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Sam Bergerson has every reason to have a spring in his step, with Drops Of God, Getupoffathatthing, System Of Play and Lara Antipova among the headline acts in a bumper Te Akau team heading into the heart of the spring. Multiple Group Three winner Drops Of God (NZ) (Hello Youmzain)
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Group One performer Lollapalooza (NZ) (El Roca) will be looking to get her campaign back on track when she heads to Ellerslie on Saturday to contest the Trackside.co.nz 1600. The daughter of El Roca was a top-performing three-year-old last season, winning the Gr.3 Gold
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Byerley Park training partners Danny Walker and Arron Tata are preparing to step up the spring campaigns of talented stablemates Shalabiya and Crocetti, with both set for important assignments in the coming weeks. Shalabiya (NZ) (Brazen Beau) was given an easy time when finishing third in an 1100m trial at
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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Rosewood Fleetfoot (NZ) (Proisir) will be looking to get his third win in a row in the Class 4 Big Wave Bay Handicap (1800m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. The Prosir gelding won his final two starts of last season over 2200m at the city course with Karis Teetan
Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young’s three-year-old Blind Raise (NZ) (Ace High) will be out to enhance his Caulfield Guineas claims when he takes his place in the Gr.3 Caulfield Guineas Prelude this Saturday. Blind Raise galloped at Caulfield on Tuesday morning ahead of his first start
Australian trainer Paul Preusker will add some international flavour to Sunday’s Ben & Ryan Foote Racing Great New Zealand Steeplechase (6200m) at Te Aroha, with the Horsham horseman crossing the Tasman to contest the jumping feature with his French-bred gelding Christmas (Palace Episode). While a 10-year-old,
Triple Group One winner Jimmysstar pleased trainer Ciaron Maher with a sharp Cranbourne jumpout on Monday as he prepares to drop back in distance for the Gr.1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield. The New Zealand-bred sprinter was ridden by Ethan Brown in the 800m hit-out and impressed
Zac Lloyd has been booked to ride star mare Well Written (Written Tycoon) when she makes her Australian debut in the Gr.1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) at Randwick on October 3. The Golden Slipper-winning jockey will take over from Matthew Cartwright aboard the Stephen Marsh-trained four-year-old,
New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale graduate Planet Red (Admire Mars) will take another step towards his A$10 million Gr.1 Golden Eagle (1500m) target when he contests Saturday’s Gr.1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained four-
It was a sentimental weekend for the Moroney family as they gathered at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne on Saturday to witness the inaugural running of the Listed Michael Moroney (1400m), named in honour of the trainer who passed away last year. While a proud Kiwi, the Melbourne track had been
Zac Purton’s quest for a 10th Hong Kong jockeys’ championship – and a sixth title in succession continues to gather early momentum after the Australian snared a double at Sha Tin on Sunday (13 September). Purton continued metronomic progress towards a 10th jockeys’ crown with a third double from the
Top-flight hopes are held for a trio of New Zealand-bred representatives who posted stakes victories across the Tasman at the weekend. Shockletz (NZ) (Shocking) and Satono Glow (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) were successful at Flemington, while Persian Wonder (NZ) (Hello Youmzain) scored at Rosehill to press their claims for
Cambridge Stud homebred Livalittle (NZ) (The Autumn Sun) continued his rapid progression through the Queensland staying ranks with an impressive last-to-first victory at Doomben on Saturday. The Tony Gollan-trained five-year-old settled at the rear before producing a powerful finish under apprentice Bella Youngberry to claim
Champion galloper Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) is fit and healthy and will forge ahead into the spring after being given the all-clear on Sunday. The 10-time Group One hero pulled up lame in the right hind leg, following his seventh placing in the G1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m)
Last year’s Karaka yearling sale draft is proving to be a vintage crop for Cambridge farm Wentwood Grange, with several of their fillies shining this spring, including Sweetest Thing (NZ) (Hello Youmzain), who recorded her maiden stakes success in Saturday’s Listed Canterbury Belle Stakes (1200m) at Riccarton. It
