Australia
Former Kiwi Riodini (NZ) (Proisir) will enter Saturday’s A$7.5 million Golden Eagle (1500m) in good form for what has been the target race all preparation. The New Zealand Group Three winner transferred at the beginning of the campaign from Nigel Tiley’s Pukekohe barn to Gai Waterhouse
New Zealand
New Plymouth trainer Allan Sharrock will take a quartet of runners to Awapuni on Saturday, headed by London Express and Sinarahma in the Courtesy Ford Red Craze Bowl (1300m). London Express heads into the race off the back of her fifth-placing in the Gr.3 Red Badge Spring Sprint (1400m)
New Zealand
South Auckland trainer Nigel Tiley has no reason to feel that TAB oddsetters have got their market wrong for Saturday's Listed Haunui Farm Karaka Classic (1600m) at Pukekohe. Bookmakers have installed the Tiley-trained pair of Demonetization and Le Castile as the $4.60 favourite and $4.80 second
Australia
John O'Shea will be making sure he is wearing his lucky purple tie when All Saints' Eve (NZ) (Savabeel) competes for a slice of the A$7.5 million Golden Eagle (1500m) pie on Halloween. The Randwick horseman might be a no-nonsense trainer but he has a
New Zealand
New Zealand Bloodstock have revealed the current order of entry for the Karaka Million races to be held at Ellerslie on January 23. Te Akau Racing hold a strong hand in the 2021 DoubleTree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m), a race they have won four times in a row
New Zealand
Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) contender Not An Option (Not A Single Doubt) has been ruled out of the three-year-old feature after bone chips were found in one of his fetlocks on Thursday morning. The Not A Single Doubt colt had suffered a heart
New Zealand
Progressive Roger James and Robert Wellwood-trained stayer London Banker (NZ) (Tavistock) is primed for the Listed Ricoh Feilding Gold Cup (2100m) at Awapuni on Saturday. The patiently-handled son of Tavistock is a five-year-old but is the young buck in a field of veterans which includes the ageless 11-year-old Sampson (NZ)
Australia
A trio of Rich Hill Stud graduates will be vying for top honours in Group One features in Australia this coming week. Riodini (NZ) (Proisir) and Albarado (NZ) (Savabeel) will be in action at Rosehill and Flemington respectively on Saturday while Surprise Baby (NZ) (Shocking) will have a second crack
New Zealand
Matamata training partners Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott will have just the two runners at Pukekohe on Saturday, headed by resuming speedster Princess Rihanna (NZ) (Showcasing). The daughter of Showcasing has four wins to her name and a Group Three placing in the Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) as a
New Zealand
Sampson (NZ) (Dubai Destination) may be 11-years-old but trainer Howie Mathews said he doesn’t know it. The son of Dubai Destination recorded his 12th career victory in the Egmont Cup at Hawera earlier this month and Mathews said he is on song ahead of the Listed Ricoh Feilding Gold
Australia
Oceanex (NZ) (Ocean Park) was the first horse to book her ticket to the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) after winning the ballot-exempt Listed The Andrew Ramsden (2800m) at Flemington in May, but the Kiwi-bred mare is now in doubt of taking her place in the great race. The daughter
Australia
Princess Jenni (NZ) (High Chaparral) has made a stunning return to form, landing the Gr.3 Bendigo Cup (2400m) on Wednesday in gallant fashion but is not nominated for the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) like several of her vanquished rivals. The David Brideoake-trained galloper held off a fast-finishing Joseph