New Zealand
Trainer Andrew Carston is hoping to get a gauge on Group Two performer Milford Sound (NZ) (Ocean Park) when he lines-up in the Otago Daily Times (2200m) at Wingatui on Friday. The son of Ocean Park had a rewarding three-year-old season, placing in the Listed Southland Guineas
Australia
Andrew Forsman was far from disappointed when last Saturday’s Doomben meeting fell foul of the big wet in Queensland. The Cambridge trainer had voiced serious reservations about The Chosen One’s (NZ) (Savabeel) heavy track prospects in the Gr.1 Doomben Cup (2100m) before the meeting was abandoned. Take
Australia
Lance O’Sullivan won the Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m) as a jockey 30 years ago and he is hoping to repeat the feat as a trainer at Eagle Farm on Saturday. “I won the Derby on a filly called Royal Magic. She won the Oaks and then a week
New Zealand
Improving Matamata filly Farrenc (NZ) (Dalghar) will try her luck across the Tasman from the Lindsay Park stable for a short campaign. Trainers Simon and Katrina Alexander decided the trip to join the team of Ben and JD Hayes in Victoria was the best idea for the three-year-old
New Zealand
Those wanting to make the most of the early bird entry fee for the 2022 NZB Insurance Pearl Series will need to get their nominations of 2020 born fillies in by next Tuesday. After Tuesday, 31 May the nomination fee will rise from $1,150 (including GST) to $1,725
New Zealand
Rose Crescent (So You Think) isn’t letting her lack of stature get in the way of fashioning a tidy racing record for trainers Ken and Bev Kelso. The diminutive four-year-old has been taken along quietly by the Matamata husband and wife team and patience was further rewarded
Australia
Leading French trainer Francis-Henri Graffard is looking forward to welcoming 11-time Group One winner Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed) to his Chantilly barn later this week. The New Zealand-bred mare is transferring to his care from leading Sydney trainer Chris Waller and Graffard is excited about the challenge
Australia
Palmerston North horsewoman Lucy Tanner turned a few of her colleagues’ heads when she nicknamed a young filly “Rolls Royce” before she’d even had a trial. That assessment was vindicated in style when Belle Plaisir (NZ) (Proisir), who she owns with Lance Hickman, won the Gr.3 RA Lee
Australia
Gr.1 South Australian Derby (2500m) winner Jungle Magnate’s racing future now lies in Hong Kong. His sale was confirmed on RSN by Mick Price who trained the gelding in partnership with Michael Kent Jnr. The son of Tarzino was purchased by Price out of Westbury Stud’s 2020
New Zealand
The abandonment and subsequent transfer of the Gr.1 Doomben Cup (2000m) to Eagle Farm this Saturday could be a blessing in disguise for Coventina Bay (NZ) (Shamexpress). The race was initially set to run at Doomben on Wednesday following Saturday’s abandonment, however, that meeting has also been abandoned.
Wordsworth (NZ) (Makfi) was back in form at Te Rapa on Saturday, picking up the seventh win of his career when victorious in the Jones Trucking 2100. The five-year-old gelding disappointed when beating just one runner home at Hawera a week prior and trainer Margaret Falconer was pleased
New Zealand
Members from two of Australasia’s most famous racing families with winning ties to the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) joined forces for a memorable victory at Hawera. The Jaimee-Lee Lupton-prepared Lostcause (NZ) (Sweynesse) was successful in Sunday’s BHL Feeds ‘Copper Weave’ Maiden (1400m) with the trainer