New Zealand horse racing news

War Princess was the hottest favourite on the card at Hawera on Saturday, and she lived up to the hype with an effortless and confidence-boosting...

Local trainer Robert Dennis won half of the eight-race card at Ascot Park on Friday, culminating with a special win by Sir Sterling in the...

Foxton trainer Matt Dixon sees Saturday’s Group 3 Grangewilliam Stud Taranaki Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) as an ideal target for Marotiri Molly in almost every way...

Lochmara Bay has been knocking on the door of a maiden win and trainer David Walsh is hoping she can secure it at Phar Lap...

Lance Gussey is hoping to put a last-start disappointment behind him when Joshua Brown lines up in the Listed Team Wealleans Matamata Cup (1600m) on...

Kiwi jockey Masa Hashizume will step onto the Flemington turf for the first time this weekend when he attempts to qualify Bulls gelding Trav for...

Darrell Hollinshead has two strong chances at Matamata to continue the good run of recent form of his boutique stable. The Te Awamutu trainer produced...

It will be a full-circle moment for Te Akau Racing at The Valley on Friday night when Lyrics ‘N’ Song, a daughter of their former...

Te Aroha horsewoman Emma Faber crossed over the Kaimai range to record her first training win at Tauranga on Wednesday, courtesy of Reckoning.

A Group 3 test is in the offing for Group Two performer Saint Bathans, who has transferred south to the care of Ascot Park trainer...

The TAB Racing Club is set to wind down, with the business case for the experience-based programme no longer stacking up for Entain Australia &...

Group Two performer Mary Shan will be in search of an elusive stakes victory when she heads south to Hawera on Saturday.

Triston Moodley is set to return to raceday riding at Avondale next Wednesday, three months after he sustained a head injury at the Waipa trials.

Te Akau Racing marketing manager Julia-Rose Hayes has had plenty of success syndicating horses selected by her father, David Ellis, and that has continued with...

Blue Sky At Night collected a couple of Cups last season and trainer Shelley Hale is hoping she can add to her haul when she...

Continued success with resident stallion Unusual Suspect and their racing team has kept Nigel and Adaire Auret busier than they may have envisaged, but without...

Canterbury jockey Kylie Williams ticked off a major goal over the weekend and she is hoping to achieve one more before retirement. The 45-year-old hoop...

Jenna McLeod got a massive thrill when watching the latest generation of her family’s breed score at stakes level at Te Rapa on Saturday. Group...

Robbie Patterson was given a boost of confidence around the future of staying mare Freebelle when she came out on top in the Murdoch Contracting...

Apprentice jockey Jack Taplin sustained a broken wrist in Saturday’s shocking race fall at Riccarton Park, which involved four other jockeys including Bridget Grylls and...

Evaporate crowned a stellar period for his sire across the Tasman when he produced a gallant performance win the Group 3 Sandown Stakes (1500m) on...

Saturday's Howden Insurance Mile (1600m) at Te Rapa took Waitak past the million-dollar mark and added another triumphant chapter to his unique Group 1 record.

Ashley Meadows’ patient handling of The Scunner is bringing its rewards on the racetrack, with the exciting talent kicking off his six-year-old season with a...

A trip north to Auckland next month is in the offing for Richard Stomper when he heads to Riccarton on Saturday to contest the North...

Navy Dreams all but won at stakes level last season and the in-form colt will have an opportunity to go one better at Te Rapa...