Australia
The Lindsay Park team of Ben, Will and J D Hayes is looking forward to the upcoming spring campaign of Evaporate (NZ) (Per Incanto). While technically still in winter, the Caulfield meeting on Saturday has a touch of spring about it, especially the Group 2 P B Lawrence Stakes (1400m)
Racing
The Chittick Family Fillies’ Classic (1100m) at Taupo has a prestigious honour roll and has duly been elevated to Listed status this season, and it has attracted a field to suit on Sunday. Matamata trainers Ken and Bev Kelso have a strong record in the race, having won it with
Racing
Speed merchant Summer Schemer (Dirty Work) will tackle the first leg of a black-type double when she kicks off her three-year-old season at Ruakaka on Saturday. The Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) candidate has been based in the north for her lead-up, as
New Zealand
Exciting three-year-old Shalabiya (NZ) (Brazen Beau) will head to Ruakaka on Saturday as the $2.10 favourite for the Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m), but the jockey who has been aboard for her impressive start to racing will be in the opposition camp. Warren Kennedy
Racing
Well-related Savabeel colt Savagram (NZ) (Savabeel) stamped himself as a three-year-old of considerable promise with an impressive debut victory at Canterbury on Wednesday, putting himself in the frame for a potential tilt at the Gr.1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m). The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained
Racing
Unbeaten Group One winner Lara Antipova (Russian Revolution) will face a significant weight impost when she makes her Australian debut in Saturday’s Gr.3 Quezette Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield. The Mark Walker-trained filly was unbeaten in four starts as a juvenile in New Zealand, culminating in the Gr.
Racing
Queensland jockey Kyle Wilson-Taylor continued to make himself at home in New Zealand when producing a polished ride aboard Sharapova (NZ) (Grunt) to win the Rotorua & Bay Of Plenty Hunt Life Members 1950 at Rotorua on Wednesday. The Margaret Falconer-trained mare travelled strongly throughout for Wilson-Taylor,
Racing
Oamaru’s meeting on Friday will kick off the new racing season for the lower South Island, and Riverton trainer Ebony Turner is hoping to continue her winning momentum. She was once again in the thick end of the battle for the Gavelhouse.com Newcomer to Training Award last season
Racing
It may have been too much to expect lightning to strike twice for Josh Shaw but Chart The Stars (NZ) (U S Navy Flag) has showed she has inherited a good measure of the family ability. The Levin trainer reached Group One heights with the U S Navy Flag mare’
Racing
After three decades in the saddle, Kylie Williams is preparing to bring the curtain down on her riding career, with the veteran jockey set to have her final rides at Riccarton later this month. The 46-year-old has five rides at Oamaru on Friday, where a race has been
Racing
Ruakaka trainer Michelle Bradley is hoping She’s No Saint (Prague) can continue her progression when she steps up to stakes company in Saturday’s Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) on her home track. The daughter of Prague has won both starts this preparation, breaking her maiden
Racing
She won’t have top billing at her first three-year-old race at Caulfield this Saturday, but the unbeaten New Zealand filly Lara Antipova (Russian Revolution) may soon demand the honour if she returns as is hoped in the Gr.3 Quezette Stakes (1100m). Wearing the tangerine and white