New Zealand
After a dazzling performance in winning Saturday’s Gr.1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa, connections of star four-year-old Imperatriz have decided to raise the bar. The Mark Walker-trained mare will now contest the Gr.1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on March 11, aiming to emulate compatriot
New Zealand
Veteran trainer Alby MacGregor got to savour a three-generational triumph when Times Ticking won at Riccarton on Saturday. Running for the first time past 1600m, Times Ticking defied 62kg to wear down Bully Boy to win the C S Stevens Memorial Banks Peninsula Cup (1800m). It was a special triumph
Australia
Jockey Michael Dee has been booked for the plum ride on top class filly Legarto in next month’s Gr.1 Australian Guineas (1600m). The Ken and Bev Kelso-trained three-year-old will trial this week at Cambridge and will venture across the Tasman for the March 4 Flemington assignment. The winner
New Zealand
Roger James and Robert Wellwood have one confirmed Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) contender and will take their time before deciding if they double their hand. The Cambridge trainers have the progressive Mark Twain locked in for the March 4 three-year-old feature, but have yet to make a call
New Zealand
Cambridge trainer Ben Foote was pondering a raft of options for his bonny mare Babylon Berlin (All Too Hard) on Sunday after yet another game performance with a familiar result. The five-year-old was runner-up to a white-hot Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) in the Gr.1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m) on
New Zealand
Matamata trainer Darryn Weatherley was in Sydney on Sunday awaiting the impending arrival of stable star Pier (NZ) (Proisir) who will contest the Gr.2 Hobartville Stakes (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday. The winner of three of his five starts, including the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) and
New Zealand
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Australia
Hardy five-year-old Here To Shock (NZ) (Shocking) was back in the winner’s circle with a hard-fought on-speed victory in the Tile Importer Handicap (1400m) for trainers Ben and JD Hayes. The win provided the trainers with a consolation prize after they had suffered Group One defeat earlier in the
Australia
Warwick Farm trainer Bryce Heys has a small but in-form team and the roll continued when four-year-old mare Po Kare Kare (NZ) (Savabeel) scored a comfortable victory in Saturday’s Gr.3 Triscay Stakes (1200m) at Randwick. The victory provided Heys with his first Group success, with the New Zealander
Australia
Tony and Calvin McEvoy have a promising stayer on their hands in the form of Kiwi import So Unusual (NZ) (Unusual Suspect) who proved too strong in the Premier Signs Handicap (2400m) at Sandown on Saturday. The son of Unusual Suspect was a winner at Woodville for Fraser Auret in
New Zealand
In a field that oozed quality from top to bottom with half of the twelve runners boasting wins at Group One level it was flying four-year-old Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) who proved best on the day when she took out the Gr.1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa.
New Zealand
Outstanding three-year-old Sharp ‘N’ Smart (NZ) (Redwood) overcame a wide run in transit against a quality field of middle distance performers to capture the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa in a performance that had to be seen to be believed. Having just his second start since