New Zealand
For the second time in three weekends, the Michael and Matthew Pitman-trained pair of Star Ballot and Tomyturbo have fought out a thrilling finish to a staying race at Riccarton – and for the second time in three weekends, Star Ballot has come out on top. Saturday’s Hornby Club Founders
New Zealand
Endued brought his Hong Kong future a big step closer with a four-length victory in the Rohan Mudhoo Trust 2YO (1200m) at Woodville on Friday. The son of Deep Field was a $400,000 purchase at Karaka last year by Hong Kong-based Kiwi trainer Jamie Richards in partnership with Andrew
Australia
With the prospect of Group One glory both now and in the spring, Saturday looms as an exciting afternoon for Stephen Marsh. The Cambridge trainer will saddle Antrim Coast as a live contender for the Gr.1 South Australian Derby (2500m) at Morphettville, while the unbeaten two-year-old Super Photon can
New Zealand
Wind Rush will head to Te Rapa on Saturday with the right pedigree and form to be a major player in the Listed Waikato Equine Veterinary Centre 2YO Stakes (1400m). The gelding is trained by Tony Pike and is by Almanzor out of the Fast ‘n’ Famous mare Our Famous
New Zealand
Two years after taking out the Gr.3 Manco Easter Handicap (1600m) with Carolina Reaper (NZ) (Vespa), Matamata trainers Graham Richardson and Rogan Norvall have repeated and surpassed that result with a one-three finish headed by the rising star Snazzytavi (NZ) (Tavistock). The time-honoured autumn showpiece was run for the
New Zealand
Cambridge trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood are heading into Saturday’s meeting at Te Rapa with the fixed-odds favourites for both of the thoroughbred mecca’s traditional flagship races. This meeting was staged by the Cambridge Jockey Club until last year’s merger with the Waikato Racing Club and
New Zealand
Notable black-type performances in both New Zealand and Australia on ANZAC Day may have set the tone for a big trans-Tasman weekend for Andrew Forsman. The Cambridge trainer won Thursday’s Listed ANZAC Mile (1600m) at Otaki with Mr Mojo Risin’ (NZ) (Deep Field), then finished third in the Listed
New Zealand
The trend of big wins for lower-profile stables during Riccarton’s autumn carnival continued in the Gr.3 Coca-Cola Canterbury Gold Cup (2000m) on Saturday, where well-travelled veteran Green Luck (Street Cry) delivered a career highlight for Timaru trainer Stephanie Faulkner. The $120,000 weight-for-age feature followed hard on the
New Zealand
An autumn trip to Canterbury has turned out to be career-defining for Matamata mare Sassy Merlot (NZ) (Burgundy), who added a valuable black-type win to her record in Saturday’s Listed Daphne Bannan Memorial Great Easter Stakes (1400m) at Riccarton. A placegetter in the Gr.2 Wellington Guineas (1400m), Gr.
New Zealand
Robbie Patterson has already won twice as many Group and Listed races in 2023-24 as any other season in his career, and the New Plymouth trainer has three chances to add to that tally at Riccarton on Saturday. Patterson’s 44 wins so far this season include six at black-type
New Zealand
Stephen Marsh has made a habit of excelling at this stage of the season with his emerging two-year-old talent, and the Cambridge trainer is hoping to continue that trend in Saturday’s Listed TAB Star Way Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie. Marsh, who also saddled juvenile first-starter Super Photon for a
New Zealand
The brand-new $350,000 TAB Southern Alps Challenge (1600m) was created with the goal of giving lower-profile southern stables their moment in the sun, and the inaugural running at Riccarton on Saturday could hardly have done that better. The race was won by the underrated local Matscot, whose trainer Sharon