New Zealand
One of the more intriguing runners in Saturday’s Gr.1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton is the Bill Thurlow-trained And We Danced (NZ) (Wrote). The daughter of Wrote will enter the classic at just her third raceday start, having broken maiden ranks as a juvenile
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Champion trainer Jamie Richards has weight of numbers on his side with a team of five fillies contesting Saturday's Gr.1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton. Richards needs just one win to bring up 50 Group One victories in a career barely six years
New Zealand
A Group One target is in the offing for Vigor Winner (Declaration of War) if he performs up to expectations in the Gr.2 Gartshore Tauranga Stakes (1600m) on Saturday. The six-year-old gelding finished third for the second year running in the Gr.3 Red Badge Spring Sprint (1400m) at
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Fresh from landing the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton last Saturday with glamour colt Noverre (NZ) (Savabeel), the Te Akau team were again to the fore on the middle day of the New Zealand Cup Meeting. The Jamie Richards-trained pair of Markus Aurelius (NZ) (Ghibellines) and
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Five-year-old mare Karalino (NZ) (Zacinto) landed the Gr.3 Valachi Downs Canterbury Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) for trainers Stephen Autridge and Kris Shailer in a dramatic finish to the fillies and mares feature at Riccarton on Wednesday. Race favourite Providenceprovides (Real Impact) had shot clear and was being hailed the winner
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Group One galloper Royal Performer (Medicean) resumes on Thursday for Jenny and Bob Vance in an Open Handicap over 1400m at Pukekohe Park. The well-travelled nine-year-old has been assigned top-weight of 63.5kgs with the stable to utilise four-kilo claiming apprentice Ace Lawson-Carroll to reduce the impost. “He will get
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Mustang Valley (NZ) is at the top of her game for her Group One test at Riccarton on Saturday with connections hoping for a final piece of the puzzle to make the Classic a snug fit for the daughter of Vanbrugh. The filly is in sound form and expected to
Australia
Surprise Baby (NZ) (Shocking) is on track to return in the Gr.3 Kevin Heffernan Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on November 27 for new trainer Gavin Bedggood after a gallop in front of Racing Victoria stewards on Monday. An embargo meant Bedggood had to gallop the seven-year-old son of Shocking
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Three-year-old fillies were to the fore at the Te Aroha racemeeting on Tuesday, with first starters Karman Line (NZ) (Myboycharlie) and Avalene (NZ) (Vadamos) making winning first impressions, while Marcella (NZ) (Sweynesse) was successful over 1200m at second time of asking. None were more impressive than the Lance O’Sullivan
New Zealand
For experienced trainer Nigel Tiley, Thursday’s Pukekohe raceday for Auckland-trained horses is a godsend. Tiley will start five horses on the 11-race card, which Auckland trainers have embraced to a huge extent. Trainers inside Auckland’s Covid-19 borders have been able to race their horses outside the border, but
New Zealand
Cambridge trainer Tony Pike is happy to go two-by-two in three upcoming New Zealand Cup week features at Riccarton but he’d still like be coming out number one. Pike has Tellall and Dawn Parade in the Gr.2 Coupland’s Bakeries Mile (1600m) and Providenceprovides and London Bound in
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Robina Joy (NZ) (Iffraaj) will complete a unique family double if she can successfully rise to the sternest test of her career at Riccarton on Wednesday. The patiently handled daughter of Iffraaj has three wins from nine career appearances and booked her spot in the Gr.3 Valachi Downs Canterbury