Star New Zealand mare Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) will be kept to her pre-race routine in Melbourne before travelling to Sydney for the opening day of The Championships. The Mark Walker-trained mare will have her last piece of work at Cranbourne on Tuesday before being floated to Sydney on Thursday
New Zealand
Levin trainer Ilone Kelly will unveil an intriguing new addition to her stable when the well-related Linara (Lonhro) makes his New Zealand debut in Monday’s McMillan Equine Feeds Maiden (1100m) at Otaki. Linara was bred by Milburn Creek Stud and is by Lonhro out of the Elusive City mare
New Zealand
Local trainer Graham Eade enjoyed success at his Riverton home track on Saturday and is hoping for more of the same when he lines up four of his team on the second day of the annual two-day carnival on Easter Monday. Eade produced progressive three-year-old Riviera Rebel (NZ) (Pure Champion)
New Zealand
Two highly talented Te Akau mares made bold statements with impressive sprinting victories at Flemington and Ellerslie on Saturday. The New Zealand stable, based out of Matamata under co-trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson, kicked off the Trans-Tasman double with an outstanding display from Puketiro (NZ) (Savabeel) in the Fiber
New Zealand
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Australia
Promising up-and-comer Gringotts (NZ) (Per Incanto) added a fifth win to his record with a stylish come-from-behind performance in Saturday’s HKJC World Pool Handicap (1400m) at Rosehill. The four-year-old gelding has now had 11 starts for five wins and five placings, with his only unplaced finish being a fifth
Australia
Emerging stayer Mark Twain (NZ) (Shocking) capped a dream day for Cambridge trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood when he won Saturday’s Listed Lexus Roy Higgins (2600m) at Flemington and secured himself a ballot-free entry into the Melbourne Cup (Gr.1, 3200m). Mark Twain’s heroics in the A$
New Zealand
A daughter of two-time Riverton Cup (2147m) winner Miss Three Stars (NZ) (Perfectly Ready) lined up on the same raceday on Saturday for the same trainer and jockey, delivering a major victory of her own in the Bupa Care Services Francolin Stakes (1400m). The fillies and mares’ feature was run
Australia
A year after winning the Gr.1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) with Prowess (NZ) (Proisir), Cambridge trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood returned to Rosehill on Saturday and achieved a repeat result with another special filly. Orchestral (NZ) (Savabeel) headed across the Tasman as one of the most-hyped New Zealand
Australia
Flemington’s ‘Straight Six’ has brought the very best out of Te Akau Racing’s Sans Doute (Not A Single Doubt), who improved her record at the venue to four-from-four with a valuable black-type win in the Listed ATA/Bob Hoysted Handicap (1000m) on Saturday. Previously a black-type placegetter in
New Zealand
Race favourite Prince Alby (NZ) (Sacred Falls) carried the hopes of the locals in Saturday’s Kennedy Building Riverton Cup (2147m), and he didn’t let anyone down as he ground out a terrific victory in the feature event on the day. Prepared on the track by Kelvin Tyler, the
Australia
Wymark’s (NZ) (Savabeel) connections are likely to pay a late nomination fee for next week’s Gr.1 Australian Derby (2400m) after the rapidly improving three-year-old collected his fourth win in a row in Saturday’s Gr.2 Toyota Forklifts Tulloch Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill. The Randwick classic was