New Zealand
Nigel Tiley hasn’t been given the warmest of welcomes back to New Zealand, with temperatures still winter-like, but that isn’t all bad for the South Auckland horseman. Tiley has spent the winter in Queensland with his wife Lee and returned last week to oversee Demonetization’s (All Too
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New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2022 Ready To Run Sale catalogue is now online. The world’s premier sale of two-year-olds is set to welcome international buyers to Karaka for the first time since 2019, with New Zealand’s borders now open to all international travellers. The sale boasts a growing
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Outstanding mare Probabeel has joined an elite club with her second successive New Zealand Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Award. The now retired daughter of Savabeel, who is preparing for life as a broodmare, gained more than half of the 57 votes cast to retain her title. Probabeel again was
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Talented stayer Marroni (NZ) (Makfi) bounced back from an underwhelming autumn campaign in Sydney to open his spring account with a strong win at Te Rapa on Sunday. The Andrew Forsman-trained six-year-old overcame a chequered-passage over the concluding stages as he powered through the line to land the Wade Equine
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Champion jumps trainers Paul Nelson and Corrina McDougal took out the jumping features on Sunday at Te Rapa, headlined by No Tip’s (NZ) (Mettre En Jeu) thrilling victory in the CLC Pakuranga Hunt Cup (4800m). The 11-year-old gelding came with a perfectly-timed run under Shaun Phelan to prevail by
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Almost exactly eight years on from the career-defining victory of I Do (NZ) (No Excuse Needed) in the Gr.1 Makfi Challenge Stakes (1400m) at Hastings, the outstanding grey mare made her presence felt in a different way at Randwick on Saturday. I Do’s first foal, the Savabeel gelding
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New Zealand-bred star Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) has added the Gr.2 Clamms Seafood Feehan Stakes (1600m) to his flawless start to the 2022-23 season, casting four rivals aside by four and a half lengths at Moonee Valley on Saturday. The son of Bullbars was a breakout star of last
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Trainer Fraser Auret has had a big opinion of promising three-year-old Sheez Dominant (NZ) since she first entered his Marton stable and the daughter of Vanbrugh went a long way to living up to his expectations when she broke her maiden status with a stunning victory in the Listed HS
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Lightly raced filly Rocababy (NZ) (El Roca) upset the applecart at Wanganui on Saturday when she came with a determined late finish to take out one of the feature events on the day, the Listed The O’Leary’s Fillies Stakes (1200m). The Anna Clement-trained daughter of Westbury Stud stallion
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After strong-finishing seconds in his two previous starts, a change of tactics brought a deserved breakthrough for New Zealand-bred colt Castillian (NZ) (Per Incanto) in Saturday’s Ladbrokes Handicap (1500m) at Moonee Valley. A smart maiden winner at Warracknabeal in late July, the son of Per Incanto stepped up into
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Local trainer Terri Rae got her day off to the best possible start at Riccarton when new stable runner Four Queens (NZ) (Tavistock) narrowly headed stablemate Sacred Giant (NZ) (Sacred Falls) over 1400m in the second race of the day. Formerly prepared by Tony Pike at Cambridge, Four Queens had