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Pukekohe trainers Conor and Sarah Fahy have farewelled unbeaten three-year-old Aurora Belle, with the promising filly sold to Australia to join the Lindsay Park stable of Ben, Will and JD Hayes. The daughter of Belardo won both of her starts at Te Rapa, attracting strong interest after each
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Fresh from clinching back-to-back trainers' premierships at Hawkesbury, Brad Widdup has in-form mare Satono Jasmine (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) ready to stretch her winning sequence to four at Randwick. The filly rises to Saturday company for the B & K Group Australia Handicap (1800m) off the back
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Awapuni galloper McKhan (NZ) (Mongolian Khan) has had everything go his way this preparation and he has performed accordingly, and trainer Ashley Meadows is hoping his golden run continues at Te Rapa on Saturday. The rising eight-year-old gelding hasn’t finished outside of the money in his four
Master trainer Joe Pride isn’t locked into Ceolwulf (NZ) (Tavistock) attempting a three-peat in the Gr.1 A$5 million King Charles III Stakes on Everest Day at Royal Randwick during the Sydney spring carnival. Pride admitted he is preparing Ceolwulf for the King Charles on October 17
A Group 1 feature will be seriously considered for King Pedro (NZ) (Eminent) after another impressive performance. King Pedro has staked his claims for the spring staying races with an outstanding performance to overcome a muddling pace and win the Listed Grafton Cup. Trainer Tom Charlton, who was watching from
The Asian Pattern Committee has confirmed a significant reshaping of Australia’s black type programme for the 2026-27 season, including the addition of 19 races to the pattern and 11 race upgrades. The Asian Racing Federation temporarily placed the APC in charge of all Australian Group and Listed race
Brucie's (NZ) (Raise The Flag) remarkable comeback is set to continue, with the Wellington Steeplechase winner likely to head south for Riccarton's Grand National Week, where he is expected to contest the $150,000 Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge 151st Grand National Steeplechase (5600m). The 10-
Australian syndicator Darby Racing has enjoyed another major return from its New Zealand buying strategy, with Thebudgiesmugla (NZ) (Redwood) continuing his rapid rise through the staying ranks. The New Zealand-bred son of Redwood has been a revelation since joining Bjorn Baker's Warwick Farm stable, with his dominant
Celebrating a quartet with a string of emerging gallopers at Sha Tin on Saturday, Ricky Yiu outlined long-range hopes to contest the 2027 BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) with Victor Supreme (NZ) (Super Seth) after the promising stayer’s crushing victory. Jubilant after similarly impressive performances from Rising Force,
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The proven pathway from NZB sales to the Group One winners’ circle provided plenty more success during the 2025-26 season, headed by eight Group One victories in Australia and another five in New Zealand. Those 13 elite-level successes were recorded by 10 different NZB graduates and came over
The NZB flag flew high in the inaugural Selangor Mile (1600m) last year, and this weekend a strong group of Karaka graduates will attempt to deliver a repeat result in the second running of Malaysia’s richest horse race. The Selangor Mile is restricted to four-year-olds and will
Countless top-class thoroughbreds have carried Dr Gene Tsoi’s distinctive violet-and-pink colours across Australasia, but this month’s Standard 2080 Ltd Unreserved Dispersal Sale on Gavelhouse Plus will draw the curtain on more than 25 years of breeding and racing in the region. Thirteen horses from Dr
Whiskey ‘N Roses (NZ) (Belardo) has a strong fresh-up record, and the Group Two performer will be out to keep that intact when he heads to Te Rapa on Saturday. The rising five-year-old son of Belardo was runner-up on debut as a two-year-old before
Pacifico (NZ) (Ardrossan) has always possessed the talent to make his mark at a high level, and it’s been patience that has been the key to him fulfilling that potential this preparation. The rising six-year-old has enjoyed a lucrative season, which will draw to a close in
Freddie Time (NZ) (Time Test) will have a new trainer next to his name in the racebook this weekend, but Otaki horseman Howie Mathews said nothing has changed. Formerly trained by Kelvin Tyler, who owns the gelding with his wife Vanessa, Feddie Time has been based this season in the
Trainer Ciaron Maher was delighted with the trial performance of Group One winner Gringotts (NZ) (Per Incanto) at Gosford on Wednesday. Gringotts, the A$6.4m earner, is on a path to chase a third win in the A$3 million Listed Big Dance (1600m) at Randwick on the first
Talented Taranaki galloper Tisse (NZ) (Belardo) will lead the charge for the Central Districts in Saturday’s Paul McGlade Taumaranui Gold Cup (2200m) at Te Rapa. The son of Belardo featured in the winner’s circle at the Waikato course two starts back over a mile, before running a creditable
A full brother to progressive Chris Waller trained three year-old Hello Captain (NZ) (Hell0 Youmzain), talented juvenile Persian Wonder (NZ) (Hello Youmzain) was Group placed during the autumn and returned from a spell to break the ice at Canterbury on Wednesday. Trained by David Payne, Persian Wonder was tested
Perth G1 winner Cosmic Crusader is set to have eight rivals for Victoria’s final stakes race for the season in the G3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield this Saturday. The Northerly Stakes winner at Ascot last December drew barrier one in the field of nine for Saturday’s $200,
Andrew Campbell will follow a familiar and lucrative black type path with lightly tried youngster Singletary (NZ) (Satono Aladdin). The Otaki trainer will open the son of Satono Aladdin’s new preparation in Saturday’s Listed Phils Electrical & Gipsy Caravans Ryder Stakes (1200m) on his home track and all
In mid-March, the Patrick and Michelle Payne-trained Split (NZ) (Turn Me Loose) almost lost his life. The gelding was on the South West Horse Transport truck that was en route to the Camperdown jumpouts, before it rolled off a bend in Bamganie, near Meredith, approximately 100 kilometres west
