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Daily Telegraph
29-04-2025
- Sport
- Daily Telegraph
Canterbury, Ballina previews: Mark Minervini keen to make an Impact
Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. Newcastle trainer Mark Minervini is enjoying a purple patch of form with his team with six winners from his last 15 starters and heads to Sydney optimistic about the chances of Bonjour Madame and Star Impact. Bonjour Madame has made rapid progress to find herself in midweek company at just her fourth start after an encouraging debut third at Taree on February 25 before winning her next two starts impressively. She to Taree with an all-the-way maiden win before stepping up to a Benchmark 64 at Wyong and proving too good for Broadway Follies and Reducio. 'She impressed me the other day with her win and she was well ridden by Braith Nock,' said Minervini. The Form: Complete NSW Racing thoroughbred form, including video replays and all you need to know about every horse, jockey and trainer. Find a winner here! 'He elected to take the sit behind the first two and when she sprinted in the straight, I thought she was pretty good for a filly only having her third race start and who still have a bit of improvement in her. 'It was a decent step up in grade to go to a provincial Benchmark 64 at Wyong.' The three-year-old steps out in the Benchmark 64 Handicap (1200m) where she has 57.5kg with Tim Clark to ride. 'One of the reasons we booked Tim is because he is such a great on pace rider and the other is how well he rides at Canterbury,' Minervini said. 'I'm not too concerned by the heavy track, he two wins were on the soft and she was very good. 'My only little query is barrier 7. I'm hoping for another scratching or two from the race. 'If she is as strong through the line as she has been, then you would think she would have to be in the finish.' Stablemate Star Impact is the outsider of the field in the Benchmark 78 Handicap (1550m) but Minervini expects her to be very competitive. The six-year-old had no luck when slow away at Wyong over 1350m first-up before an improved run stepping up to 1600m when a length-and-a-half fifth to Fiftyfivechevy at Newcastle on April 12. 'I thought stepping up from 1350m to a mile second-up, she was there at the top of the straight to be right in the finish but her condition just gave out the last 100m or so,' he said. 'She has taken good benefit out of that and I expect her to go there just about at her peak. 'I think she gets in very well at the weights with 52.5kg after Molly's (Bourke) claim. 'The heavy track won't bother her, she really appreciates the sting out of the ground, especially as she has gotten older. 'While she hasn't won on town, she has always acquitted herself well and has placed a couple of times including a Midway last year and she never been as well weighted as she is this week. 'It wouldn't surprise me at all if she shook the life out of this race.' Meanwhile, trainers Robert and Luke Price have elected to bring Island Dec back in grade and distance hoping she can get a confidence boosting win in the Benchmark 72 (1100m). The three-year-old scored a first-up win at Canterbury before contesting the Group 1 Surround Stakes and Group 3 P.J. Bell Stakes at her last two starts. 'Back in grade and back to 1100m to help her get the little one per centres right,' said Luke Price. 'I just want to teach her to settle better early in her races and finish off stronger. 'This is a good chance to help her do that and get her benchmark points up and get her confidence up.' ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Trainer Paul Shailer advised to be forgiving of the last start failure of Guarded Optimist and expects the gelding to bounce in a big way when he crosses the border. Guarded Optimist was back from $3.80 into $3.10 favourite but only beat three home when eighth behind San Jose Boy over 1800m in a Benchmark 58 at the Gold Coast on April 11. 'It wasn't ideal. The track was playing in favour of leaders or those up on the speed and he just got back in the ruck where it was impossible to make ground,' said Shailer. 'It was a bit of forgive run, he has come through it really well thought and this looks his race to lose really. The four-year-old drops back in grade and steps up slightly in distance when he contests the Class 1 and Maiden Plate at set weight over 1915m with Dylan Turner on board from barrier 2. Turner rode the gelding when a length second behind Sacred Bull in an 1800m Class 1 at the Gold Coast on February 22 before Michael Rodd partnered him to a length second behind Ferino over the same distance in the same grade at Eagle Farm on March 12. Those performances definitely put him right in contention here. 'From a soft gate, he should get a nice run in a race that lacks a fair bit of depth so he looks really well suited,' Shailer said. 'I'm sure he will be very hard to beat.' Guarded Optimist has already proven to be a bargain buy for his owners including Newington Farm who purchased him as a tried horse on Inglis Digital last September for $2,250. He was originally sold as a yearling at Karaka for $150,000 and then again at the NZB Ready To Run Sale for the same amount in 2022. He is by Almanzor who won the French Derby (2100m) as well as the Irish Champion Stakes and Champion Stakes at Ascot and is from a daughter Hurricane Run who won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and Irish Derby among his four Group 1 victories. 'He was an ex-Freedman (Anthony and Sam) from Victoria who won his first start then lost a bit of form after that. 'He looks like a horse that is we can stretch him out over a bit of a trip, he might be able to win a few races.'
News.com.au
29-04-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Canterbury preview: Trainer Mark Minervini has his stable firing on all cylinders and is optimistic about the chances of his city-bound duo
Newcastle trainer Mark Minervini is enjoying a purple patch of form with his team with six winners from his last 15 starters and heads to Sydney optimistic about the chances of Bonjour Madame and Star Impact. Bonjour Madame has made rapid progress to find herself in midweek company at just her fourth start after an encouraging debut third at Taree on February 25 before winning her next two starts impressively. She to Taree with an all-the-way maiden win before stepping up to a Benchmark 64 at Wyong and proving too good for Broadway Follies and Reducio. 'She impressed me the other day with her win and she was well ridden by Braith Nock,' said Minervini. 🟡⚫ WINNER 🟡⚫ BONJOUR MADAME (3F ex Madame Trop Vite IRE) makes it two-in-a-row, winning at @WyongRaceClub on Thursday. The daughter of @Oaklandsstud PARIAH was a $17,000 purch. from @WillowParkStud at 2023 @mmsnippets Adelaide and just under $50,000 stakes @newcastleraces_ â€' Minervini Racing (@minerviniracing) April 17, 2025 The Form: Complete NSW Racing thoroughbred form, including video replays and all you need to know about every horse, jockey and trainer. Find a winner here! 'He elected to take the sit behind the first two and when she sprinted in the straight, I thought she was pretty good for a filly only having her third race start and who still have a bit of improvement in her. 'It was a decent step up in grade to go to a provincial Benchmark 64 at Wyong.' The three-year-old steps out in the Benchmark 64 Handicap (1200m) where she has 57.5kg with Tim Clark to ride. 'One of the reasons we booked Tim is because he is such a great on pace rider and the other is how well he rides at Canterbury,' Minervini said. 'I'm not too concerned by the heavy track, he two wins were on the soft and she was very good. 'My only little query is barrier 7. I'm hoping for another scratching or two from the race. 'If she is as strong through the line as she has been, then you would think she would have to be in the finish.' Stablemate Star Impact is the outsider of the field in the Benchmark 78 Handicap (1550m) but Minervini expects her to be very competitive. The six-year-old had no luck when slow away at Wyong over 1350m first-up before an improved run stepping up to 1600m when a length-and-a-half fifth to Fiftyfivechevy at Newcastle on April 12. 'I thought stepping up from 1350m to a mile second-up, she was there at the top of the straight to be right in the finish but her condition just gave out the last 100m or so,' he said. STAR IMPACT (5m ex Bella Cantata NZ) is engaged @aus_turf_club Royal Randwick (Kensington) Wednesday. The daughter of MIKKI ISLE (JPN) was a super @newcastleraces_ (replay) winner last time. @nashhot rides @The_Agency_ BM72 over 1550m. @balius_farm @inglis_sales @ArrowfieldStud â€' Minervini Racing (@minerviniracing) July 15, 2024 'She has taken good benefit out of that and I expect her to go there just about at her peak. 'I think she gets in very well at the weights with 52.5kg after Molly's (Bourke) claim. 'The heavy track won't bother her, she really appreciates the sting out of the ground, especially as she has gotten older. 'While she hasn't won on town, she has always acquitted herself well and has placed a couple of times including a Midway last year and she never been as well weighted as she is this week. 'It wouldn't surprise me at all if she shook the life out of this race.' Meanwhile, trainers Robert and Luke Price have elected to bring Island Dec back in grade and distance hoping she can get a confidence boosting win in the Benchmark 72 (1100m). The three-year-old scored a first-up win at Canterbury before contesting the Group 1 Surround Stakes and Group 3 P.J. Bell Stakes at her last two starts. 'Back in grade and back to 1100m to help her get the little one per centres right,' said Luke Price. 'I just want to teach her to settle better early in her races and finish off stronger. 'This is a good chance to help her do that and get her benchmark points up and get her confidence up.' â– â– â– â– â– Trainer Paul Shailer advised to be forgiving of the last start failure of Guarded Optimist and expects the gelding to bounce in a big way when he crosses the border. Guarded Optimist was back from $3.80 into $3.10 favourite but only beat three home when eighth behind San Jose Boy over 1800m in a Benchmark 58 at the Gold Coast on April 11. 'It wasn't ideal. The track was playing in favour of leaders or those up on the speed and he just got back in the ruck where it was impossible to make ground,' said Shailer. 'It was a bit of forgive run, he has come through it really well thought and this looks his race to lose really. The four-year-old drops back in grade and steps up slightly in distance when he contests the Class 1 and Maiden Plate at set weight over 1915m with Dylan Turner on board from barrier 2. Guarded Optimist wins on debut for @FreedmanRacing 🛡ï¸� Expect a rise in distance for this Almanzor gelding 😉 @bennallen44 â€' (@Racing) June 20, 2024 Turner rode the gelding when a length second behind Sacred Bull in an 1800m Class 1 at the Gold Coast on February 22 before Michael Rodd partnered him to a length second behind Ferino over the same distance in the same grade at Eagle Farm on March 12. Those performances definitely put him right in contention here. 'From a soft gate, he should get a nice run in a race that lacks a fair bit of depth so he looks really well suited,' Shailer said. 'I'm sure he will be very hard to beat.' Guarded Optimist has already proven to be a bargain buy for his owners including Newington Farm who purchased him as a tried horse on Inglis Digital last September for $2,250. He was originally sold as a yearling at Karaka for $150,000 and then again at the NZB Ready To Run Sale for the same amount in 2022. He is by Almanzor who won the French Derby (2100m) as well as the Irish Champion Stakes and Champion Stakes at Ascot and is from a daughter Hurricane Run who won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and Irish Derby among his four Group 1 victories. 'He was an ex-Freedman (Anthony and Sam) from Victoria who won his first start then lost a bit of form after that. 'He looks like a horse that is we can stretch him out over a bit of a trip, he might be able to win a few races.'
Yahoo
20-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
99% of the ‘biggest winning stocks' share this criteria, says investing legend Mark Minervini
The 'Magnificent Seven' stocks' outperformance over multiple cycles is historically unusual — and the long run of dominance for these seven large technology stocks has convinced people that they are impervious to underperforming, says Mark Minervini, a two-time U.S. Investing champion. In an interview with MarketWatch, the Wall Street veteran with almost four decades of trading experience warned that the stock market's speculative nature means there's no margin of safety for any stock. To drive his point home, he recalled a number of failed companies that were part of the 'Nifty Fifty,' a group of 50 large caps that led the market in the 1960s and 1970s. Only a handful of stocks from that group went on to thrive, like American Express Co. AXP and Coca-Cola Co. KO, while others like Avon and Polaroid did not. These 15 tech stocks could rocket up to 85% in a year — and analysts love them 'Are we out of our minds?' My husband and I are in our 70s. Should we use $600K of our savings to buy our dream home? I'm administrator of my sister's estate. Her bank won't tell me the names of her beneficiaries. Is that legal? I held power of attorney for my late brother. Can I withdraw money from his bank account to give to his favorite charity? Dow sees first 'death cross' since 2023 — but here's the good news Minervini is known for being a two-time winner of the U.S. Investing Championship, taking first place in the $1,000,000-plus stock division with a 334.8% annual return in 2021. He also won the competition in 1997 with a 155% return. He has spent most of his career teaching the next wave of investors how to find winning stocks using fundamental and technical analysis through his published books and courses. One of his overarching guidelines is that while fundamentals drive the technicals, you may not always see the fundamentals in time — but the technicals can improve, or degrade, before the fundamentals become obvious to the public. That's because Wall Street is always looking ahead and factoring in future expectations when valuing current stock prices. It's where the popular saying that 'stocks are a discounting mechanism' comes in. It also means that by the time the big news is out or earnings are reported, the information has already been acted on, and so investors should assume it has been priced into the stock. 'Sometimes the stock will have great earnings and it will go down, and there's other times they'll have horrible earnings and all this bad news comes out and the stock rallies — and that's why they say 'Buy the rumor, sell the news,'' Minervini said. What does the discounting mechanism mean for the Magnificent Seven, you ask? Well, Minervini believes that so much positive data has already been discounted based on where those stocks are trading. Even though those stocks have pulled back in recent weeks, all of the Magnificent Seven companies except Tesla Inc. TSLA still have trillion-dollar-plus market capitalizations. That means in the long run, there's less room for them to outperform. It's not over for Big Tech, but they'll most likely match market performance going forward, he noted. If investors want to continue picking up outsize performance in tech stocks, they have to be more selective. Remember, Minervini said, that at one point, Inc. AMZN and Microsoft Corp. MSFT were midcap companies that very few people had heard of. He believes it's time to start looking for the next Amazon. 'The good news is, America is absolutely booming with innovation and there are lots of companies that are going to come in and add to that picture,' Minervini said. 'And so there's going to be many, many new companies.' Some of those companies are ones many investors haven't heard of yet. They could even be the ones that are tasked with supplying and servicing the Magnificent Seven. So, then, how do you find them? While he has a few criteria to spot new leaders, the main ones are (1) stocks trading above their 200-day moving average and (2) stocks that have a 200-day moving average in an uptrend. 'That is the most basic criteria if you're looking for a stock that's got the potential to be a big winner,' Minervini said. 'If you go back and look at the biggest winning stocks of the last 100 years, 99% of them made their biggest move above the 200-day with the 200-day in an uptrend. So would you like to be in the 1% club or the 99% club?' Additional criteria include (3) the stock being at or near its 52-week high. If stocks are coming out of a bear market, then look for the ones that have held up best during the decline on a relative basis, and which are rebounding the fastest off their lows. Now, some of these guidelines are in opposition to what fundamental value investors may be looking for. A value investor is usually looking for stocks that are down big, trading near their 52-week lows, and have been beat up on bad news. Minervini noted that both strategies can make money — they're just different. 'But if you want to find where leadership is, well, leadership is never at the 52-week-low list,' Minervini said. 'It's always near the 52-week-high list. And the only way a stock can go from 10 to 100 is it has to make new highs.' 'It's just not done': Why Trump firing Powell could rock U.S. financial markets Wall Street's 12 favorite stocks could soar as much as 54% over the next year, analysts say I begged my adviser to sell amid the market turmoil. He dragged his feet and I lost $20,000. Do I have any recourse? Wall Street predicts a 10% stock rebound by the end of 2025. Why investors shouldn't buy the hype just yet. 'I ended up getting very sick': I'm divorcing an abuser. I've had two terrible attorneys — and fired them both. Do I sue? Sign in to access your portfolio
