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Well-related gelding Hi Yo Fox Rox (NZ) (Complacent) broke through for his maiden win at the second time of asking when taking out the Manawatu-Whanganui Civil Contractors NZ Maiden (1600m) at Wanganui on Saturday. A full-brother to Group One performer Hi Yo Sass Bomb, Hi Yo Fox
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by Michael Guerin One of my favourite horses died on Saturday. His name was West Coast. He was New Zealand’s best steeplechaser, one of the best to ever jump raceday fences. He was a champion of his kind. West Coast was humanely put down after fracturing his shoulder in
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Almost five years after rising to the top of Perth racing with a five-win sequence that culminated in the 2021 edition of the Gr.1 Railway Stakes (1600m), remarkable veteran Western Empire (NZ) (Iffraaj) is once again winning black-type races in a row. Saturday’s A$200,000
Almost five years after rising to the top of Perth racing with a five-win sequence that culminated in the 2021 edition of the Gr.1 Railway Stakes (1600m), remarkable veteran Western Empire (NZ) (Iffraaj) is once again winning black-type races in a row. Saturday’s A$200,000
Emerging stayer Thebudgiesmugla (NZ) (Redwood) has never been beaten over 2400m, and he added a fourth win to that unblemished record when he stepped up to stakes level in Saturday’s A$200,000 Listed Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Rosehill. The New Zealand-bred son of Redwood has wasted
Saturday’s A$160,000 Listed Wayne Wilson (1600m) at Eagle Farm completed a feature Queensland Winter Carnival treble for War Eternal (NZ) (Pierro), who is racing in the form of his life as a rising eight-year-old. Previously a multiple Group placegetter and fourth in the Gr.1
When star jockey Mark Zahra was engaged for just the one ride at Seymour on Thursday, there were plenty of punters that copped the tip as three-year-old gelding Mahershala (NZ) (Per Incanto) made a one-act affair of the Vale Ian Dickinson Maiden Plate (1000m). The talented son
Kiwi filly Solid Gold (NZ) (Savabeel) will be on the quick back-up when she takes her place in Saturday’s Gr.1 Queensland Oaks (2200m) following her fifth placing in last weekend’s Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m). The Roger James and Robert Wellwood-trained daughter of Savabeel was
Lightly raced filly Paltrow Miss (NZ) (Circus Maximus) will go into the Gr.1 Queensland Oaks fresh off a third placing in the Gr.1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) at Morphettville in April. The Ciaron Maher stable elected to scratch the daughter of Circus Maximus from the Gr.2 The Roses
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The well-travelled Bankers Choice (NZ) (Mongolian Khan) is seven weeks away from his ninth birthday but is still a force to be reckoned with on the racetrack, recording the 10th victory of his career in Saturday’s A$150,000 Quayclean Handicap (1800m) at Sandown. The Mongolian Khan gelding
Emerging stayer Thebudgiesmugla (NZ) (Redwood) has never been beaten over 2400m, and he added a fourth win to that unblemished record when he stepped up to stakes level in Saturday’s A$200,000 Listed Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Rosehill. The New Zealand-bred son of Redwood has wasted
Expat New Zealand trainer Bjorn Baker had a big day on Saturday with New Zealand-bred members of his Warwick Farm stable, including a quinella by Big Papa (NZ) (Astern) and Hezdarnhottoo (NZ) (Too Darn Hot) in the A$160,000 Racing and Sports Handicap (1300m) at Rosehill. That result
The new owners of Coeur Volante (NZ) (Proisir) have quickly been rewarded for their purchase of the multiple black-type performer, and victory in Saturday’s A$150,000 ive > Handicap (1400m) at Sandown has raised the possibility of even bigger things. The New Zealand-bred daughter of Proisir
Promising four-year-old Tristar (NZ) (Exceedance) ended a frustrating run of minor placings when she thrust her nose out at just the right time to win the Thanks Bernard Kneebone – 25 Years On The Clock (1200m) at Te Rapa in a thrilling three-way finish. Allowed to settle last
A full-sister to Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) and multiple Australian black-type winner Asterix (NZ) (Tavistock) hinted at a bright future of her own with victory in the A$130,000 Evergreen Turf Handicap (1600m) at Sandown on Saturday. The Benchmark 74 handicap was the 10th career
Gallant steeplechaser Nedwin produced one of his greatest performances when wearing down Leaderboard in the shadows of the winning post to win the Signature Homes Waikato Steeplechase (3900m) at Te Rapa on Saturday. In a race marred by the heavy fall of race favourite West Coast with 800m to run,
Saturday’s A$160,000 Listed Wayne Wilson (1600m) at Eagle Farm completed a feature Queensland Winter Carnival treble for War Eternal (NZ) (Pierro), who is racing in the form of his life as a rising eight-year-old. Previously a multiple Group placegetter and fourth in the Gr.1
Promising two-year-old Old Fashioned (NZ) (Proisir) won impressively on debut at Wanganui on Saturday, but trainers Bill Thurlow and Sam O’Malley are resisting the temptation of pressing on to black-type targets for now. Bred and raced by the Goodson and Perron Family Trust, Old Fashioned had
A dogged, never-say-die effort from promising jumper Pacheco (NZ) (Makfi) saw the eight-year-old take out the Fairview Motors Waikato Hurdle (3200m) at Te Rapa in a thrilling finish. The Shaun Phelan-prepared son of Makfi had been mixing racing on the flat with one start over
South Auckland apprentice jockey Tom Wigram is currently on cloud nine after riding home his first winner at New Plymouth on Friday. He scored the win aboard Bridie (NZ) (Ocean Park) for local trainer Allan Sharrock in the Naki Plumbing And Gas (1600m), Wigram’s first ride of the day
A unique individual went under the hammer at the Great Southern Weanling Sale and was warmly embraced by the buying bench. The first Southern Hemisphere youngster to be offered at auction by exciting young stallion Chaldean was purchased out of Burnewang North Pastoral’s draft by former Group One-winning
