New Zealand horse racing news

Hollie Wynyard is hoping a step-up in distance will be a further aid to Full Force's Wednesday’s Group 2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) at Matamata.

Rolls’ New Zealand campaign hasn’t got off to the best of starts, but trainer Maddie Raymond and jockey Harry Grace are hoping that changes at...

Matamata is set to host the Group 1 Arrowfield Stud Plate for the second time in three years after a slippery track forced an abandonment...

Apprentice jockey Ace Lawson-Carroll will have his debut elite-level ride in the Group 1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) aboard Malt Time.

Several years have passed since Joanne Surgenor last competed in a Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival, but the trainer is heading back to Hastings on Saturday.

John Wheeler will mix flat and jumping assignments with his in-form stable this weekend, including the return of progressive galloper Lord Donovan at Hastings.

Listed Tauranga Classic winner Casino Princess has been retired from racing after suffering a second bleed in her career.

Well-performed short course specialist Wewillrock gets a gilt-edged opportunity to add to his record on Friday as the end of his campaign draws to a...

An awkward gate on Saturday afternoon at Hastings hasn't helped Skew Wiff's quest to double her winning total at the highest level.

Promising filly Donna Chiara put her hand up for upcoming stakes assignments with a dominant performance in the Maiden 3YO at Timaru on Wednesday.

There has been another injection of Kiwi flavour to the A$20 million The Everest at Randwick, with Joliestar securing a slot in the world’s richest...

Peter Rubery is used to being behind the lens capturing the action for winning owners, but at Waverley he was able to experience that winning...

Quality mare Snazzytavi can put herself in line for another trip away if she performs up to expectations at Te Rapa on Friday.

Some of the country’s most promising three-year-olds have taken out the Hawke’s Bay Guineas, and Pam Gerard is hoping Savaglee can join that esteemed group.

Split may have been the $70 outsider in Tuesday’s Road To The Jericho, but that didn’t stop him from booking a ticket to the Australian...

The abandonment of racing at Waverley on Sunday proved to be a blessing in disguise for Sam Lennox, with Leinster breaking maiden ranks on Tuesday.

Terri Rae holds black-type aspirations for several of her stable representatives this spring, with Dazzling Miss and Chapinteel among those resuming this week.

Victories with a pair of promising first-starters at Wanganui on Saturday provided jockey Kelly Myers with the 50th and 51st wins of her career at...

The 2023 New Zealand Cup runner-up Nest Egg showed he was on track to head south later in the spring to try and go one...

Sunday’s Thomas Green Handicap at Oamaru could put SLisa Vaughan on a path towards saddling her second Group 3 New Zealand Cup runner in the...

Mark Oulaghan has moved on from the disappointing outcome of the Great Northern Hurdle and is looking forward to an unexpected opportunity with Berry The...

Last weekend’s New Plymouth abandonment has forced Allan Sharrock into a change of plans with Ladies Man, who is entered at Wanganui on Saturday.

Saturday will mark the return of racing to Ellerslie Racecourse and last season’s New Zealand Champion Three-Year-Old Orchestral.

There have been few horses with the consistency of Bradman over the past 12 months, and he will aim to continue that vein of form...

Lance Noble is keen to test the versatility of his well-performed sprinter-miler Habana this preparation, with the Group 1 Zabeel Classic being the main target.