New Zealand
Ess Vee Are (NZ) (Shocking) will be looking to kick-off the new year in the best possible style when he heads to Te Rapa on January 1 to target the Dunstan Feeds Stayers Championship Final (2400m). The four-year-old gelding confirmed his spot in the race with victory in the Dunstan
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Australia
New Zealand-breds dominated the inaugural running of the revamped A$2 million Gr.2 The Ingham (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday, with an all-Kiwi trifecta headed by a pair of John O’Shea-trained stablemates. Kirwan’s Lane (NZ) (Charm Spirit) was presented at just the right time by jockey Brenton
Australia
Trainer Peter Moody is contemplating the prospect of black type after New Zealand-bred mare Life Lessons completed a hat-trick of wins in Saturday’s A$130,000 Ladbrokes Market Control Handicap (1400m) at Sandown. The four-year-old daughter of Tavistock had won at Moe and a midweek Sandown meeting in her
Australia
Sent out as one of the day’s hottest favourites right across Australasia, Kiwi-bred gelding Detonator Jack (NZ) (Jakkalberry) lived up to those lofty expectations in style at Sandown on Saturday. The Group One performer went into the A$150,000 Tile Importer Handicap (1600m) as a winner of four
New Zealand
Hardy veteran Viktor Vegas (NZ) (Tavistock) struck a blow for the older generation when he plowed through the wet underfoot conditions at Te Rapa to blitz his rivals in the Gr.3 SKYCITY Hamilton Waikato Cup (2400m). The nine-year-old son of Tavistock has been reinvigorated under the guidance of trainer
New Zealand
Racing at Awapuni on Saturday was abandoned after the first race due to the unsafe nature of the track. Rain on the day created a slippery patch on the surface that saw several horses slip during the running of the first race. An inspection by jockeys, trainers and track officials
New Zealand
Warm favourite Sinarahma (NZ) (Darci Brahma) provided a further example of her undoubted class when she cruised to victory in one of the feature events at Te Rapa on Saturday, the Gr.2 Cal Isuzu Stakes (1600m). The Allan Sharrock-trained mare thrived on the Soft7 track conditions, which had been
New Zealand
Flying mare Faithful Feat (NZ) (Per Incanto) showed all her fighting qualities when she overcame a wide barrier, a hefty 58.5kg impost and a heavy downpour that created vision problems for all horses and riders to claim her first black type victory when taking out the Gr.3 J
New Zealand
Local trainer John O’Shea is looking forward to heading to Randwick on Saturday where he will line-up progressive galloper Waihaha Falls (NZ) (Sacred Falls) in the Listed Razor Sharp Handicap (1200m). The Waikato Stud-bred and raced six-year-old pleased with his second-up runner-up effort over 1300m at Newcastle and O’
New Zealand
Sinarahma's (NZ) (Darci Brahma) final campaign couldn't be going much better, according to New Plymouth trainer Allan Sharrock. But as the eight-year-old Darci Brahma mare prepares for her second-up run as a shortening $1.90 favourite for Saturday's Gr.2 Cal Isuzu Stakes (1600m)
New Zealand
Peter Lock went close to winning the Gr.1 Thorndon Mile (1600m) with a former stable star and has his sights set on next month’s Trentham prize with a current member of his team. The Te Aroha trainer has the freegoing Faithful Feat (NZ) (Per Incanto) set for the