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Australia
Classy filly Gypsy Goddess (NZ) (Tarzino) faces her biggest test to date when she contests Saturday’s Gr.1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill, where the track is currently rated a Heavy 8. Trainer David Vandyke is confident the daughter of Tarzino will run well but has cautioned that
New Zealand
Multiple Group winning jockey Sarah Macnab is counting herself fortunate, despite suffering serious injuries in a race fall at Trentham. Macnab hit the turf in an incident in the closing stages of Saturday’s Listed Lightning Handicap (1200m) when her mount Scotch clipped heels and fell. The 22-year-old
Australia
New Zealand-bred mare Inspirational Girl (Reliable Man) is likely to continue her autumn campaign in Sydney, with leading owner Bob Peters weighing up two options for the star Western Australian mare. Winner of the Gr.1 Railway Stakes (1600m) back in 2020, Inspirational Girl has raced just five times
New Zealand
Group One winning trainer Mark Sanders has been confirmed as one of five people to drown following an ill-fated charter fishing trip in Northland. Stuff.co.nz revealed Sanders, 43, along with well-known Cambridge publican Richard Bright, 63, who ran the Group One Turf Bar for almost 21
Breeding
Having sold nine-time Group One winner Avantage (Fastnet Rock) for an online world record of $4.1 million on Gavelhouse Plus, Te Akau Racing’s Exaltation is the latest high-class mare to be auctioned on the platform from the leading stable. A half-sister to dual New Zealand
International
The remarkable run of form of the progeny of young Windsor Park Stud stallion Turn Me Loose extended to Sha Tin on Sunday, where his three-year-old son Eternal Bloom (NZ) landed the opening event. The youngster took out the Class 4 Ping Hai Star Handicap (1200m) for trainer
Australia
Matamata trainer Graham Richardson is looking at a Queensland winter campaign to get some compensation for the bad luck that Aspen Colorado (NZ) (Proisir) suffered at Trentham on Saturday. Aspen Colorado was a fast-finishing third in the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m), only getting clear in the final
Australia
Jack Bruce is about to embark on the most exciting adventure of his career as he takes the plunge to start training. The young Kiwi expat has been entrenched in the competitive racing jurisdiction of Sydney for the best part of a decade and he is now looking forward to
New Zealand
High flying jockey Michael McNab is enjoying his best ever season and remains focussed on the immediate future, rather than becoming too caught up in the prospect of a first National Jockeys’ Premiership. McNab currently sits atop the table with 82 victories, including an impressive 13 at Group or Listed
International
Blazing Kid (NZ) (Swiss Ace) overcame waywardness to easily secure his first win in the $20,000 Open Maiden race over 1200m on Saturday. Prior to the start, the field of 12 saw some newcomers getting restless, which included Kranji Jewel (First Samurai) who played up and threw off apprentice
Australia
Mark Zahra will be the new rider on Karaka graduate and former Singapore star The Inferno (Holy Roman Emperor) when he makes his return to The Valley on Friday night. The Inferno is set to contest the Gr.1 William Reid Stakes (1200m) on Friday night, the track he was
New Zealand
A determined win in the opening event at Trentham on Saturday may have secured promising two-year-old Slipper Island (No Nay Never) a berth in the team that trainer Tony Pike plans to take to the Queensland Winter Carnival this year. The son of No Nay Never showed plenty