New Zealand
Unbeaten two-year-old filly Catsacharmer (NZ) (Charm Spirit) booked herself a place in the Listed Courtesy Ford Ryder Stakes (1200m) at Otaki in three weeks after she lifted herself off the canvas to claim victory at Te Rapa on Saturday. Having just her second career run after scoring impressively over 800m
New Zealand
A stirring victory by handy winter sprinter Aero De Paris (NZ) (Tavistock) at Te Rapa on Saturday provided some additional holiday cheer for co-trainer Andrew Scott. Scott, who prepares the six-year-old son of Tavistock with training partner Lance O’Sullivan, is in the middle of a two-week South Island sojourn
New Zealand
Consistent performer Tavis Court (NZ) (Tavistock) added to an impressive career record when he bolted away with an open 1400m contest at Awapuni on Saturday. The Anna Clement-trained five-year-old started a red-hot $1.70 favourite in the seven-horse field and never gave his supporters an ounce of worry as he
New Zealand
Cambridge trainer Margaret Falconer is hoping to upset the apple cart when she lines-up Wordsworth (NZ) (Makfi) in the SVS Starting Gates Mile (1600m) at Te Rapa on Saturday. TAB bookmakers have installed promising three-year-old Bankers Choice as a $2.20 favourite for the opening race of the card, with
Breeding
Entries for the number one sale of its kind, New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2021 Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds are now open, with the Sale taking place at the Karaka Sales Centre on 17 and 18 November. Breeze Ups will be held on 11 and 12 October at Te
New Zealand
Three-year-old Invisible Spirit looks well placed heading into Saturday’s J&J Walter Ltd 3YO (1550m) at Awapuni on Saturday, with trainers Johno Benner & Hollie Wynyard confident the gelding has taken good improvement from his fresh-up performance at the Palmerston North track last month. The son of Charm
New Zealand
Star Central Districts jockey Johnathan Parkes is happy to be back. The 32-year-old Wanganui rider had been off the scene since he broke his collarbone when his mount Cutting Up Rough was brought down at Te Rapa on May 8. Parkes took four rides at Waverley on Friday and has
New Zealand
Plenty of punters will be looking to race one at Te Rapa on Saturday for their banker of the day. Trainer Stephen Marsh will line-up in-form gelding Bankers Choice in the SVS Starting Gates Mile (1600m), with the son of Mongolian Khan vying for his third successive win. “I think
New Zealand
Members of the Auckland Racing Club (ARC) overwhelmingly threw their support behind a merger with the Counties Racing Club at a Special General Meeting at Ellerslie on Thursday night. The key premise behind the amalgamation is that there are significant benefits to be had from a single operating structure and
International
Tim Fitzsimmons is hoping that honest mare Gold City (NZ) (Sufficient) can bounce back to her winning ways in Singapore this Saturday. The Sufficient seven-year-old may have had only two runs for Fitzsimmons, but he would still have a fair idea how to get the best out of her. He
New Zealand
Andrew Carston now sits on 30 wins for the season after recording a winning double at Ashburton on Thursday. Three-year-old gelding Dettifoss (NZ) (Sacred Falls) got Carston’s day off to a flyer when winning the MLM Construction (1400m) by 6-1/2 lengths. Carston has plenty of time for the
New Zealand
Cambridge trainer John Bell will have a strong hand when he ventures to Te Rapa on Saturday, including a pair of last start winners on the Hamilton track that are looking to replicate that feat. Smart mare Palm Springs (NZ) (Super Easy) steps into Open company in the Group One