New Zealand
New Zealand-bred mare Tofane will be shooting for her first elite-level victory when she lines-up in the Gr.1 All Aged Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday. It will be the daughter of Ocean Park’s fifth consecutive tilt at Group One level and trainer Michael Moroney
New Zealand
Darci Brahma five-year-old Parsifal is on a path to the Gr.1 Goodwood (1200m) on May 16 and trainer Will Clarken is expecting an improved performance when the seven-time winner contests Saturday’s Gr.3 R N Irwin Stakes (1100m) at Morphettville. The gelding finished sixth behind
Australia
Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman look forward to Saturdays even more than usual at present. With New Zealand likely into its final week of a month-long Alert Level 4 lockdown due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the training partners have been watching from afar as Quick Thinker
Australia
Quality three-year-old colt Super Seth (Dundeel) will get an opportunity to add another elite-level victory to his resume when he contests Saturday’s Gr.1 All Aged Stakes (1400m) at Randwick. The Gr.1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) winning son of Dundeel has been secured for stud duties
Australia
Former New Zealand galloper Chuck A Luck (NZ) (Niagara) has hardly put a foot wrong since joining Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young’s Cranbourne stable and they are hoping he can continue his good run of form in the Gr.3 Frank Packer Plate (2000m) at Randwick on Saturday. The
New Zealand
Online thoroughbred auction site gavelhouse.com will add another string to its bow next month when it launches Gavelhouse Plus. “Gavelhouse Plus is an idea that has been bubbling away for a while and the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic gave us the impetus to expedite the project,
New Zealand
Windsor Park Stud will run a tipping competition for Saturday's meeting at Royal Randwick with all proceeds to go to charity. For just $20 per entry, all punters (the keen, the beginners or the lucky) are in with the chance to win a service of your choice to
Australia
Supporters of the heavily-backed Kukeracha (NZ) would have had their heart in the mouth when he stepped away a length behind the field but the son of Night Of Thunder powered home in the straight to make a most impressive career debut over 1200m at Geelong on Wednesday. Carrying
New Zealand
Maija Vance is continuing to prove that attitude can take you a long way in life. The former jockey, who suffered life-changing injuries in a race fall in September 2018, last month climbed the 526 steps to the top of Mount Maunganui to raise money for the CatWalk Trust
New Zealand
Te Awamatu trainer Clayton Chipperfield is thanking his lucky stars that he has his 60 acre property to keep him busy over the Covid-19 alert level four lockdown period. “I don’t know how these people are getting on in town,” Chipperfield said. “We have got 60 acres, so
Breeding
The Hong Kong International Sale has been pushed back further as the fallout from Covid-19 continues to impact on all walks of life. Traditionally held on the Friday night before the Hong Kong Derby (2000m) in March, Hong Kong Jockey Club officials were forced to reschedule the sale into
Australia
Dual Group One-placed colt Brandenburg (NZ) (Burgundy) will race in blinkers for the first time in the Gr.1 All Aged Stakes (1400m) at Randwick. Brandenburg has been kept ticking over after his last-start third in the Gr.1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) on April 4 with a view