Green Luck causes upset in Canterbury Gold Cup
Well-travelled veteran Green Luck delivered a career highlight for Timaru trainer Stephanie Faulkner when claiming Saturday's Group 3 Canterbury Gold Cup.
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Matscot looking to end campaign on winning note
Fresh off his rich payday at Riccarton, Matscot will return to the Christchurch track this weekend in search of more feature spoils.
Times Ticking out to defend Canterbury Gold Cup crown
Wairarapa gelding Times Ticking has an affinity with the South Island, and he will be looking to extend that record when he heads to Riccarton...
Latta armed for Riccarton invasion
Lisa Latta is hoping Platinum Invador can emulate her former Group 3 Canterbury Gold Cup (2000m) winner Authentic Paddy in Saturday's feature at Riccarton.
Live Drama looking to go out on a high
Riccarton trainer Lance Robinson is hoping Live Drama can end her season on a winning note when she heads to her home track on Saturday.
Challenging week ends in Cup triumph for Prise De Fer
Quality performer Prise De Fer put a week of uncertainty behind him in style at Riccarton on Saturday, taking his career earnings past NZD$500,000 with...
Hasabro primed for Riccarton feature
Riccarton trainer Andrew Carston has long circled Saturday’s Group 3 Coca Cola Canterbury Gold Cup (2000m) as the grand final for quality galloper Hasabro. The...
Campbell hoping to set Cup record straight
Hastings trainer Patrick Campbell has unfinished business with Saturday’s Listed Power Farming Hawke’s Bay Cup (2200m) on his home track. Campbell has targeted the race...
Invercargill mare chasing sweep of Southland Cups
Asathought will crown herself as Queen of Southland’s stayers with success in Saturday’s Listed Carriers Arms Hotel Riverton Cup (2147m). The So You Think half-sister...
Game Irish Girl lands another Riccarton feature
Feisty five-year-old Irish Girl showed all her fighting qualities as she bravely held out the challenges of Beneficial and Seriously to win the Listed Avon...
Hasabro’s future prospects up in the air
The immediate future for Hasabro has been locked in, but the longer-term options for the genuine son of Savabeel is cause for consideration for connections....
Irish Girl primed for Riccarton feature
Northland trainer Kenny Rae says the blame would rest squarely with his daughter and co-trainer Krystal Williams-Tuhoro if their mare Irish Girl was to be...
Asathought tastes Ascot gold
Southland trainer Lisa Vaughan is on the lookout for black type success for Asathought after the well-related mare won the Baillie & Lewis Pharmacy Invercargill...
“Mad” mare poised for Cup reward at Wingatui
Southland trainer Robert Dennis fluctuates in his description of talented staying mare Savezar but always within the range of “quirky” and “mad”. He concedes the...
Beauden seeking more Cup glory
Beauden will be out to end his season on a high when he heads to Rotorua on Saturday. The Team Rogerson-trained gelding has won four...
Beauden at his best in Riccarton victory
North Island raiders Beauden and Hypnos fought out a thrilling finish to the feature event at Riccarton on Saturday, the Group 3 Coca Cola Canterbury...
Asano in the fast lane with Atishu
Kozzi Asano needs just one word to sum up Atishu, his mount in Saturday’s Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Warstep Stakes (2000m) at Riccarton. “She’s fast,”...
Elliot prepared for another Beauden blitz
The ease of Beauden’s last-start win in the Group 2 Awapuni Gold Cup (2000m) even surprised his biggest fan, jockey Ryan Elliot. Not because Elliot...
Ritani scores brave win
Trainers Kerry and Ian Taplin had their hearts in their mouths when their mare Ritani looked like she would be headed in the Ascot Sports...
Beauden set for Riccarton feature
Last start Group 2 Awapuni Gold Cup (2000m) winner Beauden is set to clock up further frequent flyer miles when he treks to Riccarton in...
Patrick Erin set for home-town return
Group 1 winner Patrick Erin has returned to the Wingatui stable of Brian and Shane Anderton, and he will resume his New Zealand career in...
Saint Emilion nearing return
Group One winner Saint Emilion and stablemate Highlad took positive steps toward a possible return to racing at Te Rapa on Saturday week when trialling...