New Zealand
Breakthrough performer Pericles will be out to continue a remarkable summer for his part-owners Hugh Fletcher and Dame Sian Elias when he lines up in the Gr.3 Mainstream Plumbing Mufhasa Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. The pair’s familiar Fletcher tartan colours have been carried to eight wins
New Zealand
Wexford Stables look to have a strong hand in the Gr.3 Haunui Farm King’s Plate (1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday where they will be represented by Group One winner Waitak (NZ) (Proisir) and Group One performer Dragon Leap (Pierro). Waitak will be seeking to return to his winning
New Zealand
Cambridge trainer Andrew Forsman will be looking to secure his first Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) in his own right at Ellerslie on Saturday when First Innings contests the Trackside-sponsored feature. Forsman has won the Classic on two previous occasions when training in partnership with Murray Baker, securing his
Australia
The Pendragon (NZ) (U S Navy Flag) will attempt to make it back-to-back wins for the Kiwis in the Gr.1 Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday. The three-year-old feature was won last year by the Ken and Bev Kelso-trained Legarto (NZ) (Proisir), and trainer Michael Moroney is keen
New Zealand
Up-and-coming stayer The Underbelly (NZ) (The Bold One) continued his rapid rise with a dominant front-running performance in Saturday’s New World Otaki New Zealand St Leger Trial (2300m) at Otaki, booking himself a ticket to a time-honoured feature at Trentham next month. The Robbie Patterson-trained five-year-old has now won
New Zealand
Katrina and Simon Alexander celebrated one of their most satisfying moments on a racetrack with La Crique’s (NZ) (Vadamos) triumphant turnaround in the Gr.1 Trackside Otaki-Maori WFA Classic (1600m) on Saturday. The undisputed star of the Alexanders’ Te Awamutu stable, La Crique had endured a turbulent 12 months
New Zealand
A fruitless summer saw Savaglee (NZ) (Savabeel) slip under the radar in this season’s two-year-old crop, but that all changed with a brilliant upset victory in Saturday’s Gr.3 Fairview Matamata Slipper (1200m) on his home track. The blue-blooded colt is by Savabeel out of Glee (NZ) (O’
New Zealand
Roger James and Robert Wellwood already have the $1.40 favourite for the Gr.1 Trackside New Zealand Derby (2400m), and a trip to Otaki this weekend could earn them an even greater share of the spotlight during the upcoming Ellerslie carnival. James and Wellwood’s impressive last-start winner Mark
New Zealand
Extra distance and a switch to weight-for-age for Saturday’s Gr.1 Trackside Otaki-Maori WFA Classic (1600m) are steps in the right direction for Ladies Man, but his trainer Allan Sharrock is looking a few weeks further down the road. Saturday’s $400,000 feature will be only the second
New Zealand
Hall of Fame trainer Graeme Rogerson has bigger and better things in mind for all three of his runners at Otaki on Saturday, including a potential quick back-up into next weekend’s Gr.1 Trackside New Zealand Derby (2400m) at Ellerslie. Rogerson will run Solidify in Saturday’s $40,000
New Zealand
Waikato hoop Vinnie Colgan will trek down to Otaki on Saturday to partner exciting four-year-old Desert Lightning in the Gr.1 Trackside Otaki-Maori WFA Classic (1600m), and he is hoping his charge can live up to his favourite’s tag. The Peter and Dawn Williams-trained gelding has been a standout
New Zealand
The countdown is well and truly on for New Zealand's highly anticipated Slot Auction. The Karaka Sales Centre will be set alight next Tuesday 27 February, with Australasia’s heavy hitters all looking to secure a spot in the Southern Hemisphere’s richest three-year-old race, The NZB Kiwi.