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Promising four-year-old Jaeger (NZ) (Time Test) picked the prime opportunity to put his best foot forward for trainer Robbie Patterson as he broke his rivals hearts with a stylish front-running display to take out the Waverley Harvesting 1650 at Waverley on Saturday. The four-year-old son
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Matamata trainer Daniel Miller made a welcome return to the winners’ circle at Arawa Park on Saturday following Loch Katrine's (NZ) (Ardrossan) victory in the Novara Park 1560. Miller initially trained the daughter of Ardrossan as a two-year-old, when she won the Listed Champagne Stakes (1600m)
Breeding
Mapperley Stud has added further fire power to their 2026 stallion roster with the acquisition of Champion 3 year-old Savaglee who stands for an introductory fee of $17,500+gst. One of the best credentialed sons of Savabeel to retire to stud, Savaglee joins Armory and Profondo on their
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Queensland Derby winner Maison Louis (NZ) (Super Seth) turned in his best performance of the spring at his second run from a spell, and trainer Tom Charlton is looking for a similar effort when the four-year-old heads to Gosford. Maison Louis tackles Saturday's Listed Gosford Gold
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Riverton trainer Andrea Dickson is hoping her mare A Mandarin (NZ) (Turn Me Loose) can deliver a morale-boosting win in Sunday’s AB Lime & Hyde Landscaping Wairio Cup (2200m) for her partner Stephen Love. Love was involved in a paddock accident nearly a fortnight ago, which resulted in
Racing
New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) has today released its new Thoroughbred Welfare Strategy, Together for the Thoroughbred, setting a clear, whole of industry approach to delivering high standards of care for horses across their entire lives. The strategy brings together existing welfare practices across breeding, racing and life after racing
Breeding
Auguste Rodin, the best-of-the-best son of breed shaper Deep Impact, will return to Windsor Park after covering an outstanding first book of mares and is confirmed to stand for his second season at a fee of $30,000 + GST. A leading European 2YO and Champion 3YO, Auguste
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Jockey Emily Farr is looking forward to commencing another season of jumps racing this weekend, and this year she will compete from a different base. Formerly based in Waikato, Farr has moved south to Otaki to be with her partner Johno Benner, and she is enjoying the quieter life the
Racing
Single Red (NZ) (Vanbrugh) will by flying Andrew Forsman’s flag in Queensland on Saturday, but the trans-Tasman trainer will also have plenty of firepower back in New Zealand. The Cambridge horseman will head to Arawa Park with a handful of runners, with his charge being led by Group
Australia
Kate Walters dedicated her 2026 Warrnambool Cup to the late Dean Holland, as her father Wayne’s Any Luck (NZ) (Puccini) denied favourite Alder (Australia) in a thriller on Thursday. Backing up from a solid effort on Tuesday, Any Luck was unwanted in betting and wide, but travelled well throughout
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Promising two-year-old Dee Oyster’s (NZ) (Blue Point) debut win in the MyRacehorse 1100 at Ellerslie on Wednesday was a true family affair for the Nolans, and they are hopeful of a bright future with the son of Blue Point. Trained by Sophia Nolan and her sister Hanna
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Hezashocka’s (NZ) (Shocking) appetite for heavily rain-affected ground may have waned with age after successfully plying his trade in such conditions on both sides of the Tasman over the years. The well-performed son of Shocking has been a stakes winner on soft or worse going at home