Joshua Smith

A trio of New Zealand’s Rich Hill Stud graduates will be vying for top honours in Group 1 features in Australia this coming week. Riodini...

Matamata training partners Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott will have just the two runners at Pukekohe on Saturday, headed by resuming speedster Princess Rihanna. The...

Progressive Roger James and Robert Wellwood-trained stayer London Banker is primed for the Listed Ricoh Feilding Gold Cup (2100m) at Awapuni on Saturday. The patiently-handled...

Sampson may be 11-years-old but trainer Howie Mathews said he doesn’t know it. The son of Dubai Destination recorded his 12th career victory in the...

Oceanex was the first horse to book her ticket to the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) after winning the ballot-exempt Listed The Andrew Ramsden (2800m)...

Only a matter of days ago, trainer Kenny Rae had resigned himself to missing the Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand 2000 Guineas...

Horses stepped out onto New Zealand’s first synthetic surface last week with construction of the Polytrack completed at the Cambridge Jockey Club. Construction began in...

Trent Busuttin trained Sangster to win the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) in 2011 and he thinks it’s about time he gets his hands back...

Windsor Park Stud stallion Turn Me Loose recorded his first trial victory as a sire when his two-year-old colt out of Group 3 performer Angel...

While Flying Start Syndications Director Cameron Bennett is disappointed he won’t be able to be on course to watch Let’s Karaka Deel in the Group...

Getting Sam Spratt to sit still for more than a few minutes is a tough task at the best of times but the bubbly 35-year-old...

Through friendships forged in the tight-knit jumping community, a number of Kiwi horses have crossed the Tasman this year and joined the Mornington stable of...

The pride of Levin, Dolcetto, is facing an uphill task when he lines-up in the Gee & Hickton Funeral Directors Thompson Handicap (1600m) at Trentham...

Saturday’s Listed Christchurch Casino Spring Classic (2000m) at Riccarton will be the first black-type test for a horse in the form of his life. Five...

Three-year-old filly Tokorangi will sport different colours when she steps out in the Group 3 Waikato Stud Soliloquy Stakes (1400m) at Te Rapa on Saturday...

Coventina Bay’s picket fence form line may have been disrupted with a first-up fourth-placing at Te Rapa earlier this month, but trainer Robbie Patterson believes...

The strength of Ben Foote’s hand in next month’s Group 1 Barneswood Farm 48th New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton will become clearer after...

The curtain has come down on the racing career of top jumper Wise Men Say. It was fitting that his last run was in the...

Stephen Autridge reckons his team is on track to make owner Kevin Hickman’s New Zealand Cup week a memorable one. Autridge, along with his training...

Expat New Zealand jockey James McDonald may have failed to regain his ride aboard star Kiwi mare Verry Elleegant for the Group 1 Melbourne Cup...

Dual-Island trainer Stephen Marsh is looking forward to Saturday where he will be lining-up progressive gallopers at both the Te Rapa and Riccarton meetings. In...

What a difference a year makes. This time last year Te Akau trainer Jamie Richards was devastated after drawing the outside barrier with Te Akau...

The Peter and Dawn Williams-trained Helsinki is on a less conventional path to the Group 1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton...

For the second time within a month family and many friends will be gathering in Christchurch to celebrate the life and achievements of successful trainer...

Just days after winning his first Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) with a mare who came to Australia after starting her career in New Zealand,...