New Zealand
Wanganui trainer Raymond Connors has Gr.1 Auckland Cup (3200m) aspirations with promising stayer Hurry Cane (NZ) (Nom du Jeu), and he will kick-off his campaign towards the two-mile feature at Kumara on Saturday. It’s a fair hike to the West Coast track from his dairy farm
New Zealand
The Ken Rae and Krystal Williams-Tuhoro-trained two-year-old Follow Your Dreams (NZ) (Contributer) looked a picture when galloping between races at Ruakaka on Thursday. The stakes-placed son of Contributer has won two of his four starts and was luckless when fifth over 1100m at Ellerslie on
New Zealand
Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman know a thing or two about preparing three-year-old stayers and they are hopeful Mongolian Wings (NZ) (Mongolian Khan) can stamp himself as a genuine Derby contender when he tackles the Listed Te Akau Gingernuts Salver (2100m) at Ellerslie on Sunday. Mongolian Wings is
New Zealand
Ruakaka trainer Chris Gibbs has always had plenty of time for Ever So Easy (NZ) (Super Easy) and he was delighted to see the three-year-old gelding justify his high opinion with a dominant victory in the Kamo Club (1200m) at his home track on Thursday. The son of
New Zealand
Last start Gr.3 Eulogy Stakes (1600m) placegetter Signora Nera (NZ) (Sweynesse) will be aimed at further black-type features, but trainer Allan Sharrock said what path the three-year-old filly takes will become a lot clearer after racing at Awapuni on Saturday. The daughter of Sweynesse will jump
New Zealand
Central Districts jockey Madan Singh is delighted to be back on New Zealand shores after a holiday which nearly cost him his career. The 28-year-old returned to his native India for his annual visit home in late February last year and found himself stranded as a result of
New Zealand
OTI Racing have purchased a 50 percent share in promising two-year-old Seven Twenty (NZ) (Power). The daughter of Power has been placed in her two starts to date for Byerley Park trainers Shaun and Emma Clotworthy and is currently ranked eighth in the order of entry for the
Australia
Trainer Lindsey Smith is hoping that his in-form galloper Riding The Wave (Malibu Moon) can round out his summer campaign with a win in the Listed Chester Manifold Stakes (1400m). Smith believes Riding The Wave will be suited by the step-up to 1400m at Flemington. The former Kiwi
New Zealand
Te Akau Racing has confirmed that Palamos (Extreme Choice) will not take his place in the Double Tree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie on January 23. Purchased by Te Akau’s David Ellis out of Ainsley Downs Stud’s 2020 New Zealand Bloodstock Book 1 Sale draft
New Zealand
Cambridge trainer Lauren Brennan is hoping to put Grand Bouquet's (NZ) (Savabeel) Gr.3 NZ Campus of Innovation & Sport Wellington Cup (3200m) campaign back on track with a bold run in Saturday's Listed Japac Homes Marton Cup (2200m) at Awapuni. Bred in the purple by
New Zealand
An urge to see the world more than a decade ago was a lifechanging experience for Canterbury jockey Tina Comignaghi. The Argentinian native was backpacking around New Zealand, and like many travellers, decided to get a job in order to replenish her funds. Growing up riding horses, Comignaghi found herself
New Zealand
Central Districts apprentice jockey Sam O’Malley is currently sitting on 11 wins for the season and he is hoping to improve that at Reefton on Thursday where he has a handful of rides. O’Malley is just three wins shy of his best season tally, recorded in the 2018/