Australia
A pool of prominent Kiwi owners have enjoyed a good payday when the Kris Lees-trained Kinloch took out the lucrative A$500,0000 Polytrack Provincial-Midway Championships Final (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday. The son of I Am Invincible was bred by James Chapman of Jamieson Park, who shares
New Zealand
A comfortable victory at Rotorua on Saturday could pave the way for the lightly raced four-year-old mare Soprano Supreme to tackle stakes company at her next start. The Mark Walker-trained daughter of Contributer made her rating 74 rivals look second rate over 2200m as she loomed into
Australia
It's looming as another Heavy track in Sydney on Saturday for day two of The Championships and while some trainers are lamenting the expected conditions, Rob Blacker is unfazed. In what's a competitive Gr.1 Sydney Cup (3200m) field, the Mornington-based horseman knows a strenuous
New Zealand
Grand Annual Steeplechase hero Gold Medals has run his last race, with trainer Symon Wilde confirming the gelding's retirement from racing on Friday. The rising 13-year-old was being prepared for a fifth-consecutive run in the race that he has never finished further back than second
New Zealand
A stakes target is now in the offing for promising filly Candle after her impressive win in the Rich Hill Stud Autumn Sprint Series Qualifier (1100m) at Awapuni on Friday. The daughter of Super Easy settled midfield for jockey Johnathan Parkes who had to navigate to the extreme outside when
New Zealand
Trainer Lisa Latta was confident of a good showing from Group One performer Charms Star in Friday’s Gr.3 JAPAC Homes Manawatu Breeders’ Stakes (2000m) at Awapuni and under a positive Wiremu Pinn ride the four-year-old mare narrowly saluted from the fast-finishing favourite Sinarahma, with Samiam
New Zealand
Peter Didham’s stable was in imperious form at Wanganui on Thursday and he is bullish about adding black type to his haul at Riccarton this weekend when progressive filly Mazzini opens a two-race southern campaign. The Awapuni trainer produced Champers, Heidi Belle and St Nancy to win on
New Zealand
Trainer Stephen Marsh was delighted with the performance of promising three-year-old Hoard The Bourbon, who took out The Oaks Stud 3YO 1600 at Awapuni on Friday. The son of Iffraaj previously won well at Matamata when resuming, having shown good ability last spring in a campaign that was
Australia
Despite believing that Verry Elleegant’s heavy-track superpowers may not be what they once were, Don Goodwin is heading across the Tasman hoping to see something very special from his champion mare in Saturday’s $4 million Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at Randwick. Goodwin bred and part-
Australia
Proven Thoroughbreds principal Jamie Walter has been rubbing his hands together as Sydney has been hit by a deluge of rain this week. The syndicator will have a leading chance in the Gr.1 Sydney Cup (3200m) at Randwick on Saturday in the form of wet track specialist Stockman, who
Australia
Kris Lees and new stable acquisition Le Villi (NZ) (Puccini) have had about as much time to get to know each other as a couple on a speed dating experience. But Lees is happy to progress to the next round and take her to Saturday's ATC Australian Oaks
Australia
Trainer Brad Widdup is relying on a tried and tested formula to help luckless mare Icebath (NZ) (Sacred Falls) snare an elusive Group One win on the second day of The Championships at Randwick. Two of the five-year-old's best runs have been on a seven-day