Options aplenty for Babylon Berlin
Speedy mare Babylon Berlin may be given a chance to extend her distance range in next month’s Group 1 BCD Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa....
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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...
Foote’s Tauranga quartet rates highly
Cambridge trainer Ben Foote will be represented by four runners at Tauranga on Wednesday and can’t single one above any other, considering them all serious...
Sakura Blossom sets tongues wagging with sensational Hastings victory
While Callsign Mav was the star of the elite horses at Hastings with his Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) victory, it was a stunning performance...
Cambridge trainer looking to get his Foote in the till at Hastings
Cambridge trainer Ben Foote is looking forward to heading to Hastings this weekend where he is hoping Sakura Blossom can extend her faultless form line...
Pierina devastating in Travis Stakes
Cambridge galloper Pierina caused a major upset when she dashed clear in the final stages to score an emphatic victory in the feature event at...
Babylon Berlin all class in three-year-old feature
Speedy filly Babylon Berlin gave her rivals a galloping lesson when she led throughout to take out the Group 3 Inglis Sales Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes...
Travis mission for Travelling Light
It’s taken patience and hard work, but Ben Foote believes he’s got Travelling Light back to her best. The four-year-old mare will be among the...
Babylon Berlin searching for stakes victory
Consistent filly Babylon Berlin will be looking for her first stakes victory at Te Rapa on Saturday-week when she contests the Group 3 Cambridge Breeders’...
Riddell excited to ride in Group One for great mate
Jonathan Riddell would love nothing more than to ride a Group One winner for his great mate Ben Foote. He will get his chance in...
Collett elects for Levante in Group One
It was an agonising decision for jockey Samantha Collett in selecting her mount for the Group 1 Fiber Fresh NZ Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at...
Babylon Berlin ready for stern test at Ellerslie
Speedy three-year-old Babylon Berlin will line up at Ellerslie for the biggest test of her career when she tackles the older horses over 1200m on...
Foote’s summer team nearing return
Cambridge trainer Ben Foote is looking forward to the raceday return of Group 1 winner Travelling Light, her Group winning half-sister Vitesse Bo and speedy...
Travelling Light out of spring
Group 1 winning mare Travelling Light is the latest elite-level performer to be ruled out of the spring. The Ben Foote-trained daughter of El Roca...
Babylon Berlin to make much anticipated debut at Rotorua
There will be plenty of interest in the opening race at Rotorua on Wednesday where multiple trials winner Babylon Berlin is set to make her...
Travelling Light on target for Te Rapa feature
Outstanding three-year-old Travelling Light will head to Ruakaka next week as she continues her preparation for a raceday return in early September. Trainer Ben Foote...
Sam Collett has an eye for design
Leading New Zealand jockey Samantha Collett hasn’t been idle during the country’s near two-month lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Just two days...
Foote finds positives from lockdown period
Cambridge trainer Ben Foote is finding a silver lining to New Zealand’s strict lockdown measures under Covid-19 Alert level 4. With the nation poised to...
Foote keen on Waikato Guineas for star filly
Ben Foote is keen to stick to the plan with his top filly Travelling Light and resist the temptation of another Group 1 mission this...
Group 1 trainer has nice ring for Foote
Cambridge horseman Ben Foote savoured a special day on Saturday with his star filly Travelling Light helping him get the Group 1 monkey off his...
After-effects for Travelling Light’s beaten brigade
Indecision with Harlech and a rest for Riodini is the outcome following their defeat at the hands of Travelling Light at Trentham on Saturday. With...
Travelling Light shines in Levin Classic
Travelling Light has dispensed with her male rivals to win the Group One Levin Classic for three-year-olds at Trentham.
Collett opts for filly in Levin Classic
After a decision she described as unprecedented in her career, leading jockey Sam Collett will ride Travelling Light in Saturday’s Group 1 Levin Classic (1600m)...
Travelling Light takes out first Boxing Day feature
Exciting filly Travelling Light bounced back to winning form when she took out the Listed Shaw’s Wires Ropes Uncle Remus Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie on...
Guineas to kick-start lucrative week for Foote
Scrapbook or Cheque book. It’s a dilemma that faces the majority of New Zealand owners and trainers when they have a promising galloper and a...