Under-rated mare Bisou Bisou pulled off a major upset when she produced a powerful finishing burst to claim victory in the Gr.2 Dunstan Feeds Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) at Pukekohe. The seven-year-old mare continued her unbeaten run
Trainer Donna Logan boarded her plane to Singapore on Friday morning with a spring in her step after a successful hit and run mission to the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale of two-year-olds at Karaka this week. Logan, who has really started to hi
Group One-winning entire Embellish has been retired after an ongoing knee issue and is set to join Cambridge Stud’s stallion roster next year. “He arrived at Te Akau Stud yesterday where he will let down,” Te Akau principal David Ellis
Top Te Aroha galloper Hiflyer will take an unorthodox path to the Gr.1 Sistema Railway (1200m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day. Hiflyer has been set for the major sprint since being put aside for a spell following his sixth to Melody Belle and Savvy Coup
Outsider Silver Joy handed Kiwi trainer Bruce Marsh his 400th winner in Singapore after he won the S$85,000 Restricted Maiden race over 1600m on Sunday. The affable former jockey was all smiles as he headed down to the winner’s circle to toast to the n
Just twelve months ago rider Sam Spratt was the toast of Riccarton after securing her first New Zealand Cup (3200m) with a daring front-running ride on outsider Gobstopper. Fast forward to the 2018 edition of the Christchurch Casino sponsored, Group Three
Visiting northern filly Media Sensation shrugged off a chequered trip to Christchurch to claim her maiden Group One victory in Saturday’s Gavelhouse.com New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m). Prevented from travelling south earlier in the week due to fog in
Leading Gr.1 Gavelhouse.com New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) contenders Xpression and Melt once shared a paddock at Haunui Farm, but there will be no love lost between the star three-year-old fillies when they contest the Riccarton feature on Saturday. Th
It may be an afterthought but Grahame Begg believes Our Libretto is primed to perform in Saturday’s Gr.2 Quayside Zipping Classic (2400m). Our Libretto suffered her first Australian defeat when seventh as a $9.50 chance in last Saturday’s Gr.2
John Bary will refocus on next year’s Gr.3 NZ Campus For Innovation & Sport Wellington Cup (3200m) at Trentham after having to scratch emerging stayer High Spirits from Saturday’s Gr.3 Christchurch Casino New Zealand Cup (3200m) at Riccart
Group One performer Wyndspelle picked up his first win in nearly two years when victorious in the Humphries Construction 1550 at Awapuni on Thursday. The Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard-trained runner settled midfield under in-form hoop Jason Waddell who
Pukekohe jockey Alysha Collett won’t need further surgery to help mend her fractured heel. Collett was relieved to learn she would avoid extra surgery, which could have meant inserting screws into her heel, after visiting a specialist on Wednesday.
Nigel Tiley has star filly Melt in perfect order for Saturday’s Gr.1 Gavelhouse.com New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton. Now he just needs nature to play its part. The Pukekohe trainer made his way down to Christchurch to be on hand for Me
The John And Karen Parsons-owned and trained galloper Kiwi Ida added a second stakes win to her tally when she took out the Gr.3 Valachi Downs Canterbury Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) at Riccarton on Wednesday. The four-year-old mare, who was purchased by he
Graeme Rogerson said More Wonder was on the market after beating an assortment of maidens.and one-win horses. “For $600,000 he would a good horse for someone in Hong Kong or Australia,” he said. Johnathan Parkes gave the 3yo a swe
Opie Bosson summed up Te Akau Shark’s turbocharged win in today’s Coupland’s Mile when he said “I haven’t had feeling on a horse like that for a long time”. Watched by part-owner, Cronulla Sharks league strongm
Michael Pitman may be laid up in hospital, but it hasn’t stopped him making plans for his stable star Savvy Coup. The Riccarton trainer fulfilled a dream when he got to Moonee Valley to watch Savvy Coup contest the Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m) on November 27,
Two-time Singapore champion trainer Mark Walker came up trumps at Kranji on Sunday when he produced former European galloper Elite Invincible to take out the rich S$1.35 million Singapore Gold Cup (2000m). Superbly handled by Benny Woodworth, the four-yea
If you put a picture of the Melbourne Cup finish on a white background and asked anyone in racing where the race was run, they would almost certainly say somewhere in Europe. The colours of the first five across the line are more familiar to Europe than A
Nestled near the small township of Walton resides Rich Hill Stud on 320-acres of prime luscious Waikato land. Having bred one Melbourne Cup winner, the stud this year imported a new stallion from Japan in the hopes of continuing their proud legacy. Rich