Liam Howley will kick off the Australian career of former New Zealand mare Silverina (NZ) (Contributer) at Flemington. Group Two placed during her eight-start career in New Zealand, Silverina runs in the Leilani Series Final (1400m) on Saturday. Silverina has not raced since finishing third in the Gr.2 Isuzu
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Trainer Michael Kent says he has not been fair to Crimson Light (NZ) (Redwood) through her brief career and believes she is up to winning better races than a midweek event at Sandown. Resuming from a spell in the Tobin Brothers Celebrating Lives Handicap (1600m) on Wednesday, Crimson Light relished
An adjustment in tactics brought out the best in Cotehele (NZ) (Tavistock) last start and trainer John O'Shea said he would stick to that formula ahead of the gelding's bid for successive wins in the Listed Civic Stakes. The four-year-old had disappointed slightly in finishing just
A step-up in class was not a problem for Sacred Command (NZ) (Epaulette) after the son of Epaulette made it back-to-back wins in the S$70,000 Class 3 race over 1600m at Kranji on Saturday. Bred in New Zealand by Vern and Margaret Trillo he was sold by Valachi
Benaud (Reliable Man) has been consistently competitive against some of Australia's best horses, but remarkably his only win is in a maiden at Nowra. Group placed in the Gloaming Stakes at just his second start and runner-up to Hitotsu (Maurice) in the 2022 ATC Australian Derby, Benaud has
New Zealand apprentice Wiremu Pinn joked his mount Born Hustler (Tarzino) would have won by 10 lengths had he still been able to claim 3kg in the Melbourne metropolitan area. Pinn had his claim reduced from 3kg to 2kg for Wednesday's meeting at Sandown after an audit of
Fresh from owning Saturday's Sandown card, Ciaron Maher and David Eustace have readjusted their sights to Monday's Mornington program, where they have one of the shortest-priced favourites of the day in Mrs Chrissie (NZ) (Per Incanto). The daughter of Per Incanto will chase a maiden city
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Zac Purton is confident Tuchel’s (NZ) (Redwood) racing pattern and class will allow the rising star to enhance an already impressive record when the BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) runner-up contests the Class 2 Pok Fu Lam Reservoir Road Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin on Saturday. With four wins
Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr have a happy knack of finding the right type of unraced New Zealand galloper to show its ability in Australia. Globe (NZ) (Charm Spirit) was a galloper sourced from New Zealand that has won four times from as many starts for the trainers while
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Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) might be given the chance to extend a phenomenal season in search of a ninth victory after matching Beauty Generation’s (NZ) (Road To Rock) record for the most wins in a single Hong Kong campaign with a dominant performance in the Gr.3 Sha Tin
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Cancer survivor Mr Malek (NZ) (Swiss Ace) broke a long winless streak with a thrilling victory in the S$110,000 Kranji Sprint (1200m) in Singapore on Saturday. Remarkably, the six-year-old son of Swiss Ace was second-up after a neck cancer that required surgery. That happened after an underwhelming campaign
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Zac Purton concedes Lucky Sweynesse faces a significant challenge at Sha Tin on Sunday (4 June) when the champion sprinter tackles the G3 Sha Tin Vase Handicap (1200m) attempting to match Beauty Generation’s record of eight victories in a season. Manfred Man’s star will contest his 10th race