Racing
New Zealand has been selected to host the 42nd Asian Racing Conference (ARC), with Auckland set to welcome an estimated 600–800 racing industry leaders, administrators and participants from around the world in 2028. First held in 1960, the Asian Racing Conference is regarded as one of the Thoroughbred racing
Racing
The first day of the Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival holds fond memories for recently crowned Champion New Zealand Trainer Sam Bergerson, and he is hoping to create some more when he heads to Hastings on Saturday. Three years ago, Bergerson was just a month into his training partnership with
Australia
Unbeaten Kiwi recruit Aurora Belle (NZ) (Belardo) has made an immediate impression since joining Lindsay Park, with Glenn Ingram excited by what he saw from the stakes-winning mare in her first Victorian jumpout. Aurora Belle worked strongly through an 800-metre Flemington hit-out on September 4 as she
Wexford Stables will take a two-pronged attack into the Gr.3 Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) at Hastings later this month, with promising three-year-olds Pounce and Dashing Dixie set to continue their spring campaigns. Pounce (NZ) (Almanzor) earned her shot at the fillies’ feature with an impressive victory
The glittering racing career of Group One winner Belle Cheval (NZ) (Savabeel) has come to a premature end. The Gr.1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) heroine resumed at Caulfield last Saturday in the Gr.3 Courtza Stakes (1200m), where she finished last, and following the race she was found to
Feature wins at Sandown in last September’s Gr.3 Sandown Stakes (1500m) and Saturday’s A$200,000 Ranvet So You Think Stakes (1500m) have bookended a year of highly commendable showings in elite company by Evaporate (NZ) (Per Incanto). The New Zealand-bred son of Per Incanto followed
Superstar mare Well Written (Written Tycoon) was back to the business of winning when she triumphed in the first race of her four-year-old campaign, the Gr.1 Proisir Plate (1400m) at Ellerslie. Unbeaten in six starts in her first season on the track, the Stephen Marsh-trained daughter
The emergence of unbeaten filly Proxima Dea (Tarzino) has added another chapter to a breeding venture that began with the racetrack deeds of outstanding mare Montefilia and has its sights set firmly on producing elite middle-distance horses. Proxima Dea, a daughter of Westbury Stud stallion Tarzino and Redoute’s
Yulong Investments will have a strong New Zealand flavour to its spring assault, with quality mares Well Written and Ohope Wins both poised for major assignments on either side of the Tasman. Unbeaten four-year-old Well Written (Written Tycoon) will put her perfect record on the line when she
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Group One-winning horseman Robert Wellwood is looking forward to serving his industry colleagues, although keeping them all satisfied will be a challenge. Wellwood has succeeded Shaun Clotworthy as National President of the New Zealand Trainers’ Association and acknowledged you can’t please all of the people all of the
Lindsay Park legend Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) will look to maintain a perfect record in an early season Group One race at Flemington. Mr Brightside has run in the Gr.1 Makybe Stakes (1600m), run at Flemington on Saturday, for the past three years, posting wins on each occasion. In
Marton trainer Fraser Auret is happy to play the waiting game with his multiple stakes-winning mare Khanshe (NZ) (Mongolian Khan). He resisted the temptation to nominate her for any of the Group One legs of the Triple Crown series to do right by the late-blooming daughter of Mongolian
Tough Cambridge mare Churchillian (NZ) (Churchill) has run her final race, with the multiple Group Three winner retired ahead of the upcoming breeding season. The Tony Pike-trained daughter of Churchill proved a model of durability and consistency, winning 11 of her 28 starts Her three black-type victories included
In a full-circle moment, Group Three performer Prioress (NZ) (Proisir) is being reoffered on gavelhouse.com this week following her retirement from racing. The daughter of Proisir was initially trained in Palmerston North by Lisa Latta, for whom she won four races before being offered on gavelhouse.com two
Wexford Stables will take a two-pronged attack into the Gr.3 Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) at Hastings later this month, with promising three-year-olds Pounce and Dashing Dixie set to continue their spring campaigns. Pounce (NZ) (Almanzor) earned her shot at the fillies’ feature with an impressive victory
Paddy Payne Snr has died. The patriarch of one of Australasian horse racing’s most influential families, Payne’s life with horses was framed by both tragedy and triumph. His triumphs came in many forms from the deeds and the strength of his 10 children – of which eight were to
Craig Grylls has been rewarded for an outstanding season after winning the Jockey Premiership and being named Jockey of the Year at an award ceremony on Sunday night. Grylls rode 140 winners last season, including 11 black-type victories and two Group One successes aboard Waitak. Despite the demands of
The glittering racing career of Group One winner Belle Cheval (NZ) (Savabeel) has come to a premature end. The Gr.1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) heroine resumed at Caulfield last Saturday in the Gr.3 Courtza Stakes (1200m), where she finished last, and following the race she was found to
Of the 15 nominations for the Gr.1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) at Flemington, champion trainer Chris Waller has a third. Aeliana, Autumn Boy, Birdman, Buckaroo and Ohope Wins have been entered with barrier draws and race shape to eventually determine if all take their place. Waller has won the
Champion jockey Zac Purton believes New Zealand-bred superstar Ka Ying Rising (NZ) (Shamexpress) is closing in on the exalted company of Frankel (Galileo), Secretariat (Bold Ruler), Winx (Street Cry) and Black Caviar (Bel Esprit) after another extraordinary performance at Sha Tin on Sunday. The David Hayes-trained sprinter extended
Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) is racing for a piece of Australian racing history in Saturday’s Gr.1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) as the ‘’peaking’’ nine-year-old makes an attempt at a fourth straight victory in the Group One race. Co-trainer Ben Hayes said Mr Brightside’s first
