Loftys Gift lands Dunedin Gold Cup upset
Four weeks on from a brave second in the Gore Cup, Loftys Gift delivered again for her connections at Wingatui and went one better in...
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Road trip looming for Lombardi
Lombardi has rarely ventured out of Canterbury, but over the next month he is set to hit the road, with trainer Bruce Smith keen to...
Verismo primed for Dunedin Gold Cup assignment
Cambridge trainer Sam Mynott has sent her mare Verismo south in a bid to capture some black-type at Wingatui this weekend.
Deserved Dunedin Gold Cup win for Kilowatt
After more than three years as a star of the South Island’s country cups, under-rated stayer Kilowatt stepped up to stakes class for a career-best...
“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...
Cunneen has her sights set on feature race spoils
Meg Cunneen has developed a taste for black-type racing less than a month since the first stakes win of her fledgling training career. The Riccarton...
Northland trainer overcoming COVID hurdles
New Zealand’s COVID-19 lockdown has made things a little more complicated for Ruakaka trainer Kenny Rae than he would have liked, but he’s hoping his...
Collaboration pays off with Cup upset
A joint venture between owner-breeder John Phillips and Riccarton trainer Danny Crozier produced a dream result in Saturday’s Listed Nellies Restaurant and Bar Dunedin Gold...
Auckland is calling for City Slicker
A tilt at the Group 1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m) at Ellerslie next month is on the line for City Slicker at Wingatui...
Sitarist overcomes scare to feature in big treble for Parsons
After a touch-and-go few days, emerging staying mare Sitarist headed to Wingatui and was part of a super Saturday for trainers John and Karen Parsons...
Pendleton wins Listed Dunedin Gold Cup
Visiting Canterbury galloper Pendleton came of age at Wingatui on Saturday when she downed her mainly older rivals with a dominant performance to take out...
Apprentice Amless Bohorun gets start in Dunedin Gold Cup
A lack of senior jockeys at Wingatui on Saturday has given apprentice Amless Bohorun an unexpected black type opportunity. The native of Mauritius has been...