New Zealand
Local trainer Lisa Latta will have a strong team lining up at Awapuni on Friday, including Group One performer Charms Star (NZ) (Per Incanto), who is back in the stable after a stint with Chris Waller across the Tasman. The four-year-old mare will face just five rivals in
New Zealand
Cambridge trainer Ralph Manning is hoping one of his favourite tracks can again prove a happy hunting ground for Saturday's Listed NZB Insurance Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton. Manning has sent last-start maiden winners Above The Clouds (NZ) (Turn Me Loose) and Champagnes On Me (All Too Hard)
New Zealand
Promising filly Victoria Roc (NZ) (Turn Me Loose) is set to continue her racing career in Australia. The daughter of Turn Me Loose was impressive when winning by 3-3/4 lengths when on debut at Matamata last week for former trainer Jamie Richards, sealing the deal on her acquisition
Australia
I’m Thunderstruck will be out to improve on his last two runner-up results when he heads to Randwick on Saturday to contest the Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m). The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained gelding was second in both the A$5 million All-Star
Australia
Multiple Group One winner Probabeel is set to visit Cambridge Stud’s Almanzor next season. The daughter of Savabeel exceeded all expectations on the track under trainer Jamie Richards’ guidance with four Group One victories in Australia and made history at home as the only horse to win the Karaka
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Jamie Richards catches up with Probabeel at Brendan and Jo Lindsay’s Karaka property with the star mare set to visit Almanzor this spring. https://vimeo.com/694663694
New Zealand
Astute trainer Moira Murdoch heads to Rotorua this weekend with two horses raced by prominent owners that she’s been able to turn around through her successful beach training operation near Auckland. Murdoch, who trains with her daughter Kieran, is set to start Sherrif in an open 1400m handicap and
New Zealand
The immediate future for Hasabro has been locked in, but the longer-term options for the genuine son of Savabeel is cause for consideration for connections. Trained by Andrew Carston for Albert Bosma’s Go Racing syndication company, the six-year-old will run in Saturday’s Listed Avon City
Australia
Cambridge horseman Ross McCarroll has resisted the urge to head to Sydney this weekend to watch his mare Yonce line-up in the Gr.1 Queen of the Turf Stakes (1600m). The four-year-old daughter of Proisir takes a picket fence form line into the race, having been unbeaten
International
Money Catcher (NZ) (Ferlax) will be out to score his first win in Hong Kong at Happy Valley on Wednesday when he contests the Class 2 Chater Handicap (1800m). The Kiwi-bred finished third in both the Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) and BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) in his
New Zealand
Kylie Bax is going down a familiar path with her latest Group One performer Aspen Colorado (NZ) (Proisir) with the lightly raced filly joining Chris Waller’s Sydney stable. A model turned successful breeder and syndicator, Bax has high hopes the daughter of Proisir can further add to a family
New Zealand
Canterbury jockey Samantha Wynne can't wait to make her return to riding at Ashburton on Wednesday. COVID-19 restrictions have meant Wynne has been ineligible to ride to this point but relaxed Government vaccine mandates have led to the Irish rider taking her first booking since New Zealand