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New Zealand
An exhibition gallop between races at Motukarara on Sunday has kept smart Cambridge filly Kali (NZ) (Darci Brahma) on track for her Group One mission at Riccarton on Saturday week. Kali worked with the Jamie Richards-trained Folk Dress over 1200m in preparation for their clash in the Gr.1
Australia
The Dennis brothers are a long way from their Woodlands homes in Southland, but they were never going to miss the thrill of being on track for their own runner in Australia’s most famous race. The 80-year-old twins Ray and Tony and their slightly younger brothers Joe
New Zealand
Jamie Richards wasn’t the only New Zealand trainer who had a smile on his face after Melody Belle’s (NZ) (Commands) dominant win in the Gr.1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday. Hastings conditioner Corrina McDougal, who trains in partnership with Paul Nelson, was happy to
New Zealand
The Shelley Hale-trained Go Nicholas (NZ) (Danroad) will be vying to record his third win on-end at Ellerslie on Tuesday when he contests the Halo Consulting 1600. The eight-year-old gelding has been in a purple patch of form since combining with apprentice jockey Taiki Yanagida, and
Breeding
With all the recent regular anti-racing publicity that is published always at the time when the racing industry is preparing Melbourne Cup week. As the spotlight was shone on the industry by the media accusing a lot of participants of not knowing where their ex-race horses are once
New Zealand
Aucklander Kevin Mackenzie feels he has a duty to deliver the second leg of a remarkable family double as he ponders Melbourne Cup success on Tuesday. Mackenzie's nephew Grant Smith is a part-owner of Melody Belle, a brilliant winner of Saturday's Gr.1 Empire Rose
Australia
Margaret Falconer’s focus will go from one end of the scale to the other on Tuesday as she switches between Ellerslie and Flemington. The Cambridge trainer will be at Ellerslie hoping to win a maiden race with the five-year-old Drake Bay, who has been placed in six
New Zealand
Amidst the excitement, glamour and high-class action at Flemington on Saturday it was the small South Island settlement of Mosgiel that played a major role in the outcome of two of the feature events. Mosgiel native and Te Akau Racing head trainer Jamie Richards experienced one of his biggest
Australia
A partnership that began with the establishment of Wentwood Grange Stud back at the beginning of the century can lay claim to a unique breeding connection on the weekend after Kolding (NZ) (Ocean Park) took out the inaugural running of the A$7.5m Golden Eagle (1500m) at Rosehill on
Australia
Trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman will remove the blinkers from their Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) hope The Chosen One (NZ) (Savabeel) as they look to provide the four-year-old Savabeel entire with his best possible chance to win Australasia’s great race. The Chosen One finished fifth
Australia
After a Group One win on quality colt Exceedance (Exceed and Excel) in the Gr.1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m), jockey Dwayne Dunn has capped a successful Victoria Derby day with a victory on Tofane (NZ) (Ocean Park). Dunn steered the Mike Moroney-trained Tofane to a 1-1/4-
Australia
Trainer Chris Waller and jockey Glen Boss have combined to win Sydney's second richest race two weeks after claiming the biggest cheque on offer. Under the kind of ride it seems only Boss can deliver, Kolding (NZ) (Ocean Park) has come through the pack to win Saturday'