Let's not confine it to just racing where politics are involved. It's one of the great failings of democracy, getting reelected is all that counts to some

Anarchist, a graded stakes winner at Del Mar and Woodbine and even stakes-placed in Korea, is ready for the next stop: The Big Apple.View the full article

As much as the $200,000 Peter Pan Stakes (G3) is viewed  as a prep race for the June 7 Belmont Stakes (G1), trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. views it as educational for his two starters, Captain Cook and McAfee.View the full article

Given how long it took Ellerslie's new surface to "settle" who had the idea of running Group 1 races at Awapuni so soon after implementing a new surface, which by all accounts, has already failed.

What a line up here……!!    Sale Overview An incredible line-up of the finest fillies and mares to be offered at public auction this year has been finalised for the Inglis Chairman’s Sale, for which the catalogue is now available online. A total of 96 lots have been catalogued for the sale, including: *70 Stakes horses or Stakes producers *18 pregnant mares on their first or second cover *83 fillies/mares aged 10 or younger *27 mares that are free of Danehill blood *An extraordinary group of high class fillies and mares including four-time G1 winner and $20m The Everest victor Bella Nipotina, G1 winner Amelia's Jewel, the beautifully bred G2-winning and G1 placed 3YO Too Darn Lizzie, the record-breaking mare I Am Me, G1 winners like Royal Merchant and Coco Sun, Group winners including Tiz Invincible, Grinzinger Belle, Estriella, Semana, Mumbai Muse, Hell Hath No Fury, Sirileo Miss, She Dances, Eagle Nest, Lekvarte, Honey Girl, Vagrant, Caste, Wishlor Lass etc and other high-class fillies like Ethereal Star, Herastar, Foxy Cleopatra, Poifect, Waikato Girl, Antique Miss, Castanya, A Little Deep etc *Dams of top-class horses like G1 Caulfield Guineas winners Golden Mile (Calavarite) and Griff (Chateau Griffo), G1 Goodwood Hcp winner Benedetta (Whatalovelyday), star filly Too Darn Lizzie (Enbihaar), exciting Group-winning 2YO Field Of Play (Californiasurprise) among others. *A Zoustar half sister to G1 Golden Slipper runner up Wodeton, a Group placed I Am Invincible half sister to Growing Empire, a half sister to triple G1 winner Hitotsu, a half sister to G1 winner Lindermann etc *Mares in foal to stallions such as Snitzel, I Am Invincible, Zoustar, Wootton Bassett, Justify, Written Tycoon, Too Darn Hot, Ole Kirk, Home Affairs, Farnan, Anamoe, Alabama Express etc The auction will be held at Riverside Stables on the evening of Thursday May 8 from 5pm. Inglis Bloodstock CEO Sebastian Hutch described the catalogue as “out of this world’’. “What a night May 8 is going to be!’’ Hutch said. “We have tremendous confidence in this sale and worked to build it into a night that is a celebration of the very best fillies and mares, which is exactly what the sale is going to be this year. “The Chairman’s Sale provides a rare opportunity for the world’s leading breeders to acquire the best breeding stock going to public market this year and we’re exceptionally proud of the catalogue and very grateful for the support that we have been afforded by all involved. “In recent years each of the two most recent colts to win the G1 Golden Slipper, Shinzo and Stay Inside, have been sold in utero at the Chairman’s Sale, while buyers have found the dams of superstars like Imperatriz, Home Affairs, In Italian, She’s Extreme, Shout The Bar and many others and there is little doubt that this year’s catalogue will be a source of further top-class winners in the future. “The recent racetrack success of fillies and mares after they were purchased at Chairman’s recently has also been very appealing, the likes of Kimochi winning the G1 Rupert Clarke, C’Est Magique winning a G2, Montefilia a G2, Eagle Nest a G3, just to name a few. “We will be accepting supplementary entries for the next month so if you want to be involved in the sale, I encourage you to get in touch with a member of the bloodstock team as soon as possible and join what will be a memorable night both in and out of the sale ring.’’

100% .. it's a worry when things in this country are not done because it's sensible, viable and good for whatever industry. This along with the greyhound ban decisions have been done for all the WRONG bloody reasons. Politics has no place at all in the racing industry, we have the uneducated with ill-informed opinions making decisions that are having a detrimental affect on people's lives

Totally , just like getting rid of the dogs is about trying to garner some of the animal rights people to vote for him .

2025 marks the third year that Gulfstream Park will host the Royal Palm Juvenile and Juvenile Fillies Stakes, the only two juvenile Royal Ascot qualifying races in the country. View the full article

Most likely 

Wasn't it also to get votes for NZ First and their regional development policy as that was part of coalition deal

And vice versa?

Guarantee that they win it .

FOOL!!!!

Poor old Lee has lost it……😆    

Now Trumps suggesting Russia could be reinstated back for the World Cup as a incentive to end the war, what next?

Kentucky Downs' 2025 meet will feature 18 stakes offering a total of $30.5 million in purses, led by the $3.5 million Nashville Derby (G3T). Another 10 stakes are worth at least $2 million.View the full article

West Point Thoroughbreds announced May 7 the retirement of Jaxon Traveler, a multiple graded stakes winner who collected at least one stakes victory every season from ages 2 to 7. Stud plans have not been finalized.View the full article

Tampa Bay Downs posted gains in all major categories, capping a memorable campaign with the third-largest crowd in track history May 3.View the full article

Speaking May 7 during the ongoing annual meeting of the ARCI in Louisville, Ky., leadership of several state horse racing regulators expressed continued challenges related to staffing positions for regulatory veterinarians and stewards. View the full article

Godolphin homebred Sovereignty made his first on-track appearance May 7 since winning the Kentucky Derby (G1), jogging one mile before his departure for Saratoga Race Course later that afternoon.View the full article