New Zealand
Patience is a virtue and Cambridge trainer Trevor Da Cruz has shown plenty of it over the last few years with promising galloper Superiority (Snitzel). That patience paid off when the six-year-old gelding recorded his maiden win in the Counties Home Loans And Insurance 1200 when on debut
New Zealand
Seven months on from an accident that could have claimed his life, prominent owner and sponsor Kevin Pratt is back doing what he loves – winning races. Pratt’s black and silver Kamada Racing colours were carried to a big win in Wednesday’s Gr.3 Launceston Cup (2400m) by Home
New Zealand
One of the most valuable fillies in New Zealand produced a stunning performance at Hawke’s Bay on Wednesday to remain undefeated in two starts to date. Exaltation (NZ) (Not A Single Doubt), a three-year-old half-sister to New Zealand Horse of the Year Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands)
New Zealand
Five-time New Zealand Derby winning-trainer Roger James is refusing to buy into talk that Saturday's Classic at Ellerslie is down to a two-horse race between his star filly Two Illicit (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) and boom gelding Dragon Leap (Pierro). James will produce Jimmy Choux filly
New Zealand
While Libby and Sam Bleakley of Highden Park haven’t set out to replicate Victoria’s famous Living Legends farm, the high-profile horses retiring to their Manawatu property shows they are well on their way. Living Legends, dubbed the international home of rest for champion horses, is home to
Australia
Trainer Patrick Payne and jockey Billy Egan are fast becoming one of the most potent pairings in Australian racing, combining to win the Gr.3 Launceston Cup (2400m) on Wednesday with Home By Midnight (NZ) (Domesday). The son of Domesday, who raced in New Zealand as Five To Midnight, proved
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Quality filly Jennifer Eccles (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) once again showed her customary turn of foot to prove too good for her rivals in the Gr.2 Little Avondale Lowland Stakes (2100m) and book her passage to the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham
Australia
Damian Lane has given star three-year-old Catalyst (NZ) (Darci Brahma) his seal of approval ahead of the Gr.1 Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington. Lane rode Catalyst in his final gallop at Mornington on Wednesday. It was the second time he had partnered the gelding in work and
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The impressive Dragon Leap (Pierro) gives New Zealand Racing Hall of Famer Lance O’Sullivan a great opportunity to add another notable achievement to his CV at Ellerslie on Saturday. O’Sullivan has won the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) on two occasions as a jockey, first with Surfers
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Live Drama (NZ) (Ghibellines) will be out to secure her first stakes scalp on Saturday when she contests the Listed NZB Airfreight Stakes 3YO (1400m) at Wingatui. The three-year-old daughter of Ghibellines came close two starts back in the Listed Gore Guineas (1335m), but was pipped at the
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Triple Group One winner Gingernuts (NZ) (Iffraaj) will once again return to the scene of his Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) triumph when he leads out the field for the Vodafone-sponsored blue riband event at Ellerslie on Saturday. The 2017 Derby hero confirmed his status as one of
New Zealand
The Craig and Shaun Phelan-trained Big Mike (NZ) (Don Eduardo) relished his time on the East Coast last week, landing both Sunday’s Wairoa Cup (2100m) and the precurser, the Wairoa Cup Trial (1900m) last Thursday, topping him off nicely ahead of a tilt at the Gr.1 Barfoot