New Zealand horse racing news

Underrated mare Lucyinrio caused a minor upset when she outgunned a small but select field of open grade sprinters over 1200m at Ruakaka on Saturday....

Veteran trainer Bruce Marsh bows out of Singapore this weekend as he sends out his last team of runners at the Friday and Sunday race...

NZ mare Volpe Veloce has settled into Sydney well ahead of a spring campaign starting with the Group Two Theo Marks Stakes at Rosehill.

The Australasian racing community will get its first look at Te Akau’s newly acquired European stayer Caliburn this weekend when he lines-up in the Very...

Group 1 winner Volpe Veloce will have the opportunity to continue an impressive streak when she lines-up in the Group 2 Theo Marks Stakes (1300m)...

Benefits of an unplanned run in Saturday’s Group 3 Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at Ruakaka could be two-fold for connections of rising star...

Rahotu couple Philly and Paddy Mullin consider themselves new to the breeding game, and are absolutely delighted to have bred their first stakes winner Cooga...

Former New Zealand Champion Sprinter Bounding has had an outstanding start to her broodmare career with her first foal selling for US$4.1 million at Keeneland’s...

Glory Days will step out onto Flemington for the first time on Saturday and her connections are hoping she can return to the Melbourne track...

Group 1 winner Wait A Sec will make a return to stakes company at Awapuni on Saturday when he lines-up in the Group 3 Boehringer...

A pair of brothers are set to back up at Wingatui on Thursday after disappointing at Riccarton on Saturday. Raise You Ten finished fourth on...

Talented jumper Jackfrost may not be lost to racing just yet. The recently crowned New Zealand Champion Jumper was all but retired after injuring a...

Canterbury jockey Kylie Williams had a day to remember at Riccarton on Saturday. Not only did she pick up a winning double, she also secured...

Veteran New Zealand trainer Murray Baker has no intentions to slow down, with his eye on more Australian riches this spring.

While leading jumps jockey Aaron Kuru didn’t take out either of the feature jumps races at Ellerslie on Saturday he secured another milestone, recording his...

Glamour galloper Melody Belle has added the New Zealand Horse of the Year title to her growing list of achievements. The Matamata mare was an...

Promising Canterbury apprentice Kozzi Asano has come a long way from picking strawberries in Queensland for a living. The Japanese 24-year-old left his homeland six...

The victory of promising three-year-old filly Riva Capri in Saturday’s Listed The O’Learys Fillies Stakes (1200m) at Wanganui conjured up mixed emotions for well known...

Melody Belle has been crowned New Zealand's Horse of the Year while veteran trainer Murray Baker has been recognised for his contribution to NZ racing.

A gritty win by promising filly Woodcote Lass at Riccarton on Saturday has kicked off Matamata trainer Stephen Autridge’s southern campaign in the best possible...

Despite not managing to put a win on the board, members of the New Zealand contingent that launched their assault on the riches of the...

Trainer Graeme Rogerson is looking forward to the second day of the Bostock New Zealand Spring Racing Carnival at Hastings later this month despite the...

Lightly raced three-year-old Cooga Doon made it two wins from two starts when he took out the Listed HS Dyke Wanganui Guineas (1340m) in sensational...

Wise Men Say added his name to the Ellerslie record books when he took out one of the world’s iconic jumping races, the Network Visuals...

The never say die attitude of accomplished hurdler Bad Boy Brown was on display for all to see at Ellerslie on Saturday after he produced...