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A gear change looks to have worked wonders for promising three-year-old Skattebo (NZ) (Nadeem), who scored his second successive win in winkers at his home track of New Plymouth on Saturday when taking out the Hirepool New Plymouth 1600. From his ace draw, he was stoked up early by jockey
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With a last-start Group Three placing in Adelaide under his belt, accomplished Kiwi-bred gelding Pudding (NZ) (Tavistock) ventured to Victoria on Saturday and landed a deserved victory in the A$150,000 MRC Life Member David Sims 90th Birthday (1800m) at Sandown. Saturday’s Benchmark 100 handicap was a step
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Any doubts about Khor’s (NZ) (Savabeel) stamina were put to bed by the Kiwi-bred gelding’s never-say-die performance in the A$130,000 The Big Screen Company Handicap (2400m) at Sandown on Saturday. All of the Savabeel gelding’s previous victories had come over distances ranging from 1600m to
Comeback mare Bellatrix Star (Star Witness) took a step closer to a return to racing when stepping out in a track gallop between races at Seymour on Thursday. The Mark Walker-trained mare is preparing for the Listed Bel Esprit Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on May 30 after only one start
Frankie Lor is optimistic that implementing new tactics for Numbers (NZ) (Tivaci) can help the BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) runner-up go to another level in Sunday’s HK$13 million Gr.1 Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup (2400m) at Sha Tin. Aiming to unlock more of the bull-headed
Ballarat trainer Matt Cumani will chase another Derby with promising stayer Single Choice (Anders), who headed north on Tuesday for Saturday week’s Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m) at Eagle Farm. The gelding enters the Queensland feature off a solid effort for fourth in the Gr.1 South Australian Derby
Remarkable Kiwi-bred veteran Western Empire (NZ) (Iffraaj) took his career earnings past A$3.5 million with a first-up victory in the A$200,000 Gr.3 Drummond Golf Belmont Sprint (1400m) in Perth on Saturday. It was the eight-year-old Iffraaj gelding’s second win in the Belmont feature and
Champion trainer Chris Waller claimed a fourth straight win in A$250,000 Gr.3 HKJC World Pool Rough Habit Plate (2000m) at Doomben on Saturday, with three of those winners being New Zealand-breds. Kilman (NZ) (Super Seth) led all the way for a $25 upset in the 2026 edition
The Pencarrow Stud colours of Sir Peter Vela have been carried by some outstanding fillies over the years including ‘Cups Queen’ Ethereal, whose rise to stardom started with a win in the Group I Queensland Oaks in 2001. The Queensland Oaks is the target race for the latest Pencarrow Stud
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His current connections can't lay claim to coming up with his name, but they are hoping Thebudgiesmugla (NZ) (Redwood) can continue making a name for himself as a stayer of promise. The former New Zealander rises to 2400 metres for the first time this preparation in Saturday'
Talented gelding Exit Fee (NZ) (Ten Sovereigns) returned to winning form with a late lunge to take out the A$120,000 TAB Highway Handicap (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday. Although he had gone winless in eight runs dating back to another Highway Handicap victory at Rosehill in February of
Promising galloper Bulgari (NZ) (Hello Youmzain) capped a run of consistent form of late with a last to first performance to take out the Trackside.co.nz 1500 at Ellerslie on Saturday. The Darryn and Briar Weatherley-prepared colt had been threatening to win at short notice with a series of
Promising juvenile filly Pounce (NZ) (Almanzor) did just that at Ellerslie on Saturday when running over the top of her rivals to take out the MyRacehorse 1100 for trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott. The daughter of Almanzor jumped away well under Jasmine Fawcett, who elected to take her
Last year’s Hawke’s Bay Steeplechase (4800m) was one of the spectacles of the season, with Smug just nabbing Champion jumper West Coast on the line after the pair went head-to-head from the 800m. That effort told on Smug, who was sent for a spell after two subsequent runs,
Jumps fans will rejoice this weekend when they get to see Champion Jumper West Coast (NZ) (Mettre en Jeu) return over fences in the Waikato Hunt Cup (3900m) at Te Rapa on Sunday. The Hamilton track has been a happy stomping ground for the 10-year-old gelding, who has won both
Chris Waller has run into Pride Of Jenni (Pride Of Dubai) enough times to know that taking on the front-running mare will bring most horses undone, and leaving her to her own devices will play into her hands. Finding a happy medium is something not even the champion trainer can
His current connections can't lay claim to coming up with his name, but they are hoping Thebudgiesmugla (NZ) (Redwood) can continue making a name for himself as a stayer of promise. The former New Zealander rises to 2400 metres for the first time this preparation in Saturday'
Last start Group Three winner Lupo Solitario (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) will get an unexpected season finale at Ellerslie on Saturday in the JRA Trophy (1600m). Trainer and part-owner Danica Guy’s initial plan was to send him for a spell following his victory in the Gr.3 Easter Handicap (1600m)
Tony Dravitzki has been on quite the journey with Im Bartholomew (NZ) (Complacent) and he is hoping to continue his unbeaten run with the five-year-old gelding at New Plymouth on Saturday. “I bought him as a weanling off Gavelhouse and sold him to Australia after he trialled and won,” Dravitzki
Wexford Stables will be hoping family comes first at Ellerslie where they will rely on a pair of half-brothers for success in one of the main events on Saturday’s card. Trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott will hold a decent hand in the JRA Trophy (1600m) with Uderzo
The buying power of major Australian-based players has been an almost unstoppable force in securing well-bred and stakes-performed New Zealand mares in recent seasons, but this week’s May Premium Broodmare Sale on Gavelhouse Plus bucked that trend. Five mares were offered on the online platform on Wednesday night and
