New Zealand
The feature event on the programme at Taupo on Saturday came down to a battle between two of the best riders in the country with victory in the Harcourts Taupo Cup (2000m) going the way of Michael McNab on Mehzebeen ahead of Town Cryer and Opie Bosson. Bosson, who recently
Australia
Quality stayer Dunkel lumped 61kgs to an emphatic victory at The Valley on Saturday in the Ladbroke It! Handicap (2040m), as the Patrick Payne-trained galloper notched the seventh victory of his career from just ten starts. Perfectly ridden by jockey Billy Egan, Dunkel tracked the leader Grand Promenade throughout and
New Zealand
The burgeoning rivalry between Sacred Satono and Babylon Berlin will kick up a gear when the pair meet at Pukekohe on New Year’s Day. Sacred Satono got the better of his older rival at the South Auckland venue in the Listed Counties Bowl (1100m) in November and trainers Grant
New Zealand
Matamata mentor Graham Richardson will attempt to win one of his favourite races for the third time on Monday when he and training partner Rogan Norvall line-up Bonny Lass in the Gr.1 Sistema Railway (1200m) at Pukekohe. Richardson was first successful in the blue riband sprinting contest back in
New Zealand
Lance Noble had a bumper New Year’s Day race meeting 12 months ago and has the firepower for a repeat at Pukekohe on Monday, but weather and track conditions have dented the Cambridge Stud trainer’s confidence. Last year’s New Year’s Day card was staged at Te
New Zealand
Robbie Patterson has already successfully raided the Gr.3 Counties Cup (2100m) this season, and the New Plymouth trainer has another two northern staying features in his sights over the next few days. Patterson trained a career-best 50 winners last season and has started 2023-24 in a similar vein. He
New Zealand
The race has begun to qualify for the $200,000 ODT Southern Mile Final (1600m) at Wingatui in March, and local trainers Brian and Shane Anderton are keen to once again be in the mix. The father-and-son duo took out this year’s edition of the race with their stakes
New Zealand
Mike Moroney and Pam Gerard made a big splash on Boxing Day with a rapidly improving three-year-old at the top of his game, and they are hoping New Year’s Day might bring something similar. The Matamata trainers struck Gr.2 Auckland Guineas (1400m) gold at Pukekohe on Tuesday with
New Zealand
The team at Cody Cole Racing got a much-needed boost over the busy summer racing period when they scored a winning treble at Arawa Park on Thursday. “We took six runners there and had three winners and two thirds, so it wasn’t a bad day,” trainer Cody Cole said.
New Zealand
Stephen Marsh is confident of Velocious giving another bold account of herself at Pukekohe Park on New Year’s Day, although his confidence is tempered by an unfavourable forecast. The Cambridge trainer will run the daughter of Written Tycoon in the Gr.2 Skycity Eclipse Stakes (1200m) ahead of the
New Zealand
A pair of rising stars of the South Island’s thoroughbred ranks faced their toughest test so far in the Craigmore Sustainable Holdings Timaru Heritage Cup (1600m) on Thursday, and they rose to the occasion and fought out a thrilling finish. Dazzling Miss and Jon Ol Rocco were unable to
Australia
Talented New Zealand-bred mare Lekvarte (NZ) (Reliable Man) landed her maiden stakes victory when coming with a stunning late finish to plunder the Gr.3 Belle Of The Turf Stakes (1600m) at Gosford on Thursday. The Joe Pride-trained mare had kicked off her five-year-old season with a win at Newcastle