New Zealand
Ashburton trainers Sarah and Matthew Smith are looking forward to heading to Oamaru on Thursday where they will line-up a trio of runners. Daphne Dior (NZ) (Shamexpress) will make her southern return in the Paul Richards 65 (1200m) after venturing to Ellerslie in March to tackle the Entain – NZB
New Zealand
Krystal Williams will head south to Oamaru’s meeting on Thursday with a quintet of runners and she is hoping to return home with a couple of winners cheques. “There are a few nice ones,” she said. “The Roaring Tiger is having his first run back and the others have
New Zealand
Promising three-year-old Eliud (NZ) (Almanzor) is expected to relish the step up to a middle distance when he makes his Australian debut on Saturday. The Tony Pike-trained son of Almanzor earned a trip to Melbourne off the back of a brace of domestic victories and travelled over
New Zealand
Ghazzah (Akeed Mofeed) was purchased earlier this year to fill a void in Olivia Duffy’s racing team, and he has proven to be an astute purchase by the Hawera horsewoman. The four-year-old gelding had won two of his 13 starts for previous trainer Danica Guy before he
New Zealand
Riccarton trainers Michael and Matthew Pitman continued to enjoy a successful week on their local polytrack on Thursday, adding another win to their tally courtesy of Motiontime in the Riccarton Park Function Centre Three-Year-Old (1400m). “She ended up getting a nice cushy run and probably dictated the race
New Zealand
Wanganui trainer JJ Rayner will head to Te Rapa on Saturday with exciting jumper Lord Spencer (NZ) (Zed) to tackle the highly competitive Fairview Motors Waikato Hurdle (3200m). The six-year-old son of Zed has shown a lot of promise in his jumping career to date, winning one and
New Zealand
Awapuni trainer Mark Oulaghan is hoping he can get his hand in the till once more this weekend with his top jumper Berry The Cash (NZ) (Jakkalberry) who will contest the Fairview Motors Waikato Hurdle (3200m) at Te Rapa. The seven-year-old gelding has been in a purple patch
New Zealand
Fresh off the high of winning a A$500,000 race in Brisbane with their star mare La Crique (NZ) (Vadamos), Simon and Katrina Alexander are hoping to keep their winning run going when they head to Trentham on Saturday. They will trek down State Highway One with their promising
New Zealand
Riccarton trainer Michael Pitman is hoping Zoulander (NZ) (Zoustar) has done enough to qualify for a lucrative polytrack target during Riccarton’s Grand National Festival of Racing in August following his win at the synthetic track on Wednesday. Following the abandonment of racing at Phar Lap Raceway on Sunday, a
New Zealand
It’s a case of mission accomplished in Queensland for multiple Group One winner La Crique, who will now head for a spell in the warmer climes of the Sunshine State following her victory in last Saturday’s A$500,000 Magic Millions National Classic (1600m) at Eagle Farm. Trainers
International
Expat Kiwi trainer Simon Dunderdale has spent the last two decades plying his trade around the world, with his latest stop being at Selangor Turf Club in Malaysia. Dunderdale has spent the last six years in the developing racing jurisdiction, and he said he is excited about the future of
New Zealand
Lance Robinson won’t have to trek too far this week, with the Riccarton trainer set to line-up five runners at his home track’s synthetic double-header meetings on Wednesday and Thursday. Robinson is hopeful he can strike early on the opening day, with his two contenders Highland