New Zealand
Speedy filly Babylon Berlin gave her rivals a galloping lesson when she led throughout to take out the Gr.3 Inglis Sales Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa on Saturday. The Ben Foote-trained daughter of All Too Hard started at the microscopic odds of a $1.60 on the
New Zealand
Strapping two-year-old Turn The Ace went one better than his multiple Group One winning sire Turn Me Loose when he made a winning debut at Te Rapa on Saturday. The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained youngster made his first raceday appearance in the same 1200m contest that his sire had
Breeding
So You Think, Preferment, Jimmy Choux and Norzita are just some of the Group One winning graduates to complete the Foal NZ foundation behaviour programme. Next month Foal NZ will hold two 30 minute lecture sessions prior to the New Zealand Bloodstock weanling sale, explaining the benefits of their scientifically-proven
Australia
The racing career of talented five-year-old Alfa Oro (NZ) (Bachelor Duke) has come to an end. Purchased by trainer Matt Laurie out of Regal Farm’s 2017 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale draft for $240,000, Alfa Oro went on to win six of his 11 starts for
Australia
Trainers Leon and Troy Corstens believe they have Ranting (NZ) (Zoustar) back to his best ahead of the Gr.2 Tobin Bronze Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville on Saturday. The Group Three winner finished ninth in the Gr.2 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) first-up in February before sustaining an injury when running
New Zealand
Group Three winning three-year-old Opalescence (NZ) (Showcasing) will have her first start for new trainer Mitchell Beer on Saturday when she contests a 1300m BenchMark 78 at Sandown. Previously prepared by Byerley Park trainer Jenna Mahoney, Opalescence was a winner of the Gr.3 Bonecrusher Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie in
New Zealand
Danielle Johnson set a single season stakes record for a New Zealand jockey last weekend and is looking to add to it on Saturday with some solid chances at Te Rapa. Johnson rides Savy Yong Blonk (NZ) (Savabeel), the $2.40 favourite for the Gr.2 Travis Stakes (2000m) at
New Zealand
Exciting three-year-old No Filter (NZ) (Toronado) will have his first crack at stakes level when he contests the Gr.3 Inglis Sales Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa on Saturday. The son of Toronado has won three of his seven starts, placing in two others, and trainer Richard Collett
New Zealand
New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) has released its racing dates for the 2021-22 season. The final calendar is the outcome of the consideration of club submissions by the codes, discussions between the codes and TAB NZ, and TAB NZ’s final consideration and approval. “As we outlined at the beginning
Breeding
Group Two winning Savabeel mare Yearn (NZ) is the headline act in the quality 37 Lot Autumn Online Broodmare Sale on Gavelhouse Plus. Recently retired, Yearn won the Gr.2 Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes and is Group One placed over a mile. Adding precocity to her page, she is out
Australia
Champion jockey James McDonald became only the third jockey in history to ride at least 100 metropolitan Sydney winners in three successive seasons when riding a winning double at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. The Kiwi expat joins Larry Cassidy and Darren Beadman in achieving the feat after partnering The Move
Australia
Llanacord (NZ) (Contributer) has settled in well following her arrival in South Australia ahead of her Group One test on Saturday. The Stephen Nickalls-trained three-year-old won the Gr.2 Lowland Stakes (2100m) in a stirring finish last month and will attempt to add an elite victory to her tally when