New Zealand
The David and Emma-Lee Browne-trained Elephant (NZ) (Shocking) and Gone West (NZ) (Reliable Man) have headed to the spelling paddock in preparation for bigger assignments next season. Promising four-year-old Elephant extended his unbeaten streak to four at Ellerslie on Saturday in the Otakiri Reserve 1500. It was his third start
New Zealand
Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman were buoyed by Aegon’s (NZ) (Sacred Falls) 1200m trial victory at Matamata on Tuesday ahead of his tilt at the Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie later this month. The Group One-winning three-year-old sat in the trail behind Mannie’s Power
New Zealand
Kevin Myers has long been one of the greatest supporters of country racing in New Zealand, and few horses embody that support better than Overtheriver (NZ) (Mettre En Jeu). The astute Wanganui horseman loves taking teams to the rural circuits, none more than the West Coast of the South Island
International
Reprising a latent winning habit, Not Usual Talent’s (NZ) (Zacinto) gate-crashing victory in the Class 2 Choi Hung Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday ended an 11-race losing streak while delivering a reality check to the claims of a string of Four-Year-Old Classic Series aspirants. Winless since July
Breeding
Inglewood Stud moves into a new era this year with the first yearlings by War Decree going through the sale ring. The North Canterbury nursery helped to raise the profile of South Island breeding by standing Zacinto from 2012 until his move north to Valachi Downs in 2018. He has
New Zealand
Riding horses may be how Chad Ormsby makes his living, but it is riding bulls that is his biggest passion. That passion took him north to compete in a rodeo near Whangarei over the weekend where he was involved in an incident that resulted in a broken leg and a
New Zealand
Riccarton trainer Meg Cunneen broke through to record her first victory when Mamma Sans (NZ) (Tavistock) won the Alex Hayward/Noel Wafer Pow Memorial (1810m) at Kumara on Saturday. Cunneen (26), the daughter of Mid Canterbury rugby centurion Paul Cunneen, who bred the mare in partnership with Eric Parr and
New Zealand
Maria Farina (NZ) (Contributer) kept her unbeaten record intact at Ellerslie on Sunday in the Blue Bubble Taxis 1200 and now a Group Three target beckons the promising filly later this month. The Darryn Weatherley-trained three-year-old settled to the rear of the field for Weatherley’s jockey son Sam. The
New Zealand
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Emily joins 2019/20 Gavelhouse Newcomer To Training award winner Chrissy Bambry at her Mangatiti Bloodstock property in Palmerston North. They work Scotch on the water walker and visit some the Bambry family's younger horses.
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Emily joins Mark Chitty in the crush for vet work and learns about his background and motivations as the managing director of the Haunui Farm.
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Emily helps James Chapman stack some silage bales at his Mercer property, Jamieson Park and gets to know his background and motivations when it comes to breeding thoroughbred racehorses.