NZ Racing Desk

Holymanz back from New Zealand excursion

New Zealand horses making hit-and-run visits to Australia are not uncommon, but there are not many horses that do it in reverse. The Ciaron Maher-trained Holymanz (NZ) (Almanzor), a New Zealand-bred four-year-old, made a hit-and-run trip to Ellerslie last month for the inaugural running of the Aotearoa Classic (1600m). Holymanz

Australia

Pride Of Jenni has day out at Sandown

A gallop at Sandown and a jump-out at Cranbourne will be the final two pieces of serious work for Pride Of Jenni (Pride of Dubai) leading into the All-Star Mile at Caulfield. The Ciaron Maher-trained mare galloped with Berkshire Shadow at Sandown on Wednesday in preparation for the $4 million

Australia

Grid Girl scores at Australian debut

After two placings in maiden grade in New Zealand, the Lindsay Park stable went looking to purchase Grid Girl (NZ) (Time Test) for a group of loyal clients. The purchase proved a smart buy for the stable run by Ben, Will and J D Hayes after Grid Girl scored a

Australia

Dual shot at another Australian Guineas

Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr will saddle a two-pronged attack in the Australian Guineas and enter the race with the belief they have the right horses for the contest. Snow Patrol (NZ) (Contributer) and Otago (NZ) (Ocean park) have, importantly, drawn good barriers for the Group One contest over

Rolling along to settle Lad for Launceston

When finishing down the track as the well-supported beaten favourite in the Hobart Cup overs two weeks ago, from trainer to jockey – and punters – they were all disappointed at the outcome of Alhambra Lad's (NZ) (Proisir) effort that day. When it comes to the climax of the Tasmanian

Brightside after another Caulfield feature

The Lindsay Park operation of Ben,Will and JD Hayes are sticking to their plans with Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) in their chase of a second All-Star Mile victory. Mr Brightside heads to the Gr.1 Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday, looking to maintain a perfect record over

Skew Wiff ready for Oakleigh assault

A trip to Caulfield for a pre-Oakleigh Plate gallop was precisely what the Te Akau Racing team wanted to see from Skew Wiff (NZ) (Savabeel). The Mark Walker-trained mare will run first-up in the Gr.1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday and was taken to the course for

Pendragon to jumpout at Werribee

Trainer Mike Moroney will unveil one of his Australian Guineas contenders in a jump-out at Werribee. Pendragon (NZ) (U S Navy Flag) will have his first serious test on Australian soil when he lines up in the second heat on Monday over 1100m. The gelding is at Moroney's