New Zealand
In-form mare Quota will be on trial for a trip across the Tasman when she heads to Trentham on Sunday to contest the Graham’s Painters 2200. The Makfi five-year-old has won her last three races and booked a berth in next month’s The Jericho Cup
Australia
Maximus Prime (NZ) (Echoes of Heaven) is a country boy at heart and, in that role, he will now be racing for a major pot of gold during the Melbourne spring carnival. The Echoes Of Heaven gelding’s first success on Australian soil from Archie Alexander’s Ballarat stable over
New Zealand
Last start Group One winner Mustang Valley is set to fly to Melbourne next week as she adds further arsenal to the Australian raiding party of the in-form Andrew Forman stable. The four-year-old daughter of Vanbrugh was a runaway winner of the Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m)
New Zealand
Singapore Champion Jockey Hakim Kamaruddin is set to bolster the riding ranks in New Zealand. Indentured to Te Akau trainer Mark Walker in Singapore, Kamaruddin (24) joined Walker with honours last year when winning both Champion Apprentice and Champion Jockey titles. Capturing both awards exemplified the ability of Kamaruddin, in
New Zealand
Skew Wiff (NZ) (Savabeel) rewarded her backers at Tauranga on Wednesday when comfortably taking out the Ultimate Mazda Maiden 3YO (1200m) by 2-1/2 lengths. The Savabeel filly won both of her trials in the lead-up to her first-up run where she was backed into $2.10
Australia
The lure of a Group One race in his adopted hometown has been enough to convince Bjorn Baker to back-up Renaissance Woman (NZ) (Reliable Man) in the Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) at Randwick on Saturday. The Reliable Man filly arrived back in Sydney earlier this week after landing a
Australia
Awapuni trainer Lucy Tanner will be rubbing shoulders with some of Australia’s most prominent racing identities on Saturday. She will be on course at Randwick to cheer on her Proisir mare Belle Plaisir, whose place in the A$2 million The Invitation (1400m) was confirmed on Tuesday. “It’s
Australia
Expat New Zealander Patrick Cleave is making his dream a reality across the Tasman as he begins to establish himself as a trainer in Newcastle. While he spent his youth on horseback on his family’s South Auckland farm, Cleave didn’t have any involvement in racing until he decided
New Zealand
Southland mare Heidi Hi (NZ) (Roc De Cambes) will continue her build-up to a possible start in next month's Gr.3 Martin Collins New Zealand Cup (3200m) at Riccarton when she tackles the Grand Casino (2200m) at Wingatui on Thursday. Runner-up in her two starts already
New Zealand
Shaune Ritchie is glad at what looks like a long-overdue break in the weather as he puts two of his three-year-olds on trial for Riccarton next month. The Cambridge trainer is starting both Goldburg and The Racketeer in the Gr.2 James and Annie Sarten Memorial Stakes
Breeding
Day Two of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale Breeze Ups saw the final 133 two-year-olds complete their gallop down the home straight of Te Rapa Racecourse. The Soft 5 track and fine weather remained consistent throughout the second day, with the wind picking up slightly
Australia
Brothers Ben and JD Hayes are hoping to extend their family’s great record in the G.1 Cox Plate (2040m) when the pair line-up Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) in the A$5 million race at The Valley on Saturday. Their grandfather Colin Hayes won back-to-back Cox