New Zealand
Auckland Classics await promising Wairarapa gelding Skippers Canyon (NZ) (Belardo) following his pleasing trial at Foxton on Tuesday. The Belardo gelding was runner-up to Group Three performer Beavertown Boy in their 1600m heat, and his performance was to the satisfaction of trainer Jim Wallace. “I was happy with him,” Wallace
Australia
Multiple Group One winner Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel) will kick-off what will likely be her last racing campaign when she heads to Randwick on Saturday to contest what is shaping to be a very competitive Gr.2 Apollo Stakes (1400m). Raced by New Zealand syndicator Go Racing, the seven-year-old mare has
New Zealand
Gun New Zealand three-year-old Savaglee (NZ) (Savabeel) got his first taste of Australian racing on home soil on Saturday when placing behind Aussie raiders Here To Shock (NZ) (Shocking) and Bosustow (Blue Point) in the Gr.1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa, and his connections are now looking
New Zealand
Dual Group One winner La Crique (NZ) (Vadamos) continued her consistent run of form when finishing runner-up to El Vencedor in Saturday’s Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa, and she will now be set for another elite-level 2000m test. The daughter of Vadamos has been in
New Zealand
Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh’s phone will likely be ringing red-hot following Penman’s win at Tauranga on Friday. The $3.5 million NZB Kiwi (1500m) is fast approaching and many of the slot holders have yet to show their hand and select their contender, and Marsh believes his classy
New Zealand
Three-year-old filly Way Out West made a winning debut when comfortably defeating older horses in the Laser Electrical Tauranga Maiden (1400m) at Tauranga on Friday. The Andrew Forsman-trained daughter of U S Navy Flag had placed in two of her four trials, including an eye-catching effort at Matamata prior to
New Zealand
King Of The Castle will make a welcome return to New Zealand racing on Saturday when he contests the Listed Nellies Restaurant & Bar Hazlett Stakes (1400m) at Wingatui. The eight-year-old son of Castledale was a standout for trainer Kelvin Tyler as a younger horse, winning three races before his
New Zealand
A win in Saturday’s $350,000 Sir Patrick Hogan Karapiro Classic (1600m) at Te Rapa on Saturday would be a great tonic for trainer Lynda German, who is currently at her mother’s bedside at Gisborne Hospital. While in Gisborne, Steely Man’s final preparations for the weekend are
New Zealand
Group One performer Sacred Satono will be looking to bounce back to form when he heads to Te Rapa on Saturday to tackle a star-studded line-up in the Gr.1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m). The five-year-old entire was runner-up behind Grail Seeker in the Gr.1 Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham
New Zealand
Trainer Pam Gerard took plenty of convincing to head south to Tauherenikau with Reputation (NZ) (Iffraaj) on Thursday, but the long trip paid off with victory in the Listed Clubs NZ Wairarapa Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m). Leading apprentice jockey Lily Sutherland was positive aboard Reputation from the jump, pushing forward
New Zealand
Enigmatic four-year-old Danjuro (NZ) (Saxon Warrior) has been a work in progress for trainer Peter Didham, but the penny may be starting to drop with the son of Saxon Warrior, who scored his second consecutive victory in the Central ITM Wairarapa Cup (2050m) at Tauherenikau on Thursday. The gelding settled
New Zealand
The $3.5 million NZB Kiwi (1500m) is fast approaching, and the Canterbury Jockey Club’s contender Domain Ace (NZ) (Swiss Ace) will ready for the rich feature with a 1400m hit-out at Tauranga on Friday. The Graeme and Debbie Rogerson-trained gelding secured his berth in the NZB Kiwi when