New Zealand
Lynsey Satherley still yearns for the Fiji sun but she's just as happy to reunite with Supreme Heights (NZ) (Darci Brahma) in Saturday's Gr.3 Rydges Rotorua Stakes (1400m). The Cambridge jockey was Supreme Heights' regular rider at the start of her career but a
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It has been eight months since Dragon Leap (Pierro) has been sighted on raceday, but that is about to change. Trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott have taken their time with the Hermitage Thoroughbreds-raced gelding after injury curtailed his spring campaign. “We took him to Sydney in the spring
New Zealand
Quality stayer Charles Road (Myboycharlie) has been retired. The seven-year-old gelding acquitted himself well in Australasia’s staying features, headlined by his victory in the Gr.2 Chairman’s Quality (2600m) at Randwick three years ago. Raced as Sir Charles Road in Australia, the son of Myboycharlie also placed in
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Talented jumper It’s A Wonder (NZ) (Istidaad) will be chasing history next week at Te Rapa. The Harvey Wilson-trained 10-year-old will be vying to retain his crown in the Signature Homes Waikato Steeplechase (3900m). While winning back-to-back editions of a race isn’t uncommon, winning it in the same
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Training facilities will be upgraded and racing is set to continue on a smaller scale at Pukekohe Park as part of the proposed merger between the Counties Racing Club and Auckland Racing Club. Counties Racing Club chairman Mark Chitty told a meeting of club members on Monday night that the
New Zealand
The merger between the Auckland Racing Club (ARC) and Counties Racing Club (CRC) has taken a step closer to completion this week. Members of both clubs had respective meetings this week where further details of the potential merger were outlined and discussed, and ARC chief executive Paul Wilcox said he
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Beauden (NZ) (Beauden) will be out to end his season on a high when he heads to Rotorua on Saturday. The Team Rogerson-trained gelding has won four of his last six starts, including the Gr.2 Awapuni Gold Cup (2000m) and Gr.3 Canterbury Gold Cup (2000m), and showed he
Australia
Lost And Running (NZ) (Per Incanto) will get his first opportunity at stakes level on Saturday when he contests the Listed Luskin Star Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill. The Per Incanto four-year-old hasn’t put a foot wrong so far in his career, winning five of his six starts, and finishing
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Talented stayer Quick Thinker (So You Think) showed enough in his 1030m trial at Rosehill on Tuesday morning to suggest a brief Queensland campaign could be on the cards. The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained stayer had been on a path to the Gr.1 Sydney Cup (3200m) before a
Australia
Fresh from saddling the first two runners home in the Gr.1 South Australian Derby (2500m) last Saturday, Ciaron Maher and David Eustace are set to display the depth of their staying three-year-olds with promising galloper Through Irish Eyes (NZ) (Tavistock) ready to take on older horses in the Listed
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The Gr.1 Doomben Cup (2000m) on May 22 remains set as the final start in the storied career of Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands) following her midfield finish at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Trainer Jamie Richards said the 14-time Group One winner ran well when finishing 10th in the
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A spate of incidents over the weekend has resulted in a number of jockeys joining the injury list, with a couple having an enforced winter hiatus. On Sunday, leading Central Districts jockey Lisa Allpress was involved in an incident in the starting gates where she sustained a head knock after