New Australian winner by Tactical Landing
January 28, 2026
The four-year-old debutante Kyvalley Judge is the latest winner by leading trotting sire TACTICAL LANDING in Australia.
Starting a short-priced favourite at Maryborough on Wednesday (January 28) on the back of some strong trials form, the entire enjoyed a perfect trip in the one-one trail before tipping three-wide just before entering the home straight. He quickly gobbled up his rivals to score untouched by 8.9 metres.
Kyvalley Judge is the second foal of the Breeders Crown champion Kyvalley Kyrie (by Angus Hall) and was bred and is raced by trotting stalwart Jim Connelly.
TACTICAL LANDING has left seven winners from 10 starters from just 15 foals of racing age in Australia.
By Peter Wharton
Tactical Landing strongly represented at NZ yearling sales
January 27, 2026
Premier trotting sire TACTICAL LANDING will have a seven-strong draft go up for auction at next month’s NZB National Yearling Sales.
The Muscle Hill horse will be represented by six yearlings – five colts and a filly – at the Christchurch sale on Wednesday, February 18 and a filly at Karaka on Monday, February 16.
Leading the TACTICAL LANDING entry at the Canterbury Agricultural Park are a colt out of the Harness Jewels winner Missandei ($149,805), the dam of the multiple Victorian Group placegetter Kyvalley Michael.
The draft also includes a colt out of a Majestic Son half-sister to the cup class trotter Everybody Knows (Lot 196), a colt from the family of the NZ Sires’ Stake 2YO champions Wanna Play and Wanna Play With Me (Lot 257), a colt from a half-sister to the four-time Group 1 winning trotter Temporale (Lot 305) and a colt from a Love You mare closely related to the Group 1 winners Solar Fire and Sheemon (Lot 259).
The lone TACTICAL LANDING filly at the Christchurch sale is Lot 278, whose grand-dam is a half-sister to the trotting standouts Allegro Agitato and Skyvalley.
TACTICAL LANDING’s single representative at Karaka is Lot 111, a filly from a Love You half-sister to the NZ 2YO Trotting Filly of the Year High Energy, The Redwood victor High Step and the Young Guns winner Higher Power.
By Peter Wharton
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