Imperatriz on track for Railway
Group One winner Imperatriz is on track to head to the Group 1 Railway (1200m) at Te Rapa on New Year’s Day following her 850m...
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Satisfying victory for talented Dragon Leap
Relief was an over-riding emotion in the Dragon Leap camp following the six-year-old’s stunning performance at Pukekohe Park to end a lengthy winless streak. The...
Stable veteran returns to Clotworthys
Stable favourite Justacanta has returned to the care of his New Zealand trainers Shaun and Emma Clotworthy after a fruitful time in Australia over the...
Railway dream resonates with Frye
Danny Frye describes Our Echo’s entry for January’s Group 1 Sistema Railway (1200m) at Te Rapa as “pie-in-the-sky” optimism but the North Canterbury trainer is...
Letzbeglam wins incident-packed Counties Bowl
The heavily backed Letzbeglam justified an avalanche of late money to win an incident-packed Group 3 Haunui Farm Counties Bowl (1100m) at Pukekohe. The Lance...
Richardson guided by past Railway experience
Graham Richardson will follow a proven formula with his leading sprinter Bonny Lass through to her grand final at Te Rapa on New Year’s Day....
Foote hoping to hit homerun with The Bambino
A jumping future is beckoning The Bambino but trainer and part-owner Ben Foote is hoping to score a win on the flat with the gelding...
Musigny Lass narrowly avoids disaster in Tauranga victory
Trainer Ben Foote was blissfully unaware that his impressive Tauranga winner Musigny Lass had nearly blown her chances at the start of Saturday’s 1300m three-year-old...
Spotlight on Rockstar in Group One mile
Cambridge trainer Lauren Brennan is looking forward to dodging top sprinting mares Levante and Entriviere as she attacks the Group 1 El Cheapo Cars WFA...
Babylon Berlin takes flight in Concorde
Speedy mare Babylon Berlin was at her brilliant front-running best when she led all the way to take out the Group 3 Brighthill Farm Eminent...
Zaher putting in the miles ahead of Wellesley
Two-year-old gelding Zaher may only be having his second start at Trentham on Saturday but he is already becoming a seasoned traveller. The Cambridge juvenile...
Entriviere electrifying in Railway
Te Akau Racing, trainer Jamie Richards and jockey Opie Bosson have gone back-to-back in the world’s first Group One race of the year, stealing the...
Johnson chases Ellerslie gold
Danielle Johnson has plenty of time for Gold Watch, her mount in Saturday’s Group 2 Rich Hill Mile (1600m) at Ellerslie. The Waikato jockey had...
Levante at top of her game for Group One challenge
All the key indicators point to the high-class mare Levante going close to plugging the only gap in her CV on New Year’s Day at...
Richards provides quinella in Ellerslie sprint feature
On a day where he dominated the first two black-type events on an action-packed programme, it was no surprise that trainer Jamie Richards would continue...
Three-pronged attack on Zabeel Classic for Ballymore
Mike Moroney and Pam Gerard will have numbers and class in their favour for the Group 1 Cambridge Stud Zabeel Classic (2000m) on Boxing Day....
Rich Ellerslie feature the aim for Phelan pair
Shaun Phelan has the NZD$1 million Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m) on his mind as he heads into weekend racing. The Cambridge trainer will produce...
Rockstar packs plenty of punch at Te Rapa
Ever consistent sprinter Packing Rockstar displayed all his fighting qualities when he downed a high-quality field of sprinters in the Group 3 J Swap Sprint...
Exciting juvenile scores on debut
Cambridge trainer Lauren Brennan is excited about the prospects of juvenile Zaher after his gutsy win on debut in the Levin TAB & Sports Bar...
Levante on-target for fruitful campaign
Class mare Levante didn’t surprise anyone by winning a 1000m trial at Matamata last week, but the manner in which she won it suggests she’ll...
Babylon Berlin too quick in Riccarton dash
Speedy mare Babylon Berlin got her spring campaign off to the best possible start when she proved too slick for her rivals in the Listed...
Home targets for Justacanta
Trainers Shaun and Emma Clotworthy were eyeing an Australian campaign with Justacanta this spring, however, a change in circumstances have altered those plans. “We were...
Avantage goes back to back in Telegraph
Class prevailed at Trentham on Saturday when versatile mare Avantage was at her very best in taking out the Group 1 JR & N Berkett...
Avantage all class in Railway victory
The Group 1 Sistema Railway (1200m) was the pinnacle event on a day awash with black type features at Ellerslie on Friday and it more...
Group One test for Levante
Talented mare Levante will get her first chance to prove herself at elite-level at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day when she contests the Group 1...