New Zealand
Cambridge trainer Shaune Ritchie is one of many industry participants appreciative of Minister for Racing Winston Peters announcement last week of a $72.5 million COVID-19 emergency support package for the racing industry. Ritchie said it was important that members of the general public understand that the $1.6
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Michael Moroney believes he has the mare to “knock the bastard off”. Last start Gr.1 All Aged Stakes (1400m) heroine Tofane (NZ) (Ocean Park) has made a real impression on the trans-Tasman trainer who is eyeing a possible tilt at The Everest (1200m), the world’s richest turf
New Zealand
New Zealand racing lost the patriarch of a racing dynasty with the death last Saturday of Jock (John William) Harris. His family has been flooded by phone calls and messages since his death, just a couple of months short of his 90th birthday. No sooner had his son Noel put
New Zealand
Group One-winning filly Jennifer Eccles (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) has returned to the Cambridge stable of Shaune Ritchie and will be a prepared for a campaign in Melbourne in spring. A dominant winner of the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m), Jennifer Eccles also took out the NZB Filly
New Zealand
There’s nothing like the green pastures of home and leading New Zealand jockey Opie Bosson can attest to that. The ace hoop is back on his Pukekawa farm after a successful autumn campaign in Sydney and he said he is enjoying being back out in the fresh air and
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Te Akau Racing have confirmed that leading jockey Opie Bosson will remain as their number one retained rider for the upcoming 2020/21 racing season. Te Akau Principal David Ellis made the announcement via Twitter and on the Te Akau Racing website. “Opie and Te Akau go back a very
New Zealand
Uncertainty created by the Covid-19 pandemic has forced a change in plan for high class racemare Rondinella (NZ) (Ocean Park) who will commence her next campaign from the stable of Sydney-based trainer, John O’Shea. Raced by Cathy Franich and Haunui Bloodstock Ltd, the rising six-year-old
New Zealand
Trainer Jamie Richards is enjoying being back in a familiar routine as the Te Akau Racing operation gears up for a return to the racetrack in the coming months. Richards, who sits atop the national trainers’ premiership with an unassailable twenty-seven win lead over his nearest rival, has plenty
New Zealand
While enjoying a return to stable life, trainer Stephen McKee is taking a patient approach as he enters a rebuilding stage with a mainly young team around him. The retirement of class gallopers such as Consensus (NZ) (Postponed) and Hasahalo (NZ) (Savabeel) combined with uncertainty in the local thoroughbred Industry
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New Plymouth trainer John Wheeler still has a zest for life and passion for racing that will keep him in the training caper for the foreseeable future. The Hall of Fame trainer has excelled with both flat horses and jumpers and is viewed by his peers as a trailblazer among