Joshua Smith

Darin Forde will swap his shearing piece for a suit on Saturday as he gets set to experience one of his biggest days in racing....

Ken Kelso isn’t enamored with the prospect of running Princess Kereru on a heavy track at Rotorua on Saturday but he’s even less hung up...

Connotations around the expression ‘gift horse’ are many, but for Matamata thoroughbred enthusiast Kylie Fawcett it has a special and defined meaning. Fawcett is enjoying...

Danzdanzdance will don new gear and step through a new routine in Sydney on Saturday. The dual Group 1 winner will race for the first...

Saturday’s A$500,000 St Leger Stakes (2600m) at Randwick could have a major bearing on the 2019 spring campaign for well-performed New Zealand stayer Sir Charles...

Well-related filly Chiaretta showed she has inherited her share of the family ability when coming from well off the pace to break maiden ranks when...

As All Blacks coach Steve Hansen currently plots a path that could see his beloved national team secure the Rugby World Cup’s William Webb Ellis...

Cambridge trainer Frank Ritchie is heading into the last day of the Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival in high spirits. The Waikato horseman will take two...

Christchurch trainer Neill Ridley will get a tangible assessment of his chances for two of New Zealand Cup week’s major prizes when he produces He...

Guy Lowry has a plan to make amends for a Group 1 that got away. Lowry and training partner Grant Cullen produced Xpression as favourite...

Flemington trainer Danny O’Brien is planning on keeping smart Reliable Man filly Miami Bound to her home track for the balance of the spring. A...

Saturday could become a landmark day in Te Akau’s near 40 year history. The New Zealand racing operation, headed by David Ellis, has three Group...

Exciting three-year-old Catalyst will take a growing reputation into the Group 2 Sacred Falls Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) and Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld New...

It might be early days, but juveniles by dual Group 3 winning stallion Sweynesse have made a positive impression. The Group 1 placed son of...

Sunday’s National Jumps Day at Te Aroha brought the curtain down on the 2019 New Zealand jumping season, but it also provided an exciting glimpse...

Ruakaka trainers Ken Rae and Krystal Williams-Tuhoro will have a strong representation in the Tee Café Functions At Ruakaka Racecourse (900m) at their home track...

Andrew Campbell is hoping Peloton’s win at Te Rapa last week is the start of a well-overdue change of luck for his Cambridge stable. Campbell...

It has been a huge weekend for former Kiwi trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young as they target some of the major spoils on the...

Exciting three-year-old Cooga Doon will continue his racing career in Asia after his seven-figure sale to Hong Kong interests on Thursday. The undefeated son of...

Albury trainer Mitch Beer has purchased last season’s Listed Wanganui Guineas (1340m) winner Bobby Dazzler from the stable of Stephen Marsh and is looking forward...

Te Aroha has become a happy stomping ground for talented jumper Trisha Lea and she will be out to keep her unbeaten hurdles record on...

Trainer Raymond Connors knows how to prepare extreme distance stayers and jumpers, with Wise Men Say recently providing him with his sixth victory in the...

The Lisa Latta-trained filly Platinum Dubai showed professionalism to take out the Otaki Mail (800m) for two-year-olds on Thursday, leading throughout to land the prize...

Matamata trainer Glenn Old believes he has a Group 3 Christchurch Casino New Zealand Cup (3200m) prospect on his hands in lightly-tried five-year-old Super Hoof....

Dual stakes winner Von Tunzelman will step out for the first time for South Auckland trainers Moira and Kieran Murdoch when he contests the Harold...