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Australia
They may be 18,000km apart, but Legarto’s win in the Gr.1 Australian Guineas (1600m) brought Warwick and Alice Jeffries a lot closer on Saturday. The father and daughter duo have a shared love of thoroughbreds, and have a particular bond with Legarto, Warwick having bred the now
Breeding
Haunui Farm shuttle stallion Belardo has recorded his first Group One win as a sire after Gold Phoenix took top-level honours when capturing the Gr.1 Frank E Kilroe Mile Stakes (1600m) at Santa Anita on Sunday for trainer Philip D'Amato. Bred by Mighty Universe, out of the
New Zealand
Leading filly Prowess will book her passage to Australia with a performance to match expectations against older opposition at Pukekohe on Saturday. The Roger James and Robert Wellwood-prepared representative has the Gr.1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2050m) on an alternative program following her trainers’ late move to sidestep the
International
A victory for Duke Wai (NZ) (Per Incanto) in Hong Kong on Sunday has trainer Pierre Ng hoping a invitation to the Gr.1 Al Quoz Sprint on 25 March in Dubai could be a possibility. “If we get an invitation from Dubai, we'll go to Dubai. I
International
Sabah Star (NZ) (Pins) made up for his luckless second last start after he motored home strongly to score in a Class 3 1400 race at Kranji on Saturday. The six-year-old son of Pins, who last won in a Class 3 race in April last year, ran second in a
New Zealand
Backers of New Zealand sprinter Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) were almost counting their winnings with 100m to go in the Gr.1 Canterbury Stakes (1300m) at Randwick on Saturday, but it was not to be. The Mark Walker-trained mare was backed into favouritism for the Sydney feature following her dominant
New Zealand
Andalus (NZ) (Almanzor) will head across the Tasman next month after nearly pulling off a massive upset in the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) at Te Rapa on Saturday. Punters who backed Sharp ‘N’ Smart (NZ) (Redwood) into 2-5 odds for Saturday’s feature were briefly put into a
New Zealand
A victory on New Zealand racing’s biggest stage is set to give talented mare Tevere (NZ) (Contributer) a much needed boost of confidence after a luckless run at Group level this season. The daughter of Contributer had shown promise early on in her career, winning five of her first
Australia
Exceptional filly Legarto (NZ) (Proisir) overcame a nightmare run down the Flemington straight to deliver a first New Zealand triumph in Saturday’s A$1 million Gr.1 Australian Guineas (1600m). No New Zealand-trained horse had won Melbourne’s autumn three-year-old feature since its inception in 1986, but the outstanding
New Zealand
A confidence-boosting first stakes victory in Saturday’s Listed NZB Insurance Stakes (1400m) at Wingatui has laid the platform for proven black-type performer Romancing The Moon to embark on a Group One mission later this month. Saturday’s three-year-old fillies’ feature was the sixth time in the El Roca filly’
New Zealand
Raging hot favourite Sharp ‘N’ Smart made good on the promise of co-trainer Graeme Rogerson as he showed all the star qualities he possesses with a superlative performance to take out the Gr.1 Auckland Thoroughbred Racing New Zealand Derby (2400m). Raced at Te Rapa this year due to the
New Zealand
Exciting galloper Sakura Girl presented her trainer Ben Foote and rider Kozzi Asano with the second leg of a winning stakes double at Te Rapa on Saturday when she cruised to victory in the Gr.3 McKee Family Sunline Vase (2100m). The three-year-old daughter of Iffraaj couldn’t have been