Ormsby’s multiple focus makes for busy times
A select racing string alongside a breaking and pre-training business is just one facet of the busy life led by talented horseman Chad Ormsby. Last...
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Mana Nui impressive in Hawke’s Bay Guineas
Despite providing trainer Chad Ormsby with some mid-race jitters, promising three-year-old colt Mana Nui delivered when it counted as he claimed victory in the Group...
Remarkable Wakari heads Bergerson’s strong 3YO hand
Awapuni trainer Roydon Bergerson has a host of promising three-year-olds including Wakari and Nest Egg who will clash in Saturday’s Group 2 Dundeel At Arrowfield...
Pike quartet on song for Matamata
Cambridge trainer Tony Pike will venture to Matamata on Saturday with an in-form quartet of runners. Amongst them are youngsters Pacific Dragon and Khufu, while...
Wakari upsets favourites at Hastings
Awapuni galloper Wakari upset all predictions when he held out hot favourite I Wish I Win to take out the Listed El Roca-Sir Colin Meads...
Innes anxious for return to racing
Auckland’s extended lockdown has proved especially frustrating for leading jockey Leith Innes, who can look but can’t touch with nearly everything he wants to participate...
Tarzino 3YO makes perfect start
Promising three-year-old Te Toki made an emphatic start to his career when successful at Taupo on Wednesday in the Ribchester @ Haunui Farm 1300m. The...
Ormsby produces classic contender at Te Rapa
Matamata horseman Chad Ormsby looks to have a Classics contender on his hands after promising three-year-old colt Mana Nui opened his winning account with a...
Benner-Wynyard weekend debutants attract interest
Otaki trainers Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard are preparing to launch a new wave of gallopers, with two Gary Harding-owned debutants the source of plenty...
Cole hoping Magneto has X factor
Steven Cole is looking forward to watching Magneto contest the Group 3 Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa on Saturday, he will...
Hastings first-up for On The Bubbles
Connections of many of the country’s early three-year-olds will be breathing a sigh of relief when they hear Group One winner On The Bubbles won’t...
Mongolian Falcon boosts Hawke’s Bay stallion ranks
Well-known equestrian Vicki Wilson is leading the resurgence of thoroughbred breeding in Hawke’s Bay with the addition of Mongolian Falcon to the region’s stallion ranks....
Aegon lands 2000 Guineas in grandstand finish
In what was a carbon copy of the finish to the Group 2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) back in September, unbeaten three-year-old Aegon defeated Bourbonaire...
Innes out to round off Triple Crown
Big-race jockey Leith Innes believes Two Illicit could be the horse to help him complete the Hawke’s Bay Group 1 Triple Crown. Innes has won...
Partnership unearths another star
Andrew Forsman and the Zame Partnership look to have unearthed another exciting galloper in Aegon. The three-year-old son of Sacred Falls won the Group 2...
Patient approach with unlucky Moana
Chad Ormsby knows he was unlucky not to return from Hastings with a Guineas win on the board as a trainer, but he was thrilled...
Blanket finish to Hawke’s Bay Guineas
The judge has his work cut out at Hastings on Saturday as he perused the photo finish to one of the day’s feature events, the...
Hong Kong buyers circling Mega Bourbon
Punters betting into early markets for the Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai 48th New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) should tread warily with impressive Te...
American syndicate in for exciting season
A decision to invest in a handful of yearlings at Karaka last year is looking set to payoff for a group of American investors. The...
Hastings milestone may be on cards
Alchemia could provide Katrina and Simon Alexander with a memorable milestone at Hastings on Saturday if she lives up to the promise she has shown...
Classy colt gets the job done
Punters that took the $1.30 about talented three-year-old The Irishman would have had their hearts in their mouths when the son of Tavistock stepped slowly...
Scintillating Guineas win for Catalyst
Catalyst continued his dominance of spring three-year-old racing with another breathtaking performance in Saturday’s Group 2 Sacred Falls Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m). A spectacular winner...
Hastings trainers seek Guineas redemption
Guy Lowry has a plan to make amends for a Group 1 that got away. Lowry and training partner Grant Cullen produced Xpression as favourite...
Catalyst all the rage in Hawke’s Bay Guineas
Exciting three-year-old Catalyst will take a growing reputation into the Group 2 Sacred Falls Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) and Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld New...
Guineas assignment for Callsign Mav
The John Bary-trained Callsign Mav will get his first tilt at stakes company in a fortnight’s time when he contests the Group 2 Sacred Falls...