Breeding
Group placed mare Short Fuse (NZ) (Per Incanto) was a must have for Novara Park Stud principal Luigi Muollo when he saw her listed on gavelhouse.com, bidding to $92,500 to secure her. By Per Incanto, Short Fuse was recently retired by Richardson Racing Stables and listed for unreserved
New Zealand
New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing has appointed Bruce Sharrock as its next chief executive. Sharrock is currently NZTR’s Chief Operations Officer and prior to that, a member of NZTR’s Board of Directors. For more than 20 years Sharrock successfully founded and led his own international business in sports management,
New Zealand
Woodlands trainer Robert Dennis is hoping a wind operation has put The Gift’s (NZ) (Power) racing career back on track. The stakes winner’s form tapered off at the end of her spring preparation and upon a veterinary examination the cause was identified, and she subsequently underwent a wind
New Zealand
It could be another big day at Te Rapa for Te Akau Racing on Saturday. The country’s leading stable has strong chances in three of the four stakes races at the premier meeting, including a couple of Group Two winners in the Gr.2 David & Karyn Ellis Fillies
New Zealand
Graham Richardson says Tiptronic (NZ) (O'Reilly) is as good as ever heading into one of his favourite races, the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa on Saturday. Tiptronic will be having his fourth go at the weight-for-age showcase on Saturday. In his previous attempts he
Breeding
Leanach Lodge graduates have enjoyed widespread racing success, particularly the Karaka class of 2020 and this year’s New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale Book 1 draft compares most favourably, according to principal Ross Mackay. The Ohaupo operation will present a 10-strong consignment with an even mix of colts and
New Zealand
Nearly four years of challenges, toil and determination had their reward for Invercargill horsewoman Sally McKay when Palmetto (NZ) (Ghibellines) won the Listed Positive Signs Dunedin Guineas (1500m) at Wingatui last Saturday. In 2018 McKay suffered serious injuries after a young horse she was riding took fright, threw her heavily
Breeding
Despite getting drenched during an early morning yearling parade on Waitangi Day Monday, Phoenix Park principal Janine Dunlop is struggling to take the smile off her face as she prepares for the 2022 edition of the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling sale at Karaka next month. Dunlop is one of
New Zealand
A comprehensive victory aboard Hasabro (NZ) (Savabeel) in Saturday’s feature event at Wingatui, the Gr.3 White Robe Lodge (1600m) came at just the right time for jockey Jacob Lowry. Lowry, who was one of the leading South Island apprentices during his four-year tenure to grandfather Brian Anderton before
Australia
Fan favourite Elephant (NZ) (Shocking) is headed across the Tasman to kick off a new campaign that has him aimed at gaining a start in the A$5 million All Star Mile (1600m) at Flemington on March 19. Trainers Emma-Lee Browne and her husband David had considered giving the five-year-old
New Zealand
Class two-year-old filly Wolverine (NZ) (Tivaci) will head back to Roydon Bergerson’s Awapuni stable on Tuesday as she prepares for a tilt at the Gr.1 Courtesy Ford Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) on her home turf on April 2. Wolverine has spent the last two weeks at part
New Zealand
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