New Zealand
Matamata trainer Peter McKay recites the old adage that it's tough at the top as he prepares Group One winner The Mitigator for Saturday's Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings. But he's well aware that his Gr.1 Thorndon Mile (1600m) winner is
Australia
Chris Waller has gone back to the drawing board with Kolding (NZ) (Ocean Park) and it has delivered the champion trainer an important epiphany. A perfectionist by nature, Waller was perturbed by the gelding's loss of form during the autumn when he failed to place in five starts
New Zealand
Group One performer Kelly Renee (NZ) (Vespa) will be looking to secure her maiden victory at Te Rapa on Thursday when she contests the SVS 3YO 1200. The Stephen Autridge and Kris Shailer-trained filly placed in four of her five starts as a juvenile, including the Gr.2 Matamata Breeders’
New Zealand
Group One performer Melt (NZ) (Iffraaj) will kick-off her spring campaign in the Harcourts Tai Tokerau Trophy (1200m) at Ruakaka on Saturday. The daughter of Iffraaj hasn’t been seen on raceday since her runner-up effort over 1200m at Tauranga last November and trainer Nigel Tiley is looking forward to
International
New Zealand-bred gelding Mr Malek (NZ) (Swiss Ace) raced into Singapore Guineas (1600m) contention with an impressive win at Kranji on Saturday. It was the first time the son of Swiss Ace had been tested over a mile and he passed with flying colours. "He needed to win to
New Zealand
The talented but injury plagued Demonetization (All Too Hard) has been ruled out of Saturday’s Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings. The Group Two winner looked to be back to his best with two wins this preparation before an eye-catching fourth-placing in the Gr.2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m)
Australia
Trainer Clayton Chipperfield is getting used to training his stable star Catalyst (NZ) (Darci Brahma) remotely. The Te Awamutu galloper is in Sydney preparing to run first-up in the Gr.2 The Shorts (1100m) at Randwick on Saturday, while his trainer is stranded in New Zealand due to COVID-19 restrictions.
New Zealand
Six-year-old mare Kiwi Ida (Squamosa) is in fine fettle heading into Saturday’s Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) with the John and Karen Parsons-trained mare staying in the Waikato after her fresh-up sixth placing in the Gr.2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m). The multiple Group Two winner and Group One-placed sprinter
Australia
The huge impression created by young unbeaten Sydney galloper Mo’unga (NZ) with his Rosehill stakes win last Saturday highlighted a significant week for champion New Zealand sire Savabeel, one which also uncovered another two of his possible three-year-old stars. While Group Two winner The Chosen One (NZ) (a five-year-old
New Zealand
New Plymouth trainer Allan Sharrock had a golden run in the Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) a few years ago, winning three on-end, and he is hoping he can add a fourth to his mantlepiece after Saturday. Sharrock’s first victory in the race came in 2014 with I Do
International
New Zealand Bloodstock Book 1 Yearling Sale purchase Sky Field (Deep Field) scored a dazzling victory in the Class 3 Hung Hom Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday night, demonstrating an electrifying turn-of-foot in the straight to make a big statement for jockey Joao Moreira and trainer Caspar Fownes.
New Zealand
Group One winner Tiptronic (NZ) (O'Reilly) was one of the eye-catching runs at Ellerslie on Saturday, with the O’Reilly seven-year-old lumping 60kgs into a close-up fourth in the Auckland Co-Op Taxis 1600 won by Codecracker (NZ) (Nadeem) and looks set to make an impact deeper into the