Wood loving his Hong Kong commentator’s role
Tom Wood has come a long way since his race commentator’s debut as an 18-year-old at the Westport trots on Boxing Day 2008. For the...
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Cambridge Jockey Club ready to host first synthetic track meeting
A frenetic week for the Cambridge Jockey Club will culminate on Wednesday when the country’s first official racemeeting run on a synthetic track will be...
Synthetic track gets tick of approval
The Cambridge Jockey Club’s new synthetic track has received a tick of approval from leading jockey Samantha Collett after its first set of trials on...
Cambridge Polytrack open for business
Horses stepped out onto New Zealand’s first synthetic surface last week with construction of the Polytrack completed at the Cambridge Jockey Club. Construction began in...
Cambridge back on track
The construction of the Cambridge Jockey Club’s synthetic track is back on target. Civil works for the track are nearing completion and the club was...
Border restrictions delay Cambridge track
New Zealand’s border restrictions have put a spanner in the works in the construction of the Cambridge Jockey Club’s synthetic track. Civil works for the...
All quiet on the training front
New Zealand’s largest training centre the Cambridge Jockey Club is closed. With up to 1000 thoroughbreds trained on the premises at peak times, it is...
Staphanos to take Group 1 talent to Nova Park
Group One performer Staphanos will join the stallion ranks of Novara Park Stud, just outside of Cambridge, in the new season. We look at what...
Notable Milestone for Thornton
Trudy Thornton ended her most successful season of race riding doing what she does best – winning. The highly talented and hard-working Cambridge horsewoman had...
Variety key to 4YO’s progress
Sam Logan has been playing mind games with newcomer Toorak Tower. The Cambridge trainer now shares in the ownership with her mother Donna, who is...