New Zealand
Mark Walker is in rarefied air after becoming the first New Zealand trainer to record 200 domestic wins in a season at Awapuni on Thursday. Te Akau’s head trainer went into the synthetic meeting requiring two wins to reach the mark and his eight-strong team duly delivered. Redsheis brought
New Zealand
Melissa Douglas’ dream start to her training career continued at Oamaru on Wednesday when Shejengar (NZ) (Echoes of Heaven) scored her first win in the Stephen Heffernan Property Brokers (1200m). It was Douglas’ second start as a trainer, with Shejengar runner-up in her debut outing at Wingatui earlier in the
New Zealand
Eshay (NZ) (Contributer) has shown trainer Peter Didham plenty of ability in work on Awapuni’s polytrack and he is hoping she can bring that to raceday this week. The daughter of Contributer will have her first start on the synthetic surface on Thursday in the Martin Collins NZ 1400m
New Zealand
A trip to Karaka five years ago is well and truly paying off for southern trainer Stephen Blair-Edie. A chestnut colt caught the Southland farmer’s expert stock eye in Phoenix Park’s New Zealand Bloodstock May Sale draft, and he went to $9,000 to secure him. At the
Breeding
Good things come in fours at Grangewilliam Stud, at least for August anyway. For the first month of the new season, the South Taranaki farm will offer a strong incentive for New Zealand breeders, with all three of their stallions – Zed, Derryn, and The Bold One – available for $4,000+
New Zealand
Rhys Mildon has been Stephen Marsh’s lieutenant over the last few years and has been rewarded for his loyalty with a recent promotion to assistant trainer for Cambridge’s leading stable. “He is the major cog in the wheel and is a massive part of the team. He is
New Zealand
It will be take two for southern trainers when they head to Oamaru on Wednesday for their postponed Oamaru Cup meeting. Originally scheduled for Sunday, the meeting was postponed until later in the week due to a severe weather system forecast to hit the region. Riverton trainer Stephen Blair-Edie isn’
New Zealand
Waverley trainer Erin Hocquard has always harboured a passion for horses and she is now pinching herself that she gets to work with them for a living. Hailing from Palmerston North, Hocquard didn’t have any involvement with horses growing up, but she didn’t let that stop her from
New Zealand
Apprentice jockey Tayla Mitchell finished her season with a bang at Tauranga on Saturday, but it wasn’t the climactic ending she was hoping for. The Waikato hoop was aiming to extend her lead over Kelsey Hannan in the apprentice jockeys’ premiership, but instead found herself in a situation more
New Zealand
Popthebubbles (NZ) (Wrote) edged her trainer Mark Walker closer to the magical 200 wins for the season mark when taking out the Ultimate Mazda 1600 at Tauranga on Saturday. After jumping away fairly from the ace barrier, Popthebubbes settled toward the rare of the field for veteran hoop Vinnie Colgan,
New Zealand
Cork (NZ) (Complacent) continued her love affair with Tauranga on Saturday when extending her unbeaten streak to three on the Bay of Plenty track in the Punter Of The Year Now November 4th (1400m). The daughter of Complacent finished seventh first-up in the Listed Tauranga Classic (1400m) at Hastings earlier
New Zealand
Many racehorse owners spend their entire life in search of their star athlete, but for Philip Brown, he has been fortunate to have two in a short space of time – Levante and Legarto. Levante (NZ) (Proisir) kicked off the journey for the Ancroft Stud principal, who was in search for