New Zealand
Otaki trainers Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard enjoyed a good day on their home track on Wednesday. The duo saddled impressive maiden winner Meg (Sebring), while they also took the opportunity to give Group One winner Bonham (Per Incanto) an exhibition gallop in company with stablemate Hold The Press (Press
New Zealand
Matamata trainer Graham Richardson wasn’t planning to run Bonny Lass (NZ) (Super Easy) in the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) until he saw the nominations – or rather, the lack of them. Remarkably for a Group One race, just four horses were originally nominated for the contest on Tuesday -
New Zealand
Andrew Carston is hoping suggestions that he might have one of the best-credentialled maiden gallopers in the South Island are short-lived. Riccarton trainer Carston will produce Ocean Park three-year-old gelding Milford Sound (NZ) in Thursday's Piccadilly Books Stocktake Sale Maiden (1600m) on his home track hoping the last-start
Breeding
The unreserved auction of recently retired, multiple stakes winner Miss Federer (NZ) (Swiss Ace) has launched on Gavelhouse Plus today and will run through until 7pm (NZ) on Monday 15 March. Bred by Greg Tomlinson’s Nearco Stud, Miss Federer raced as an early two-year-old finishing third on her debut
New Zealand
Kiwi import Impecunious (NZ) (Sacred Falls) is set to take her place in Saturday’s Gr.2 Phar Lap Stakes (1500m) for trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young at Rosehill on Saturday. The daughter of Sacred Falls was galloped on when a luckless fourth in the Gr.2 Angus Armanasco
Australia
Trainer Danny O’Brien is expecting the 2040m of the Gr.2 Alister Clark Stakes at The Valley on Saturday to suit Gr.1 Australian Derby (24000m) candidate Young Werther (NZ) (Tavistock). The Danny O'Brien-trained three-year-old has been comfortably held in his two starts back following his third
New Zealand
Quality four-year-old mare Entriviere (NZ) (Tavistock) will be given her chance to shine across the Tasman after a dominant victory in Sunday’s Gr.3 King’s Plate (1200m) at Ellerslie. Trainer Jamie Richards is keen to target the Gr.2 Sapphire Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on the second day
Australia
Exciting New Zealand three-year-old Aegon (NZ) (Sacred Falls) put in an uncustomary subpar performance in the Gr.1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) on Saturday when running sixth, and now trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman are reassessing the colt’s autumn plans. It was the first defeat for the son of
New Zealand
Bob Vance is hoping Royal Performer (Medicean) can secure another elite-level victory when he contests the Gr.1 Bonecrusher NZ Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. The eight-year-old gelding recorded Vance’s first Group One victory as a trainer when taking out the Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa
New Zealand
Fresh from giving one Ellerslie Group One race a big shake, Steven Cole is hoping to do so again next weekend. Cole’s three-year-old Iffie Shows (NZ) (Showcasing) finished fifth at huge odds in the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m), and the Byerley Park trainer is hoping to do
New Zealand
The Kam Transport Marlborough Cup (2000m) will have a new home away from home this year when its 100th running is held at Riccarton on Thursday. The Marlborough Racing Club (MRC) were set to celebrate the milestone event at its home track of Waterlea last year, however, the COVID-19 enforced
New Zealand
Twenty-four hours on from winning the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) with Rocket Spade (Fastnet Rock) on Sunday, trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott were basking in the glory of a job well done. The training duo quite rightly celebrated the blue riband victory with close friends and