New Zealand
With a thrilling victory in Saturday’s BOP Equine Vets Open Handicap (1400m), classy mare Fashion Shoot (NZ) (Savabeel) headlined a big day at Tauranga for Te Akau Racing and set herself up for a Group One assignment at the end of this month. Fashion Shoot was one of four
New Zealand
Saturday’s Gr.3 Wentwood Grange Cuddle Stakes (1600m) at Trentham delivered multiple milestones for the connections of Taranaki mare Hi Yo Sass Bomb (NZ) (Complacent). The underrated five-year-old became the first stakes winner for her New Plymouth trainer Kim Reid, who also co-bred and part-owns the daughter of Complacent.
New Zealand
Australian hoop Kyle Wilson-Taylor has made his first visit to New Zealand a memorable one by guiding promising filly Grail Seeker (NZ) (Iffraaj) to a hollow victory in the Gr.2 Life Direct Wellington Guineas (1400m) at Trentham. The Queensland-based rider struck up a friendship with trainers Lance O’Sullivan
New Zealand
Almost two decades after riding Creil to victory in the Gr.1 Avondale Cup (2200m) as an apprentice jockey, multi-talented horseman Chad Ormsby climbed the same mountain in a different way when Pulchritudinous- (NZ) (Wrote) won the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham on
New Zealand
A friendship formed during the Queensland winter carnival has paved the way for Brisbane jockey Kyle Wilson-Taylor to make his New Zealand debut at Trentham on Saturday. Wilson-Taylor rode trackwork for Matamata trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott when they sent a team of horses across the Tasman last
New Zealand
Cambridge trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood have enjoyed a spectacular summer with their three-year-olds, and they are hoping Saturday’s Gr.2 Life Direct Wellington Guineas (1400m) at Trentham brings more of the same. Three-year-olds from Kingsclere Stables have recorded five stakes wins since November 30, kicking off with
New Zealand
After an up-and-down campaign ranging from 1200m all the way up to 2100m, Te Akau Racing is hoping to see Tokyo Tycoon back at his brilliant best in the Gr.2 Life Direct Wellington Guineas (1400m) at Trentham on Saturday. The Te Akau team is shooting for a third Wellington
New Zealand
Tony Pike believes the big, roomy Trentham track will suit his promising three-year-old Witz End (NZ) (Savabeel) right down to the ground in Saturday’s Gr.2 Life Direct Wellington Guineas (1400m). Unbeaten in his first two starts, the Savabeel gelding’s picket fence form line came to an end
New Zealand
Te Akau Racing’s The Mighty Spar (NZ) (Savabeel) made it back-to-back wins in the Holster Engineering Lally And Symes South Waikato Cup (2000m) at Matamata on Wednesday. Piloted by apprentice jockey Jessica Allen, The Mighty Spar settled in the one-one early on behind Langkawi (NZ) (Helmet) and enjoyed an
New Zealand
A Group One challenge awaits Red Sea (NZ) (Pierata) next month following the youngster’s runaway success in the AKW Farrier Two-Year-Old (1200m) at Matamata on Wednesday. Bred and raced by Cambridge Stud principals Brendan and Jo Lindsay, the Andrew Forsman-trained son of Pierata was sent out a short-priced favourite
New Zealand
At odds of 70-1, Young Diva was a clear outsider for last Friday’s DPA Chartered Accountants (1400m) at Taupo, but as trainer Allan Wright said, she didn’t know that. The five-year-old mare had been unplaced in her previous nine outings and was out of favour with punters after
Australia
Waitak (NZ) (Proisir), the stunning winner of the Group 1 Railway Stakes on New Year’s Day, has been confirmed as the slot runner for New Zealand’s Trackside Media and host club Perth Racing in The Quokka in Perth on April 20. Trackside Media has partnered with Perth Racing