New Zealand
While Te Akau prepares a four-pronged attack for the upcoming TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) on Saturday, another promising juvenile out of the Matamata stable impressed in his maiden victory on Wednesday. A son of Snitzel, Unbridled Joy was beaten on debut only by stablemate and Karaka Millions accepter
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Melbourne Cup-winning hoop Mark Zahra will make his New Zealand riding debut when joining a starry line-up of Australian jockeys attending the TAB Karaka Millions meeting on Saturday at Ellerslie. Zahra has been a strong presence in the Melbourne jockey room for several years and shone in the
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Timaru trainer Stephanie Faulkner will head north to Riccarton on Saturday where she will line-up a quartet of runners on the nine-race card. Heading her charge will be Green Luck (Street Cry), who will make his raceday return following a 10-month absence, in the Listed Speight’s
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Group One winner La Crique (NZ) (Vadamos) will make her return to racing this Saturday on New Zealand racing’s biggest stage, the TAB Karaka Millions twilight meeting. The five-year-old mare’s spring preparation was cut short due to foot issues following her third placing in the Listed
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Mongolian Falcon recorded his first stakes win as a sire last Saturday and it couldn’t have come at a better time for Vicki Wilson, who stands the son of Fastnet Rock at her Hawke’s Bay property. The Kelvin Tyler-trained Aberlour (NZ) (Mongolian Falcon) got on the stakes
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Excitement is mounting at Windsor Park Stud, not only for the imminent fall of the hammer to open New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale at Karaka, but also for the future of the breeding and racing industries. Major developments including increases in stakes money have been warmly welcomed by
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Leading Sydney hoop James McDonald has been ticking up the air miles of late and will add some more to his tally when he heads home to New Zealand this weekend to ride at the TAB Karaka Millions race meeting at Ellerslie. The expat Kiwi hoop will head to Auckland
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Taranaki couple Carole and John Lynskey are enjoying some time down in Queenstown this week toasting the success of their Group One winner Puntura (NZ) (Vespa) following his victory in the Thorndon Mile at Trentham last Saturday. It was the 11th win of his career, and continued a purple patch
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It was a timely win by Sudbina (NZ) (Almanzor) in the Gr.3 Desert Gold Stakes (1600m) at Trentham last Saturday, with co-breeder and part-owner Haunui Farm gearing up for a busy week ahead of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales at Karaka, which kick-off on
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Chasing $2.5 million in stakes doesn’t happen every Saturday on the New Zealand calendar, and Graham Richardson is embracing having two runners chasing the major spoils on TAB Karaka Millions Night at Ellerslie. Ever-consistent three-year-old To Catch A Thief (NZ) (U S Navy Flag) will
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Auckland Thoroughbred Racing (ATR) confirmed today, Monday 22 January, that the TAB Karaka Millions on Saturday 27 January is officially sold out. The event is Ellerslie’s first premier raceday since the installation of a world-class StrathAyr track and is the Club’s first unrestricted raceday in four years