New Zealand
Roger James and Robert Wellwood believe there is a positive sense of timing around Two Illicit’s (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) bid for Group One glory at Trentham on Saturday. The Cambridge trainers are confident the daughter of Jimmy Choux will relish the step up in distance on a roomy track
New Zealand
Few people get the chance at a trifecta in a Group One race, but that is what Cambridge horseman Ben Foote is vying for in the Gr.1 Rydges Wellington Captain Cook Stakes (1600m) at Trentham on Saturday. The track holds fond memories for Foote, who scored his first elite-
New Zealand
A double-handed attack on the Gr.3 Mitchell Family Bonecrusher Stakes (1400m) highlights a busy day for the Wexford Stables team on their home track at Matamata on Saturday. The training partnership of Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott will saddle up the Group Two-placed gelding Dark Destroyer
Australia
Fresh from success in the feature staying races at Caulfield last weekend, Flemington trainer Mike Moroney is mulling over options for Dragon Storm (NZ) (Shocking) and Sound (Lando). Gr.3 New Zealand Cup (3200m) winner Dragon Storm had been disappointing in his three runs leading into his fast-finishing victory
New Zealand
Glamour mare and multiple Group One winner Probabeel (NZ) (Savabeel) led the powerful Te Akau Racing operation’s dominance of domestic racing honours for the 2020-21 season. At New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing’s virtual event on Monday evening, the Jamie Richards-trained Probabeel was crowned Horse of the Year
New Zealand
It was a night for the mares when Probabeel took the New Zealand Thoroughbred Horse of the Year honours for the 2020-21 season. The results were announced at a virtual event screened on Trackside on Monday night. Probabeel gained just over half over of the 57 votes cast when
Australia
Grant and Alana Williams confirmed on Monday that exclusive ties with leviathan owner Bob Peters are to be cut in 2022 so to welcome outside clients and to open a satellite stable in Victoria. Western Australia’s leading stable, which has won two Group One races over the past fortnight
New Zealand
After two photo finishes in the first two races at Cromwell on Sunday, Megalomaniac (NZ) (Pure Champion) gave the judge a breather with a dominant three-and-a-quarter length win in the Wingatui Function Centre (1400m). Under a positive ride from Kozzi Asano, Megalomaniac found the front from the
New Zealand
Saturday’s Gr.1 Rydges Wellington Captain Cook Stakes (1600m) could be a swansong to New Zealand racing, at least for a while, for class Taranaki gelding Justaskme (NZ) (No Excuse Needed). The six-year-old has been one of the best wet-weather gallopers in the past 12 months
New Zealand
Racha Cuneen has added another string to his racing bow with the Group One-winning jockey posting his maiden success as a trainer. The Riccarton-based horseman prepared Stop Yelling (NZ) (Proisir) to dead-heat for first in Sunday’s Otago Farm Machinery Maiden (1400m) at Cromwell and, for good
New Zealand
Trainer Paul Harris is eyeing major staying targets this season with his promising mare Wannabe ‘N’ Paris (NZ) (Reliable Man) and longer-term would dearly love to travel further afield to Australia. The Rangiora-based horseman prepared the daughter of Reliable Man to claim top honours in Sunday’s Cromwell
New Zealand
Team Pitman have many fond memories of Trentham racecourse and they are hoping that will continue on Saturday when Miss Tycoon Rose (Written Tycoon) tackles the Gr.1 Rydges Wellington Captain Cook Stakes (1600m). “We have won three Group Ones there and it is track that is pretty special to