Australia
New Zealand-owned three-year-old Crosshaven (Smart Missile) called on all his fortitude to outgun stablemate Aysar (Deep Field) in the Gr.3 Carbine Club Stakes (1600m), the opening event of the Melbourne Cup Carnival at Flemington. The Tom Dabernig and Ben Hayes-trained gelding races in the colours of Auckland property developer
New Zealand
Westbury Stud-based sire Telperion made the best start possible to his stallion career when his first runner to the track was successful at Awapuni on Saturday. Stormy (NZ) (Telperion), a showy chestnut from the Tony Pike stable, showed plenty of grit and determination to win first-up over 1000m after waging
New Zealand
New Zealand Premiership-leading jockey Danielle Johnson will miss the first day of the New Zealand Cup carnival at Riccarton next month through suspension. Johnson admitted a breach of careless riding aboard Melodious in the Conaghys Pro-Abamec 1400 at Te Aroha on Wednesday and was subsequently suspended from the conclusion of
New Zealand
Trainer Andrew Carston was thanking the late Neill Ridley following Caitlyn Jay’s win in the NZB Insurance Pearl Series Race (1400m) at Ashburton on Thursday. Ridley, who passed away from cancer earlier this month, was the mare’s former trainer. “When Neill got sick, he suggested to her owner
Australia
Leading Sydney trainer Chris Waller is hoping he can secure his home track’s biggest prize on Saturday when he lines-up Subpoenaed (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) in the A$7.5 million Golden Eagle (1500m) at Rosehill. The daughter of Rip Van Winkle won the Gr.2 Golden Pendant (1400m)
Australia
Kiwi-bred mare Oceanex (NZ) (Ocean Park) has been given the green light to continue onto the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) on Tuesday. The daughter of Ocean Park had undergone a veterinary inspection on Thursday morning where Racing Victoria’s chief vet Dr Grace Forbes, along with co-trainer Mick Price
Australia
Former Kiwi Riodini (NZ) (Proisir) will enter Saturday’s A$7.5 million Golden Eagle (1500m) in good form for what has been the target race all preparation. The New Zealand Group Three winner transferred at the beginning of the campaign from Nigel Tiley’s Pukekohe barn to Gai Waterhouse
New Zealand
New Plymouth trainer Allan Sharrock will take a quartet of runners to Awapuni on Saturday, headed by London Express and Sinarahma in the Courtesy Ford Red Craze Bowl (1300m). London Express heads into the race off the back of her fifth-placing in the Gr.3 Red Badge Spring Sprint (1400m)
New Zealand
South Auckland trainer Nigel Tiley has no reason to feel that TAB oddsetters have got their market wrong for Saturday's Listed Haunui Farm Karaka Classic (1600m) at Pukekohe. Bookmakers have installed the Tiley-trained pair of Demonetization and Le Castile as the $4.60 favourite and $4.80 second
Australia
John O'Shea will be making sure he is wearing his lucky purple tie when All Saints' Eve (NZ) (Savabeel) competes for a slice of the A$7.5 million Golden Eagle (1500m) pie on Halloween. The Randwick horseman might be a no-nonsense trainer but he has a
New Zealand
New Zealand Bloodstock have revealed the current order of entry for the Karaka Million races to be held at Ellerslie on January 23. Te Akau Racing hold a strong hand in the 2021 DoubleTree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m), a race they have won four times in a row
New Zealand
Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) contender Not An Option (Not A Single Doubt) has been ruled out of the three-year-old feature after bone chips were found in one of his fetlocks on Thursday morning. The Not A Single Doubt colt had suffered a heart