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New Zealand
Awapuni trainer Lisa Latta will head to Hawke’s Bay with a trio of runners on Saturday, headed by in-form mare Akela Belle (Mastercraftsman). The six-year-old mare has won her last two races and will contest the Birchleigh Polo Club (2100m) where she will again be ridden
Breeding
Little Avondale’s Sam Williams is celebrating this week after his freshman sire Time Test recorded his first black type performer. Time Test, one of 208 black type winners for his sire Dubawi, has his first Southern Hemisphere crop of 77 foals hitting the racetrack later this year. A winner
Australia
Former Kiwi stayer Not Usual Glorious (Fiorente) kept his unblemished Australian record intact when winning his third race for new trainer Travis Doudle from as many starts when successful over 2032m at Morphettville on Saturday. Doudle believes the former Shane Crawford-trained stayer could develop into an Adelaide Cup (Gr.
Australia
Trent Busuttin thinks Celestial Fury (NZ) (Savabeel) is a Derby horse in the making, but he is hoping to secure a juvenile stakes scalp with the colt at Flemington on Saturday. The son of Savabeel will contest the Listed Taj Rossi Series Final (1600m) in just his second career start
New Zealand
Wexford Stables will head to Hastings on Saturday with a handful of in-form runners, several of which are in line for bigger targets in the coming month. Divine Duke will be shooting for his third consecutive win in the Birchleigh Polo Club 2100 after winning over the same distance
New Zealand
The prospect of decent footing has multi-talented Cambridge horseman Shaun Phelan excited heading into Hawke’s Bay’s showcase jumps racing day at Hastings on Saturday. Phelan has a realistic chance of completing the prestige jumps races double as he partners The Cossack in the Te Whangai Romneys Hawke’
Australia
Cambridge trainer Tony Pike is confident he can figure in the thick end of the prizemoney in a Queensland stakes race for the second weekend in succession. The stable was represented by dominant Listed Tattersall's Life Member Stakes (1830m) winner Tutukaka (NZ) (Tavistock at Eagle Farm last Saturday,
New Zealand
The talented horse with the quirky name is back in work and looking to accomplish some big things over spring. The David and Emma-Lee Browne-trained Elephant (NZ) (Shocking) is pleasing in the early stages of his preparation and will be out to extend his unbeaten record next season.
New Zealand
Patience is paying off for veteran Tauranga horseman Jim Pender after Gospodin reeled off his second consecutive victory when winning the Aquaholics Plumbing 3YO (1300m) on his home track on Saturday. Pender has always had a high opinion of the three-year-old despite the son of Proisir not filling
Breeding
Last season’s New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Jennifer Eccles is set to be auctioned via online platform Gavelhouse Plus next month. The winner of four of her 14 starts and placed on a further six occasions, Jennifer Eccles was a dominant winner of the Gr.1 New
Australia
Despite COVID-19 restrictions creating ongoing logistical headaches and isolating him from his family and friends in New Zealand, trans-Tasman trainer Mike Moroney has taken special satisfaction from the last couple of weeks. Moroney watched on from his Melbourne base as his high-class Kiwi-bred mare Tofane became
New Zealand
A long-range plan set in place for royally bred Savabeel mare Zayydani (NZ) came to fruition at Eagle Farm on Saturday when she strode to a comprehensive victory in the Listed Tattersall’s Gold Crown (2137m). Bred and raced by Trelawney Stud couple Brent and Cherry Taylor, Zayydani is