Australia
New Zealand colt Not An Option (Not A Single Doubt) will return to his homeland later this month after finishing tailed off in a roughhouse affair in last Saturday’s Gr.1 J.J. Atkins Stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm. The Group Two winner was left in the care of
New Zealand
Central Districts trainer Chrissy Bambry believes there will be a surplus of horses ready to go in the lower North Island when racing resumes in the coming weeks. While further north the Te Rapa trials were awash with 293 horses enjoying a hit-out on Tuesday, Bambry said the volume
Australia
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Sky Horse (NZ) (Tavistock) will be looking to bag her first stakes victory when she contests the Gr.2 The Roses (1800m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The lightly raced daughter of Tavistock has won two of her five career starts and finished
New Zealand
Byerley Park trainers Peter and Dawn Williams are looking forward to a productive spring with a promising group of young horses. The husband and wife training partnership will be unlikely to be represented by runners when racing commences later this month but are encouraged by the young stock coming through
Australia
Progressive three-year-old Stockman (NZ) (Tavistock) has earned a well-deserved break after stringing together three successive victories. The Joe Pride-trained son of Tavistock defeated older horses when successful over 2130m on Monday and races in the colours of Jamie Walter’s Proven Thoroughbreds. “He is a really
New Zealand
Group One-winning jockey Chad Ormsby is making a comeback to the saddle, some eight years after he last rode on raceday. The 31-year-old Matamata horseman has packed plenty into his career, which has involved roles as an apprentice then senior jockey, jumps jockey, trainer, breaker and doing
New Zealand
Otago equine veterinarian, Dr Peter Gillespie, is proud to personally deliver the latest horse ambulance manufactured at TL MacLean’s Dunedin workshop to its new home base in Auckland. Dr Gillespie and his colleague, Dr Bill Bishop, came up with the idea of a national horse ambulance service eight years
New Zealand
It may have been a cold winter’s day, but Lauren Brennan was over the moon to be back at the trials at Te Rapa on Tuesday. “It was great to be back at the trials and I think it was the same for everyone else,” she said. The Cambridge
New Zealand
Team Rogerson were out in force at the Te Rapa trials on Tuesday with 48 representatives and a number of their runners have the Hamilton trio excited heading into the new season. The training partnership of Graeme Rogerson, his wife Debbie, and granddaughter Bailey, were able to keep a few
Breeding
Little Avondale Stud are confident the New Zealand Bloodstock National Weanling Sale will continue the successful trend of previous auctions having had to move to an online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Wairarapa nursery will offer a select line-up of youngsters in the auction to run
Breeding
Three-time Group Two winning son of Zabeel, Ocean Emperor, will stand for a fee of $6,000+GST for the forthcoming breeding season, a reduction from $7,000+GST at his initial season at stud last year. Retired to Gary and Jenny Hennessy’s Weowna Park, Ocean Emperor covered
New Zealand
Gallant New Zealand-bred galloper Humidor (NZ) (Teofilo) is set to line-up in Saturday's Gr.3 Hyperion Stakes (1600m) at Belmont for trainer Lindsey Smith, with stablemate and fellow veteran Black Heart Bart (Blackfriars) also a chance of contesting the mile feature in Perth. A three-time