New Zealand
Uareastar will continue her comeback when she heads to Hawera on Saturday to contest the NZ Farmers Livestock LTD Egmont Cup (2100m). The seven-year-old mare reached the pinnacle of staying racing in New Zealand when taking out the Gr.2 Auckland Cup (3200m) last year, but was forced to take
New Zealand
Matamata trainer Stephen Autridge has focussed on quality rather than quantity in his stable over the last few years, and it’s showing. The veteran horseman has just 15 horses in work, and a third of those are three-year-old fillies on target for the Gr.1 Barneswood Farm NZ 1000
New Zealand
The South African accent has been growing in volume in jockey rooms around the country in recent years thanks to former jockey turned NZ Equine Academy director Donavan Mansour, with that number growing by one this season. Apprentice jockey Gareth Lahoud has added his voice to the expat South African
Australia
Lost And Running (NZ) (Per Incanto), a one-time The Everest (1200m) second favourite, has been retired. Trainer John O’Shea elected to bring down the curtain on his star sprinter’s racing career following his disappointing last-placed finish in last Saturday’s Gr.2 Premiere Stakes (1200m) at Randwick, a
New Zealand
Spring hasn’t been kind to La Crique (NZ) (Vadamos) in New Zealand and punters might get their last glimpse of her racing during the fickle season in her homeland when she contests the Listed Team Wealleans Matamata Cup (1600m) on Saturday. The five-year-old mare’s spring preparation has been
New Zealand
Trainer Mark Walker is hoping his talented mare Skew Wiff (NZ) (Savabeel) can bring her New Zealand form to Flemington on Saturday where she will line-up in the Gr.2 Rose Of Kingston Stakes (1400m). The Waikato Stud bred and raced four-year-old made a great start to her spring preparation
New Zealand
A pair of Te Akau Racing fillies will be vying to keep their Gr.1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) hopes alive when they step out this week. Last start runner-up She Turns Heads will attempt to go one better when she heads to Tauranga on Wednesday to
New Zealand
The Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) dream is over this year for the connections of Sharp ‘N’ Smart (NZ) (Redwood). The reigning New Zealand Horse of the Year has been ruled out for the remainder of the spring after a veterinary examination revealed he has a viral infection. The Graeme
New Zealand
There were few smiles bigger than Danika Wilson’s at Riccarton last Saturday after the apprentice jockey recorded her first win aboard The Buffer (NZ) (Reliable Man) in the Coupland’s Bakeries Mile Trial (1400m). It was the 21-year-old’s eighth raceday ride and she said she had a feeling
New Zealand
The excitement surrounding the looming meeting of top three-year-olds Tokyo Tycoon (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) and Crocetti (NZ) (Zacinto) kicked up a gear following the latter’s comfortable victory in the St John’s College Foundation 3YO (1200m) at Te Rapa on Friday. The Danny Walker and Arron Tata-trained gelding jumped
New Zealand
After decades of dominating the New Zealand harness racing scene, trotting icon Mark Purdon is finding himself in unfamiliar territory as he prepares to line-up his first thoroughbred at Riccarton on Saturday – nervous. The Purdon surname is synonymous with harness racing, with family patriarch Roy Purdon winning three New Zealand
New Zealand
Rangiotu trainer Stephen Nickalls is hoping the rain sticks around in Hastings ahead of the second day of the Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival on Saturday. Nickalls is seeking further Group One spoils with Chase (NZ) (Zed) in the Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) and he believes his best chance of