New Zealand
Timaru trainers Mel and Warwick Coles are taking two horses down to Ascot Park’s Friday meeting and they are hoping they can come home with a quinella. Chokito (NZ) (Vespa) and Button (NZ) (Ego) will contest the Welcome Back To Southern Racing (760m) and both fillies are thriving according
New Zealand
Breeder-owner Allan Hayward reckons he had a justifiable reason for missing Battle Time's (NZ) (Battle Paint) first-up run in June, he was getting married. With Battle Time engaged for the Preferment @ Brighthill Farm 1200 at Te Rapa on Saturday, Hayward and his wife Marcia plan to
New Zealand
Cambridge trainer Tony Pike had a number of talented gallopers in action at the Ellerslie trials on Tuesday, including comeback galloper Sacred Elixir (NZ) (Pour Moi). The now six-year-old was retired from racing in Hong Kong after a suspensory injury, with his most recent run in November 2017.
New Zealand
Cambridge trainer Martin Da Cruz has taken a patient approach with regally-bred gelding Solid Contact (NZ) (Savabeel) who will make his debut at Pukekohe on Wednesday. The three-year-old gelding will contest the Earle Adlington’s Gone Fishin’ 1600 and while Cruz has been pleased with his progress
Australia
Tavirun (NZ) (Tavistock) may be having his fifth start this preparation at Flemington on Saturday, but it will be the first time his trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young have been satisfied with his fitness level this campaign. The son of Tavistock finished last over 1600m first-up at Flemington
Breeding
Standing his first season at Okawa Stud in Hastings, Rock ‘N’ Pop was represented by Super Oasis (NZ) winning over 1400m on Sunday in Hong Kong. Super Oasis had raced previously as Surely Sacred in New Zealand, winning three of his eight starts including the Gr.2 Auckland Guineas (1600m)
International
Chi Chai Sin Sang (NZ) (Per Incanto) brought up his second career win in Macau on Saturday. The son of Per Incanto gave first season trainer Wayne Smith his eighth winner for the season with an impressive win in a Class 4 over 1200m, and giving apprentice Eric Cheung two
Breeding
Recognised industry participant Dylan Johnson is establishing his own bloodstock consultancy, Dylan Johnson Bloodstock, in a move which will see him retained as the sales agent for Westbury Stud. Johnson has established himself as a popular and respected figure in the industry since joining the Gerry Harvey owned breeding operation
Breeding
The strong recent form of Tavistock’s progeny has given Cambridge Stud chief executive Henry Plumptre a feeling of déjà vu. A multiple Group One winner as a racehorse and a sire, Tavistock was put down in December due to complications from a paddock injury. He was 14-years-old.
Breeding
Leading international bloodstock agent Paul Moroney has struck gold once again. Moroney pioneered sourcing German bloodlines for New Zealand clients back in the 1980’s and more than 30 years later his judgment of the European stock is still paying off. “I think I was one of the first to
Australia
Promising three-year-old Knight Mariner (NZ) (Tavistock) was taken to the Gatton veterinary hospital on Monday for further examination of his injured pelvis. Knight Mariner swept to the lead at the 200m in the Gr.3 Winx Guineas (1600m) on Saturday and looked a likely winner in the Sunshine
International
Joao Moreira rode a treble at Sha Tin on Sunday and he was buzzing after Sky Field (Deep Field) put four lengths on the field in the Class 4 Mr Award Handicap (1200m). The Caspar Fownes-trained three-year-old, who was purchased out of Trelawney Stud’s 2018 New