Australia
Lightly-tried seven-year-old Kissinger (NZ) (Tavistock) rewarded his connections’ patience with a dogged victory at the Cranbourne stand-alone meeting on Saturday when landing the Reed Cranes & Transport Marathon Handicap (2540m). The Lindsey Smith-trained gelding was galvanised under a perfect Damien Oliver ride to get the better of pacemaker Nobel Heights
New Zealand
Former South African Champion Apprentice Craig Zackey got his New Zealand career underway at Tauranga on Saturday where he picked up a winning double including the feature event on the card, the Gr.2 Gartshore Tauranga Stakes (1600m) aboard Demonetization (All Too Hard). Zackey and fellow South African rider Warren
New Zealand
After an unlucky first two days of Christchurch Cup and Show Week, local trainer Michael Pitman decided a wardrobe change was in order to try and turn around the fortunes of the team that he and son Matthew had engaged on the final day at Riccarton. The Pitman partnership are
New Zealand
The winning run of trainer Andrew Forsman continued at Tauranga on Saturday when promising three-year-old Devastate (NZ) (Vadamos) came from last on the home bend to take out the Bayleys Bay Of Plenty 3YO (1400m). The well related son of Vadamos was having just his third start after finishing runner-up
New Zealand
One of the biggest days on the domestic racing calendar, New Zealand Cup Day at Riccarton, was abandoned after race three on Saturday due to safety concerns following a horse slipping whilst free of interference rounding the home turn. Harmonious, ridden by Lily Sutherland, clearly slipped on a lush patch
New Zealand
Roger Lang, one of the best jockeys in an outstanding era, will be remembered for a list of achievements that defied his constant battle with weight. Memories of Lang’s prowess in the saddle have been revived with news of his death yesterday at age 77 following a period of
New Zealand
Exhilarating but terrifying, that's how Riccarton trainer Anna Furlong describes the build-up to Saturday's Gr.1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m), where she and training partner Shane Kennedy will produce the trio of Blue Solitaire, Perfectly Suited and Kikimora. Furlong concedes she may never
New Zealand
A small field will work in favour of hot-pot Legarto’s bid to extend her winning sequence to four when she steps out in the Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton on Saturday. The undefeated daughter of Proisir has a stranglehold on the market for the Barneswood
Callsign Mav (NZ) (Atlante) now has some stiff competition for Jamie Mott's favourite horse of the spring, but he gets the chance to cement his position at Cranbourne this Saturday. The ex-Kiwi gelding will be reunited with Mott in the $500,000 Listed Cranbourne Cup (1600m), seven days
New Zealand
Pierro mare Vidiano has returned to her homeland after several years in Australia and will make her New Zealand debut in the CR Grace LTD Handicap (1600m) at Hastings on Sunday. Initially in the care of Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman, Vidiano placed in both of her trials
New Zealand
Fresh from a winning midweek double, Daniel Stackhouse will be hoping for further success at Riccarton on Saturday before he returns to Australia. The expatriate Kiwi jockey returned home for a fleeting visit to combine business with pleasure and in the former role will have 10 rides on the closing
New Zealand
A double dose of stakes delight at Riccarton on Wednesday continued Lisa Latta’s golden run of form at the New Zealand Cup carnival. The Awapuni trainer claimed top honours in the Gr.3 Valachi Downs Canterbury Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) with Belclare (NZ) (Per Incanto) and her winning lead was