Australia
Danny O’Brien is leaning towards heading north to Sydney on Saturday with his comeback gelding Showmanship (NZ) (Showcasing) to contest the Gr.3 Show County Quality (1200m). The Barwon Heads trainer has also accepted with the New Zealand-bred gelding for the Listed Carlyon Stakes (1000m) at The Valley,
New Zealand
Synthetic track action in the Central Districts has shifted up a gear with the first trial meeting successfully held at Awapuni. The recently completed surface at the Palmerston North course, which opened for trackwork a fortnight ago, hosted eight 1000m heats on Thursday morning and passed with flying colours. Construction
New Zealand
An enforced change of training regime may spark veteran sprinter King Cougar (NZ) (Alamosa) at Oamaru on Friday. Steve Tyler's private Kaiapoi training track has been under water for almost the past month, forcing the trainer to utilise alternate venues to condition Alamosa nine-year-old King Cougar
New Zealand
Grace’s Secret (NZ) (Vadamos) will be a bit of an unknown to Australian punters, but trainer Chris Waller is hoping that will change at Randwick on Saturday. The New Zealand-bred filly will make her Australian debut in the Gr.2 Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m) where she will be
Australia
Winter find Cross Talk (NZ) (Keano) will face an important career test when he extends to 1600 metres for the first time in the Listed Rowley Mile at Hawkesbury. Trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, the gelding has won three of his four starts this preparation, culminating in a
Australia
Mo'Unga (NZ) (Savabeel) will bid to join an illustrious group of horses to have claimed back-to-back wins in the Winx Stakes when he resumes in a star-studded renewal of the Group One opener. A final field of 11 was declared on Wednesday highlighted by seven
New Zealand
Carl Henderson is viewing a trip to New Plymouth on Saturday with stakes performer Jodelin Gal (NZ) (Swiss Ace) as a means to a Group One end. The Te Awamutu trainer will run his talented and genuine daughter of Swiss Ace in the Steel & Tube Fortress Fasteners Open (1300m)
Australia
Trainer Andrew Forsman expects to see significant improvement from Mr Maestro (NZ) (Savabeel) when he lines-up at The Valley on Saturday. The stakes performer finished fifth in his debut Australian outing at Sandown earlier in the month, but the Cambridge conditioner said the 1200m hit-out would bring on
New Zealand
Promising Matamata mare Cork (NZ) (Complacent) may be aimed at some ambitious spring targets if she can run well in Saturday’s ITM Interprovincial Championship (1600m) at New Plymouth. The five-year-old has won three of her nine starts and earned her first black type when finishing second to
Australia
Group One performer Icebath (NZ) (Sacred Falls) has trainer Brad Widdup excited ahead of her spring preparation. The daughter of Sacred Falls has returned in great order from her winter spell according to the Hawkesbury conditioner. With the deluge of rain in autumn, Icebath had an interrupted preparation but still
Forgot You (NZ) (Savabeel) will return to his favourite track to kick-start his latest campaign and in the process edge towards a start in the Cox Plate. The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young trained galloper will run over 1500m at The Valley on Saturday in a Four-Year-Olds
New Zealand
Neil Coulbeck isn’t planning to be idle now that he’s decided to stop training thoroughbreds. Coulbeck sent his last horse to the races at Riccarton last Saturday, and nearly had the perfect farewell when Zacat was a close second in the Neil Coulbeck Rating 65, a race event