Breeding
Within one special hour on Saturday, Waikato Stud graduates Probabeel (NZ) (Savabeel) and Aegon (NZ) (Sacred Falls) flew the New Zealand flag high across the Tasman with a superb stakes-winning double. Probabeel was up first, adding a third Australian Group One victory to her collection in Caulfield’s Futurity Stakes
New Zealand
Promising four-year-old Dark Alley (NZ) (Per Incanto) looked a galloper capable of going through the grades over the next few months when he scored an impressive victory on his home track at Hastings on Sunday. The Guy Lowry and Grant Cullen-trained son of Per Incanto had kicked off his racing
New Zealand
Consistent sprinter Justacanta (NZ) (Per Incanto) got his just rewards for some outstanding efforts of late when he closed out a stylish victory in open company over 1200m at Ellerslie on Saturday. The seven-year-old son of Per Incanto had not tasted success since a victory at the venue back in
New Zealand
A victory on rugged mare Robusto (NZ) (Zed) in Saturday’s Gr.2 Wallen Concreting Avondale Cup (2400m) added another chapter in a flourishing body of work being put together by jockey Sam Collett in New Zealand’s major staying events in the last few years. The victory on Robusto
New Zealand
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Australia
Tralee Rose (NZ) (Tavistock) appears the horse to beat in the next month's Gr.2 Adelaide Cup (3200m) after an emphatic victory in Saturday's Gr.3 Lord Reims Stakes (2600m) at Morphettville. Prepared by Victorian trainer Symon Wilde, Tralee Rose has now won five of her
Australia
High-class three-year-old Aegon (NZ) (Sacred Falls) proved the New Zealand form was right up to the mark when dominating his Australian rivals in the Gr.2 Hobartville Stakes (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday. The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained gelding crossed the Tasman earlier this week as the winner of
Australia
Outstanding Kiwi mare Probabeel (NZ) (Savabeel) has rocketed to equal favouritism for the $A5 million All-Star Mile (1600m) with a resounding victory in the Gr.1 Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Despite travelling wide throughout, Probabeel swept down the middle of the track and proved too good for
New Zealand
Rugged stayer Robusto (NZ) (Zed) upset the applecart when she produced a well-timed finish to deny Aussie raider Sound a victory in Saturday’s Gr.2 Wallen Concreting Avondale Cup (2400m). The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained six-year-old shrugged off a disappointing run in the Gr.3 Wellington Cup (3200m)
Australia
Chris Waller went into the Gr.2 Millie Fox Stakes (1400m) wary about the prospects of his two runners on a rain-affected track and he was pleasantly surprised to come away with the quinella. Rosehill was posted as a heavy eight to start Saturday's meeting and neither Subpoenaed
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New Zealand
Well fancied Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) candidate Rocket Spade threw down the gauntlet to his three-year-old rivals when he produced a strong staying performance to capture the Gr.2 AJC Avondale Guineas (2100m) at Ellerslie. The Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained colt had entered Saturday’s