Lucky charm works some magic for Pitman team
After an unlucky first two days of Christchurch Cup and Show Week, local trainer Michael Pitman decided a wardrobe change was in order to try...
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Charbano takes next step on 2000 Guineas pathway
Connections of exciting Vespa three-year-old Charbano have turned down offers that have dwarfed his purchase price as they chase their shot at a Group One...
Diego’s quartet spoils premiership party
As the racing season enters its final six weeks, premiership leading jockeys Michael McNab and Lisa Allpress ventured to Oamaru on Thursday as the big...
Southern star on the move
South Island Filly Of The Year Reputabelle will join the Flemington stable of Mike Moroney later this month. The daughter of Pins has proved a...
Burgie crashes Reputabelle’s party in Warstep Stakes
Reputabelle’s bid for a rare clean sweep of the South Island’s autumn three-year-old filly features was impressively thwarted by up-and-comer Burgie in Saturday’s Listed New...
Star Pitman filly set to enhance her reputation
Reputabelle is in prime order for her bid to become just the third filly to sweep the autumn legs of the South Island filly of...
Reputabelle continues on winning way
It may not have been the five-length romp of her last start success but leading South Island three-year-old filly Reputabelle was even more impressive as...
Bright future tipped for Fireglow
Fast-improving Riccarton three-year-old Fireglow could be set for some rich targets at next season’s New Zealand Cup carnival. Fireglow scored his second successive victory when...
Pitman chuffed with latest milestone
For someone who was once asked if he found his trainer’s licence at the bottom of a Weet-Bix box, Riccarton trainer Michael Pitman has sure...
Family affinity to the fore with Reputabelle
With a dominant performance at Wingatui by a rising star of the South Island’s three-year-old ranks, Michael and Matthew Pitman have added some black-type glow...
Pitman fillies out to enhance reputations at Wingatui
Michael and Matthew Pitman will attack Saturday’s Wingatui features in threes. The Riccarton trainers will produce Reputabelle, Roussanne and Show Me Champagne in the Listed...
Stakes hopes look rosy for Team Pitman
Michael and Matthew Pitman hold a strong hand in the main event on their home track program at Riccarton on Saturday with proven stakes performer...
Triumph to tragedy in Gore Guineas
The connections of highly talented three-year-old Mackenzie Lad went from a stakes-winning high to one of the worst feelings in racing within the space of...
Farming takes precedence over festival race-going
While many New Zealanders are enjoying the entertainment of festive season racing, South Canterbury farming couple Stephanie Rathgen and Grant Midgley have priorities that prevent...
Pitman counts down to another big day at Kumara
Michael Pitman rarely misses a Kumara Gold Nuggets, and the Riccarton trainer is gearing up for another busy afternoon at the iconic race meeting on...
Pitman elects for home features with classy mare
Michael Pitman won’t be bringing his classy mare Miss Tycoon Rose north for the rescheduled Group 1 Rydges Wellington Captain Cook Stakes (1600m) at Te...
Rose set to bloom in Coupland’s
Four-year-old mare Miss Tycoon Rose is set to peak in Wednesday’s Group 2 Coupland’s Bakeries Mile (1600m) at Riccarton, with the Michael and Matthew Pitman-trained...
Pitman team register another milestone
With the gritty win of Okay Pal at Riccarton on Saturday, the Michael and Matthew Pitman training partnership registered another significant milestone. The victory was...
Guineas goal for Mackenzie Lad
Mackenzie Lad is primed to showcase his Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) credentials when he tackles Saturday’s Group 3...
Synthetic trials at Riccarton get thumbs up
The first set of trials was conducted on the newly installed synthetic track at Riccarton on Tuesday, with the new surface receiving the full support...
Miss Tycoon Rose sets special mark for Pitman
A comfortable victory by Miss Tycoon Rose at Riccarton on Saturday provided co-trainer Michael Pitman with more than the usual satisfaction of a job well...
Pitman sets sights on special milestone
The return of Riccarton’s Grand National Carnival is music to the ears of Michael Pitman, who hopes the three-day meeting on his home track will...
Tappy’s One continues winning streak with Oamaru Cup victory
Underrated winter galloper Tappy’s One cemented his claim to being the most improved horse in commission in the South Island at present with a gritty...
Leading South Island trainer title up for grabs at Oamaru
Riverton trainer Kelvin Tyler has a team of up to ten runners primed for the last South Island race meeting of the current season next...
Riccarton next as Tyler bandwagon marches on
Kelvin Tyler isn’t sure whether he has the horsepower to deny Riccarton trainers Michael and Matthew Pitman of their fifth straight South Island trainers’ premiership...