Sabah Star (NZ) (Pins) made up for his luckless second last start after he motored home strongly to score in a Class 3 1400 race at Kranji on Saturday. The six-year-old son of Pins, who last won in a Class 3 race in April last year, ran second
Usually more at home on a wetter track, the firmer going at Newcastle proved to be no obstacle to Cross Talk (NZ) (Keano) winning the Gr.3 Newcastle Stakes (1400m) on Friday. Formerly run as the Newcastle Newmarket, the five-year-old led all the way to register a fifth
Ken Kelso will attempt to break a long-standing hoodoo when he saddles Legarto (NZ) (Proisir) in the Gr.1 Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington. Since the inception of the three-year-old feature in 1986, no New Zealand-trained galloper has been successful, but Kelso is hoping to change
Adrian Bott has cautioned punters to forgive Cross Talk's (NZ) (Keano) first-up defeat as an odds-on favourite, convinced the gelding can rebound in the Gr.3 Newcastle Stakes. The five-year-old led and was overhauled by Zeyrek over 1400m at Rosehill last month and stays
The Australian Cup remains firmly on the agenda for Smokin' Romans (NZ) (Ghibellines) who will make his second autumn appearance on Saturday. The Gr.2 Blamey Stakes (1600m) at Flemington is where trainers Ciaron Maher & David Eustace expect to see improvement from their Group One winner. Smokin'
Promising mare Sanstoc (NZ) (Tavistock) has earned her way back into stakes company after franking her first-up win with another powerful performance at Warwick Farm. Trainer Mark Newnham confirmed the four-year-old would have her next run in the Gr.3 Epona Stakes (1900m) at Rosehill on March
Leading trainer Chris Waller will have at least two runners in his bid for a second Randwick Guineas and while he has followed a traditional route with Osipenko (NZ) (Pierro), stablemate Manzoice (Almanzor) has had a more unconventional preparation. The latter missed his scheduled return in the Hobartville Stakes (1400m)
Mike Moroney hopes to have two runners in the Australian Guineas but fears Japanese Emperor (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) may miss out on the Group One race at Flemington. Japanese Emperor and Elkington Road (All Too Hard) have been entered for the 1600m contest on Saturday. Elkington Road is safely in
International
Champion galloper Golden Sixty (Medaglia d'Oro) overhauled Romantic Warrior in a gripping duel in the HK$12 million Gr.1 Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. Jockey Vincent Ho stalked the pace aboard Golden Sixty before stoking Hong Kong’s champion up at the
Lindsay Park trainers Ben and JD Hayes are back at Sandown chasing a Group One win having thought they had won a race at the top level two weeks ago. The Hayes brothers were left gutted when Gentleman Roy (So You Think) had the Gr.1 C F Orr Stakes
International
Luke Currie is expecting an improved effort from Sweet Encounter (NZ) when the Toronado gelding lines up in Sunday’s HK$12 million Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m). Slow away at the start before fading to a dead-heat eighth in the Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) at the end
Australia
Trainer Darryn Weatherley admits he isn't sure how New Zealand Group One winner Pier (NZ) (Proisir) will measure up against some of Australia's most promising three-year-olds in the Hobartville Stakes, but he is happy to roll the dice and find out. Racing is a