Ayrton (NZ) (Iffraaj) might have missed a place in Saturday’s Gr.1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m), but connections still saw enough from the gelding to commit to a trip to Perth for The Pinnacles. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained six-year-old will be part of the eastern-states
New Zealand
Promising filly Bedtime Story is turning into a dream for her connections. The daughter of Per Incanto was runner-up on debut at Woodville last month and was duly backed into $1.60 favouritism for the DMAK Electrical & Air Condition 3YO Maiden (1200m) at Hastings on Sunday. From her outside
New Zealand
Auckland Thoroughbred Racing (ATR) has successfully completed the second phase of the Club’s ‘return to racing’ plan for the Ellerslie track on Monday, 20 November. New Zealand’s premier thoroughbred racecourse, Ellerslie, welcomed horses back for the first time in 20 months on Sunday, 12 November to very positive
New Zealand
Sandy Cunningham had hoped Noble Knight would be contesting the two-mile feature on Cup Day last Saturday at Riccarton Park but was delighted to settle for an impressive victory in the Rating 82 2600m event. New Zealand Cup-winning jockey Sam Weatherley was booked aboard Noble Knight last Saturday and the
New Zealand
There will be a changing of the guard at Wellfield Lodge, with the Palmerston North thoroughbred nursery being offered to the market for the first time in two decades. The Manawatu farm has undergone a change in direction in recent years, moving away from standing stallions, and farm manager Peter
New Zealand
Progressive galloper Uderzo (NZ) (Vadamos) made the best possible start to a new campaign when he powered through the heavy underfoot conditions at Tauranga to claim a comfortable victory in the Tauranga Hardware Plumbing Handicap (1200m). Carrying topweight of 59.5kgs, the Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained gelding had
New Zealand
Promising three-year-old Leroy Brown (NZ) (Ace High) sang a winning tune at Tauranga on Saturday as he broke his maiden status despite attempting to throw the victory away with some wayward home straight actions. The Steven Ralph-trained son of Ace High spent most of the last 300m of the 1400m
New Zealand
Riversley Park are set to offer another bumper Ready To Run Sale draft at Karaka next week. The Waikato farm will have 38 juveniles go under the hammer and farm principal Sam Beatson is looking forward to seeing how his draft are received by the international buying bench. Farm graduates
New Zealand
Few trainers would attempt to claim three victories with one horse in seven days over New Zealand Cup Week, let alone be successful, but John Wheeler isn’t like every other trainer. The Taranaki horseman saddled five-year-old gelding Lord Donovan (NZ) (Lord) on the opening day of the carnival last
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Cambridge Stud principals Brendan and Jo Lindsay celebrated Group One success on Saturday as royally bred filly Joliestar (Zoustar) claimed the Gr.1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield. The royally-bred daughter of Zoustar is out of the Gr.2 Roman Consul Stakes (1200m) winner Jolie Bay, who finished second in
New Zealand
A close fifth behind Nest Egg (NZ) (Reliable Man) on the first day of the carnival, imported stayer Mahrajaan (Kitten’s Joy) went to a new level a week later and turned the tables on the hot favourite in Saturday’s Gr.3 Martin Collins 160th New Zealand Cup (3200m)