New Zealand
Taranaki trainer Allan Sharrock is hoping his diminutive sprinter Tavi Mac (NZ) (Tavistock) can provide the movie fairytale finish to Saturday's Gr.1 JR & N Berkett Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham. "It's the old battler's tale. The little horse from humble beginnings up
New Zealand
The Otaki stable of Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard boasts the best strike-rate in New Zealand this season, and a quality quartet of runners at Trentham on Saturday could further embellish their impressive record. Benner and Wynyard have won 15 races so far this season, which puts them in 16th
New Zealand
Horses emanating from New Zealand made an impact at Caulfield on Wednesday, winning four of the eight races. Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr unearthed yet another New Zealand-bred Melbourne metropolitan winner as I'm Thunderstruck (NZ) (Shocking) arrived in the shadows of the post to win on debut
New Zealand
Evergreen sprinter Enzo’s Lad will be vying to record his third victory in the Gr.1 JR & N Berkett Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham on Saturday. The Michael and Matthew Pitman-trained gelding won consecutive editions in 2018 and 2019, before finishing runner-up last year behind Avantage. He will meet
Australia
Kiwi-bred horses have had a strong record in the Gr.2 Adelaide Cup (3200m), with the likes of Surprise Baby and Fanatic winning recent editions, and Plumpton trainer Patrick Payne is looking to extend that run with his in-form gelding Defibrillate. The six-year-old son of Shocking has won two of
New Zealand
Guy Lowry reckons he has talented Atlante three-year-old Basarwa in the best condition he could possibly have him in going into Saturday's Gr.1 Devan Plastics Levin Classic (1600m) at Trentham. Lowry, who trains in partnership with Grant Cullen, has produced Basarwa for a debut win at Hastings
Australia
It was a big day for trainer Jamie Richards and his team at the Matamata trials on Tuesday, with 32 runners, including star mares Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands) and Probabeel (NZ) (Savabeel). 11-time Group One winner Melody Belle headed into her 1200m heat with plenty of condition, but pleased Richards
New Zealand
Group One winner Travelling Light (NZ) (El Roca) will head to Ellerslie later this month to contest the Gr.2 Westbury Classic (1600m) after pleasing her connections with her runner-up effort in her 1000m heat at the Matamata trials on Tuesday. “I knew she was in good order, I just
New Zealand
The Graeme and Debbie Rogerson-trained Beauden (NZ) (Bullbars) could head to Trentham later this month to target the Gr.3 NZ Campus Of Innovation & Sport Wellington Cup (3200m), although his trainers are weighing up other options. The son of Bullbars made it back-to-back victories in the Listed Marton Cup
New Zealand
The David and Emma-Lee Browne-trained Elephant (NZ) (Shocking) and Gone West (NZ) (Reliable Man) have headed to the spelling paddock in preparation for bigger assignments next season. Promising four-year-old Elephant extended his unbeaten streak to four at Ellerslie on Saturday in the Otakiri Reserve 1500. It was his third start
New Zealand
Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman were buoyed by Aegon’s (NZ) (Sacred Falls) 1200m trial victory at Matamata on Tuesday ahead of his tilt at the Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie later this month. The Group One-winning three-year-old sat in the trail behind Mannie’s Power
New Zealand
Kevin Myers has long been one of the greatest supporters of country racing in New Zealand, and few horses embody that support better than Overtheriver (NZ) (Mettre En Jeu). The astute Wanganui horseman loves taking teams to the rural circuits, none more than the West Coast of the South Island