New Zealand
Sunday’s Kingmakers Syndication (2200m) at Ellerslie was Ata Rangi’s (NZ) (Haradasun) first raceday appearance in 204 days, but the versatile nine-year-old brought his A-game to Auckland and resumed on a winning note. The Haradasun gelding headed into Sunday’s $25,000 open handicap as a
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Talented filly Acapelago (NZ) (Belardo) showcased her class and versatility with an all-the-way victory in the Nutritech 3YO (1400m) at Te Rapa on Saturday. The daughter of Belardo cleared maidens with a similarly dominant front-running performance at Matamata in September, but in her two previous appearances in
New Zealand
The $120,000 Listed Opunake Cup (1400m) at New Plymouth on July 19 is looming on the horizon for course specialist Chajaba (NZ) (Keano), who added another win to his remarkable record at the track on Saturday. Chajaba is now an eight-time winner from 28 career starts, and Saturday’
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Group One winner Velocious (Written Tycoon) bounced back to her brilliant best in the Jarvis Trading (1100m) at Te Rapa on Saturday, raising the possibility of a trans-Tasman mission. The Stephen Marsh-trained filly was New Zealand’s champion two-year-old last season, when she won four of
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The powerful jumping stable of Hastings trainers Paul Nelson and Corrina McDougal sprung to life for the 2025 season on Saturday with a feature double at Te Rapa. Nelson and McDougal secured their first jumps success of the winter with the up-and-comer Taika (NZ) (Mettre en Jeu) in
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A masterful front-running ride by Warren Kennedy and a powerhouse performance from Do You Just (So You Think) turned Saturday’s Listed Skycity Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Ellerslie into a one-horse race. The pair led every step of the way in New Zealand’s longest two-year-old
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Saturday’s Stout Roofing (1200m) was the second year in a row that Erin Hocquard has used a May meeting at Trentham as a first-up assignment for Spencer (NZ) (Derryn), and the Waverley trainer’s stable star has struck gold on both of those occasions. A Rating 75 sprint
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Saturday’s Harrison’s Carpet Hard Flooring 3YO (1600m) at Trentham brought the curtain down on Coulthard’s (NZ) (Redwood) three-year-old season and hinted at an even brighter future as a four and five-year-old. The Lisa Latta-trained Coulthard has made a favourable impression in his
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Stephen Marsh is eyeing a light winter campaign with his Group One-winning sprinter Mercurial (NZ) (Burgundy), who shook off some cobwebs with a trial win at Cambridge on Friday. The winner of six of his 36 starts, including last year’s Gr.1 Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham, Mercurial has
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David Haworth’s two runners at Trentham on Saturday are a pair of full-brothers – Orlov (NZ) (Sweynesse) and Subsonic (NZ) (Sweynesse). Haworth co-bred and shares in the ownership of both geldings, who are by Sweynesse out of the Guillotine mare Diamond Cut. “They’re both in on Saturday
Australia
Andrew Forsman is hoping for a lucrative few weeks in Melbourne with his talented three-year-olds Yaldi (NZ) (Ardrossan), Mustang Morgan (NZ) (Preferment) and Prochester (NZ) (Proisir). The trio will all line up at Flemington on Saturday in races that are qualifying heats for the Winter Finals at the
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In his first racetrack appearance in 105 days, Enrico (NZ) (El Roca) stormed home from the back of the field for a dominant first-up win in the Trust House Masterton Cup (1400m) at Trentham on Saturday. The El Roca gelding had shown plenty of promise in his 22 career