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New Zealand
While the large crowd expected for Wellington Cup Day will no longer be present at Trentham on Saturday, the Wellington Racing Club is thankful the meeting is able to go ahead. With New Zealand entering the red setting of the COVID-19 traffic light system at 11:59pm last Sunday, the
Breeding
Bloodstock agent Stuart Hale has announced the dates for his 2022 New Zealand Bloodstock Yearling Sale tour. The five day programme covers the Auckland and Waikato region, visiting 30 venues with refreshments and meals provided. To book a spot on the tour contact Stuart Hale on 0274920975. Itinerary SUNDAY 6TH
Australia
Randwick-based conditioner John O'Shea has been in solid form of present with eight winners (16%) and a further 15 placings (46%) from his past 50 runners, and he had no less than 16 gallopers going around in his home track trials this morning. One of the headline acts
New Zealand
Speedy mare Babylon Berlin (All Too Hard) may be given a chance to extend her distance range in next month’s Gr.1 BCD Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa. Babylon Berlin showed her customary speed and determination when winning the Gr.3 Concorde Handicap (1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday, leading
New Zealand
Racehorse syndicator Go Racing has achieved plenty of success in Australia recently and Racing Manager Albert Bosma is planning to further increase their presence across the Tasman in the future. “Our Australian arm makes up about 35 percent of our horses, but that is increasing all the time,” Bosma said.
New Zealand
Trans-Tasman trainer Michael Moroney has welcomed the arrival of promising Kiwi filly Let’s Say Grace (NZ) (Charm Spirit) to his Flemington base. The three-year-old daughter of Charm Spirit won impressively at Tauranga over 1400m in December under the care of Moroney’s Matamata training partner Pam Gerard, with that
Breeding
A stylish debut performance by a two-year-old filly at Randwick on Saturday marked the first southern hemisphere success for Haunui Farm shuttle stallion Ribchester. Godolphin’s Plymstock began her career on the perfect note in the Heineken 3 Handicap (1000m), sprinting impressively from near the back of the nine-horse field
Australia
Lindsay Park will be hoping to consolidate their position in the top three on the Victorian Metropolitan Trainers' Premiership with a strong hand at Caulfield on Wednesday. Since taking over just prior to the commencement of the current season, Ben and JD Hayes sit third on both the Victorian
Australia
It might have only been in existence for three years, but already the All-Star Mile has become the race where dreams have come true, ranging from the rags to riches tale of Mystic Journey (Needs Further) in the inaugural edition of the race, to the life changing experiences for the
New Zealand
First time racegoers to Ellerslie on Saturday evening could have been forgiven if they thought they had mistakenly turned up to a football match, such was the noise and atmosphere generated by a large group of racing enthusiasts in attendance under the unique moniker of Boys Get Paid. Karaka Million
New Zealand
After a luckless run for second in the Dunstan Feeds Stayers Championship Final (2400m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s day, promising mare Rapid Falls (NZ) (Sacred Falls) returned to the scene of the crime on Saturday to exact a measure of revenge in the Collinson Forex Karaka Cup (2200m)
New Zealand
A purchase made while on a stint working overseas over twenty-five years ago paid off in spades for Windsor Park Stud’s Rodney Schick, when stylish colt Dynastic (NZ) (Almanzor) took out the $1 million Doubletree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday night. The Jamie Richards-trained