New Zealand
The campaigns for Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman’s pair of Caulfield and Melbourne Cup hopes gets underway on Saturday, with Quick Thinker (So You Think) and The Chosen One (NZ) (Savabeel) set to kick off at Flemington. Gr.1 Australian Derby (2400m) winner Quick Thinker will contest the Gr.
Australia
New Zealand-bred three-year-old Oceanography (NZ) (Ocean Park) has booked his ticket for the Victoria Derby Trial (1800m) at Flemington in a fortnight after breaking maiden ranks at Sandown on Wednesday. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained colt jumped away well from barrier five and was pushed
New Zealand
One of the more impressive winners on the program at Matamata on Wednesday was the Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained filly Escudo (NZ) (El Roca). The daughter of El Roca had been placed once as a two-year-old when splitting Yourpoint (NZ) (Bull Point) and Vernazza (NZ)
New Zealand
A trip to Taupo to bring on the fitness of talented mares Two Illicit (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) and Concert Hall (NZ) (Savabeel) has received a hearty tick of approval from Cambridge trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood. The Kingsclere training partnership couldn't have been happier with the gallop,
New Zealand
The Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) dream is still alive for Group One-winning stayer Glory Days (NZ) (Red Giant) and her connections. The pride of Waverley will be at odds greater than the Taranaki township’s favourite son, 1983 Melbourne Cup winner Kiwi, of making the race, but trainer
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Join Brighthill Farm's Nick King as he and the team showcase the stud's exciting 2020 sire line-up of Preferment, Eminent and Dalghar in this short video.
Breeding
Haunui Farm shuttle stallion Belardo made a splash in the northern hemisphere this year with his first crop and now his southern progeny are turning heads. The son of Lope de Vega has had seven winners from just 33 starters in the northern hemisphere, including Gr.3 Prestige Stakes (1400m)
New Zealand
Group Two winning mare Aretha (NZ) (Charm Spirit) has been retired after trailing the field home in the Gr.2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m) last Saturday, with a stallion yet to be selected for the daughter of Charm Spirit. The winner of the Gr.2 Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at two,
Australia
The weights for the A$5.15 million Gr.1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) and A$8 million Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) have been released by Racing Victoria, with the Kiwi contingent featuring prominently. Pre-weights Melbourne Cup favourite Surprise Baby has been handed 54.5kg in both races, 1kg
Australia
Lance O’Sullivan, who trains in partnership with Andrew Scott, was pleased with the fresh-up run of quality four-year-old Dragon Leap (Pierro), who finished 8th in the Gr.2 Tramway Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday. The son of Pierro was only two lengths from the winner
Australia
Promising filly La Vernazza (NZ) (More Than Ready) will head to the spelling paddock after pulling up injured last week. The Brendan and Jo Lindsay-owned filly had joined trainer Jamie Richards’ Sydney team ahead of the spring, however, she will now be put on ice until next year. “She
Australia
Trans-Tasman trainer Michael Moroney will head to the races for the first time in five months on Saturday when he goes to Flemington to watch Tofane (NZ) (Ocean Park) compete in the Gr.2 Bobbie Lewis Quality (1200m). With the COVID-19 outbreak in Victoria, Moroney felt it was