New Zealand
Robbie Patterson will have a strong hand to play at Trentham on Sunday with major plans tentatively in place for two of his five representatives. The New Plymouth trainer’s team is spearheaded by Gr.3 Gee & Hickton Funeral Directors Thompson Handicap (1600m) contender Secret Amour (NZ) (Niagara) and
Australia
Trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr only have one query surrounding their Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m) contender I’m Thunderstruck (NZ) (Shocking) – how to ride him from gate 10. By the time the son of Shocking jumps in The Valley feature on Saturday, 16 races will have already
Australia
Champion mare Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed) has been officially retired and will be served by a yet-to-be-confirmed northern hemisphere sire. The announcement was made by her ownership group on Thursday afternoon, pulling the curtain down on a glittering career which saw her claim 11 Group Ones. Her
New Zealand
Go Racing have strength in their three-year-old ranks as evidenced by a wining double at Tauranga on Wednesday. The Stephen Marsh-trained Abandon (NZ) (Turn Me Loose) was making his season debut and settled midfield with cover for Wiremu Pinn before making a move on hitting the straight
Australia
The Gr.1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) has been the centre of Roch ‘N’ Horse’s (NZ) (Per Incanto) spring plans and trainer Michael Moroney is hoping an unfavourable draw won’t prove the mare’s undoing. The classy daughter of Per Incanto will be ridden by Patrick Moloney and was
Australia
Trainer Brad Widdup believes his mare Icebath (NZ) (Sacred Falls) is cherry ripe for Saturday’s A$2 million The Invitation (1400m) at Randwick. The Sacred Falls six-year-old won the race last year and while she hasn’t won a race since, Widdup is confident of a bold
New Zealand
Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh said he couldn't be any happier with his trio going into Saturday's Gr.3 Super Seth Soliloquy Stakes (1400m) at Te Rapa but knows they have a colossal job ahead of them to knock off the race's leading lights. Marsh
New Zealand
In-form mare Quota will be on trial for a trip across the Tasman when she heads to Trentham on Sunday to contest the Graham’s Painters 2200. The Makfi five-year-old has won her last three races and booked a berth in next month’s The Jericho Cup
Australia
Maximus Prime (NZ) (Echoes of Heaven) is a country boy at heart and, in that role, he will now be racing for a major pot of gold during the Melbourne spring carnival. The Echoes Of Heaven gelding’s first success on Australian soil from Archie Alexander’s Ballarat stable over
New Zealand
Last start Group One winner Mustang Valley is set to fly to Melbourne next week as she adds further arsenal to the Australian raiding party of the in-form Andrew Forman stable. The four-year-old daughter of Vanbrugh was a runaway winner of the Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m)
New Zealand
Singapore Champion Jockey Hakim Kamaruddin is set to bolster the riding ranks in New Zealand. Indentured to Te Akau trainer Mark Walker in Singapore, Kamaruddin (24) joined Walker with honours last year when winning both Champion Apprentice and Champion Jockey titles. Capturing both awards exemplified the ability of Kamaruddin, in
New Zealand
Skew Wiff (NZ) (Savabeel) rewarded her backers at Tauranga on Wednesday when comfortably taking out the Ultimate Mazda Maiden 3YO (1200m) by 2-1/2 lengths. The Savabeel filly won both of her trials in the lead-up to her first-up run where she was backed into $2.10