New Zealand
First time racegoers to Ellerslie on Saturday evening could have been forgiven if they thought they had mistakenly turned up to a football match, such was the noise and atmosphere generated by a large group of racing enthusiasts in attendance under the unique moniker of Boys Get Paid. Karaka Million
New Zealand
After a luckless run for second in the Dunstan Feeds Stayers Championship Final (2400m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s day, promising mare Rapid Falls (NZ) (Sacred Falls) returned to the scene of the crime on Saturday to exact a measure of revenge in the Collinson Forex Karaka Cup (2200m)
New Zealand
A purchase made while on a stint working overseas over twenty-five years ago paid off in spades for Windsor Park Stud’s Rodney Schick, when stylish colt Dynastic (NZ) (Almanzor) took out the $1 million Doubletree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday night. The Jamie Richards-trained
New Zealand
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Australia
Three horses carrying the NZ suffix saluted at Randwick on Saturday. First to score was Room Number (NZ) (Reliable Man) who had punters looking for the exit door when leading home a New Zealand-bred trifecta at massive odds in the City Tattersalls Group Handicap (1600m). The $71 outsider, trained by
New Zealand
On a night he has made somewhat his own in recent years, trainer Jamie Richards scooped a second $1million prize at Ellerslie on Saturday when Pin Me Up (NZ) (Pins) scored an upset victory in the Karaka Million 3YO (1600m). After snaring a sixth consecutive Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) with
New Zealand
Speedy mare Babylon Berlin (All Too Hard) was at her brilliant front-running best when she led all the way to take out the Gr.3 Brighthill Farm Eminent First Yearlings Concorde Handicap (1200m) at Ellerslie. The Ben Foote-trained daughter of All Too Hard went into the race after a third
Breeding
The race that launched the career of 2020 Golden Slipper winner Stay Inside (Extreme Choice) may have unearthed another smart juvenile with Godolphin filly Plymstock scoring an impressive victory on debut at Randwick, crediting her sire Ribchester with his first Southern Hemisphere winner. Trainer James Cummings indicated the youngster would
Australia
Daqiansweet Junior (NZ) (Sweet Orange) has booked a ticket to the Tasmanian Summer Racing Carnival with his fourth straight victory on Saturday. The Phillip Stokes-trained galloper relished the rise in journey when a narrow winner of the Mirasan.com Handicap (2500m) at The Valley. Saturday's victory followed previous
New Zealand
Talented three-year-old colt Sword Of State (Snitzel) shrugged off an indifferent Australian spring campaign to display his true class when he dominated his rivals in the Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Almanzor Trophy (1200m) at Ellerslie. Wearing the colours of Brendan and Jo Lindsay, who co-own the colt and sponsored the
New Zealand
The more things change, the more they stay the same was the feeling after the running of the Doubletree By Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. On a night that generates enormous interest throughout New Zealand it was the familiar tangerine and blue racing colours of Te
New Zealand
The connections of highly talented three-year-old Mackenzie Lad (NZ) (Vespa) went from a stakes-winning high to one of the worst feelings in racing within the space of a few seconds on Saturday afternoon. The Vespa gelding edged out the favourite Ruby’s Lad (NZ) (Ghibellines) by a neck to claim