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New Zealand
Classy middle-distance galloper Quality Time (Amaron) will take the final step towards his Group One goal when contesting Wednesday’s Team Wealleans Premier (2000m) at Matamata. Quality Time joined the stable of Kylie Hoskin earlier this year after a successful career in Australia, earning more than A$300,000 in
New Zealand
Following the partial abandonment of Saturday’s meeting at Hastings, New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) has made the decision to move the Saturday 12 October raceday and Group 1 Livamol Classic to Te Rapa. The move of the Group races is still subject to final Pattern Committee approval. The Saturday
Video
This week on the Guerin Report, Michael sits down with CEO of NZTR Bruce Sharrock and asks him about the hastings abandonment, Jumps Racing and many more important current topics in the NZ Racing Industry. Guerin Report - Ep. 5, Ft. Bruce Sharrock (youtube.com)
New Zealand
Ultra-consistent mare Faraglioni (NZ) (El Roca) is out to shed her bridesmaid’s tag in Wednesday’s Gr.1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) at Matamata. Three weeks’ ago, the daughter of El Roca finished a game runner-up to Grail Seeker in the Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m), an identical result
Breeding
Nelson Schick’s decades of contributions to the breeding and racing industries have been acknowledged with Life Membership of the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association. A driving force behind the rise of Windsor Park Stud as a domestic and international brand, he was honoured at Monday’s annual meeting in
Australia
New Zealand's iconic TAB is putting a massive $10 million on offer if a Kiwi punter can correctly pick the finishing order of this year’s edition of The Everest, the world’s richest race on turf, at Randwick in Sydney on Saturday, 19 October. The $10 million
New Zealand
Warrnambool raider Rolls’ New Zealand campaign hasn’t got off to the best of starts, but trainer Maddie Raymond and jockey Harry Grace are hoping that changes at Matamata on Wednesday. The eight-year-old gelding crossed the Tasman to target the last two legs of the Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival,
Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) has effectively been ruled out of this year's A$5 million Gr.1 King Charles III Stakes (1600m) with the gelding's final Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m) lead-up run to be the week prior. Co-trainer Ben Hayes said he and his brothers
New Zealand
After a successful change in tactics with Full Force at Hastings, Hollie Wynyard is hoping a step-up in distance will be a further aid to his chances Wednesday’s Gr.2 AHD - Animal Health Direct Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) at Matamata. The son of Cosmic Force showed plenty
Trainer Joe Pride is upbeat about the chances of Ceolwulf (NZ) (Tavistock) becoming his latest winner of a feature Randwick mile race, having decided a Gr.1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) start is the right option for the promising galloper at this stage of his spring preparation. Pride has won the
New Zealand
Little Avondale Stud’s Sam Williams didn’t need to be asked twice to remain in the ownership group of rising three-year-old star Evaporate. Williams snapped up the opportunity after the homebred son of resident sire Per Incanto was sold through Sledmere Stud’s draft at the 2023 Magic Millions
New Zealand
Robbie Patterson will have seen plenty of the central North Island by Wednesday’s Gr.1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) meeting at Matamata, but a softer track poses a positive for his talented pairing of One Bold Cat (NZ) (The Bold One) and Puntura (NZ) (Vespa). Based at New Plymouth,