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New Zealand
Promising Matamata mare Cork (NZ) (Complacent) may be aimed at some ambitious spring targets if she can run well in Saturday’s ITM Interprovincial Championship (1600m) at New Plymouth. The five-year-old has won three of her nine starts and earned her first black type when finishing second to Helena Baby
Australia
Group One performer Icebath (NZ) (Sacred Falls) has trainer Brad Widdup excited ahead of her spring preparation. The daughter of Sacred Falls has returned in great order from her winter spell according to the Hawkesbury conditioner. With the deluge of rain in autumn, Icebath had an interrupted preparation but still
Forgot You (NZ) (Savabeel) will return to his favourite track to kick-start his latest campaign and in the process edge towards a start in the Cox Plate. The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young trained galloper will run over 1500m at The Valley on Saturday in a Four-Year-Olds and Over Handicap
Breeding
After more than half a century of milking cows, Edwin Sheather decided he needed to pick-up a hobby to keep him occupied outside of tending to his beef cattle on his 58-acre property. The Taranaki farmer happened across one that could prove to be nearly as lucrative as slicing up
New Zealand
Neil Coulbeck isn’t planning to be idle now that he’s decided to stop training thoroughbreds. Coulbeck sent his last horse to the races at Riccarton last Saturday, and nearly had the perfect farewell when Zacat was a close second in the Neil Coulbeck Rating 65, a race event
New Zealand
Group One winner Lickety Split (NZ) (Turn Me Loose) will begin what her connections hope to be a lucrative spring preparation when she heads to Ruakaka on Saturday. The Andrew Forsman-trained filly will contest the Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) first-up after pleasing in her sole trial
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International
Cambridge Stud shuttle stallion Almanzor sired his third stakes winner when Lassaut romped away with the Listed Prix Nureyev (2000m) at Deauville on Sunday. The three-year-old is prepared by Jean-Clade Rouget, who trained his sire, and the three-time winner is part-owned by Haras d’Etreham, the northern hemisphere home for
New Zealand
A changing of the guard in Singapore for Te Akau has proved to be a seamless transition with the trainers’ premiership again having a familiar look about it. When four-time title winner Mark Walker returned home earlier this year to take charge of the operation’s New Zealand stable at
International
Talented sprinter Lim’s Kosciuszko scored back-to-back stakes wins when landing the S$300,000 Lion City Cup (Sing G1) (1200m) at Kranji on Sunday after a thrilling win in the Singapore Derby (1800m) last month. With stablemate and likely race favourite Lim’s Lightning scratched at the start of
New Zealand
Apprentice jockey Lily Sutherland and Wanganui trainer Kevin Myers are starting to build a formidable partnership. Sutherland recorded her first win as a jockey when piloting the Myers-trained Shockproof to victory at Hawera in April, and on Saturday she rode her first double for the trainer at Riccarton. Kick On
New Zealand
Sunday’s Coleraine meeting opened with married couple John and Andrea Leek training the first two winners, signifying their imminent return to challenging for Victoria's premier jumps events. The seven-race card opened with Castrofrancaru ($3.80 favourite) winning his 3300-metre maiden hurdle by 7.75 lengths. Dual licenced