1000 Guineas raid for Tokorangi
Talented filly Tokorangi headed to Christchurch on Thursday morning ahead of a tilt at the Group 1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at...
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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...
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...
Roger That upsets in Auckland Cup
Rider Sam Collett is fast becoming the darling of the Group 1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m) after making it back-to-back wins in the...
Is this the year for Latta?
Lisa Latta is hoping this is her year in the Group 1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m). The Palmerston North trainer has finished runner-up...
Queensland a likely target for Tiptronic
Graham Richardson experienced one of his biggest moments in racing when Tiptronic won the Group 1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa last month...
Ballymore set to bring the noise at Ellerslie
Ballymore Stables are hoping to raise the volume at Ellerslie on Saturday when international stayer Sound tackles the Group 1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup...
Lupton’s last hurrah in Auckland Cup
Mark Lupton’s New Zealand training career could end in a blaze of glory at Ellerslie on Saturday. The Matamata-based horseman will saddle up Etah James,...
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...