New Zealand
The John Sargent-trained Favreau will head to Flemington on Sunday to take his place in the Listed St Leger (2800m). The Tavistock gelding finished sixth in the Gr.1 Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick last start and Sargent has elected to press on for a Melbourne campaign following the way
New Zealand
Te Akau trainer Jamie Richards will be looking to extend what can only be described as a dream season when he lines-up a couple of stakes favourites this weekend. The 31-year-old horseman sits atop the New Zealand Trainers’ Premiership with 147 wins, 35 of those at stakes level, surpassing Murray
New Zealand
Kozzi Asano needs just one word to sum up Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel), his mount in Saturday's Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Warstep Stakes (2000m) at Riccarton. "She's fast," Asano said. "It's pretty simple really. She's one of the fastest horses
New Zealand
Andrew Forsman has only just returned to New Zealand after overseeing the final preparations of his team competing in The Championships in Sydney, but he is hoping it won’t be too long until he is back across the Tasman. Forsman and training partner Murray Baker will have a strong
New Zealand
The ease of Beauden's last-start win in the Gr.2 Awapuni Gold Cup (2000m) even surprised his biggest fan, jockey Ryan Elliot. Not because Elliot didn't think the six-year-old Bullbars gelding was capable of producing such a compelling performance but because he did it on a
New Zealand
Carl Henderson is full of excitement heading into the Listed Staphanos By Deep Impact Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. The Te Awamutu trainer will line-up Atullibigeal (Street Boss), who has been installed a $2.50 favourite by TAB bookmakers after his last start victory at Ellerslie. The son
Breeding
The value of a highlight auction item at the upcoming New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame induction evening has increased after a timely win at Hastings last weekend. Sporting the colours of Little Avondale Stud, Roch ’N’ Horse became the 19th individual stakes winner for her sire Per Incanto when
New Zealand
Cambridge horseman Paul Mirabelli celebrated a winning double a Tauranga on Wednesday, the first in his training career. He started off the day well when Charred (NZ) (Guillotine) took out the opening race on the card, the Gartshore Construction 2100. The five-year-old gelding was pushed forward early by jockey James
New Zealand
Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands) will end her racing career with a familiar face on her back. With the trans-Tasman travel bubble coming into effect last Monday, Kiwi hoop Opie Bosson will be able to travel to Queensland over the next month to reunite with New Zealand’s darling of the
New Zealand
Gino Severini (Fastnet Rock) will be looking to end his season on a high when he lines-up in the Gr.2 Manco Easter Handicap (1600m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. The Bruce Wallace and Grant Cooksley-trained gelding has been in consistent form this season, placing in five of his nine starts,
New Zealand
If Levante (NZ) (Proisir) is going to become a Group One winner, she’s going to have to wait until she’s a five-year-old. The exciting four-year-old mare ended a good yet somewhat frustrating 2020-21 season when she finished fourth last Saturday in the Gr.1 Fiber Fresh New Zealand
New Zealand
Roger James couldn’t have been happier with the return to racing of high-quality mare Two Illicit (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) at Te Rapa last Saturday. The issue now is to see if there are any autumn targets for her to chase. One of the best three-year-olds last season, Two Illicit