New Zealand
Neil Coulbeck isn’t planning to be idle now that he’s decided to stop training thoroughbreds. Coulbeck sent his last horse to the races at Riccarton last Saturday, and nearly had the perfect farewell when Zacat was a close second in the Neil Coulbeck Rating 65, a race event
New Zealand
Group One winner Lickety Split (NZ) (Turn Me Loose) will begin what her connections hope to be a lucrative spring preparation when she heads to Ruakaka on Saturday. The Andrew Forsman-trained filly will contest the Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) first-up after pleasing in her sole trial
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Cambridge Stud shuttle stallion Almanzor sired his third stakes winner when Lassaut romped away with the Listed Prix Nureyev (2000m) at Deauville on Sunday. The three-year-old is prepared by Jean-Clade Rouget, who trained his sire, and the three-time winner is part-owned by Haras d’Etreham, the northern hemisphere home for
New Zealand
A changing of the guard in Singapore for Te Akau has proved to be a seamless transition with the trainers’ premiership again having a familiar look about it. When four-time title winner Mark Walker returned home earlier this year to take charge of the operation’s New Zealand stable at
International
Talented sprinter Lim’s Kosciuszko scored back-to-back stakes wins when landing the S$300,000 Lion City Cup (Sing G1) (1200m) at Kranji on Sunday after a thrilling win in the Singapore Derby (1800m) last month. With stablemate and likely race favourite Lim’s Lightning scratched at the start of
New Zealand
Apprentice jockey Lily Sutherland and Wanganui trainer Kevin Myers are starting to build a formidable partnership. Sutherland recorded her first win as a jockey when piloting the Myers-trained Shockproof to victory at Hawera in April, and on Saturday she rode her first double for the trainer at Riccarton. Kick On
Australia
You could throw a blanket over the first four, but the Chris Waller trained colt Manzoice (NZ) (Almanzor) found a way to salute in only his second race start at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. The Almanzor colt was too strong at the finish for the Michael Freedman prepared Backrower by
New Zealand
After a longer than expected break following a race fall, jockey Sarah O’Malley (nee Macnab) made a low-key return to raceday riding at Woodville on Friday. The 23-year-old Central Districts rider was seriously injured in a fall from her mount Scotch (I Am Invincible) in the Listed Lightning Handicap
New Zealand
Evergreen galloper Helena Baby (NZ) (Guillotine) made it a one-act affair when winning the open handicap at Tauranga on Saturday, with the John Bell-trained eight-year-old leading his rivals a merry dance in the iLine Waikato 1600. Ridden by in-form apprentice Kelsey Hannan, Helena Baby sat outside leader Musigny Lass (NZ)
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