New Zealand
Promising filly Bedtime Story is turning into a dream for her connections. The daughter of Per Incanto was runner-up on debut at Woodville last month and was duly backed into $1.60 favouritism for the DMAK Electrical & Air Condition 3YO Maiden (1200m) at Hastings on Sunday. From her outside
Breeding
Kilgravin Lodge has been a mainstay of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready To Run Sale in recent years and principal Eoin Kemp is excited to showcase another quality draft at Karaka this week. Kemp will offer a 20-strong draft on Wednesday and Thursday and believes it is the best line-up
New Zealand
There will be a changing of the guard at Wellfield Lodge, with the Palmerston North thoroughbred nursery being offered to the market for the first time in two decades. The Manawatu farm has undergone a change in direction in recent years, moving away from standing stallions, and farm manager Peter
New Zealand
Riversley Park are set to offer another bumper Ready To Run Sale draft at Karaka next week. The Waikato farm will have 38 juveniles go under the hammer and farm principal Sam Beatson is looking forward to seeing how his draft are received by the international buying bench. Farm graduates
New Zealand
Chad Ormsby has been preparing two-year-olds for New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready To Run Sale for the last decade and he believes he will be offering his best draft at Karaka next week. Ormsby, who operates under his Riverrock Farm banner, has produced some handy graduates out of the sale,
New Zealand
Group One-winning trainer Nikki Hurdle will swap out horsepower for horses when she heads to Trentham on Friday. The Awapuni horsewoman will take time away from her job at Manawatu Toyota to line-up her in-form mare Express Yourself in the Woodridge Homes 1100. The daughter of Shamexpress has hardly missed
New Zealand
Cambridge trainer Sam Mynott has enjoyed her first New Zealand Cup Week with stable star Imwonderfultonight (I Am Invincible) and is hoping she can finish it with a bang at Riccarton on Saturday. “I have stayed with her the whole time and it has been great. I haven’t done
New Zealand
A tilt at Group One level could be in the offing for Lady Telena (NZ) (Vespa) following her upset victory in the Amicus Insurance Brokers Premier (2000m) at Riccarton on Wednesday. The daughter of Vespa was rated an $18.70 winning chance for the Open Handicap but defied those odds
New Zealand
Stakes targets could be looming for Dream Of The Moon (All Too Hard) following her dominant victory in the Halls Refrigerated Transport Two-Year-Old Premier (1000m) at Riccarton on Wednesday. The daughter of All Too Hard settled midfield for jockey Michael McNab before he pulled her wide and into the clear
New Zealand
Christmas has come early for Lance Robinson with the arrival of New Zealand Cup Week. The Riccarton trainer looks forward to the Carnival every year and aims to give his owners something to barrack for. “We concentrate on this week all winter. We try and get as many horses to
New Zealand
Hunter Durrant is enjoying being back at the helm of Te Akau Racing’s Riccarton barn as the tangerine and blue army descend on New Zealand Cup Week. Durrant led Te Akau’s South Island operation last spring and has rejoined their Riccarton arm on a permanent basis following a
New Zealand
Pride of Jenni did something last week that hasn’t been achieved in nearly a quarter of a century – record a Group One double during Melbourne Cup Week – and breeders Brent and Cherry Taylor of Trelawney Stud couldn’t be prouder. Rogan Josh was the last horse to record the