New Zealand
Exciting three-year-old Scorpz (NZ) (Charm Spirit) will be tested over 2000m for the first time at Ellerslie on Sunday in preparation for the Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) in February. The Stephen Marsh-trained colt will attempt to make it back-to-back stakes wins when
New Zealand
Veteran jockey Darryl Bradley is looking forward to a gilt-edged opportunity to achieve two career goals at Te Rapa on Saturday. The 53-year-old, who these days combines riding with his role as racecourse manager at Foxton, is sitting on 99 career stakes wins. He heads to Te
New Zealand
Trainer Nigel Tiley couldn’t be happier with talented three-year-old Riodini (NZ) (Proisir) after his win in the Gr.3 Bonecrusher Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie last weekend. The Proisir gelding remains unbeaten in his four-starts to date and poses a major threat to his Classic rivals. Tiley
New Zealand
Matamata trainer Peter McKay cut it close when arriving at Hastings in time for the Fasttrack Insurance 2000 on Wednesday, but stable runner Sagunto (NZ) (O'Reilly) showed he wasn’t fazed by the short turnaround when recording his second career win. “We were quite lucky actually because we
Australia
Traditionally the biggest race day of the Sydney summer, the Villiers Stakes meeting at Randwick holds extra significance for trainer John O'Shea. O'Shea will saddle up Live And Free (NZ) (Savabeel) in Saturday's Group Two race, almost two decades after he won it for
New Zealand
South Auckland trainer Nigel Tiley will take a team of three to Ellerslie’s twilight meeting on Thursday to race in front of an anticipated bumper crowd at the Auckland track. Leading Tiley’s charge will be four-year-old gelding Riding The Wave who will contest the Barfoot &
New Zealand
Trainer Lance Noble is enjoying an exciting season with a number of three-year-old fillies this term and he will attempt to add black-type to one of their pages at Awapuni on Saturday. Manchu (Redoute's Choice) will contest the Gr.3 Lawnmaster Eulogy Stakes (1600m) and
New Zealand
The Racing Industry Transition Agency (RITA) welcomed the Government’s introduction of the Racing Industry Bill - a major package of reforms to replace the Racing Act 2003. The Bill, which was introduced last week, had its first reading on Tuesday. RITA Chairman Dean McKenzie said the introduction of the Racing
Australia
Cranbourne trainer Enver Jusufovic will attempt to add to his recent successful run with a solitary runner at the Sandown twilight meeting on Wednesday. Jusufovic saddles Bullock (NZ) (Shocking) in the Ladbrokes Odds Boost Handicap (1300m) having watched four of the last six horses he has raced return as winners
New Zealand
Emily Margaret’s (NZ) (Pins) runner-up performance over 1200m at Riccarton on Saturday has got her connections thinking. The Group Two-winning daughter of Pins put in a disappointing effort when tailing the field home in the Gr.3 Canterbury Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) last month, but her performance on
New Zealand
Te Akau have a formidable record in the Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) and trainer Jamie Richards is hoping they can extend their association with the race in January. The Matamata-based racing team has won the past three editions of the race, including taking out the trifecta in this year’
New Zealand
Foxton trainers David and Emma Haworth are tipping a bright future for Very Appealing (NZ) (Cape Blanco) after her victory in the Wrightson/Leopard Hotel Xmas Cup (2200m) at Waipukurau on Sunday. The four-year-old daughter of Cape Blanco jumped straight to the lead from her ace barrier before