New Zealand
The Gr.3 Coupland’s Bakeries Mile (1600m) is looming large on the horizon for exciting mare It’s Business Time, who will step out as a $1.85 favourite for Saturday’s Coupland’s Bakeries Mile Trial (1400m) at Riccarton. Racing in the colours of her breeder Windsor Park
New Zealand
Riccarton’s Gr.3 War Decree Stakes (1600m) has played a key part in Lisa Latta’s Group One preparations in the past, and the Awapuni trainer is using the same formula again with Lantern Way on Saturday. The War Decree Stakes is run over the same course and distance
Australia
Andrew Forsman is stepping his stable star Mustang Valley back down in distance for her first Australian assignment of the season. Mustang Valley will contest Saturday’s A$300,000 Gr.2 Crystal Mile (1600m) at The Valley, joining fellow Cambridge star Prowess to provide a strong New Zealand flavour
New Zealand
Mr Fahrenheit (NZ) (Zed) provided a special birthday present for part-owner Eric O’Hara, who turned 70 on Saturday. After having a celebratory breakfast at the Speights Ale House in Timaru while watching the All Blacks beat Argentina to gain a World Cup final berth, things went up a notch
New Zealand
Awapuni trainer Lisa Latta celebrated her fifth win in the Gr.3 Gee & Hickton Funeral Directors Thompson Handicap (1600m) when Diss Is Dramatic (NZ) (Dissident) scored an emphatic victory in Saturday’s $100,000 feature at Trentham. Latta had previously won the race with Resonare (NZ) (Centaine) (2000), Fercertain
New Zealand
Saturday’s Gr.2 James and Annie Sarten Memorial (1400m) at Te Rapa was an eagerly anticipated clash between a number of up-and-coming talents, but it turned into a tour de force by New Zealand’s most exciting three-year-old. Crocetti (NZ) (Zacinto) extended his unblemished record to five out of
New Zealand
A wide draw and an energy-sapping fast pace were not enough to stop Johny Johny (NZ) (Charm Spirit) in Saturday’s Gr.3 Sweynesse Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa. The speedy son of Charm Spirit had some factors in his favour leading into the $100,000 weight-for-age feature – including the
New Zealand
Two weeks after a forgettable trip to Flemington, Group One-winning New Zealand mare Skew Wiff will have a second attempt at an Australian debut in Saturday’s Gr.2 Sharp EIT Tristarc Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. A brilliant winner of the Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings on September
Australia
On the anniversary of the biggest win of his career so far, classy New Zealand-bred gelding Mr Maestro will race in black-type company on Caulfield Cup Day again in 2023 – this time in his first run back from an injury lay-off. Last spring, the son of Savabeel announced himself as
New Zealand
Te Rapa’s Gr.2 James and Annie Sarten Memorial (1400m) has been a springboard to Group One glory for five recent winners of the New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m), and the connections of the undefeated Crocetti are hoping for more of the same. Crocetti takes a perfect four-from-four record
New Zealand
The Castlepoint Races have been a staple of Wairarapa summers for generations, and it has now been immortalised in book form through the launch of ‘Racing Against The Tide - 150 Years Of Horse Racing At Castlepoint'. Commissioned by the Castlepoint Racing Club, the 200-page coffee table-sized book has
New Zealand
Stakes targets are looming for Proserve (NZ) (Proisir) following his win in the Agraforum Growing Innovation (2200m) at Ashburton on Monday. It was the sixth win from 23 starts for the son of Proisir and trainers Michael and Matthew Pitman now have loftier ambitions with the five-year-old gelding. “He’ll