New Zealand
Champion New Zealand rider Opie Bosson is champing at the bit to get back in the saddle as he prepares himself for the new racing season that starts on August 1. Bosson is hard at work on his Pukekawa sheep and beef farm and ready to resume riding trackwork after
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Australia
New Zealand-bred horses went 1-2 in the Behind The Barriers "Boxing Challenge" 7/8 (2000m) at Caulfield with Red Santa (NZ) (Redwood) prevailing over Flossing (NZ) (Tavistock). After a couple of runs that his co-trainer Ciaron Maher said had toughened Red Santa in Sydney, the
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
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-
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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