New Zealand
New Plymouth trainer Allan Sharrock will saddle three runners in his bid for back-to-back victories in the Listed Bramco Granite & Marble Flying Handicap (1400m) at Trentham on Saturday. Sharrock won last year’s edition of the $90,000 race at Awapuni with Tavattack, who powered home for an impressive
New Zealand
Levin trainer Ilone Kelly will unveil an intriguing new addition to her stable when the well-related Linara (Lonhro) makes his New Zealand debut in Monday’s McMillan Equine Feeds Maiden (1100m) at Otaki. Linara was bred by Milburn Creek Stud and is by Lonhro out of the Elusive City mare
New Zealand
Two highly talented Te Akau mares made bold statements with impressive sprinting victories at Flemington and Ellerslie on Saturday. The New Zealand stable, based out of Matamata under co-trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson, kicked off the Trans-Tasman double with an outstanding display from Puketiro (NZ) (Savabeel) in the Fiber
New Zealand
A daughter of two-time Riverton Cup (2147m) winner Miss Three Stars (NZ) (Perfectly Ready) lined up on the same raceday on Saturday for the same trainer and jockey, delivering a major victory of her own in the Bupa Care Services Francolin Stakes (1400m). The fillies and mares’ feature was run
New Zealand
Perennially under-rated mare Belclare (NZ) (Per Incanto) had a richly deserved day in the Ellerslie sun on Saturday, bringing her high-class New Zealand racing career to a close with a successful defence of her title in the Gr.1 NZEA New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m). The Lisa Latta-trained mare
Australia
Ken Kelso is hoping lightning might strike twice when Legarto (NZ) (Proisir) makes her second start at Flemington in Saturday’s Gr.1 Australian Cup (2000m). The top-class daughter of Proisir produced arguably the best performance of her glittering career when she ventured to Melbourne 12 months ago and became
New Zealand
Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh is giving two sets of connections the opportunity to claim a lucrative payday in Saturday’s Entain-NZB Insurance Pearl Series Final (1400m) at Ellerslie. In addition to its $40,000 stake, the Rating 72 race for fillies and mares also carries Pearl Series bonuses of $70,
New Zealand
Trainers Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray have always had plenty of time for Pearl Of Alsace (NZ) (Tavistock) and they are hoping she can fulfil her Group One potential at Ellerslie this weekend. Bred and raced by Sir Peter Vela, the daughter of Tavistock has come a long way in
New Zealand
Awapuni raider Belclare (NZ) (Per Incanto) will attempt a rare feat when she heads to Ellerslie to defend her title in Saturday’s Gr.1 NZEA New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m). There have been no back-to-back winners of the prestigious fillies and mares’ feature since it was elevated to
New Zealand
Nucleonic is proving to be a broodmare gem for Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis, who shares in the ownership of the mare with Westonlea Bloodstock’s David and Matthew Peacocke. The family have been put up in lights by the recent deeds of her daughter Qali Al Farrasha, with
New Zealand
After spending most of the afternoon tossing up whether or not to scratch Complicate (NZ) (Complacent) from Saturday’s Snow Williams Bayleys Country (1600m) at Tauranga, Matamata trainer Wayne Hillis decided to roll the dice and was richly rewarded. The Tauranga track was rated Soft5 at the beginning of Saturday’
New Zealand
Talented mare Burgie (NZ) (Ghibellines) turned a frustrating campaign around with a powerful finish to win Saturday’s Gr.3 Valachi Downs South Island Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton. White Robe Lodge’s homebred daughter of Ghibellines is making a habit of spending time in the black-type spotlight in