New Zealand
Talented jumper Tommyra (NZ) (Raise The Flag) will get the opportunity to try and secure his second feature jumps scalp at Hastings on Thursday when he tackles the Hydra-Cell Wellington Hurdle (3100m). The nine-year-old gelding won the Hawke’s Bay Hurdle (3100m) at the track earlier this month and gets
New Zealand
Catching National Apprentice Jockey Premiership leader Hazel Schofer may be a bridge too far for Kozzi Asano, but he is going to give it a good crack over the next two weeks. The leading South Island apprentice currently trails his Taranaki-based adversary by 11 wins after he recorded a winning
New Zealand
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New Zealand
Riverton trainer Kelvin Tyler has a team of up to ten runners primed for the last South Island race meeting of the current season next weekend, as he and daughter Aimee try to capture the title of leading South Island-based trainer in 2020/21. The Tyler twosome are currently tied
New Zealand
Trainer Nigel Tiley was looking forward to a leisurely Sunday morning bike ride in Queensland, away from the chilly New Zealand weather, after celebrating a special win at Ruakaka on Saturday. Tiley and wife Lee are in the middle of a three-month winter break from New Zealand racing as they
Australia
A gritty win by New Zealand-bred two-year-old War Eternal (NZ) (Pierro) at Royal Randwick on Saturday provided ex-pat Kiwi trainer Bjorn Baker with a victory that propelled him into second place on the Sydney Metropolitan Trainers’ Premiership (56 wins) behind runaway leader and fellow Kiwi Chris Waller (159). Baker is
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Australia
Michael Moroney's New Zealand stayer The Good Fight (NZ) (High Chaparral) relished Saturday's bleak weather when outstaying his rivals in the A$150,000 Flemington Cup 1849 (2800m). The Good Fight ($15), ridden by Ben Melham with the topweight of 60kg, defeated Sweet Thomas (Dylan Thomas)
Australia
I'm Thunderstruck (NZ) (Shocking) signaled his likely return to Stakes company next season with a dominant four-length victory in the A$135,000 K.A. Morrison Handicap (1400m) for three-year-olds at Flemington on Saturday. I'm Thunderstruck ($4.20 favourite), who is trained by Mick Price and
New Zealand
Proven wet track performer Barbara (NZ) (He's Remarkable) provided a welcome mid-winter highlight for her owner and former trainer Nigel Tiley when she strode clear in the concluding stages to capture the feature event at Ruakaka on Saturday, the ITM/GIB Whangarei Gold Cup (2100m). Raced by Tiley
New Zealand
Ken Rae and his daughter Krystal Williams-Tuhoro provided the first three runners home in Saturday’s two-year-old feature at Ruakaka. Race favourite Dream Queen and rider Sam Collett proved too strong in the run home as they dashed away from Sam Weatherley on stablemate Follow Your Dreams in the closing
New Zealand
Gale forces winds and torrential rain forced the abandonment of Saturday’s racemeeting at Trentham. More than 60mm of rain fell at the venue over a 12-hour period leading into raceday, causing water to pool around the track, while powerful wind gusts saw the running rail collapse in several locations.