Preakness (inside) winning on debut at Otaki last month. Photo: Race Images Unbeaten two-year-olds Preakness and Trident will try to continue a golden week for trainer Andrew Campbell when they line up in the Gr.2 Barneswood Farm Eclipse Stakes (1200m)
On the face of it drawing barrier fourteen in a premier Group One sprint race would tend to put a dent in the confidence of most trainers regarding their chances to nail the thick end of the prize. Bob Vance isn’t one of them as he believes his underrat
Pukekohe trainer Nigel Tiley heads into Ellerslie’s New Year’s Day race meeting with a trio of runners that he believes are all capable of success in their chosen events. First up will be unbeaten two-year-old filly Play That Song who will tackle the
There were emotional scenes in the Timaru birdcage following the running of the Listed Craigmore Sustainable Holdings Ltd Timaru Cup (1600m) on Saturday as the connections of Who Dares Wins waited for their pride and joy to return to the winner’s enclos
Love Struck (yellow) breaks her maiden status at Rotorua. Photo credit: Race Images – Kenton Wright A brief let up after two educational runs in the spring has worked the oracle for promising filly Love Struck who broke through for her maiden success a
Massiff Princess leads all the way to win on debut at New Plymouth. Photo credit: Race Images An impressive front-running performance to win on debut by the well-related Massiff Princess at New Plymouth on Friday brought up a significant milestone for
Apprentice Brett Murray celebrates his victory aboard The Precious One. Photo credit: Wild Range Photography Wingatui trainer Claire Anderton got the Christmas present she wanted this year, it was just a day late. Stable star The Precious One had be
Pretty To Sea beats Avantage to win the Listed Hallmark Stud Sprint (1200m) at Ellerslie. Photo credit: Trish Dunell In what has proved to be a tumultuous and tragic week for Cambridge Stud owners Brendan and Jo Lindsay, the victory of two-year-old
James McDonald guides True Enough to victory in the Gr.1 Cambridge Stud Zabeel Classic (2000m) at Ellerslie. Photo credit: Trish Dunell What a difference a year makes. Expat New Zealand jockey James McDonald rode True Enough to victory in the Thames
Visiting Cambridge mare Concert Hall was back to her brilliant best when she demolished her opposition in Saturday’s Gr.3 Aberdeen On Broadway Manawatu Cup (2300m). The Joan Egan-bred and owned five-year-old had been slowly building to her peak form in
Just 12 years after riding his first winner, James McDonald is about to become the youngest person to be inducted to the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame. When his induction takes place at the Hall of Fame gala dinner in Hamilton on May 3, the Sydney-based
Pinmedown winning the Gr.2 Eight Carat Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie on Boxing Day last year. Photo: Trish Dunell Fresh from winning with all of his three runners at Flemington on Saturday, Mike Moroney has shifted his focus to New Zealand. The trans-Tas
Stakes winner Rock On Wood. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) In-form Waikato jockey Ryan Elliot hopes to be celebrating his first taste of black-type success for the season when he has Christmas with his family in Levin. The highly t
Leading New Zealand stallion Tavistock died at the weekend Cambridge Stud has announced. The 14-year-old son of Montjeu suffered a life threatening injury in a freak paddock accident eight weeks ago. “Although he made significant progress from the i
Rory Hutchings reunites with his old boss Graeme Rogerson at Ellerslie on Boxing Day. Hutchings, now living in Australia, will ride Contessa Vanesa in the Zabeel Classic. The 23-year-old, who last rode on raceday on January 12, has battled with his weight
Promising three-year-old Not Usual Litening opens his winning account at Te Rapa. Photo credit: Trish Dunell A comfortable maiden victory by Not Usual Litening at Te Rapa on Saturday has co-trainer Murray Baker looking at stepping his charge up to a great
Mick Dee will ride Mike Moroney’s star colt Harlech in the Listed Shaw’s Wires Ropes Uncle Remus Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie on Boxing Day. Melbourne-based Dee rode Sheezallmine to victory in the Stewards at Riccarton last month. Dee will ride
Matamata trainer Danica Guy knows that promising four-year-old Germanicus has the ability of a Group horse. But she is also wary that the four-year-old gelding has a few wayward tendencies. The emerging miler will contest the Lodge Residential (1600m) at
Awapuni trainer Gary Vile will be vying to win his fifth Gr.3 Aberdeen on Broadway Manawatu Cup (2300m) at his home track on Saturday. The Palmerston North horseman has previously won the race with All Square (2005), Ransomed (2012), Jacksstar (2016), and
Hastings trainer John Bary would have preferred another week of conditioning under Callsign Mav’s belt heading into Saturday’s Rich Hill Stud Premier 3YO (1400m) at Awapuni but expects his charge to be competitive nonetheless. The Atlante geld
