New Zealand
Te Akau Racing’s challenge for supremacy in the $1m DoubleTree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) later this month was strengthened at Ellerslie on Sunday when On The Bubbles (Brazen Beau) produced a comprehensive victory is his final lead-up to the big event. The Jamie Richards-trained Brazen
New Zealand
Trainers Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard got their day at Awapuni off to the perfect start on Saturday when exciting three-year-old Bonham (Per Incanto) produced a remarkable performance to score handsomely over 1400m in her first run for nearly two months. Sadly, that high couldn’t be replicated
New Zealand
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD NEWSLETTER
New Zealand
Former good three-year-old Cavallo Veloce put nearly two years’ worth of frustration behind him when he bounced back to winning form with a dominant display over 1200m at Awapuni. The Peter McKay-trained galloper had last sighted the winner’s enclosure at the same venue back in March
New Zealand
Exciting stayer Beauden returned to the scene of his 2020 triumph in the Listed Japac Marton Cup (2200m) on Saturday and made it back-to-back victories in the race with a devastating performance. The Team Rogerson-trained six-year-old came into the race off the back of an
New Zealand
Trainer John Bary admitted his overwhelming feeling was one of relief after he watched his stable star Callsign Mav lump topweight of 63kg to an emphatic victory over 1400m at Awapuni on Saturday. Bary had been looking for a performance that would indicate whether his Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m)
New Zealand
A long-term plan to target the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) with promising Tavistock filly Topkapi (NZ) takes further shape when she tackles Sunday's Listed Te Akau Gingernuts Salver (2100m) at Ellerslie. Maungatautari trainers Steven Ramsay and Julia Ritchie have long held
New Zealand
Shaune Ritchie is heading into the Listed Japac Homes Marton Cup (2200m) at Awapuni with The Good Fight (NZ) (High Chaparral) on Saturday in a buoyant mood. His six-year-old gelding heads into the race in a fresh state, after his fifth-placing in the Gr.3 New Zealand
New Zealand
Wanganui trainer Raymond Connors has Gr.1 Auckland Cup (3200m) aspirations with promising stayer Hurry Cane (NZ) (Nom du Jeu), and he will kick-off his campaign towards the two-mile feature at Kumara on Saturday. It’s a fair hike to the West Coast track from his dairy farm
New Zealand
The Ken Rae and Krystal Williams-Tuhoro-trained two-year-old Follow Your Dreams (NZ) (Contributer) looked a picture when galloping between races at Ruakaka on Thursday. The stakes-placed son of Contributer has won two of his four starts and was luckless when fifth over 1100m at Ellerslie on
New Zealand
Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman know a thing or two about preparing three-year-old stayers and they are hopeful Mongolian Wings (NZ) (Mongolian Khan) can stamp himself as a genuine Derby contender when he tackles the Listed Te Akau Gingernuts Salver (2100m) at Ellerslie on Sunday. Mongolian Wings is
New Zealand
Ruakaka trainer Chris Gibbs has always had plenty of time for Ever So Easy (NZ) (Super Easy) and he was delighted to see the three-year-old gelding justify his high opinion with a dominant victory in the Kamo Club (1200m) at his home track on Thursday. The son of