New Zealand
Just over a month out from the biggest week on the South Island’s racing calendar, quality Otago gelding Capo Dell Impero is kicking off a new campaign in the Washrite & Hyde Landscaping Winton Cup (1400m) at Ascot Park on Sunday. The Ghibellines gelding put together a strong campaign
New Zealand
New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing, in conjunction with Dean McKenzie, is thrilled to announce the establishment of the NZTR McKenzie Future Leaders Scholarship, commencing in November 2023. Jointly funded by NZTR and Dean McKenzie, the Scholarship offers a $10,000 award to support promising students connected to the Thoroughbred racing industry
New Zealand
A downpour of rain at Hastings on Saturday was welcomed by consistent stayer Semper Magico (NZ) (Per Incanto), who skipped through the heavy conditions to continue his red-hot form. Prepared by Awapuni conditioner Mark Oulaghan, Semper Magico was aiming to add a fourth victory in five starts this season
New Zealand
The miserable weather that hit Hastings ahead of Saturday’s eagerly anticipated Arrowfield Stud Plate Day led to track downgrades, high-profile late scratchings and plenty of disappointment, but Lisa Latta was less fazed than most. The Awapuni trainer’s runners mastered the testing conditions through the early part of
Australia
A year on from a breakthrough spring campaign that announced her arrival on the Group One stage, Mustang Valley did it again in the Gr.1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) at Hastings on Saturday. The daughter of Vanbrugh began last season with a rating of 70, but a spectacular five-
New Zealand
All eyes were on standout Satono Aladdin gelding Tokyo Tycoon in the lead-up to Saturday’s Gr.2 Animal Health Direct Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) at Hastings, but another son of the same stallion stepped out of his shadow and stole the show. Lantern Way shook free of
New Zealand
Local trainer Guy Lowry held his own against the country’s biggest stables on the opening day of the Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival earlier this month, and he is hoping for more of the same at Hastings on Saturday, but he will have to do it without the exciting
New Zealand
With runners in action at four different venues, the influence of New Zealand’s leading stable is set to be felt far and wide this weekend. Te Akau Racing has 17 horses entered across Friday and Saturday’s meetings at Te Rapa, Hastings and Riccarton, while Imperatriz and Zourion will
New Zealand
As Ken and Bev Kelso prepare to saddle the hot favourite for Saturday’s Gr.1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) at Hastings, the Matamata trainers are hoping the warm and windy weather predicted for Hawke’s Bay on Thursday and Friday will lift the track conditions up out of the
New Zealand
There has been plenty of intrigue on whether the A$20 million carrot of The Everest (1200m) would prove too enticing for Te Akau Racing with their star sprinter Imperatriz (I Am Invincible), but they have put the nail in the coffin of that idea this week. Te Akau principal
Australia
Trans-Tasman trainer Michael Moroney is hopeful he has plucked another quality filly out of his New Zealand base to plunder the riches on offer in Melbourne this spring. Originally in the care of his New Zealand co-trainer Pam Gerard, Moroney saw plenty of potential in Coeur Volante (NZ)
New Zealand
The New Zealand Pattern Committee (NZPC) has completed its annual review of black-type racing in New Zealand, with several changes made to the schedule of feature races for 2023-24. The total number of black-type races has been reduced by eight to 142 races. This is due to