Australia
Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed) has been rated the world’s best racemare according to the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings (WBRR) released by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) on Tuesday. The New Zealand-bred mare was given a rating of 123 for her win in the Gr.1
New Zealand
Cambridge trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood are well on their way toward their most successful season since forming a training partnership at the beginning of the 2018-19 term. Their top tally to date was 30 winners in that initial season and they are currently sitting on 20 with a
New Zealand
The Board of New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) has announced further stakes increases. An increase of $2.4 million has been allocated for the period of 3 April until 26 August 2022 and includes stakes lifts across the board. As outlined in July when announcing the $7 million injection into
New Zealand
A stirring gallop at New Plymouth has given Allan Sharrock all the reassurance he needs about Waisake’s (NZ) (Zed) readiness for back-to-back victories in one of New Zealand’s premier staying tests. Waisake is a clear favourite for the Gr.3 New Zealand Campus of Innovation and Sport Wellington
New Zealand
Sam Weatherley enjoyed his biggest pay day as a jockey at Ellerslie on Saturday and is now looking forward to another potentially rewarding meeting at the other end of the island this weekend. He combined with the Jamie Richards-trained Pin Me Up to land the thick end of the stake
New Zealand
While the large crowd expected for Wellington Cup Day will no longer be present at Trentham on Saturday, the Wellington Racing Club is thankful the meeting is able to go ahead. With New Zealand entering the red setting of the COVID-19 traffic light system at 11:59pm last Sunday, the
Randwick-based conditioner John O'Shea has been in solid form of present with eight winners (16%) and a further 15 placings (46%) from his past 50 runners, and he had no less than 16 gallopers going around in his home track trials this morning. One of the headline acts
New Zealand
Speedy mare Babylon Berlin (All Too Hard) may be given a chance to extend her distance range in next month’s Gr.1 BCD Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa. Babylon Berlin showed her customary speed and determination when winning the Gr.3 Concorde Handicap (1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday, leading
New Zealand
Racehorse syndicator Go Racing has achieved plenty of success in Australia recently and Racing Manager Albert Bosma is planning to further increase their presence across the Tasman in the future. “Our Australian arm makes up about 35 percent of our horses, but that is increasing all the time,” Bosma said.
New Zealand
Trans-Tasman trainer Michael Moroney has welcomed the arrival of promising Kiwi filly Let’s Say Grace (NZ) (Charm Spirit) to his Flemington base. The three-year-old daughter of Charm Spirit won impressively at Tauranga over 1400m in December under the care of Moroney’s Matamata training partner Pam Gerard, with that
New Zealand
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Lindsay Park will be hoping to consolidate their position in the top three on the Victorian Metropolitan Trainers' Premiership with a strong hand at Caulfield on Wednesday. Since taking over just prior to the commencement of the current season, Ben and JD Hayes sit third on both the Victorian