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No Excuse Needed and Time For War add new stakes winners on Saturday
20 for No Excuse Needed
Justaskme (5 g ex Often by O’Reilly) won Saturday's Opunake Cup (Listed, 1400m) at New Plymouth to become the 20th stakes winner for No Excuse Needed (Machiavellian).
Having his first start in stakes company the Allan Sharrock-trained gelding beat stablemate London Express (Shamexpress) by two lengths.
Waikato Stud’s No Excuse Needed died at the age of 17 following a paddock accident in 2015.
Third stakes winner for Time For War
Amasenus (4 m ex Kelendria) won Saturday’s HG Bolton Sprint (Listed, 1200m) at Belmont Park to provide the late Kitchwin Hills based sire Time For War (Snitzel) with his third stakes winner.
Trained by Simon Miller, Amasenus beat Reflectivity (All Too Hard) by a head with Western Temple (Dream Ahead) and took her record to eight wins and three placings from 16 starts.
Time For War died in 2016 after covering just two books of mares.
A time for stakes success! With 8 from 16 & stakes placed at last start, Simon Miller’s Amasenus captures the Listed HG Bolton Sprint at Belmont. By Time For War (3 SWs) Amasenus was sold by Taghadoe Stud for $14,000 at the 2017 @inglis_sales Weanling Sale. #ItPaysToBuyAustralian pic.twitter.com/EZMXKUiTyG
— Aushorse (@Aushorse_TBA) July 24, 2021
