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
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
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
New Zealand
There were smiles all around after the running of race one at Ruakaka on Saturday with local resident Michelle Bradley making a welcome winning return to the training ranks through the deeds of four-year-old mare, Regal Duchess. The four-year-old daughter of Super Easy sat outside the
Australia
Warwick Farm-based trainer Bjorn Baker has continued his rich vein of form unveiling a promising two-year-old with War Eternal (NZ) (Pierro) proving to be too strong over the 1400m at Randwick. The Pierro two-year-old managed to get his head down on the line in blustery
New Zealand
Sanctify’s (NZ) (Reliable Man) win at Timaru on Friday was an important one for her connections. Ridden by Kylie Williams, Sanctify jumped well from the inside gate and settled on the rail just off pacemaker Gas Monkey (Choisir). Williams moved her mount outside the leader coming out of the
New Zealand
A year and more since COVID-19 changed the world that we knew, over the past week Mike and Paul Moroney have finally made it back to New Zealand to catch up on family, friends and business. Like so many others, the Melbourne-based brothers’ personal and commercial lives have
Australia
Racing NSW has announced that a new race, A$2 million The Invitation (1400m), will be run in October 2021, headlining several enhancements to the Sydney Spring Racing Carnival. The Invitation will be run for fillies and mares over a distance of 1400m at Royal Randwick on Saturday, 23 October
New Zealand
Former Sunline Trust Scholarship recipient Sam Begerson has been appointed assistant trainer to Jamie Richards at Te Akau Racing. Te Akau Principal David Ellis has been impressed with the 27-year-old since he has joined the racing arm of the operation, and he is pleased to offer the young
New Zealand
Racing Minister Grant Robertson has announced the first members of the TAB NZ Board. “This Board will progress from the excellent work done by the interim board, put in place in August 2020,” Robertson said. “The TAB Board was created under the Racing Act passed in 2020. The Act outlines
New Zealand
Samantha Collett is back with her feet on New Zealand soil, keen to further the experiences she has had riding abroad. Collett, who flew back home on Thursday night, will be straight back into action with seven rides at Ruakaka on Saturday, having ridden out of Queensland since the beginning
International
Hall of Fame trainer Laurie Laxon, whose list of achievements included a Melbourne Cup victory and multiple Singapore training premierships, has passed away. Laxon had lived in retirement in the Coromandel seaside town of Whitianga since returning from Singapore in 2017, the year after his induction to the New Zealand