Cup dream stays alive
The Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) dream is still alive for Group 1-winning stayer Glory Days and her connections. The pride of Waverley will be...
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Roger That to commence domestic campaign
When nominations close on Thursday for the A$7.75 million Group 1 Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m), Tauranga stayer Roger That will be a notable absentee due...
Roger back on the job
Tauranga horseman Antony Fuller has Group 1 Auckland Cup (3200m) winner Roger That back ticking over but he isn’t getting ahead of himself as he...
Glory Days retired
The racing career of Group 1 winner Glory Days has come to an end. The daughter of Red Giant won 10 of her 32 starts...
Former shearer nabs first Group 1
It may be a few days since Roger That won the Group 1 Auckland Cup (3200m), but trainer Antony Fuller still can’t wipe the smile...
Azuro New Zealand bound for Auckland Cup
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Azuro is New Zealand-bound chasing a fourth 3200m win in the past 12 months in the Auckland Cup.
Auckland Cup for Big Mike
The Craig and Shaun Phelan-trained Big Mike relished his time on the East Coast last week, landing both Sunday’s Wairoa Cup (2100m) and the precurser,...
Maher eyes New Zealand Group 1
Ciaron Maher has won more than 900 races including Group 1s in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, but next month will bring something new...
Coleman makes it a feature double with Joe’s Legacy
Fresh from taking out a Group 2 feature barely thirty minutes earlier local rider Michael Coleman was back in the winner’s enclosure one race later...
Murdoch’s name in lights again with Polzeath
Twenty-six years on from her famous Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) victory with Solvit, Moira Murdoch’s beach training regime is continuing to pay dividends. Now...
Mare at concert pitch for Avondale Cup
Things may not have gone Concert Hall’s way in the Group 3 City Of Auckland Cup (2400m) at Ellerslie last start, but her connections are...
Auckland Cup target for Etah James
Handy staying mare Etah James has returned to New Zealand and will be set for a tilt at the Group 1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland...
Richardson looking to go one better with Tiptronic in Waikato feature
Trainer Graham Richardson believes he has good performer Tiptronic right where he wants him as he prepares for next weekend’s Group 1 Herbie Dyke Stakes...
Sound on track for Auckland Cup
The Michael Moroney-trained Sound is on track to head across the Tasman to target the Group 1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m) at Ellerslie...
Taranaki Cup assignment for Platinum Invador
Platinum Invador will take a step closer to his Group 1 Barfoot and Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m) aspirations when he lines-up in the Group 3...
Azuro in line for NZ trip for Auckland Cup
Last-start Bagot Handicap placegetter Azuro has his next start in the Australia Day Cup at Warwick Farm before a planned New Zealand trip for the...
After-effects for Travelling Light’s beaten brigade
Indecision with Harlech and a rest for Riodini is the outcome following their defeat at the hands of Travelling Light at Trentham on Saturday. With...
Platinum result for Auckland breeders
2020 is already a year to remember for Chris Stewart and Robyn Milliken. The Karaka-based couple bred Platinum Invador who recorded their biggest moment in...
Cups targets ahead for Diorissimo
Ashburton galloper Diorissimo proved that she can handle the staying test of two miles in the Group 3 New Zealand Cup (3200m) last month and...
Trans-Tasman targets for Harlech
A Group 1 victory is top of mind for trainers Michael Moroney and Pam Gerard with talented three-year-old Harlech. The Group 2 winner put in...
Waverley Cup to launch another Group 1 bid
Kiwi, Glory Days…Beyond The Fort? It may be too early to mention the latter in the same breath as the two Group 1-winning stayers, but...
Glory Days to kick-off Melbourne Cup campaign
Most trainers dream of having a runner in the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) and that dream could become a reality for Waverley trainer Bill...
Riordan leaves memories of great affinity
Noel Riordan, best remembered as the only jockey able to get the best out of champion stayer Il Tempo, died on Tuesday morning, aged 84....
Thurlow aiming for Melbourne glory
Group 1-winning stayer Glory Days made a pleasing return to the track at the Foxton trials on Tuesday in preparation for a Group 1 Melbourne...
Underwhelming gallop from Auckland Cup winner
Waverley trainer Bill Thurlow took Group 1 Auckland Cup (3200m) winner Glory Days to Wanganui for a gallop between races on Thursday and was not...