifecta in the Auckland Cup, the stable had Lazarus, Ultimate Machete, Have Faith In Me and Piccadilly Princess having a quiet day in Perth, where the All Stars have had a travelling TOP PICK: Mark Purdon driving Lazarus to win the Christchurch Casino NZ Trotting Cup in November. Purdon will be back in the sulky tomorrow night. PHOTO KAI SCHWOERER/GETTY foreman for six weeks. That is where Lazarus will resume tomorrow night before he races there the following two weeks, with Ultimate Machete and Have Faith In Me joining him in both the Fremantle and West Australia Cups. “He is working well so this week will be a perfect lead-up to the cups for him,” says Purdon, who is back from suspension to drive Lazarus tomorrow night. The blueprint for the rest of the all-conquering stable was only confirmed on Tuesday and it has some calls which will impact dramatically on pre-post markets RYAN YARDLEY has become the latest driver to enter the Castrol Toyota Racing Series. The Christchurch driver will step up to the country’s premier single-seater racing competition after winning the Toyota 86 Championship last year. Although he knows many of his rivals have more experience in modern “wings and slicks” single-seater race cars, he is determined to do all he can to be competitive. “This is a big step up, my first category with proper aerodynamics. I’ve had 40-50 laps in a car and will be fine-tuning on my single-seater form between now and the championship, including some simulator work. So I’m looking to start fast and learn everything I can,” said Yardley. Having the opportunity to attend the MotorSport New Zealand Elite Motorsport Academy in 2014 has as well as the group one racing landscape. The only good news for Australian trainers is the already expected decisions that unbeaten three-year-old, Chase Auckland, will stay home, as does Elle Mac, while Dream About Me also does as she struggles with soundness. “Chase Auckland has had a couple of hard runs and been great in them but you can’t do that every week so he will miss the derbies in Victoria and NSW and be set for the Northern Derby here,” explains Purdon. “And Dream About Me hasn’t been quite right so won’t go to helped Yardley grasp the opportunity. The academy works with young racers on every major aspect of their motorsport career, including fitness, nutrition, media skills and sponsorship. The latter has been Yardley’s main focus over the past month. Like so many young New Zealanders before him, he needs to marry Pace invaders •The plans for the All Stars army of pacing superstars have been finalised. •They will chase more than A$5 million of races in the next two months. •Lazarus resumes in Perth tomorrow, hours after Heaven Rocks contests the Flying Mile at Cambridge. •Unbeaten three-year-old Chase Auckland, Dream About Me and Elle Mac are the big names not going to Australia. Australia but we will have Piccadilly Princess and Partyon for the mares races over there.” Even without Chase Auckland, the three-year-old team for the derbies in Australia will contain The Devils Own and All U Need Is Faith (NSW), Spankem and Ashley Locaz (Victoria and then possibly NSW). But the other big surprise is that Heaven Rocks will take his unique brand of crazy to both Victoria and NSW, after stopping in at Cambridge tomorrow night for the $60,000 Flying Mile. “I was happy with him in the Auckland Cup and after Cambridge he will go to the Ballarat Cup and the Hunter Cup, with Laz going to the Hunter as well. “Then they will both go to NSW to try and qualify for the Miracle Mile.” Vincent and Titan Banner will be waiting for their mates at Menangle, with the pair to skip Victoria, and Vincent will race up his racing talent with the funding that will let him compete on a level footing with the internationals. Yardley will start his series bid at his home circuit, Ruapuna, next weekend. He says having raced two seasons of the Toyota 86 Championship is an advantage. The TR 86 sport coupes use Michelin slicks so he is familiar with how slicks behave and understands how to get the best performance from a set of tyres. The 86 championship also visits every circuit contested in in lead ups to the Chariots Of Fire on February 10 and Titan Banner in free-for-alls before the Miracle Mile preludes on February 17. That raises the very real possibility if Ultimate Machete qualifies for the Chariots Of Fire and races well there, the All Stars could have five horses in the running for a Miracle Mile invite. “It is possible that could happen but we are not getting carried away with that, there is a lot of racing to go before then,” said Purdon. The one window of opportunity the stable has left open for their rivals is the NSW Oaks, for which they won’t have their best fillies in action. “It clashes with the Sales Series at Addington so fillies like Elle Mac will stay home and Bettor Trix and Bare Knuckle will be our NSW Oaks pair.” –NZ Herald Toyota 86 champ makes step up to single-seater class Ryan Yardley the five week TRS. “I am already familiar with the circuits though the braking points and cornering speeds are of course different,” said Yardley. His aim is to join the battle at the sharp end of the field, to run in the top five and to score some podiums as the season progresses. Yardley joins fellow Christchurch driver Marcus Armstrong in the series. Armstrong, 17, will go into the series as one of the title favourites after winning the Italian Formula 4 championship. 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