Australia
The Australasian racing community will get its first look at Te Akau’s newly acquired European stayer Caliburn this weekend when he lines-up in the Very Special Kids Pin and Win Plate (2500m) at Flemington. The son of Camelot won two of his nine races before he was purchased
Australia
Group One winner Volpe Veloce will have the opportunity to continue an impressive streak when she lines-up in the Gr.2 Theo Marks Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill on Saturday. “She has won a stakes race at the age of two, three, four, and five, I hope she can do
Racing
Benefits of an unplanned run in Saturday's Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at Ruakaka could be two-fold for connections of rising star three-year-old Catalyst. Installed a $1.50 favourite on the TAB's opening market for the age-group feature, Catalyst
Breeding
Rahotu couple Philly and Paddy Mullin consider themselves new to the breeding game, and are absolutely delighted to have bred their first stakes winner Cooga Doon. The three-year-old son of Makfi was an impressive winner in the recent Listed HS Dyke Wanganui Guineas (1350m), beating his nearest rival
Australia
Glory Days will step out onto Flemington for the first time on Saturday and her connections are hoping she can return to the Melbourne track on the first Tuesday of November. The recently crowned New Zealand Champion Stayer is on a Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) path with her first
Breeding
Former New Zealand Champion Sprinter Bounding has had an outstanding start to her broodmare career with her first foal selling for US$4.1 million at Keeneland’s September Yearling Sale in Lexington, Kentucky, on Tuesday. The son of dual US Horse of the Year Curlin was the subject of
Racing
Group One winner Wait A Sec will make a return to stakes company at Awapuni on Saturday when he lines-up in the Gr.3 Boehringer Ingelheim Metric Mile (1600m). The Guy Lowry and Grant Cullen-trained nine-year-old has been off the scene since his win in the
Racing
A pair of brothers are set to back up at Wingatui on Thursday after disappointing at Riccarton on Saturday. Raise You Ten finished fourth on the weekend and Brian Anderton, who trains the gelding in partnership with his son Shane, is expecting a better showing when he lines-up in
Australia
Leading Australian jockey Hugh Bowman has suffered a broken finger after a trackwork fall at Randwick on Tuesday. The Sydney hoop, who rode the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained Quick Thinker to victory in the Gr.3 Ming Dynasty Quality (1400m), was treated immediately at Prince of Wales Hospital
International
Australian Hall of Fame trainer David Hayes will return to the Hong Kong ranks for the start of the 2020-21 racing season. The senior trainer for Lindsay Park in Australia, Hayes spent a decade in Hong Kong from 1996, winning two premierships. His nephew Tom Dabernig and son Ben
Racing
The Keith and Gavin Opie-trained Back In A Flash recorded her seventh win from just 13 starts, and first in open company, at Ellerslie on Saturday and she will now be set to tackle the Gr.3 Rich Hill Stud Taranaki Breeders (1400m) at Hawera next month. “We haven’
Racing
Talented jumper Jackfrost may not be lost to racing just yet. The recently crowned New Zealand Champion Jumper was all but retired after injuring a suspensory ligament when campaigning in Australia earlier this year, but there are positive signs after recent stem cell therapy. “He’s had a stem cell