Recently-retired pacer Ultimate Machete has been purchased for stallion duties in a partnership deal between two New Zealand stud farms. South Auckland’s Alabar Stud and Christchurch’s Nevele R Stud have acquired the son of Bettor’s Delight after he
Bobby Dee will be on trial for a trip to Queensland this winter when he contests the Group 2 $100,000 Valachi Downs Championship Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. The three-year-old gelding, prepared by the Cambridge partnership of Murray Baker and
Less than 24 hours after Winx’s farewell success in Saturday’s Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at Randwick, trainer Chris Waller was in a reflective mood as he held a media morning at Rosehill. “The next few days we’ll keep Winx in the stab
Quality New Zealand juvenile Probabeel will not contest next Saturday’s Group 1 Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Randwick, in Sydney, and will instead return home to New Zealand and go out for a spell. “We’re going to give her a break. She has done a ter
Chris Waller’s record breaking training achievements reached dizzying heights at Randwick yesterday as Shraaoh landed the $A2million Sydney Cup (3200m) to give the him success in three of the four Group 1 events on the second day of The Championships. T
New Zealand-bred and part-owned Verry Elleegant vindicated her short-priced favouritism when she showed a searing turn of foot to sprint clear of her rivals in yesterday’s Group 1 $A1million Australian Oaks (2400m), under  the urgings of ex-pat Kiwi
It could not have been scripted any better. Champion mare Winx bowed out in the most fitting of styles at her beloved Randwick racetrack yesterday, winning her third Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) and bringing up a magical 100 Group 1 victories fo
Classy three-year-old Beyond The Fort franked her gritty runner-up effort in the Group 1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) last month with a comprehensive victory in Saturday’s Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Warstep Stakes (2000m) at Riccarton. The Bill Thurlow-t
(By John Jenkins) Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh picked up one of the most satisfying wins of his career when Felaar got up for a last stride victory in today’s Listed $75,000 Royston Hospital Hawke’s Bay Cup at Hastings. Marsh, 37, said it was a hug
(By John Jenkins) Matamata trainer Graham Richardson has a huge opinion of La Mia Stella but says she is still far from being the finished product. The four-year-old mare brought up her fifth win from 18 starts with a dominant three-quarter length victory
(By John Jenkins) Promising jumper Macklemore rounded off his preparation for a two-race Australian raid at the end of this month with another good performance on the flat at today’s Hawke’s Bay meeting at Hastings. The Edenwold seven-year-old dead-he
(By John Jenkins) Mark down Kali as a horse to follow in the early months of next season after her hugely impressive win in the $22,500 two-year-old race at today’s Hawke’s Bay meeting. The Darci Brahma filly’s winning margin of 2-1/4 lengths flatte
It’s a week of farewells for expat New Zealand trainer Chris Waller. The leading Sydney horseman will say goodbye to the best horse in the world, Winx, after Saturday’s Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m), while another stable star in The Autumn Su
(By John Jenkins) Dick Bothwell, one of the true gentlemen of New Zealand thoroughbred racing, died yesterday aged 72. Bothwell, who always had a beaming smile and loved to socialise with his peers, trained from his Stratford base for more than 40 years b
Central Districts jockey Jonathan Parkes continued his great run of form by winning five of the eight races at yesterday’s Otaki meeting. Parkes, 30, started his winning run in the opening race, riding hot favourite Te Akau Dragon to an easy 2-1/2 lengt
Last year’s Te Whangai Romneys Hawke’s Bay Hurdle winner Monarch Chimes had to be euthanized after breaking down on the flat in a 2800m steeplechase trial at Cranbourne, in Victoria, last Friday. Monarch Chimes was trained by the Cambridge husband and
(By John Jenkins) Hastings-based Paul Nelson has achieved some amazing things as an owner and trainer of thoroughbreds but he brought up a first when No Change dead-heated for a win in a jumpers’ highweight at Wanganui on Thursday of last week. “Thatâ
Despite being in the twilight of his career, Speeding Spur’s future possibilities have been left wide open. The grand trotter willed his way back in to group 1 winning form with a determined effort to take out the New Zealand Trotting Championship a
Harness Racing New Zealand is excited to announce the launch of a newly redesigned website which will happen on Wednesday, May 1. Following feedback from the industry, HRNZ wanted to move with the times and give our users a website with a clean new look,
New Zealand-bred gallopers have once again dominated Sunday’s Sha Tin programme, winning five of the ten races, including both of the day’s features. Road To Rock’s son Beauty Generation notched his eighth successive victory when he led all the way