New Zealand
Experienced racing administrator Darin Balcombe has been announced as the new chief executive officer of Hawke’s Bay Racing. Balcombe will replace Andrew (Butch) Castles, who leaves Hawke’s Bay to take up the position of chief executive for the Waikato Racing Club. Balcombe will commence his position with Hawke’
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Lisa Latta is hoping this is her year in the Gr.1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m). The Palmerston North trainer has finished runner-up in New Zealand’s feature staying race and she is hoping in-form galloper Platinum Invador (NZ) (Redwood) is the horse that can finally secure her
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Group Three winner Sherrif (NZ) (High Chaparral) will be looking to add another victory to his tally at Trentham on Saturday when he contests the Anuka Smoker Handicap (1600m). The son of High Chaparral pleased his connections when winning fresh-up over 1400m at New Plymouth last month and Robert Wellwood,
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Te Akau trainer Jamie Richards has fond memories of the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) and Gr.1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m), and he will head to Ellerslie on Saturday with high hopes of adding more. Richards has won the Sistema Stakes in three of the last four years
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Graham Richardson experienced one of his biggest moments in racing when Tiptronic (NZ) (O'Reilly) won the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa last month and the Matamata trainer is hoping for a repeat performance at Ellerslie on Saturday. “It was awesome, it was a well-deserved
New Zealand
The pressure goes on Vernazza (NZ) (More Than Ready) this weekend to maintain the big-race run of success being enjoyed by Cambridge Stud owners Brendan and Jo Lindsay with their fillies. Vernazza played her part in the couple’s black type winning streak over the last month when taking the
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Lisa Allpress is no stranger to international success, but she took things up a notch in Saudi Arabia last week when becoming the first female jockey to win a race in the Arab nation. Allpress was competing in the inaugural Kingdom Day Jockey Challenge and she was up against some
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Ballymore Stables are hoping to raise the volume at Ellerslie on Saturday when international stayer Sound (Lando) tackles the Gr.1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m). The Group One performer won three stakes races in Europe before joining trainer Michael Moroney’s Melbourne barn 18 months ago. He subsequently
New Zealand
Mark Lupton’s New Zealand training career could end in a blaze of glory at Ellerslie on Saturday. The Matamata-based horseman will saddle up Etah James, a Raise The Flag seven-year-old mare he co-bred and part-owns, in the Gr.1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m), hoping for his first
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Talented juvenile filly Play That Song (NZ) (Showcasing) will be looking for redemption when she tackles the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. The Nigel Tiley-trained runner suffered her first defeat last start at the hands of Cool Aza Beel (NZ) (Savabeel) in the Karaka Million 2YO
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Despite being upstaged by a superb staying performance by Sherwood Forest (Fastnet Rock) in Saturday’s Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m), the connections of beaten favourites Two Illicit (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) and Dragon Leap (Pierro) were proud of their performances. The Ellerslie classic had been billed as a