New Zealand
Gale forces winds and torrential rain forced the abandonment of Saturday’s racemeeting at Trentham. More than 60mm of rain fell at the venue over a 12-hour period leading into raceday, causing water to pool around the track, while powerful wind gusts saw the running rail collapse in several locations.
New Zealand
There were smiles all around after the running of race one at Ruakaka on Saturday with local resident Michelle Bradley making a welcome winning return to the training ranks through the deeds of four-year-old mare, Regal Duchess. The four-year-old daughter of Super Easy sat outside the pace for rider Lynsey
New Zealand
Sanctify’s (NZ) (Reliable Man) win at Timaru on Friday was an important one for her connections. Ridden by Kylie Williams, Sanctify jumped well from the inside gate and settled on the rail just off pacemaker Gas Monkey (Choisir). Williams moved her mount outside the leader coming out of the
New Zealand
A year and more since COVID-19 changed the world that we knew, over the past week Mike and Paul Moroney have finally made it back to New Zealand to catch up on family, friends and business. Like so many others, the Melbourne-based brothers’ personal and commercial lives have been unimaginably
New Zealand
Former Sunline Trust Scholarship recipient Sam Begerson has been appointed assistant trainer to Jamie Richards at Te Akau Racing. Te Akau Principal David Ellis has been impressed with the 27-year-old since he has joined the racing arm of the operation, and he is pleased to offer the young horseman the
New Zealand
Racing Minister Grant Robertson has announced the first members of the TAB NZ Board. “This Board will progress from the excellent work done by the interim board, put in place in August 2020,” Robertson said. “The TAB Board was created under the Racing Act passed in 2020. The Act outlines
New Zealand
Samantha Collett is back with her feet on New Zealand soil, keen to further the experiences she has had riding abroad. Collett, who flew back home on Thursday night, will be straight back into action with seven rides at Ruakaka on Saturday, having ridden out of Queensland since the beginning
International
Hall of Fame trainer Laurie Laxon, whose list of achievements included a Melbourne Cup victory and multiple Singapore training premierships, has passed away. Laxon had lived in retirement in the Coromandel seaside town of Whitianga since returning from Singapore in 2017, the year after his induction to the New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand Bloodstock Insurance has thrust their support behind the new Cambridge Synthetic track, with a $10,000 bonus up for grabs at the next meeting on July 28 for several runners set to contest the three-year-old set weights and penalties race over 1550m. The Stephen Marsh-trained Miss Cartier was
New Zealand
Queen Constantine (Holy Roman Emperor) recorded her first New Zealand victory at Wanganui on Thursday when taking out the Rosser Underwriting & Fasttrack Insurance 2060m. Backed into favouritism ($2.90), with apprentice jockey Kozzi Asano aboard, Queen Constantine took up a front-running role and was never hampered by her competition,
New Zealand
Leading apprentice jockey Hazel Schofer reached one of her major goals of the season at Wanganui on Thursday, bringing up 100 wins. The Taranaki hoop was just one win shy of the milestone heading into Thursday’s meeting and Schofer thought promising two-year-old Yeaboi (NZ) (Yeaboi) could be the horse
New Zealand
Ruakaka trainer Chris Gibbs could have as many as seven runners at his home track meeting on Saturday, with a decision as to whether handy two-year-old Burgundy Dancer (NZ) (Burgundy) will contest the Whangarei ITM (1200m) to be left to the day. The gelded son of Burgundy followed up a