Australia
Group One performer Sully (NZ) (Reliable Man) will be vying to nab an elusive stakes victory when he contests the Listed WJ McKell Cup (2000m) at Rosehill on Saturday. The five-year-old son of Reliable Man has placed at stakes level on five occasions, including the Gr.1 Victoria
Australia
It’s not too often you hear two miles is short of a horse’s best distance, but that will be the case for quality New Zealand-bred stayer Ablaze (NZ) (Raise The Flag) when he contests the Stayer’s Cup (3200m) at Rosehill on Saturday. The eight-year-old
New Zealand
Southland trainer Robert Dennis is bullish on the prospects of his growing team of horses despite the relocation of his best performer to Australia. The 28-year-old confirmed Out Of The Park (NZ) (Ocean Park), the winner of the Gr.3 South Island Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) for good
Australia
Expat New Zealand jockey Daniel Stackhouse is having a season to remember in Victoria. The 29-year-old Cantabrian is 24 wins clear in the Victoria Country Jockey Premiership and is just one shy in the State’s overall premiership behind Jye McNeill. However, McNeil picked up a 10 meeting
New Zealand
South Auckland trainer Rudy Liefting added another string to his bow when Fast Mover (NZ) (Move Faster) recorded his maiden victory over 1100m at Pukekohe Park on Saturday. The four-year-old gelding is a homebred product of Liefting’s Kakapo Lodge, being by his homebred stallion Move Faster. Liefting
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Breeding
New Zealand Bloodstock’s first-ever National Weanling Sale, conducted online via Gavelhouse Plus, saw 60 lots sell for a total turnover of $1,044,051. The average reached $17,401 while the median closed at $8,250 with a clearance rate of 75%. Running on the enhanced online platform,
New Zealand
The beaming smile on the face of Cambridge apprentice Ashvin Goindasamy said it all as he made his way back to the Pukekohe birdcage after taking out the opening event on Saturday aboard outsider Keep It Real (NZ) (Keeper). The Mauritius-born rider had been struggling to keep his excitement
New Zealand
Te Akau Racing’s Jamie Richards is looking forward to a further set of trials at Te Rapa this week as he goes about getting his winter/spring racing team in order for a racetrack resumption. The Te Akau tangerine colours were prominent at the first trial meeting at the
New Zealand
Trainer Cody Cole was straight back in the winning groove on Saturday when he produced promising staying mare Vainglory (NZ) (Makfi) to win over 1600m at Pukekohe. The Cole stable had gone into lockdown off the back of a win at Tauranga by progressive galloper Kinshasha (NZ) (Tavistock), with the
Breeding
Hello Youmzain landed the second Group One sprint of his career when taking the Gr.1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes (1200m) at Royal Ascot overnight (Sunday morning NZ time), sporting the colours of Cambridge Stud proprietors Brendan and Jo Lindsay. The four-year-old Kodiac entire, who is owned by Haras
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