New Zealand
Hawke’s Bay Hurdle (3100m) winner The Midnight Shift (NZ) (He's Remarkable) will do his future racing in Australia. The Paul Mirabelli-trained gelding has been sold to Australian interests after his 5-1/2 length win in the jumping feature last month and will join Clayton Douglas’ Sale barn.
New Zealand
Trainer Stephen McKee brought up a winning double for syndicators Go Racing at Tauranga on Wednesday with Lord Ardmore (NZ) (Reliable Man) and Savappiel (NZ) (Savabeel). Three-year-old colt Lord Ardmore was having this third career start after placing at Tauranga last month. Under a positive ride from Sam Spratt, Lord
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Trackside’s Aidan Rodley caught up with trainer Graham Richardson about the chances Tiptronic in the weekend's Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m) at Hastings.
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Trackside’s Aidan Rodley caught up with jockey Danielle Johnson to discuss her chances on Avantage in this weekend's Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m) at Hastings.
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Rick Williams is presented with the NZTBA’s 2019/2020 Personality of the Year Award.
New Zealand
No jockey will go into Saturday's Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m) at Hastings with more confidence than Melody Belle's (NZ) (Commands) rider Troy Harris. The 32-year-old Matamata hoop racked up his fifth Group One win when he guided Melody Belle to success in the Gr.1
New Zealand
It’s been a whirlwind week for Matthew Pitman. The Riccarton trainer welcomed his second child on Tuesday and he has also been in the process of moving into his family’s new home. “It’s exciting times,” he said. “We bought a house on Friday, moved in on the
Australia
Ranting (NZ) (Zoustar) shed his tag as one of the country's best maidens with a brave victory in Wednesday's Gr.3 Blue Sapphire Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield for trainers Leon and Troy Corstens. In a three-horse field, the Westbury Stud graduate dug deep to get the
Australia
Chris Waller takes a powerful trio into the Gr.1 Caulfield Cup (2400m), a race which has amazingly eluded Australia's premier trainer. The race has proven to be somewhat of a jinx for Waller as from 20 starters in the Caulfield Cup his best results have been two
Breeding
Triple Group Two winner Spanish Whisper (AUS) (Lope de Vega) has broken the record price for online thoroughbred auctions with one day of bidding left. Listed for unreserved sale on Gavelhouse Plus on Monday, feverish bidding has ensued, seeing her smash through the previous record of NZ$670,000 to
New Zealand
Promising five-year-old Matterhorn (NZ) (Swiss Ace) will head across the Tasman later this month to join Kris Lees’ Newcastle barn. The Gerry Harvey-owned gelding has had two starts in New Zealand for former trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott for a win and a second. “He has done very
New Zealand
Tavistock four-year-old Entriviere (NZ) maintained her prefect record when successful at Tauranga in the Betavet 1300 on Wednesday. The Jamie Richards-trained mare was successful on debut at Matamata and stepped up to win in Rating 65 grade by an easy four-lengths under in-form rider Danielle Johnson. “It mapped well from