New Zealand
Horse transport by road is set to resume when the country moves into Covid-19 Alert Level 3 at 11:59pm next Monday. Leading horse transport business Majestic Horse Floats said they are now taking bookings for next week. “We will have strict protocols in place to keep both clients
Australia
Melbourne Cup Day 2020 will be like Christmas Day for Horsham trainer Paul Preusker with New Zealand-bred galloper Surprise Baby (NZ) (Shocking). The laconic horseman has purposely not raced the bargain basement purchase through the autumn, with a view to once again peaking his brilliant stayer for the Group
Australia
Next month’s Gr.1 South Australian Derby (2500m) is shaping as a thrilling contest, with rising star Kinane (NZ) (Reliable Man) a likely runner despite intense interest from Hong Kong buyers. There had been reports that Kinane might be sold for upwards of $2 million and miss the May
Australia
Icebath (NZ) (Sacred Falls) will attempt to secure her first stakes victory at Rosehill on Saturday when she contests the Gr.3 Hawkesbury Guineas (1400m). The three-year-old daughter of ill-fated Waikato Stud stallion Sacred Falls heads into the race in good form, having won two of her
New Zealand
Ruakaka and Taupo have been a staple of winter and spring racing for many years and Cambridge trainer Shaune Ritchie is hoping racing administrators reconsider adding them to this year’s proposed racing calendar. On Tuesday, New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) released a proposed racing calendar for the months July-
Breeding
Gavelhouse.com has reached a new milestone and is offering their largest ever catalogue of 132 lots. The catalogue includes 66 broodmares, one of which is a stakes-placed half-sister to Group One winner First Seal. Entered as lot 68, Best Command is in foal to Sacred Falls. Bidding
Australia
It might have been a lowly 1400m maiden at Terang on Sunday, but the 5-1/2 length demolition by lightly-tried galloper Paddy Mac (NZ) (Raise The Flag) provides cause for optimism for the connections of the recent Kiwi import. A four-year-old son of Raise The Flag,
New Zealand
An Australian spring campaign is beckoning Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) winner Jennifer Eccles (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle). The classy filly conquered all before her in her three-year-old term, recording four victories and four placings from just nine starts, including wins in the Gr.2 Eight Carat
New Zealand
New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) has released a proposed calendar for August through to early November to give owners, trainers and racing participants some certainty for the next six months. This follows the RITA announcement for consultation of the revised racing calendar for the balance of the 2019/20 racing
New Zealand
Les Jarvis, a former jockey and trainer who died last Saturday, can take credit for paving the way for two of New Zealand’s most courageous gallopers, the little champ McGinty and the iron horse sprinter Oranmore. Jarvis (87) passed away in Tauranga Hospital, just down the road from the
New Zealand
Cambridge trainer Ben Foote is finding a silver lining to New Zealand’s strict lockdown measures under Covid-19 Alert level 4. With the nation poised to ease restrictions next week, which will likely enable a return to full-training, Foote has said there have been some benefits from the
Australia
Westbury Stud stallion Reliable Man bolstered his CV on the weekend when his son Kinane (NZ) took out the Gr.3 Frank Packer Plate (2000m) at Randwick on Saturday. The Chris Waller-trained gelding has now recorded two wins from just four starts and with Saturday’s victory he became