New Zealand
A trip to Ashburton on Thursday will be an important step towards next month’s Gr.3 Winter Cup (1600m) for exciting three-year-old Riviera Rebel (NZ) (Pure Champion). The son of Pure Champion has hardly put a foot wrong this season, winning two and placing in five of his nine
New Zealand
Mauritian hoop Kevin Kalychurun is enjoying being back in New Zealand where he picked up his third win of the season from just 18 starts when victorious aboard Ghazzah (Akeed Mofeed) at Hastings last Saturday. It was the second consecutive win for the pair and Kalychurun was just as pleased
New Zealand
In a coup for Central Districts racing, respected track manager Bryce Mildon has returned to New Zealand to take up the position of General Manager of Track Development and Operations with Hawke’s Bay Racing at Hastings Racecourse. Mildon has had a lifelong involvement in the industry, which was instigated
New Zealand
The 2024 Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour made its way to Cambridge on Monday and local trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood got their first glimpse at the iconic trophy they hope to get their hands on at Flemington on the first Tuesday in November. The Cambridge horsemen have a guaranteed
Breeding
Former top three-year-old filly Llanacord (NZ) (Contributer) will be offered to the public through gavelhouse.com’s National Online Breeding Stock Sale, which will go live at 5pm on Friday, June 28. The daughter of Contributer gave trainer Stephen Nickalls and her fellow owners a massive thrill, particularly over a
New Zealand
Lofty British jumps jockey Jay Kozaczek made the perfect start to his riding venture in New Zealand at Te Aroha on Thursday when guiding Sound of Silence (NZ) (Roc De Cambes) to victory in the Agrisea NZ Steeplechase (3500m) for Dave Blackie, who also celebrated his first training success. Kozaczek
New Zealand
Group One performer Chase (NZ) (Zed) will be out to make it back-to-back wins when he heads to Hastings on Saturday to tackle the Vintech Pacific Poverty Bay Cup (1600m). The seven-year-old gelding was back in winning form last start at Otaki in the hands of Kate Hercock, who will
New Zealand
A $100,000 carrot at Cambridge’s synthetic meeting in August is firmly in the sights of trainer Howie Mathews with a pair of his gallopers, but he is being forced to take an unsuitable path to the lucrative target. With no suitable races at Awapuni’s polytrack, the Otaki
New Zealand
It was a case of like father, like son at Cambridge on Wednesday when Davey Ellis recorded his first training win courtesy of Spectrier (NZ) (Vadamos) in the in the Cambridge Equine Hospital 1550. Ellis, 40, is the son of Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis, who as well as
New Zealand
Ross Beckett will head to Riccarton’s Synthetic meeting on Thursday with a handful of runners, including a couple of favourites. Last start winner Gemma Flitz heads the market in the National Breeding Stock Sale On Gavelhouse Plus – Ends 10 July (1200m) and Beckett is hopeful of a repeat performance
New Zealand
Group Three winner Trust In You (NZ) (Sweynesse) made his first public outing of his preparation at Pukekohe on Tuesday, with trainers Grant Cooksley and Bruce Wallace eyeing a potentially lucrative spring campaign with the rising six-year-old. The son of Sweynesse was one of the top staying performers of the
New Zealand
Mont Ventoux (NZ) (Nom Du Jeu) may have won seven races and more than $170,000 on the flat, but the eight-year-old gelding is finding it a bit harder to break maiden ranks over fences. The son of Nom du Jeu has had nine hurdle starts for seven placings and