New Zealand
Firmer footing could be the key to Markus Aurelius (NZ) (Ghibellines) winning his second successive Coupland's Bakeries Mile at Riccarton on Wednesday, according to Matamata trainer Mark Walker. The gelding won last year's Gr.2 Coupland's Bakeries Mile (1600m) for trainer Jamie Richards and
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Australia
Star New Zealand bred mare Verry Elleegant is likely to be bred to Irish-based stallion Sea The Stars. Part-owner Brae Sokolski said although the date was yet to be confirmed, the ownership group had a keen interest in sending their 11-time Group One winner to the world’
New Zealand
Classic-winning three-year-old Pier is likely to campaign in Australia some time next autumn, but it’s not clear what stable he’ll be racing from. Pier confirmed his class on Saturday with a narrow but brave victory in the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld New Zealand 2000
New Zealand
John Bary’s fleeting visit to Christchurch at the weekend to monitor leading filly Best Seller’s progress had the desired outcome. The whistle-stop venture south provided confirmation to the Hastings trainer that his Gr.1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) prospect was in tip-top shape
Australia
Little Avondale Stud toasted another Group One victory on Saturday from their crack sprinter Roch ‘N’ Horse (NZ) (Per Incanto) at Flemington and for one member of the Williams family it provided a timely tonic. Nursery principals Sam and Catriona Williams were trackside to cheer home their star mare in
New Zealand
Te Akau Racing usually have a strong hand in the DoubleTree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) and on Saturday leading trainer Mark Walker unearthed another candidate for the January feature when Viva Vienna (NZ) (All Too Hard) landed the SVS Starting Gates 2YO (1000m) at Te Rapa. The filly
New Zealand
Classy three-year-old filly Prowess (NZ) (Proisir) will not back-up in the Gr.1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton next weekend, for which she is $4.20 second favourite behind Legarto ($1.65). The daughter of Proisir was beaten less than a half-length
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Australia
Five-year-old gelding Snapper (NZ) (Power) capped a bumper day for Trans-Tasman trainer Michael Moroney when winning the $A150,000 World Horse Racing Grand Handicap (1100m), the final race of the Flemington carnival. The son of Power was another Kiwi bred sprinting success story down the straight course
Australia
Kiwi mare Short Shorts (NZ) (Iffraaj) recorded her first metropolitan Saturday victory when landing the Ranvet Handicap (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday. The Brad Widdup-trained four-year-old daughter of Iffraaj was sent straight to the front by jockey Tom Sherry and never looked like getting beaten in the
Australia
The Michael Moroney-trained Roch 'N' Horse has reiterated her class with a second Group One victory at Flemington when defeating Nature Strip in the A$3 million Darley Champions Sprint (1200m). The daughter of Per Incanto has hardly put a foot wrong since transferring across the Tasman