A trip to Caulfield for a pre-Oakleigh Plate gallop was precisely what the Te Akau Racing team wanted to see from Skew Wiff (NZ) (Savabeel). The Mark Walker-trained mare will run first-up in the Gr.1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday and was taken to the course for
Australia
Former Kiwi galloper Pendragon (NZ) (U S Navy Flag) got his Australian campaign off to the best possible start at Werribee on Monday, comfortably winning his 1100m jumpout for trainer Michael Moroney. Purchased by Paul Moroney Bloodstock and Ballymore Stables out of Valachi Downs’ 2022 New Zealand Bloodstock Book 2
New Zealand
Go Racing’s Albert Bosma is resigned to the fact that Skyman (Mukhadram) is out of the chase for the lion’s share of the $650,000 summer series bonus, but he is hoping they can get their hands on some of the minor bonus cash up for grabs. Entain
New Zealand
Sailor Jack (NZ) (Jakkalberry) changed stables with a view to a jumping career, but now looms as a first black-type runner for a tyro training partnership. The son of Jakkalberry provided the Awapuni combination of Shaun Fannin and Hazel Schofer with their first winner at Ellerslie on Saturday with a
New Zealand
Simon and Katrina Alexander are hopeful the best of La Crique’s (NZ) (Vadamos) season is yet to come, with the Group Oner winner heading south on Saturday to tackle the Gr.1 Trackside Otaki-Maori WFA Classic (1600m) at Otaki. A daughter of Vadamos, La Crique resumed after a muddled
New Zealand
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Cambridge couple Maxim and Samantha van Lierde celebrated a successful cross-code weekend, with victories in both the show jumping arena and the racetrack. Maxim, who currently trains a 10-strong team of gallopers, enjoyed an early double at New Plymouth last Friday, with Annetarz and Gentian Blue breaking maiden status with
New Zealand
Syndicator Go Racing are looking for their standout juvenile Velocious to become the first The NZB Kiwi (1500m) bonus eligible horse in the coming weeks. On top of the $3.5 million prizemoney on offer in the inaugural running of the slot race, there is also $1 million in bonuses
New Zealand
Trainer Sam Mynott and owner Ben Kwok are forming quite the formidable partnership. Singapore-based Kwok has enjoyed success with the Mynott-trained Imwonderfultonight, who has placed in the Listed Stewards’ Stakes (1200m) and Gr.3 Concorde Handicap (1200m), and the pair could have another handy galloper on their hands. Three-year-old filly
New Zealand
Waverley trainer Bill Thurlow claimed the Auckland Cup (3200m) with his top stayer Glory Days in 2019, and five years on he is daring to dream of adding another to his mantle. While the race no longer holds the elite-level status it did in his first triumph, Thurlow is still
Australia
Trainer Mike Moroney will unveil one of his Australian Guineas contenders in a jump-out at Werribee. Pendragon (NZ) (U S Navy Flag) will have his first serious test on Australian soil when he lines up in the second heat on Monday over 1100m. The gelding is at Moroney's
Australia
The sight of Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) bucking and playing up in his paddock has reassured the Lindsay Park team the weight-for-age star is perfectly on track for Saturday’s Gr.1 Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. A week ago, Mr Brightside was feeling the effects of his heroic first-up