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New Zealand
Prise De Fer (NZ) (Savabeel) was rewarded for his consistency when recording his first elite-level victory in the Gr.1 Captain Cook Stakes (1600m) at Trentham last year, and trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson are hoping for a repeat dose in this year’s edition, when run as the
New Zealand
Town Cryer (NZ) (Tavistock) upset the applecart when downing multiple Group One winner Prowess (NZ) (Proisir) in the Gr.3 Taranaki Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) at Hawera in October and trainer Roydon Bergerson is hoping she can cause another upset this weekend. The six-year-old mare will tackle the Gr.1 TAB
New Zealand
Te Akau Racing are hoping they can whet their appetite for Group racing at Trentham on Saturday with a couple of entrees at New Plymouth and Riccarton earlier in the week. New Zealand’s leading stable will take three runners to New Plymouth’s Thursday meeting where former top juvenile
New Zealand
Black-type winning stayer Ess Vee Are (NZ) (Shocking) will return to New Zealand tracks on Saturday at Pukekohe, with trainers Darryn and Briar Weatherley hoping to commence a path towards key Cup races this summer. The son of Shocking featured among the most promising stayers last season when placing behind
New Zealand
Te Akau Racing are never short of quality juveniles, and New Zealand’s leading stable is hoping to unearth a few more at Trentham this weekend. Trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson will line-up three fillies in the Gr.2 Mode Technology Wakefield Challenge Stakes (1100m), with the hope of
New Zealand
Roger James and Robert Wellwood will have a strong hand to play in Saturday’s age group feature at Pukekohe, with gifted fillies Orchestral (NZ) (Savabeel) and Sudbina (NZ) (Almanzor) to go head-to-head. The Cambridge trainers are well-served in the three-year-old department and had also nominated the unbeaten December (NZ)
New Zealand
Awapuni trainer Lisa Latta is hopeful she can claim the lion’s share of the $400,000 purse in Saturday’s Gr.1 TAB Classic (1600m) with her triumvirate of runners. Dual Group Three winner Belardo Boy (NZ) (Belardo) has drawn the widest (12) of the three in the Trentham
Australia
The spring carnival’s most prolific Group One winner Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) returns to work this week, but it will be a few days later before the mare’s potentially mouth-watering 2024 plans will be revealed. Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis said on Tuesday that discussions will take
Swords Drawn (Camelot) is expected to be Mike Moroney's runner in the Ballarat Cup as the trainer chases back-to-back wins in the Listed race. Moroney won last year's rain-sodden Ballarat Cup with Bankers Choice (NZ) (Mongolian Khan) and will rely on another veteran in this year&
International
Faced with the honour of training potentially Singapore’s last champion and international runner, Dan Meagher isn’t under-estimating the challenge for Lim’s Kosciuszko (Kermadec) in the G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. With racing to officially end on the island after 180 years
New Zealand
High-priced Karaka purchase Mad Max (NZ) (Savabeel) is set to make his much-anticipated debut this week, but where is yet to be decided. Trainer Andrew Forsman, in partnership with bloodstock agent Andrew Williams, went to $575,000 to secure the Savabeel gelding out of Ohukia Lodge’s New Zealand Bloodstock
New Zealand
It’s been more than a year since New Zealand punters have seen Aegon (NZ) (Sacred Falls) step out on raceday in his homeland, but they will get their fix of the gelding when he lines-up in the Gr.1 TAB Classic (1600m) on Saturday. The son of Sacred Falls