Australia
Unbeaten galloper Elephant (NZ) (Shocking) is likely to contest Saturday’s Gr.2 Feehan Stakes (1600m) at The Valley in preference to an Open Handicap over 1600m on the same card. The Emma-Lee and David Browne-trained five-year-old won impressively over 1400m at Caulfield earlier this month in a Benchmark 84
Breeding
COVID-19 lockdown makes for testing times at present, but the weekend news from Sydney for two Auckland near-neighbours has given them something to celebrate. Octogenarians Don Goodwin and David Paykel live within walking distance of each other in the North Shore suburb of Takapuna. In the past three years Goodwin
Australia
Te Akau’s Australian raiding party received more firepower over the weekend with the addition of last season’s New Zealand Filly of the Year Amarelinha to their Sydney barn. The Group One winner arrived in Australia on Sunday in preparation for her likely first target of the spring, the
New Zealand
Like most New Zealand trainers, Cambridge horseman Tony Pike is champing at the bit to see thoroughbred racing recommence once the current COVID lockdown restrictions are eased around the majority of the country. Pike has a large spring team ready to rock and roll, with the stable likely to have
New Zealand
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New Zealand
Australian Grand National Steeplechase day at Ballarat on Sunday got off to the perfect start for supporters of the Kiwi-bred jumping contenders with sons of White Robe Lodge stallion Raise The Flag winning the first two races. Useful flat galloper Raise You Ten (NZ) led all-the-way in a maiden 3250m
International
Maximilian’s (NZ) (Highly Recommended) win in the $30,000 Class 5 Division 2 (Polytrack 1600m) on Sunday might not have got scribes rushing to their notebooks, but it still sealed two mini milestones of sorts. Racing formerly as Clarton Star, the Highly Recommended six-year-old propelled three-time Singapore champion trainer
New Zealand
Fresh off his best year ever trading thoroughbreds to key Asian racing jurisdictions, trainer Glenn Old is keen to continue the momentum he has created. Along with preparing a boutique local racing team from his Matamata base, Old spends the majority of his time working with younger horses sourced from
New Zealand
One of the stars of last season’s New Zealand three-year-old crop made a bold return to racing at Caufield on Saturday. The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained Aegon (NZ) (Sacred Falls) swept all before him on the local scene, winning all four of his starts including the Gr.1
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Audio
Andrew Bensley talks to Te Akau Racing trainer Jamie Richards, stuck at home in New Zealand in the COVID-19 enforced level 4 lockdown, after Probabeel's resuming win in Saturday's Gr.3 W.W. Cockram Stakes at Caulfield. https://soundcloud.com/nz-racing-desk/jamie-richards-saturday-august-28-2021
Australia
Five-year-old Alamosa gelding Second Slip (NZ) broke through for his maiden stakes victory when making a one-act affair of the Listed Leon Macdonald Stakes (1400m) at Morphettville. The Kiwi import has proved a revelation since joining the in-form Will Clarken stable, winning five of his seven starts from his new