New Zealand
NZ Racing and Breeding News – 27 March 2023
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New Zealand
<strong>Goldman helps boost profile of young stallion</strong>
Joe Smithies is hoping the rise to prominence of leading Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) hope Goldman can be a boost for his young South Island-based sire Verdi. Smithies is one of the principals of Monovale Holdings, which bred Goldman and co-owns Verdi with Long Acres Stud near Christchurch, where
New Zealand
Collett hoping for winning homecoming
Expat New Zealand jockey Sam Collett will make a fleeting return to New Zealand this weekend to ride at Awapuni’s feature meeting on Saturday. Collett has answered the call of Taranaki trainer Bill Thurlow, who she has a great association with, having recorded her first Group One success aboard
New Zealand
Entain announced as TAB NZ preferred partner
TAB NZ have announced Entain as the preferred partner for a 25-year strategic arrangement subject to Ministerial approval. The statutory entity and sole holder of a betting licence in New Zealand, TAB NZ has faced increasing competition, rising costs, capital constraints as well as other challenges, which have impacted its
New Zealand
Tulsi heads Benner-Wynyard Awapuni charge
Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard pride themselves on their strike rate and they are enjoying another successful season on that score. The Otaki trainers’ focus is very much on quality over quantity and they are sitting on 19 winners from 91 starters for the current term and looking to a
New Zealand
Where there is a will there is a Weka
Just seven days after outstanding three-year-old stayer Pennyweka captured the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) for her seventy strong syndicate of owners known as the Galloping Wekas Jazweka Syndicate, another branch of the successful syndication platform picked up their own triumph with Maryweka (NZ) (Time Test) at Riccarton on
New Zealand
Richardson runner ready for Group One assault
Trainer Graham Richardson believes the step up to 1400m for Saturday’s Gr.1 Courtesy Ford Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) is the key to promising two-year-old To Catch A Thief (US Navy Flag) finding his way to the top of the podium for the first time in his short
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Marsh eyes trans-Tasman Group One double
Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh is preparing for an attack on a Group One double on both sides of the Tasman this weekend. Marsh is hoping Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) runner-up Andalus (NZ) (Almanzor) can go one better in the Gr.1 Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick, while at
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Australia
Not An Option back in the winner’s circle
Nearly 12 months to the day, last season’s Listed Hareeba Stakes (1200m) winner Not An Option (Not A Single Doubt) was back in the winner’s circle when scoring an easy win in the A$150,000 Choices Flooring Handicap (1400m) at Flemington. The Mike Moroney-trained five-year-old has raced
Australia
Prowess purrs in Vinery romp
New Zealand-trained three-year-old Prowess (NZ) (Proisir) demolished her rivals when winning the Gr.1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill on Saturday. The Roger James and Robert Wellwood-trained daughter of Proisir has been in imperious form in her homeland and that form more than translated when crossing the Tasman Sea.
Australia
Goldman earns golden Melbourne Cup ticket
Untapped former New Zealand galloper Goldman (NZ) (Verdi) has earned himself a start in the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) with a dominant all-the-way win at Flemington. Success in the Listed Roy Higgins (2600m) on Saturday has provided the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained galloper with a ballot exemption into