New Zealand
Trainer Tony Pike unearthed a pair of smart three-year-olds at Te Rapa on Friday in the form of The Landing (NZ) (Tivaci) and Pareanui Bay (NZ) (Lonhro), who provided the Cambridge horseman with a race-to-race double. First to strike was the well-bred Tivaci gelding The Landing, a half-brother to Group
New Zealand
To own a share in a Group One winner is a dream for any young racing fan, and for siblings Jamie and Casey Lock that dream has come true. Their father, trainer Peter Lock, purchased Sierra Sue out of Ardsley Stud’s New Zealand Bloodstock 2019 May Sale draft as
New Zealand
Awapuni trainer Roydon Bergerson has a host of promising three-year-olds including Wakari (NZ) (Vespa) and Nest Egg (NZ) (Reliable Man) who will clash in Saturday’s Gr.2 Dundeel At Arrowfield Hawke's Bay Guineas (1400m). Wakari enters the Hastings contest as the $2.50 favourite on the back
New Zealand
For many stables and syndicators, horses recruited from New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale and the lucrative prizemoney on offer in Australia are proving to be a winning combination. The honour roll for Karaka’s annual sale of two-year-olds famously features Australian headline acts such as Victoria Derby
New Zealand
Track conditions are expected to be ideal at Hastings on Saturday, where the Gr.1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m) is the highlight of the second day of the Hawke’s Bay carnival. While the opening day was run on a Slow8 track, a favourable forecast for Saturday should provide runners
Australia
Five-year-old Alamosa gelding Second Slip (NZ) has come through his runner-up finish in the Listed Balaklava Cup (1600m) and trainer Will Clarken will now have a throw at the stumps in the Gr.1 Toorak Handicap (1600m) on Saturday week. The Kiwi import has proved a revelation since joining the
Australia
Hawkesbury trainer Brad Widdup has Kiwi-bred mare Icebath (NZ) (Sacred Falls) right where he wants her ahead of Saturday’s Gr.1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) at Randwick. A winner of three races, the daughter of Sacred Falls has run well in all three starts this campaign and connections will be
New Zealand
Last start winner Khufu (American Pharoah) will continue his progression towards the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai 49th New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) when he contests Saturday’s Gr.2 Dundeel at Arrowfield Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) at Hastings. The Tony Pike-trained three-year-old broke through for his maiden
New Zealand
Matthew Cameron is hoping to continue his successful association with Meritable (Snitzel) on Saturday when he partners the three-year-old colt in the Gr.2 Dundeel at Arrowfield Stud Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m). Cameron rode the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained son of Snitzel to a last-start victory at the
Australia
Annabel Neasham has elected to head to the Gr.1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday with Mo’unga (NZ) (Savabeel) in preference to the Gr.1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) at Flemington. While the Warwick Farm trainer believes the son of Savabeel would favour the Turnbull trip, an eye
New Zealand
Three-year-old filly Rue Cler (NZ) (Proisir) broke through for her maiden win at the second time of asking when victorious in the Boys Get Paid/Chris Hayes Livestock (1400m) at Waverley on Thursday. “Watching it live, it was pretty impressive,” trainer Bryce Newman said. “Lisa (Allpress, jockey) said she didn’
Australia
Trainer John O’Shea is hoping Lost And Running (NZ) (Per Incanto) can get his A$15 million The Everest (1200m) campaign back on track this weekend when he lines-up in the Gr.2 Premiere Stakes (1200m) at Randwick. Lost And Running suffered the first disappointment of his career when