New Zealand
Murray Baker knows he’s got a good three-year-old staying prospect in Samarkand (NZ) (Mongolian Khan), an outstanding winner at Tauranga on Sunday. What he doesn’t know is what to do with him next. Baker, who trains at Cambridge with Andrew Forsman, clearly had a strong opinion
Australia
Like more than 26,000 other overseas Kiwis, trainer David Browne is hoping to be home by Christmas. The Waikato horseman, who trains in partnership with his wife Emma-Lee, is currently campaigning a handful of their team in Melbourne, with much success, headlined by Elephant’s (NZ) (Shocking) Gr.
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The David Greene-trained debutant Empress El (NZ) (El Roca) made the best possible start to her racing career when she downed a handy field of maiden gallopers over 1200m at Tauranga on Sunday. The El Roca three-year-old dented a few reputations when she produced a strong finishing
New Zealand
Progressive galloper Bari (NZ) (Proisir) opened his spring campaign in similar style to how he finished off his three-year-old season when he trounced a handy field of rating 74 rivals over 1200m at Matamata. The strapping son of Proisir won two of his last four starts to round
New Zealand
We speak with Lexington-based Kiwi Michael Wallace who is the Chief Operating Officer of China Horse Club. The respected bloodstock advisor celebrated from afar as valuable Snitzel colts Wild Ruler (Gr.1 Moir Stakes, 1000m) and In The Congo (Gr.1 Golden Rose, 1400m) landed elite-level victories on
New Zealand
Spraying weeds and doing some maintenance work around his Wairarapa property on Sunday afternoon was a far cry from the excitement that businessman and thoroughbred owner and breeder David Wallace had experienced over the previous 48 hours. Wallace, the son of well-known Central Districts trainer Jim Wallace and brother
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A quiet weekend on the domestic front for trainer Jamie Richards provided him with the opportunity to focus on the Australian-based members of his Matamata operation, who performed with credit despite not managing to bring up a victory in either Melbourne or Sydney. First cab off the rank was
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Australia
Four-year-old mare Esta La Roca (NZ) (El Roca) notched the fifth win of her career when successful at Sandown on Saturday over 1000m. The Lloyd Kennewell-trained mare was sent out $2.70 favourite and was prominent throughout before staving off the challengers late to salute for apprentice
Australia
Kiwi galloper Elephant (NZ) (Shocking) has rebounded from his sole career defeat with an impressive win in Saturday’s Gr.3 Sandown Stakes (1500m). The Emma-Lee and David Browne-trained gelding suffered his first defeat when thrust into the deep end when he ran a game second in the
New Zealand
Underrated local mare House Of Cartier (Alamosa) made her return to racing in emphatic fashion on Saturday when she stormed home from near last on the home bend to take out the Gr.3 Boehringer Ingelheim Metric Mile (1600m) at Awapuni. The Peter Didham-trained six-year-old has always