New Zealand
A convincing victory in the first stakes race on the card at Te Rapa has provided rider Opie Bosson with a tough decision leading into the Doubletree By Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) later this month. Bosson stuck with the unbeaten Trobriand (Kermadec) in Sunday’s Gr.2 Carlaw Park
Australia
Handy stayer Highland Jakk snared a metropolitan victory at The Valley on New Year’s Eve, when coming with a perfectly timed run under Craig Williams to narrowly get the better of the fast-finishing Fighting Arrow in the Ladbrokes Same Race Multi Handicap (2040m). It was the fifth career victory
New Zealand
Enigmatic galloper Hail Damage brought the pain to her six rivals when she out-toughed them all in a rugged staying display to run out the winner of the feature race at Hastings on Saturday. The Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray-trained six-year-old daughter of Westbury Stud resident sire Reliable Man was
New Zealand
Cambridge trainer Ben Foote finished off the 2022 calendar year in fine style as he picked up a winning double at Hastings on Saturday with a pair of promising three-year-olds. The victories couldn’t have come in more contrasting fashion as Wrote filly Nancy She Wrote came from a clear
New Zealand
A solid hit out by classy three-year-old filly Best Seller (NZ) (Wrote) during an exhibition gallop on her home track at Hastings on Saturday has trainer John Bary more than satisfied ahead of her racetrack return at Trentham next week. The Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) runner-up covered
New Zealand
Tony Pike will press on with increased confidence toward loftier goals with Tutukaka after the son of Tavistock returned to winning ways in fine style on Friday. The Cambridge trainer had expected the four-year-old to prove a hard nut to crack in the Harcourts Taupo Cup (2000m) and he wasn’
New Zealand
Finding talented galloper Zac Black's happy place has given Riverton trainer Aimee Tyler confidence the enigmatic five-year-old can secure back-to-back wins for the first time in his career. Tyler and her father Kelvin will produce five-year-old Dalghar gelding Zac Black in the Dave Hegarty & Ross Malcom @ Harcourts/
New Zealand
Premiership pacemaker Mark Walker is poised to dominate next month's DoubleTree By Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) as he bids to stretch Te Akau Racing's winning streak in the two-year-old feature to seven straight years. Walker will continue to build into the Pukekohe showpiece on January
New Zealand
Group One performer Sinarahma has been retired following her seventh-placed run in the Gr.1 Zabeel Classic (2000m) at Pukekohe on Boxing Day. The Taranaki mare was on the road to retirement after being served in the spring, and the decision was made to bring down the curtain on her
New Zealand
Tony Pike is bullish about the chances of Tutukaka in Friday’s Taupo Cup (2000m) with the step up in trip on a good surface fuelling his confidence. The Cambridge trainer also has the capable Field Of Gold in the Harcourts-sponsored feature and while he has been happy with his
New Zealand
Trainer Danny Frye is setting his sights high with Our Echo as he makes his return from a wind operation. The Echoes Of Heaven six-year-old underwent surgery in May after a series of delays, and made a pleasing raceday return when runner-up at Cromwell last month. He will head to
New Zealand
Humbucker delivered a compelling argument for a return trip to the North Island when he proved superior to his rivals at the Phar Lap Raceway on Wednesday. The genuine son of Iffraaj produced a career-best performance to claim the Listed Craigmore Sustainable Holdings Timaru Cup (1600m) and boost his chances