New Zealand
Group One winner Pennyweka (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) took trainer Jim Wallace and her army of owners on the ride of a lifetime when taking out the New Zealand-Australian Oaks double last year, and just 18 months on the Opaki horseman thinks he might have another filly just as capable. Ardsley
New Zealand
Brucey Lee (NZ) (U S Navy Flag) made the seven-hour round trip from Ruakaka worthwhile for trainer Kim Knight on Wednesday when taking out the TAB 2000 at Cambridge Synthetic. The son of U S Navy Flag had placed in his previous start over 2100m on his home track earlier
New Zealand
Promising gelding Martell (NZ) (El Roca) will face his sternest test to date when he heads to Wanganui on Saturday to tackle the Balance Accountants Open 1200. It will be the furthest the five-year-old gelding has travelled away from trainer Jim Collett’s Matamata base, and his handler doesn’t
New Zealand
Gavelhouse.com has become an integral source of thoroughbred racing stock for dual code trainer Trent Yesberg, who is set to line-up a couple of his online purchases in the coming days. The Rangiora horseman is set to line-up perennial bridesmaid If I Get Paaid (NZ) (Iffraaj) in the Speights
New Zealand
Group Three performer Unbridled Joy will be out to capture his maiden stakes victory when he heads south to Wanganui on Saturday to contest the Listed HS Dyke Wanganui Guineas (1200m). The Snitzel colt won one and placed in two of his four starts as a juvenile last season, including
New Zealand
Te Akau Racing are hoping Skew Wiff’s (NZ) (Savabeel) placing in last Saturday’s Gr.2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m) at Te Rapa bodes well for her Group One title defence at Hastings on Saturday-week. The Waikato Stud-bred and raced mare placed in the same race last year before winning
Breeding
Loyalty is a core value for Sandy Moore, and he is now reaping the rewards from that virtue with his Group One-winning mare Bonny Lass (NZ) (Super Easy). Growing up with Trentham Racecourse on his back doorstep, racing has always been a passion for Moore, which he took with him
Australia
Go Racing’s multiple Group One winner Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel) will kick-off what they are hoping will be a lucrative spring preparation at Randwick on Saturday in the Gr.1 Winx Stakes (1400m). The daughter of Savabeel was a standout last spring, finishing runner-up in the Gr.2 Golden Pendant
New Zealand
Ken and Bev Kelso’s stable star Legarto may be on the quiet list at the moment after straining a muscle earlier this month, but the Matamata couple still have plenty to look forward to this spring with exciting filly Alabama Lass. The three-year-old daughter of Alabama Express was an
New Zealand
Group Three winner Savaglee (NZ) (Savabeel) made the perfect start to his three-year-old season at Taupo on Wednesday when taking out the Poverty Bay Turf Club 3YO Colts/Geldings (1100m). The son of Savabeel jumped well from barrier two and quickly settled outside leader When Stars Align. Savaglee continued to
New Zealand
Waikato hoop Darren Danis has returned to New Zealand content in the knowledge that he has fulfilled a lifelong dream of riding a winner at Kranji Racecourse in Singapore. The Singapore native had been inspired to follow his father into a career in the saddle and began riding track work
New Zealand
Consistent gelding Gohugo (NZ) (Per Incanto) will kick-off his spring preparation at Taupo on Wednesday in the Reliable Man @ Westbury Stud (1300m). The six-year-old son of Per Incanto has won just one of his 16 starts, but has placed on 11 occasions, and trainers Guy Lowry and Leah Zydenbos are