Australia
Sydney visitor Raqeeq confirmed his rating as the best-weighted horse at Eagle Farm with a strong win. Raqeeq ($4) got home strongly along the rails to beat Ruby Guru ($17) by 1-1/4 lengths with a short head to Art Attack ($17) in third in the Events @ BRC
New Zealand
Lightweight runner Polzeath upset the applecart at Ellerslie on Saturday when he took out the Gr.2 Joe McDonald Avondale Cup (2400m). The lightly raced seven-year-old was having his first attempt in stakes company and his first run beyond 2100m in the Group Two staying feature but handled
Australia
Fabric (NZ) (Ocean Park) has clinched her third city success with a front-running victory at Flemington and Danny O'Brien's assistant trainer Ben Gleeson believes a stakes win is within the mare's scope. Having the third start of her current campaign, Fabric was able
New Zealand
Anyone who thought that Dragon Leap might be below his best at Ellerslie on Saturday had those doubts well and truly extinguished when the exciting staying talent bolted away with the Gr.2 Jamieson Park Avondale Guineas (2100m). The Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained Pierro gelding had missed
Australia
Trainer Clayton Chipperfield cannot fault star New Zealand three-year-old Catalyst (NZ) (Darci Brahma) ahead of the Group One winner's introduction to Australian racing in the C S Hayes Stakes at Flemington. But Chipperfield hopes the outside draw in the seven-horse field does not play against
Australia
A conversation with rival jockey James McDonald has given Tim Clark confidence Kiwi mare Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed) can run a race when she resumes in the Apollo Stakes at Randwick. McDonald is the mare's regular rider but he will be in Melbourne on Saturday to partner top
New Zealand
East Coast racing’s biggest fan is once again showing his support for the annual meetings at Wairoa and Gisborne. Graeme Rogerson, who trains in partnership with wife Debbie and granddaughter Bailey, will line-up 24 horses at Gisborne’s Sunday meeting, accounting for more than 30 percent of the
New Zealand
Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh has expanded his operation this season by establishing a permanent South Island base, and the move has already paid dividends. His small South Island-based team has delivered almost a sixth of his 69 training successes this season, winning races at Riccarton, Timaru, Ashburton, Wingatui, Gore
New Zealand
Talented five-year-old Mongolian Marshal has joined the stable of Morphettville trainer Stuart Gower and will continue his career in Adelaide. Previously prepared by Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman, the son of High Chaparral won the Gr.3 Waikato Cup (2400m) in 2018 and was also placed in last
New Zealand
Group Three winner Sheezallmine will attempt to get back into winning form at Ellerslie on Saturday when she lines-up in the Dunstan Feeds 1200. The daughter of Super Easy finished unplaced last start in the Gr.1 Telegraph (1200m) and trainer Daniel Miller said the mare just didn’t
New Zealand
Stephen Marsh has Group Three winner Scorpz (NZ) (Charm Spirit) just where he wants him for this month's Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) at Ellerslie. Marsh will saddle the Charm Spirit colt in Saturday's Gr.2 Jamieson Park Avondale Guineas (2100m) at Ellerslie, looking
Australia
In-form trainer Mike Moroney will use Saturday's Gr.1 Black Caviar Lightning (1000m) as a stepping stone for Tofane (NZ) (Ocean Park) as he targets the G1 Newmarket Handicap with rising sprinter. The four-year-old will resume from a spell in Saturday's A$750,