New Zealand
Local father and daughter training partnership Ken Rae and Krystal Williams-Tuhoro picked up a special winning double at Ruakaka on Saturday. The pair sponsored the first race on the card and collected the thick end of the prizemoney on offer when speedy filly Deploy made it back-to-back
New Zealand
The local training partnership of Paul Nelson and Corrina McDougal dominated proceedings at Hastings on Saturday, winning all four jumping races on the card including the two feature events. After promising hurdler Noess kicked off the day with a gritty win for rider Shaun Phelan, it was champion jumper The
New Zealand
Entries for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2022 Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds are now open, with the Sale set to be held at the Karaka Sales Centre on 16 and 17 November. This year’s Breeze Ups will take place on Monday 3 and Tuesday 4 October
New Zealand
First-year Apprentice jockey Jim Chung is heading south to add to the somewhat diminished South Island riding ranks over the next month, with a number of senior riders either on holiday or side-lined by injury. Apprenticed to Waikato trainers Tim and Margaret Carter, Chung rode his first winner
New Zealand
Southland trainers Kelvin and Aimee Tyler will have five runners at Wingatui on Sunday but the more pressing focus is on two feature races on the Sunshine Coast on Saturday. Dalghar five-year-old mare Kitty Power will spearhead the Wingatui team in the feature Positive Signs 1600, with the
With a speedy two-year-old filly shooting for back-to-back wins, the sponsors of the first race at Ruakaka on Saturday have a prime opportunity to win their money back. Local trainers Ken Rae and Krystal Williams-Tuhoro will saddle the warm favourite Deploy (NZ) (Sepoy) in the
New Zealand
For all of Allan Sharrock’s three runners at Hastings on Saturday, potential black-type targets are looming large on the horizon – including a shot at the season-opening Group One feature that holds a special place in Sharrock’s heart. From 2014 to 2016, the New Plymouth trainer celebrated
New Zealand
Course specialist Cleverconversation (NZ) (Thewayyouare) will take another step at Ruakaka on Saturday toward his season’s goal on a return trip to the Far North later this month. The well-related son of Thewayyouare will step out in the Northpine Waipu Cup – ITM/GIB Sprinters’ Winter Championship Qualifying Race
New Zealand
A fitter Choisia Prince (Choisir) will spearhead a trio of Riccarton all-weather track runners for Fraser Auret on Thursday as the trainer continues to broaden his knowledge of polytrack racing. Choisia Prince couldn't have been any more impressive when he cleared maiden grade by 6-1/2
New Zealand
Two-time New Zealand premiership-winning trainer Keith Hawtin bowed out a winner at Cambridge on Wednesday. Hawtin produced Heart Of Gold to win the Waipa Earthworks 1550 under jockey Lynsey Satherley then confirmed the Pam Brindley-bred and raced gelding would be his final starter. "That was my
New Zealand
Cambridge horseman Les Collins has ridden work for many leading trainers over a number of years, and generally knows when he’s on a good one. So he’s hoping his judgment proves right about his three-year-old filly Annie, who contests a 1300m maiden on the Cambridge synthetic
New Zealand
This weekend is brewing to be an exciting one for jumps fans, with top-class hurdlers The Cossack (NZ) (Mastercraftsman) and Dr Hank (NZ) (Redwood) going head-to-head in the Te Whangai Romney’s Hawke’s Bay Hurdle (3100m) at Hastings on Saturday. Leading jumps jockey Shaun Phelan regularly