New Zealand
Andrew Carston is hoping suggestions that he might have one of the best-credentialled maiden gallopers in the South Island are short-lived. Riccarton trainer Carston will produce Ocean Park three-year-old gelding Milford Sound (NZ) in Thursday's Piccadilly Books Stocktake Sale Maiden (1600m) on his home track hoping the last-start
Breeding
The unreserved auction of recently retired, multiple stakes winner Miss Federer (NZ) (Swiss Ace) has launched on Gavelhouse Plus today and will run through until 7pm (NZ) on Monday 15 March. Bred by Greg Tomlinson’s Nearco Stud, Miss Federer raced as an early two-year-old finishing third on her debut
New Zealand
Kiwi import Impecunious (NZ) (Sacred Falls) is set to take her place in Saturday’s Gr.2 Phar Lap Stakes (1500m) for trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young at Rosehill on Saturday. The daughter of Sacred Falls was galloped on when a luckless fourth in the Gr.2 Angus Armanasco
New Zealand
Quality four-year-old mare Entriviere (NZ) (Tavistock) will be given her chance to shine across the Tasman after a dominant victory in Sunday’s Gr.3 King’s Plate (1200m) at Ellerslie. Trainer Jamie Richards is keen to target the Gr.2 Sapphire Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on the second day
New Zealand
Bob Vance is hoping Royal Performer (Medicean) can secure another elite-level victory when he contests the Gr.1 Bonecrusher NZ Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. The eight-year-old gelding recorded Vance’s first Group One victory as a trainer when taking out the Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa
New Zealand
Fresh from giving one Ellerslie Group One race a big shake, Steven Cole is hoping to do so again next weekend. Cole’s three-year-old Iffie Shows (NZ) (Showcasing) finished fifth at huge odds in the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m), and the Byerley Park trainer is hoping to do
New Zealand
The Kam Transport Marlborough Cup (2000m) will have a new home away from home this year when its 100th running is held at Riccarton on Thursday. The Marlborough Racing Club (MRC) were set to celebrate the milestone event at its home track of Waterlea last year, however, the COVID-19 enforced
New Zealand
Twenty-four hours on from winning the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) with Rocket Spade (Fastnet Rock) on Sunday, trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott were basking in the glory of a job well done. The training duo quite rightly celebrated the blue riband victory with close friends and
New Zealand
Trainers Michael Moroney and Pam Gerard have plenty of options to mull over with Group Two-winning filly Tokorangi (NZ) after the daughter of Redwood finished seventh in the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) on Sunday. The filly was forced down onto the rail and didn’t get the rub
New Zealand
Kevin Gray didn’t train the winner of the Gr.3 King’s Plate (1200m) at Ellerslie on Sunday, but he still took some comfort from the result, having bred race victor Entriviere (NZ) (Tavistock). For the second time in the space of a couple of months, the Gray-trained Rock
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In a desperate three-way finish to the blue riband Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m), it was race favourite Rocket Spade (Fastnet Rock) who came out on top at the conclusion of a thrilling contest. The Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained colt had gone into the race off