New Zealand
Excitement is building at Ellerslie, with racing set to return to the Auckland venue following its first set of official trials on its new StrathAyr track on Monday morning. The first heat was taken out by Group One performer Babylon Berlin by three lengths and trainers Ben and Ryan Foote
New Zealand
Globetrotting Swedish jockey Ulrika Holmquist has made a homecoming of sorts, returning to New Zealand to ride for the summer. Holmquist arrived in New Zealand a decade ago to work in the racing industry, but soon found herself in the saddle and on a career path to becoming a jockey.
New Zealand
Adam I Am (NZ) (Almanzor) made quite the impression with his two eye-catching wins over spring and trainer Glenn Old said he has returned a more furnished animal ahead of summer racing. The four-year-old gelding broke through for his maiden win in emphatic style at Matamata in May when winning
New Zealand
Prise De Fer (NZ) (Savabeel) was rewarded for his consistency when recording his first elite-level victory in the Gr.1 Captain Cook Stakes (1600m) at Trentham last year, and trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson are hoping for a repeat dose in this year’s edition, when run as the
New Zealand
Te Akau Racing are hoping they can whet their appetite for Group racing at Trentham on Saturday with a couple of entrees at New Plymouth and Riccarton earlier in the week. New Zealand’s leading stable will take three runners to New Plymouth’s Thursday meeting where former top juvenile
New Zealand
Te Akau Racing are never short of quality juveniles, and New Zealand’s leading stable is hoping to unearth a few more at Trentham this weekend. Trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson will line-up three fillies in the Gr.2 Mode Technology Wakefield Challenge Stakes (1100m), with the hope of
New Zealand
High-priced Karaka purchase Mad Max (NZ) (Savabeel) is set to make his much-anticipated debut this week, but where is yet to be decided. Trainer Andrew Forsman, in partnership with bloodstock agent Andrew Williams, went to $575,000 to secure the Savabeel gelding out of Ohukia Lodge’s New Zealand Bloodstock
New Zealand
It’s been more than a year since New Zealand punters have seen Aegon (NZ) (Sacred Falls) step out on raceday in his homeland, but they will get their fix of the gelding when he lines-up in the Gr.1 TAB Classic (1600m) on Saturday. The son of Sacred Falls
New Zealand
Steven Cole is hoping to kill two birds with one stone when he heads to Trentham on Saturday with Hard Attack (NZ) (All Too Hard). The two-year-old daughter of All Too Hard will be attempting to gain some valuable black-type in the Gr.2 Wakefield Challenge Stakes (1100m), with the
New Zealand
After several years away from raceday riding, Kelly Myers showed no signs of rust when winning aboard the Ralph Manning-trained Liquid Fire in the Dunstan Horsefeeds Stayers’ Championship at Te Rapa on Saturday. Myers enjoyed being back out on the track competing on raceday but said she was pleasantly surprised
New Zealand
A return to compete in front of Warrnambool’s boisterous crowd could be on the cards for Nassak Diamond following her dominant win in Sunday’s Jericho Cup (4600m). Bred by The Oaks Stud, the five-year-old mare is by their resident stallion Roc De Cambes, and she showed her supreme
New Zealand
Kylie Hoskin is hoping she has the luck of the Irish at Te Rapa on Saturday, having secured expat Samantha Wynne to ride Zaila (NZ) (Per Incanto) in the Gr.3 Eagle Technology Stakes (1600m). With the jockey ranks thin on the ground at present, Hoskin was struggling to find