Tag: 'Karaka Million'

Promising colt Savaglee wasn’t purchased with New Zealand’s richest two-year-old event in mind, but it’s emerged as a serious target.

Mark Walker prepared three winners of the Group 1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) in his first stint as head trainer for Te Akau’s Matamata...

Punt Drunk | Tuesday December 19 2021 Tuesday, we meet again! We have a love hate relationship, yet you turn up and we still find...

Tony Pike went to Karaka in January in search of his next potential star and he may just have found him. Promising juvenile Not An...

Can Te Akau Racing make it a hat-trick of Karaka Millions? Probabeely. Te Akau will have a five-strong hand in the $1 million two-year-old race...

Group One winner Volpe Veloce returns to the scene of her biggest victory when she contests the Group 2 Westbury Classic (1200m) at Ellerslie on...

Lindsay Park Racing have their sights set on the Million dollar prize at Ellerslie on Saturday when they contest the Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m)...

Cambridge galloper Ever Loyal is set to make a long-awaited return to racing back at the Karaka Million racemeeting at Ellerslie on Saturday. It was...

Liam Birchley believes he can train his third Karaka Million winner with Neptune's Spear who has travelled well to New Zealand.

Sir Nate will be back for a second crack at the principal share of $1 million as part of a three-pronged attack on the prestigious...

Trainer Jamie Richards will be represented by five runners in Saturday week’s Karaka Million 2YO (1200m), with the man at the helm of the Te...

The Roger James and Robert Wellwood-trained Hasstobegood will have to live up to her name in the NZB Insurance Pearl Series Race (1200m) at Ellerslie...

The decision to add an extra two-year-old race to the Doomben midweek meeting has helped the cause of Karaka Million hopeful Neptune's Spear.

Leading Sydney jockey James McDonald made a fleeting visit back to his homeland on Thursday to ride at Te Aroha, a track that holds some...

Group 1 performer Dawn Patrol will get his first feel of the Ellerslie track this week as part of his preparation for a return to...

Te Akau trainer Jamie Richards unleashed another live Karaka Million prospect at Te Rapa on Saturday, when debutante Yourdeel cruised clear to win the Wentwood...

Quality two-year-old Whiskey Neat identified himself as a major contender for the Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) in January after his impressive ten-length victory on debut...

Scott Base might be at a distance short of his best on Saturday, but other factors will be in his favour at Trentham. The Karaka...

Bluff oysterman Willie Calder achieved a result that most thoroughbred breeders can only dream of when he produced a remarkable winning double over the weekend....

Te Akau Racing secured their second consecutive Listed Karaka Million (1200m) when flying filly Avantage carried their tangerine and blue colours to victory at Ellerslie....

Cambridge trainer John Bell has a formidable hand to play at Saturday’s Karaka Million meeting at Ellerslie. Bell will produce exciting filly Kapoor in the...

Andrew Scott and Lance O’Sullivan have all but done their job with Nirvana In Fire and now they’re praying for a bit of outside help....

One-time Karaka Million (1200m) favourite Espumoso will miss the Ellerslie feature later this month after being sold to Hong Kong interests this week. The son...

Opie Bosson has taken on a weighty summer mission and he’s confident of executing it. The top jockey has a constant battle with the scales,...

Hugh Bowman will ride Al Hasa in the Karaka Million in New Zealand, one of five runners Te Akau Racing will have in the rich...