Racing
Debbie Rogerson is trusting race fitness to give Malambo and Comeback their edge as they prepare to face the stars of Saturday's Gr.2 US Navy Flag Foxbridge Plate (1200m) at Te Rapa. The Hamilton trainer is happy with both Team Rogerson's runners for the weight-for-age
Breeding
An impressive winning double in Australia this week bodes well for a big spring carnival for the white, blue and green racing colours of Waikato Stud. Promising Pins mare My Pendant scored the fourth win of her eight-start career with a strong performance in a mares’ Benchmark 84 at Flemington
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Endless Drama “The old horse has come back with plenty of residual fitness from Brisbane and he trialled up very well at Te Rapa. He is not out of the race and is going to be a genuine each way chance." tony pike, trainer Te Akau Shark “Te Akau
Racing
Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh stepped out three of his stable stars at the Avondale trials on Tuesday and he is excited for the spring ahead with the trio. Marsh was particularly pleased with the way Group One performer Vernanme trialled on Tuesday, winning his 1000m heat in impressive style when
Racing
Melody Belle will attempt to defend her title in the Gr.2 U S Navy Flag Foxbridge Plate (1200m) at Te Rapa on Saturday. The six-time Group One winner provided Jamie Richards with his first stakes win as sole Te Akau trainer in the race last season after an inch-perfect
Racing
Foxton trainer Chrissy Bambry will be loading up the float bound for Otaki this weekend. Bambry, who has held her trainers’ license since late last year, has just five horses in full work and will start four of them at Otaki on Saturday and believes all of them are solid
Racing
The track conditions at Te Rapa on Saturday are the only concern Cambridge trainer Tony Pike holds for Endless Drama heading into his first assignment of the season, the Gr.2 U S Navy Flag Foxbridge Plate (1200m). Rated a Heavy10 surface on Wednesday, Pike said it is a bit
Racing
Group One-placed filly Aalaalune has been transferred from Matamata trainer Jacob McKay to Team Rogerson along with two-win ownership-mate Mr Universe, with both sporting the colours of $10 million lotto powerball winner Lou Te Keeti and his wife Val. A narrow second in the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) behind
Racing
Progressive galloper Helena Baby faces his toughest assignment to date when he tackles a star-studded field in the Gr.2 U S Navy Flag Foxbridge Plate (1200m) at Te Rapa on Saturday. But trainer John Bell has full confidence in his lightly-tried five-year-old as he attempts to go one better
Racing
Dual Group One winner Danzdanzdance had her first hit-out of the season at the Avondale trials on Tuesday ahead of what could be a lucrative spring. The Chris Gibbs and Michelle Bradley-trained mare finished third in her 1000m heat on the heavy11 surface and her connections were pleased with what
Racing
Mark Oulaghan is set to start the star of his stable, Shadows Cast, fresh-up in the first leg of the Hawke’s Bay Triple Crown later this month. Shadows Cast, winner of the Gr.1 Thorndon Mile (1600m) at Trentham last January, has been freshened since his last start on
Racing
Levin trainer Leanne Elliot could get an opportunity to add another Riccarton highlight to her list of achievements. Elliot has put the Gr.2 Coupland’s Bakeries Mile (1600m) at the New Zealand Cup meeting in November among the options for her smart galloper Rock On Wood and if the