New Zealand
New Zealand Cup Week is the highlight of the racing calendar for multi-talented horsewoman Samantha Wynne, and this Saturday, she will partner her own Amberecho(NZ) (Echoes Of Heaven) in the Listed Donaldson Brown Pegasus Stakes (1000m). Wynne has been race-riding in the South Island for over a
New Zealand
Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott are not short of sprinting talent in their Matamata stable, with four runners set to contest Saturday’s Listed Legacy Lodge Sprint (1200m) at Te Rapa. The Waikato racecourse has been a happy hunting ground for each of their quartet, particularly so for Little
New Zealand
El Vencedor(NZ) (Shocking) is making a habit of picking up major victories at Ellerslie, adding the Gr.3 Balmerino Stakes (2000m) to his burgeoning record at Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup Day meeting. El Vencedor had a breakthrough five-year-old season last term, winning the Gr.3 Eagle Technology
New Zealand
Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray had hoped to be chasing the Flemington riches on Tuesday, but after the Melbourne Cup dream was dashed, their promising filly Costae(NZ) (Ribchester) provided a nice consolation with an impressive victory in the TAB 1400 at Ellerslie. The Cambridge training partnership had a runner
New Zealand
The well-renowned colours of The Oaks Stud will feature across two feature Trans-Tasman meetings this week, kicking off with Antrim Coast (NZ) (Roc De Cambes) lining up in the Listed Furphy Plate (1800m) on Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington. A homebred son of resident sire Roc De Cambes,
New Zealand
Last year’s Melbourne Cup Day concluded in success for Mark Walker in the Gr.3 Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes (1400m), a race he will chase back-to-back crowns in on Tuesday with Kiwi mare Quintessa (NZ) (Shamus Award). Walker won the mare’s feature with Group One
Australia
Te Akau and Fortuna Racing’s filly Bellatrix Star (Star Witness) proved she is among Australia’s top sprinting three-year-olds last Saturday at Flemington, finishing second in the A$2 million Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m). The daughter of Star Witness was a Group Two winner during her juvenile
New Zealand
Rising star Richard Stomper (NZ) (El Roca) may have earned himself a shot at the Gr.3 TAB Mile (1600m) during New Zealand Cup Week after claiming another impressive victory at Ashburton on Sunday. Richard Stomper has been patiently handled by trainer Stephanie Faulkner, with a successful four-year-old
Australia
Talented Kiwi mare Positivity (NZ) (Almanzor) will step out on the greatest stage for stayers at Flemington on Tuesday, when she contests the A$8 million Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m). In the care of highly-respected Cambridge trainer Andrew Forsman, Positivity has been racing for less than twelve months,
New Zealand
Peter Lock’s fast-improving sprinter Debit (NZ) (Darci Brahma) collected her third win on the bounce at Trentham on Saturday, winning the On Track 1200 with some authority. The five-year-old by Darci Brahma has appeared at the races on just four occasions, breaking her maiden on June
New Zealand
Dual Group One-winning mare La Crique (NZ) (Vadamos) bypassed the spring features this season, and looking to the summer period, Katrina and Simon Alexander are excited to get their star mare back on track at Tauranga on Saturday. Now a six-year-old, La Crique has had just 20
New Zealand
Hastings trainers Guy Lowry and Leah Zydenbos made the most of an opportunity to trial several of their well-performed horses locally on Thursday at Waipukurau. Among their representatives was the promising Bedtime Story(NZ) (Per Incanto), making her first public appearance as a four-year-old in an Open