New Zealand
Patience was rewarded at Tauranga on Friday for the connections of talented four-year-old Hasstobeawinner, who cleared maiden ranks with a performance that was well worth the wait. The Vadamos gelding has shown ability from the beginning of his career, producing eye-catching finishes in his first two starts last season before
New Zealand
Peter and Dawn Williams have had an outstanding strike rate over the last few weeks, and the Byerley Park trainers will try to continue their high-flying form with a single shot at Group Two success at Te Rapa on Saturday. Volare will be the only runner all weekend for the
New Zealand
The well-performed Waisake will take a big step towards his sixth Wellington Cup Carnival with a run in Saturday’s Majestic Horse Floats (2200m) at Trentham. The winner of eight races overall from a 44-start career, the Zed gelding has saved some of his very best for Wellington’s summer
New Zealand
Go Racing’s talented European import Skyman has crossed the ditch to chase Group One glory. Previously based with Champion Sydney trainer Chris Waller, Skyman has joined Stephen Marsh’s Cambridge barn this week and is being prepared for some lofty assignments this summer. The winner of nine races and
Australia
Te Akau Racing has announced their star 8-time Group One winner Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) will remain in Australia for her 2024 Autumn campaign. Imperatriz was a dominate winner of her four spring races, starting off with a spectacular victory over Giga Kick in the Gr.2 McEwen Stakes (1000m)
New Zealand
Cambridge Stud’s imported mare Terra Mitica (Ulysses) recorded her first New Zealand win with a powerful staying performance in Saturday’s $65,000 Dunstan Horsefeeds Stayers’ Championship Qualifier (2100m) at Pukekohe. A two-time winner from seven starts in England, the chestnut was bought by Cambridge Stud for 100,000
New Zealand
In a race thrown into disarray by a false start, quality four-year-old Desert Lightning stood tall and claimed his first Group One victory in Saturday’s TAB Classic (1600m) at Trentham. The enduring story out of the $400,000 weight-for-age feature will be the auxiliary gates failing to open and
New Zealand
Under-rated sprinter Mercurial booked himself a ticket to the Gr.1 Sistema Railway (1200m) at Pukekohe with a tenacious all-the-way win over the same course and distance on Saturday. A ballot exemption for the New Year’s Day feature added extra value to the $65,000 Happy Milestone Birthday David
New Zealand
Highly talented three-year-old Lupo Solitario has pleased Matamata trainer Danica Guy in the build-up to his return to racing, but a last-minute setback has cast some doubt over his participation in Saturday’s Gr.3 Bonecrusher Stakes (1400m) at Pukekohe. The Satono Aladdin gelding towered over the TAB’s market
New Zealand
Lance Noble is sending just one horse down to Wellington this weekend, hoping his rising star Habana can deal to some unfinished business in the race now known as the Gr. 1 TAB Classic (1600m) at Trentham. Noble saddled Viadana in the 2013 edition of the race, which was then
New Zealand
Town Cryer (NZ) (Tavistock) upset the applecart when downing multiple Group One winner Prowess (NZ) (Proisir) in the Gr.3 Taranaki Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) at Hawera in October and trainer Roydon Bergerson is hoping she can cause another upset this weekend. The six-year-old mare will tackle the Gr.1 TAB
New Zealand
Awapuni trainer Lisa Latta is hopeful she can claim the lion’s share of the $400,000 purse in Saturday’s Gr.1 TAB Classic (1600m) with her triumvirate of runners. Dual Group Three winner Belardo Boy (NZ) (Belardo) has drawn the widest (12) of the three in the Trentham