New Zealand
Four weeks on from an eye-catching placing in the Listed Canterbury Belle Stakes (1200m), promising filly Warning Signal is set to relish the extra distance of Saturday’s Gr.3 Barneswood Farm Stakes (1400m) at Ashburton. A well-bred daughter of U S Navy Flag and the stakes-performed
New Zealand
The heavy ground that has carried Mustang Valley to two spectacular Group One victories will be nowhere to be seen at Hastings on Saturday, but trainer Andrew Forsman is confident that drier conditions will pose no problems for his stable star’s defence of her Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m)
New Zealand
Million-dollar earner Riodini will make his first New Zealand appearance in almost four years when he lines up in the Gr.3 Sweynesse Stakes (1215m) at Rotorua on Sunday. The Proisir gelding began his career in the Pukekohe stable of Nigel Tiley, making a winning debut as a winter
New Zealand
Zacinto gelding Mach Schnell has returned to New Zealand with an eye towards some lofty summer targets. Initially trained in New Zealand by Shaun and Emma Clotworthy, Mach Scnell won two races for the Auckland couple before joining Joe Pride’s Warwick Farm barn last year. The now seven-year-
New Zealand
A dark cloud has come over racing in West Auckland, with its future in doubt following New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing’s (NZTR) announcement that no further trial meetings will be held at Avondale Racecourse for the foreseeable future. There have been growing concerns relating to track safety at Avondale, which
Australia
Promising three-year-old gelding Dulcet (NZ) (Eminent) took an important step towards the Gr.1 VRC Derby (2500m) when running out a ready winner at Sale on Wednesday for trainer Chris Waller. From the first crop of Brighthill Farm stallion Eminent, Dulcet had been placed in his first two
New Zealand
Te Akau Racing couldn’t have wished for a better fit at Hastings on Saturday for talented mare Romancing The Moon (NZ) (El Roca). The Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson-prepared daughter of El Roca will bid to continue her winning ways in the Gr.3 Valley D’Vine Restaurant
Australia
A day after Wolfy (NZ) (Tivaci) broke through for his maiden city success, trainer Nick Ryan knew he had had to press on to the Caulfield Guineas with Wolfy. The three-year-old scored at Flemington over 1420m on September 24, following a Sale maiden win, and Ryan was going
Trainer Phillip Stokes is taking a different approach 12 months on in his bid to have Daqiansweet Junior (NZ) (Sweet Orange) peaking for the Melbourne Cup. Stokes elected to bypass The Bart Cummings (2520m) at Flemington last week in favour of the Gr.2 Herbert Power Stakes (2400m) at Caulfield
New Zealand
Glenn Old’s phone has been ringing red hot over the last couple of weeks after Adam I Am’s (NZ) (Almanzor) impressive maiden victory at Matamata last month, but the talented four-year-old will remain in New Zealand. A notable trader of horses, Old purchased the son of
New Zealand
Auckland Thoroughbred Racing (ATR) has announced that as a result of pattern and scheduling changes, there will be a number of adjustments to the ATR racing season. These changes sit across the breadth of the season and encompass date, pattern, venue and name changes, with the modifications designed to create
New Zealand
Pearl Of Alsace (NZ) (Tavistock) has enjoyed a faultless preparation and will strip at the top of her game for Saturday’s Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m) at Hastings. The Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray-trained daughter of Tavistock has impressed in both lead-up runs and is now ready