New Zealand
Impendabelle came ever so close to picking up a maiden Group One crown at Riccarton last November, and Tony Pike is hoping the filly can go one better in Saturday’s Gr.1 Cambridge Stud Levin Classic (1600m). Excusing her last-start seventh behind Pendragon in the Gr.2 Auckland
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Wiremu Pinn will be a welcome addition to the New Zealand jockey ranks, with the talented hoop returning to his homeland after a stint riding in Melbourne. Initially heading across the Tasman in June last year for a three-month period to test the water, Pinn made an instant impact
New Zealand
Michael and Matthew Pitman will be represented by a big team of runners at Tuesday’s Reefton meeting and the prospect of a drying track will be welcomed by their feature race contender. The stable accepted with a quartet in the Ken Gray Memorial Reefton Cup (1400m), but the father-
New Zealand
Diane Andersen spent the best part of two decades away from training, but she is loving being back. The Waikato horsewoman previously trained for 16 seasons before a change of career path, and she is excited to have returned to the thoroughbred industry in a full-time capacity. “I used
New Zealand
Cambridge Stud are getting excited about autumn racing with their star Australian-based fillies Joliestar and Zourion after they returned to work this week. Joliestar was a phenomenon in spring for trainer Chris Waller, finishing runner-up in three races before her Gr.1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) triumph, including the
New Zealand
The father and daughter training partnership of Ken Rae and Krystal Williams will take a two-pronged attack into the main race at Reefton on Tuesday, the Ken Gray Memorial Reefton Cup (1400m). Rae and Williams will back-up both The Buffer (NZ) (Reliable Man) and Follow Your Dreams (NZ)
New Zealand
Impressive three-year-old debutant Testwin (NZ) (Time Test) justified some solid support when he took out the opening event on the card at Hastings on Saturday. The Guy Lowry and Leah Zydenbos-trained son of Time Test boasts an impressive physique and showed he has the ability to match
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Australia
A gear change and a favourable race tempo helped to unlock the potential of Lyrical Gangster (NZ) (Proisir) with an impressive win in Saturday’s A$160,000 Climate Roofing Handicap (2000m) at Randwick. The Proisir gelding headed a New Zealand-bred quinella in the Benchmark 78 event, beating last-
Australia
The highly talented Holymanz (NZ) (Almanzor) is in line for a return to the country of his birth after scoring an effortless win in the A$300,000 Coastal Classic (1700m) at Geelong on Saturday. The four-year-old races in the colours of Cambridge Stud owners Brendan and Jo
New Zealand
A day after his connections took a leap of faith with a late nomination for the Gr.3 Wellington Cup (3200m), emerging stayer Canheroc (NZ) (El Roca) rewarded their confidence with a powerful lead-up performance in the Listed Marton Jockey Club Marton Cup (2200m) at Hastings on Saturday. Canheroc
New Zealand
Leading Riccarton trainers Michael and Matthew Pitman played a starring role on one of the South Island’s most famous racedays at Kumara on Saturday. The father-son team came away from the eight-race card with two wins and eight placings, including back-to-back trifectas in the $25,