New Zealand
On the eve of the blockbuster Karaka Millions twilight race meeting and the Karaka 2024 National Yearling Sales, an exciting three-year-old sourced from the New Zealand Bloodstock sale ring made a bold black-type statement on the other side of the Tasman. Friday night’s $125,000 Listed
Australia
Ayrton added even more shine to his outstanding record at Caulfield with a thrilling win in a photo finish to Friday’s A$175,000 Listed Evergreen Turf John Dillon Stakes (1400m). The highly talented New Zealand-bred has now had seven starts at Caulfield for six wins, including black-
Australia
New Zealand-bred mare Eternal Flame (NZ) (Sacred Falls) passed a crucial test at Caulfield on Friday and is now on a path towards bigger and better things. The four-year-old daughter of Sacred Falls scored a runaway victory in Friday’s Catanach’s Jewellers The Mary Bell (1400m)
New Zealand
Diminutive gelding Tokyo Tycoon (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) will be vying for back-to-back Karaka Millions titles when he heads to Ellerslie on Saturday to contest the $1.5 million TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m). The son of Satono Aladdin was victorious in the Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) last year,
New Zealand
Matamata trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott will saddle more than a quarter of the field in Saturday’s $1.5 million TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) at Ellerslie, with Group One-winning filly Molly Bloom a headline act among their talented quartet. Molly Bloom burst to stardom with
New Zealand
Te Akau Racing have a rich history in the TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m), having won the last seven editions of the race, and Sam Bergerson is hoping to extend their run in his first year at the helm of New Zealand’s leading stable, alongside co-trainer Mark Walker.
New Zealand
Peter and Dawn Williams will take on the Karaka Millions meeting’s two hottest favourites with their pair of runners at Ellerslie’s eagerly anticipated twilight blockbuster on Saturday. The Byerley Park trainers’ last-start Group One winner Desert Lightning will line up against $1.50 favourite Legarto in the
New Zealand
Live Drama will be looking to get her summer preparation back on track at Riccarton on Saturday. The daughter of Ghibellines was late scratched in the Gr.2 Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m) at Trentham last month after failing to load and was required to have a barrier trial to the
New Zealand
Graeme Rogerson doesn't need go too far back in the archive to know Mark Zahra is a big-race rider. A quick look at the 2023 Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup is enough to confirm that. And it's what led the champion trainer and his wife
New Zealand
Leading New Zealand trainer Lance O’Sullivan is oozing confidence with Karaka Millions 3YO favourite Molly Bloom (NZ) (Ace High). The talented daughter of Ace High will be ridden by star Victorian jockey Blake Shinn from barrier 10. Shinn has ridden Molly Bloom before, flying over to New Zealand to
Australia
The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable is banking on a return to Caulfield being a winning formula for Ayrton (NZ) (Iffraaj). The six-year-old runs in the Listed John Dillion Stakes (1400m) at his favourite track on Friday. Ayrton has raced at Caulfield on six occasions, registering
New Zealand
There is plenty of excitement surrounding Saturday’s TAB Karaka Millions meeting at Ellerslie, and standout three-year-old Crocetti (NZ) (Zacinto) is expected to kick the night off with a bang when he lines-up in the opening race of the six-race card, the Gr.3 Cambridge Stud