New Zealand
Promising Sweynesse mare Petty's Legacy (NZ) will spearhead a strong team for Riccarton trainers Shane Kennedy and Anna Furlong at their home-track meeting on Friday. The training partnership will produce four runners at the twilight meeting but most interest will centre on three-win four-year-old
New Zealand
Already Group One performed in Australia, Alamosa mare House of Cartier will be out to add an elite-level victory to her resume in her next two starts. The six-year-old mare is flying at the moment, having won two of her last three races, including the Gr.3
New Zealand
A tendon injury has forced the retirement of Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m) winner Savy Yong Blonk (NZ) (Savabeel), diluting the potency of Matamata trainer Jamie Richards' hand for Saturday's Gr.1 Rydges Wellington Captain Cook Stakes (1600m) at Trentham. Savy Yong Blonk was one of four
International
Caspar Fownes is banking on consistency and a bit of luck when Sky Field (Deep Field) lines up in Sunday week’s Gr.1 Hong Kong Sprint (1200m). “I’m sure he’ll give us a big run, he was a bit unlucky last start,” Fownes said. “I think once
New Zealand
The racing career of exciting mare Sakura Blossom (Vancouver) is over. The daughter of Vancouver had won two of her three starts and was set for an exciting summer with nominations for both the Gr.1 Railway (1200m) and Gr.1 Telegraph (1200m). However, injury has taken its toll on
New Zealand
Roger James and Robert Wellwood believe there is a positive sense of timing around Two Illicit’s (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) bid for Group One glory at Trentham on Saturday. The Cambridge trainers are confident the daughter of Jimmy Choux will relish the step up in distance on a roomy track
New Zealand
Few people get the chance at a trifecta in a Group One race, but that is what Cambridge horseman Ben Foote is vying for in the Gr.1 Rydges Wellington Captain Cook Stakes (1600m) at Trentham on Saturday. The track holds fond memories for Foote, who scored his first elite-
New Zealand
A double-handed attack on the Gr.3 Mitchell Family Bonecrusher Stakes (1400m) highlights a busy day for the Wexford Stables team on their home track at Matamata on Saturday. The training partnership of Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott will saddle up the Group Two-placed gelding Dark Destroyer
Australia
Fresh from success in the feature staying races at Caulfield last weekend, Flemington trainer Mike Moroney is mulling over options for Dragon Storm (NZ) (Shocking) and Sound (Lando). Gr.3 New Zealand Cup (3200m) winner Dragon Storm had been disappointing in his three runs leading into his fast-finishing victory
Breeding
The completion of the DoubleTree By Hilton Karaka hotel couldn’t come at a better time for New Zealand Bloodstock. Located at their Karaka sales complex, the hotel is set to open in February next year, just weeks before the delayed New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale Series, which will
New Zealand
Glamour mare and multiple Group One winner Probabeel (NZ) (Savabeel) led the powerful Te Akau Racing operation’s dominance of domestic racing honours for the 2020-21 season. At New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing’s virtual event on Monday evening, the Jamie Richards-trained Probabeel was crowned Horse of the Year
New Zealand
It was a night for the mares when Probabeel took the New Zealand Thoroughbred Horse of the Year honours for the 2020-21 season. The results were announced at a virtual event screened on Trackside on Monday night. Probabeel gained just over half over of the 57 votes cast when