New Zealand
Te Akau trainer Mark Walker made history at Tauranga on Friday when recording the fastest ever century of winners in a season. Heading into the meeting with 98 wins to date this season, Walker quickly added to his tally when securing the quinella in the Ray White Tauranga 1200 courtesy
New Zealand
Smart three-year-old Sharp ‘N’ Smart is out of Saturday’s Gr.2 Life Direct Wellington Guineas (1400m) at Trentham with a stone bruise. “I couldn’t have been happier with his gallop yesterday morning, but before the truck left this morning he had a bit of heat in one foot,
New Zealand
Codigo is bidding to kick-start what Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh is hoping can be a memorable week for his two-year-olds. Marsh will produce the Ardrossan gelding in Saturday's Listed IRT Wellesley Stakes (1100m) at Trentham at just his second start after an all-the-way debut win at Matamata this
New Zealand
Guy Lowry will be represented by a quartet of black-type contenders on Saturday with two of them bidding to add to his collection of titles in Trentham’s most prestigious short course event. The Hastings trainer has twice tasted success the Gr.1 JR & N Berkett Telegraph (1200m) and
New Zealand
Wingatui trainer Terry Kennedy is a patient man - and with good reason. Kennedy will produce seven-year-old Gallant Guru mare Sadler's Lass (NZ) in Saturday's WAE Waikouaiti Cup (2200m) at Wingatui, happy his charge is only getting better with age. In fact, Kennedy believes Sadler'
International
Bolstering a reputation as an emerging contender among Hong Kong’s staying division, Money Catcher franked an excellent Gr.1 Hong Kong Cup (2000m) performance last month with a brave Gr.3 January Cup Handicap (1800m) triumph at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. Driven to the front by jockey Silvestre
New Zealand
Ken Kelso isn’t looking too far ahead with Levante (NZ) (Proisir) with his focus firmly centred on the star mare’s bid for back-to-back feature sprint titles at Trentham. The Matamata conditioner and training partner and wife Bev can’t fault their daughter of Proisir ahead of Saturday’s
Australia
Trans-Tasman trainer Michael Moroney is excited to tackle feature sprint racing in the coming month with his dual Group One winner Roch ‘N’ Horse (NZ) (Per Incanto). The New Zealand-bred mare won the Gr.1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington last year before returning to the Melbourne track to down
International
New Zealand-bred mare Carolina Reaper (NZ) (Vespa) is nearing her debut in Dubai. The daughter of Vespa was purchased out of Graham Richardson and Rogan Norvall’s Matamata stable following her victory in the Gr.3 Easter Handicap (1600m) last April and underwent pre-training in Australia before heading to the
New Zealand
Puntura (NZ) (Vespa) will be looking to snare his first stakes success when he heads to Trentham on Saturday. The five-year-old gelding finished runner-up in the Gr.3 J Swap Sprint (1400m) at Trentham last month before finishing fourth in the Gr.2 Rich Hill Mile (1600m) at the Hamilton
Australia
Western Empire (NZ) (Iffraaj) will make his claim for a berth in the A$5 million All-Star Mile (1600m) when he lines-up in the Gr.3 Standish Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday. Owner Bob Peters is aiming three of his horses for the rich feature, including 2020 victor Regal
Breeding
A livestream of Sir Patrick Hogan’s funeral will be available tomorrow (Wednesday, January 11) at 11am for those unable to attend. Aged 83, Sir Patrick passed away peacefully on January 6. In lieu of flowers please make a donation to Cambridge Riding for the Disabled in Patrick’s memory.