Australia
The recent deluge of rain in Sydney has led Warwick Farm trainer Annabel Neasham to take a unique approach with Gr.1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m) favourite Mo’unga (NZ) (Savabeel) this week. As a result of the Guineas being postponed a week due to inclement weather, Neasham elected to undertake
New Zealand
Trainer Stephen Nickalls is still coming down off the high of Llanacord’s (NZ) (Contributer) effort to run third in Saturday’s Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m). “It was a wonderful run, absolutely amazing,” he said of the filly he co-owns with his mother and stepfather, Dianne and Kevin
New Zealand
Pukekohe trainer Nigel Tiley will downsize his team at the end of May to concentrate on training just those horses he has an ownership interest in. The former topline jockey said the change in focus is coming largely so he and his wife Lee can spend their winters in Queensland.
New Zealand
The Roger James and Robert Wellwood-trained Cheaperthandivorce (NZ) (Savabeel) will head to the spelling paddock and won’t be seen again this season despite finding the line well for fourth in the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) last Saturday. “She is a little frail filly that is still getting
New Zealand
A Queensland campaign could be on the cards for Charms Star (NZ) (Per Incanto) after her runner-up effort in the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham on Saturday. The Per Incanto filly finished a length in arrears of race victor Amarelinha and trainer Lisa Latta was pleased with
New Zealand
New Zealand Derby (2400m) winner Rocket Spade (Fastnet Rock) is likely to be seen in action at Tauranga this weekend, where the Group One winner will step out over a mile for trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott. The three-year-old colt is being readied for a tilt at the
Breeding
Highden Park principals Libby and Sam Bleakley were still left pinching themselves on Monday morning as they were coming to grips with yet another farm graduate winning the Hong Kong Derby (2000m). As they looked across their 60-acre Manawatu property they could see former Hong Kong Derby winners Werther (NZ)
International
Sky Darci (NZ) (Darci Brahma) became the seventh New Zealand bred to claim the HK$24 million Hong Kong Derby (2000m) in the past 12 years with a tenacious performance to land Hong Kong’s most coveted race under a gun Joao Moreira ride. The Darci Brahma gelding was plucked
New Zealand
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Breeding
Amarelinha’s superb victory in Saturday’s Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham has breathed new life into a quality family that Waikato Stud bought into almost two decades ago. By all-conquering Waikato Stud stallion Savabeel out of the young O’Reilly mare Hopscotch, Amarelinha (NZ) was bred
New Zealand
A decisive victory at Tauranga could have promising three-year-old No Filter (NZ) (Toronado) on a path towards a start in the Gr.3 Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa in May. The Richard Collett-trained son of Toronado did all that was asked of him in accounting for his age-group
New Zealand
Trainer Mike Breslin believes honest mare Jessiegee (NZ) (Alamosa) is more than deserving of a slice of big race luck after the plucky seven-year-old went within a neck of causing an upset in Saturday’s Gr.3 Wentwood Grange Cuddle Stakes (1600m) at Trentham. It was the fifth time that