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New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale graduate Golden Sixty (Medaglia D’Oro) stands alone as Hong Kong’s most prolific winner in history after he successfully defended his Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m) crown at Sha Tin. Nailing yet another heart-stopping win under jockey Vincent Ho,
Breeding
Catalogues for New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales Series in March are now online. The sale has been pushed back from its long-standing late-January slot and will now be held at Karaka from Monday 7 to Wednesday to Saturday 12 March. A total of 1103 yearlings are
New Zealand
Roger James had plenty of time to reflect on a truly magical 48-hour period as he made the long trip home to his Cambridge base from Palmerston North on Sunday morning. James and training partner Robert Wellwood were the stars of the show at Te Rapa on Saturday, producing
New Zealand
Riding four winners on a premier raceday, including two at Group level is cause to celebrate in any language and jockey Leith Innes wasn’t going to buck that trend after a magical day at Te Rapa on Saturday. Innes was feeling a little dusty come Sunday morning as he
New Zealand
Four wins during the week including a double at Te Rapa on Saturday has trainer Pam Gerard excited about the prospects for her Ballymore Stables team leading into the busiest period of racing in the country over the summer months. After wins earlier in the week by Myrtle Creek (NZ)
Australia
Five-year-old mare Charmmebaby (NZ) came from last to land the Listed Brisbane Handicap (1640m) at Doomben on Friday evening to become the 12th individual stakes winner for her sire Charm Spirit. Ridden by Taylor Marshall, the Kiwi-bred mare finished a quarter of a length ahead of the
Australia
Kiwi import Lightning Jack (NZ) (Per Incanto) made an immediate impression when winning the Catanach’s Handicap (1600m) at Randwick in his first start for trainer Annabel Neasham, 12 days after arriving in Sydney. A dual stakes winner in New Zealand for Riverton trainers Kelvin and Aimee Tyler, the five-
Australia
Consistent mare East Asia (NZ) (Swiss Ace) landed the most important win of her career when getting up late to score in the Listed Just Now Handicap (1300m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday for trainer Robert Heathcote. The five-year-old daughter of Swiss Ace was on the quick back-
New Zealand
Belle En Rouge (NZ) (Burgundy) bucked recent history when she headed to Awapuni and capped a consistent spring with a deserved victory in Saturday’s Gr.3 LawnMaster Eulogy Stakes (1600m). The Burgundy filly been a black-type placegetter in both of her last two starts, including a close third
New Zealand
Cambridge trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood capped an already stellar day at Te Rapa on Saturday when Two Illicit (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) strode clear of her rivals to claim the Gr.1 Rydges Wellington Captain Cook Stakes (1600m), the first elite-level success of her career. The Cambridge conditioners
Australia
Four-year-old Savabeel gelding Mightybeel (NZ) has enjoyed a fruitful campaign that has netted four wins from seven starts, including Saturday’s Listed Christmas Cup (2400m) at Randwick. Sporting the colours of Kiwi syndicators Go Racing, Mightybeel is yet another New Zealand-bred stayer that has benefited from the
New Zealand
Something about the start of summer brings the very best out of Concert Hall (NZ) (Savabeel), who broke an 11-month win drought with a superb victory in Saturday’s Gr.2 Cal Isuzu Stakes (1600m) at Te Rapa. The $110,000 fillies and mares’ showpiece was the 10th win