Australia
A gritty win by New Zealand-bred two-year-old War Eternal (NZ) (Pierro) at Royal Randwick on Saturday provided ex-pat Kiwi trainer Bjorn Baker with a victory that propelled him into second place on the Sydney Metropolitan Trainers’ Premiership (56 wins) behind runaway leader and fellow Kiwi Chris
New Zealand
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Australia
Michael Moroney's New Zealand stayer The Good Fight (NZ) (High Chaparral) relished Saturday's bleak weather when outstaying his rivals in the A$150,000 Flemington Cup 1849 (2800m). The Good Fight ($15), ridden by Ben Melham with the topweight of 60kg, defeated Sweet Thomas (Dylan Thomas)
Australia
I'm Thunderstruck (NZ) (Shocking) signaled his likely return to Stakes company next season with a dominant four-length victory in the A$135,000 K.A. Morrison Handicap (1400m) for three-year-olds at Flemington on Saturday. I'm Thunderstruck ($4.20 favourite), who is trained by
New Zealand
Proven wet track performer Barbara (NZ) (He's Remarkable) provided a welcome mid-winter highlight for her owner and former trainer Nigel Tiley when she strode clear in the concluding stages to capture the feature event at Ruakaka on Saturday, the ITM/GIB Whangarei Gold Cup (2100m). Raced by
New Zealand
Ken Rae and his daughter Krystal Williams-Tuhoro provided the first three runners home in Saturday’s two-year-old feature at Ruakaka. Race favourite Dream Queen and rider Sam Collett proved too strong in the run home as they dashed away from Sam Weatherley on stablemate Follow Your Dreams
New Zealand
Gale forces winds and torrential rain forced the abandonment of Saturday’s racemeeting at Trentham. More than 60mm of rain fell at the venue over a 12-hour period leading into raceday, causing water to pool around the track, while powerful wind gusts saw the running rail collapse in several
New Zealand
There were smiles all around after the running of race one at Ruakaka on Saturday with local resident Michelle Bradley making a welcome winning return to the training ranks through the deeds of four-year-old mare, Regal Duchess. The four-year-old daughter of Super Easy sat outside the
Australia
Warwick Farm-based trainer Bjorn Baker has continued his rich vein of form unveiling a promising two-year-old with War Eternal (NZ) (Pierro) proving to be too strong over the 1400m at Randwick. The Pierro two-year-old managed to get his head down on the line in blustery
New Zealand
Sanctify’s (NZ) (Reliable Man) win at Timaru on Friday was an important one for her connections. Ridden by Kylie Williams, Sanctify jumped well from the inside gate and settled on the rail just off pacemaker Gas Monkey (Choisir). Williams moved her mount outside the leader coming out of the
New Zealand
A year and more since COVID-19 changed the world that we knew, over the past week Mike and Paul Moroney have finally made it back to New Zealand to catch up on family, friends and business. Like so many others, the Melbourne-based brothers’ personal and commercial lives have
International
Expat New Zealand trainer Paul O’Sullivan was in a positive frame of mind after Hong Kong’s 2020-21 racing season drew to a close on Wednesday night. Now a veteran of almost two decades among Hong Kong’s training ranks, O’Sullivan was more than satisfied with his