Australia
With a spectacular performance in The Illawarra Mercury Gong (1600m) at Kembla Grange on Saturday, Detonator Jack delivered a second consecutive New Zealand-bred victory in the A$1 million race. The Gong was introduced in 2019 and had previously been won by the Kiwi-bred Group One performer Riodini
New Zealand
One Bold Cat took his promising career to a new level in Saturday’s Gr.3 Counties Cup (2100m) at Pukekohe, delivering a third feature prize of the month for Robbie Patterson. The in-form New Plymouth trainer had previously saddled One Bold Cat to win the $80,000 Feilding
New Zealand
In a contest largely focussed on glamour mare Babylon Berlin, talented entire Sacred Satono made the most of his six-kilogram weight advantage to storm home in the Gr.3 Haunui Farm Counties Bowl (1100m) on Saturday at Pukekohe. Prepared by the Byerley Park-based partnership of Bruce Wallace and
Australia
John Thompson’s concerns about heavy track conditions were quickly extinguished by With Your Blessing at Kembla Grange on Saturday, powering to a commanding front-running win in the A$160,000 Evergreen Turf Australia Handicap (1200m). The New Zealand-bred son of Vadamos had begun his five-year-old
New Zealand
Almost all of the spring’s brightest two-year-old talent gathered at Pukekohe on Saturday for New Zealand’s first black-type juvenile race of the season, but it was the unbeaten filly Velocious who soared above her contemporaries and dominated the Listed Counties Challenge Stakes (1100m). The $65,
New Zealand
It is often a case of catch me if you can with Johny Johny, and trainers Tim and Margaret Carter are hoping their pacemaking sprinter can outrun his rivals again in Saturday’s Gr.3 Haunui Farm Counties Bowl (1100m). Johny Johny’s distinctive front-running style has seen him
New Zealand
Classy grey mare Aromatic will attempt to follow in the footsteps of a former stablemate when she returns to Pukekohe on Saturday to defend her title in the Gr.3 Counties Cup (2100m). Te Akau Racing previously celebrated back-to-back Counties Cup victories with In A Twinkling, who won
New Zealand
The Wanganui Jockey Club will make history over the coming week, with New Zealand’s oldest racing Club set to celebrate its 175th anniversary. The Club will mark the occasion over two racedays in the coming week, with Christmas At The Races this Saturday 25 November, culminating in the Cup
New Zealand
Black-type performer Flower Of Wanaka will depart from Chrissy Bambry’s stable early in the new year, but the Foxton trainer is aiming high during her final few weeks with the Burgundy mare. Flower Of Wanaka is in foal, having been covered by Satono Aladdin since her last-start
New Zealand
Saturday’s Listed Counties Challenge Stakes (1100m) brings together four of the six winners of two-year-old races in the North Island so far this season, and Cambridge trainer Tony Pike is hoping to see his runaway debut winner Poetic Champion rise to the occasion in the star-studded
New Zealand
TAB New Zealand has entered a non-binding agreement with Sports Entertainment Group Limited (SEG) to acquire in full the SENZ Digital & Audio business in New Zealand. The agreement will see TAB NZ take ownership of SENZ Digital & Audio, which includes the SENZ brand, website, and app, along
New Zealand
Auckland Thoroughbred Racing (ATR) has announced that the Club and partner, tripleSdata, are going to provide accurate SMART race timing and tracking data at all Pukekohe Park and Ellerslie race meetings to assist stakeholders to better assess their horse’s performance, commencing with Saturday’s Counties Cup Day meeting. Whilst