Australia
Trainer Annabel Neasham is full of excitement ahead of Mo’unga’s resuming run in the Gr.1 Winx Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday. The four-year-old entire will meet a star-studded line-up and Neasham is looking forward to seeing how he handles his first-up assignment. “I am really excited
New Zealand
The spring pathway of exciting Savabeel mare Atishu (NZ) will become clearer when she tackles Saturday's Darwin Turf Club Trophy (1400m) at Randwick at her Australian debut. The Go Racing-owned four-year-old has transferred from Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh to Sydney-based Kiwi Chris Waller, having won four of her
Australia
Cambridge trainers David and Emma-Lee Browne are thanking their lucky stars they made the decision to head to Victoria with their four-strong Victorian Spring team when they did. With New Zealand currently under COVID-19 Alert Level 4 restrictions, the country has been red-zoned by Victoria and David Browne, who accompanied
Australia
Trainer Jamie Richards has this morning informed Racing NSW Stewards that Entriviere (NZ) (Tavistock), an acceptor in the Gr.3 Toy Show Quality (1100m) to be run at Randwick on Saturday, was found to be mildly lame in the off foreleg after working at Randwick this morning. Richards advised that
New Zealand
Cambridge trainer Tony Pike's confidence is growing that Saturday's meeting on his home track will go ahead. Under the Government's Level 4 Covid-19 protocols, Saturday's meeting could not proceed but if the alert level is dropped to Level 3, the meeting will
New Zealand
Andrew Campbell has become the second high-profile trainer in the past week to announce his retirement. Last week Stephen McKee, famous as the co-trainer of champion racemare Sunline, went public on his intention to pull stumps at his South Auckland operation, and it can now be confirmed that Campbell is
New Zealand
Like many trainers in New Zealand, New Plymouth horseman Allan Sharrock has his fingers crossed that the country drops back to Alert Level 3 on Saturday so racing can resume. Racing ceased upon New Zealand’s entry into COVID-19 Alert Level 4 at 11:59pm on Tuesday and will not
Australia
Former Kiwi Nikau Spur (NZ) (Proisir) picked up his fourth career victory when successful at Sandown on Wednesday over 1500m in the hands of jockey John Allen. David Eustace, who trains Nikau Spur in partnership with Ciaron Maher, said the five-year-old was not perturbed by the gap between runs, having
Australia
A lucrative spring campaign could be instore for triple Group One winner Tofane (NZ) (Ocean Park), but in which state that will be is yet to be decided. On Monday Racing Victoria announced all Group One races for the spring would be worth a minimum of A$1 million, with
New Zealand
While racing has temporarily ceased in New Zealand as a result of COVID-19 Alert Level 4 lockdown restrictions, New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) has put in a contingency plan for its resumption this weekend. On Tuesday evening New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the nation would enter COVID-19 Alert
Breeding
Zed may be one of New Zealand’s most solidly proven stallions, but there’s still plenty of room for broodmare owners that want their mares to visit him. Grangewilliam Stud’s son of Zabeel has had another very good season domestically, finishing in the top 10 of the sires’
New Zealand
Former New Zealand mare Bonham (Per Incanto) could kick-off the Australian leg of her racing career in the Gr.2 Sheraco Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill next month. Purchased for $160,000 by Gary Harding out of Little Avondale Stud’s 2019 New Zealand Bloodstock Book 1 Yearling Sale draft, Bonham