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Expat New Zealand trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young considered scratching Blind Raise (NZ) (Ace High) from Saturday’s A$175,000 Listed McMahon’s Dairy McKenzie Stakes (1300m) at Sandown, but their decision to run paid off and put the Kiwi-bred gelding on target for bigger and better
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Local runner Jaeger (NZ) (Time Test) proudly carried the Taranaki colours to a gritty victory when he took out the New Plymouth ITM Interprovincial (1600m) with a powerful finish on Saturday. All runners in the event carry the colours of the province they are representing, with Jaeger adorned in the
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Superstar mare Well Written (Written Tycoon) was back to the business of winning when she triumphed in the first race of her four-year-old campaign, the Gr.1 Proisir Plate (1400m) at Ellerslie. Unbeaten in six starts in her first season on the track, the Stephen Marsh-trained daughter
Feature wins at Sandown in last September’s Gr.3 Sandown Stakes (1500m) and Saturday’s A$200,000 Ranvet So You Think Stakes (1500m) have bookended a year of highly commendable showings in elite company by Evaporate (NZ) (Per Incanto). The New Zealand-bred son of Per Incanto followed
Superstar mare Well Written (Written Tycoon) was back to the business of winning when she triumphed in the first race of her four-year-old campaign, the Gr.1 Proisir Plate (1400m) at Ellerslie. Unbeaten in six starts in her first season on the track, the Stephen Marsh-trained daughter
The emergence of unbeaten filly Proxima Dea (Tarzino) has added another chapter to a breeding venture that began with the racetrack deeds of outstanding mare Montefilia and has its sights set firmly on producing elite middle-distance horses. Proxima Dea, a daughter of Westbury Stud stallion Tarzino and Redoute’s
Yulong Investments will have a strong New Zealand flavour to its spring assault, with quality mares Well Written and Ohope Wins both poised for major assignments on either side of the Tasman. Unbeaten four-year-old Well Written (Written Tycoon) will put her perfect record on the line when she
Group One-winning trainer Bev Kelso passed away on Saturday, aged 80. She was one half of one of the most revered training partnerships in the country, alongside her husband Ken, with the Matamata couple having a strike-rate envied by many. Hailing from Bay of Plenty, Bev was a
It’s just over a week out from the Gr.1 Proisir Plate (1400m) at Ellerslie, and trainer Stephen Marsh couldn’t be any happier with hot favourite Well Written (Written Tycoon). The unbeaten mare is set to kick-off her spring preparation in the $400,000 feature and had
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Wexford Stables came out of their winter hibernation in the best possible fashion at Ellerslie on Saturday when Pounce (NZ) (Almanzor) posted their first win of the season in the Gr.3 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Sunline Vase (1200m). The daughter of Almanzor jumped away well and secured the coveted
New Zealand import Ocean Bay (NZ) (Vanbrugh) continued her unbeaten campaign with a third straight win in the A$80,000 Ladbrokes Popular SRM Handicap (1600m) at Sandown on Saturday. The Gavin Bedggood-trained four-year-old had scored a first-up win over 1300m at Bendigo on July 30,
Trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson have been waiting for better tracks to step out their promising filly Asturia (NZ) (Almanzor), and she rewarded their patience with an impressive debut win in the Rich Hill Stud 1400 at Ellerslie on Saturday. The daughter of Almanzor had progressed nicely in her
When Cooper Stumbles was handing out saddlecloths at Wingatui as a child, he dreamed of sitting atop them as a jockey, so it was only fitting that his first win in that role came at the Otago track on Friday. Now based in Matamata, where he is apprenticed to Te
Brett Crawford sends six runners to the opening meeting of the season at Sha Tin on Sunday (6 September), with five-year-old Public Attention (NZ) (Written Tycoon) looking the most likely to provide early-season success. With his stable running at maximum capacity from the off, it’s a
The Ciaron Maher stable recently scored a top four finish in a maiden race at Sandown. Two of that quartet head to a Stakes race at Sandown looking to continue the good run of form for the Maher stable. Saintly Dancer (NZ) (St Mark's Basilica) and Ghana'
While breeze-up analysis and physical inspections will come closer to sale time, the recent release of the catalogue for the 2026 NZB Ready to Run Sale at Karaka has given buyers plenty to think about as they begin to compile their shortlists. The 2026 edition of the Ready to
Metropolitan fancy Thebudgiesmugla (NZ) (Redwood) is unbeaten in five starts over 2400 metres and he will be out to make it six when he lines up in the Listed Drinkwise Cup (2400m) at Randwick. The six-year-old was one of the revelations of the off-season, winning three of
Following his heroics in last month’s Grand National Steeplechase (5600m) at Riccarton, Lord Spencer (NZ) (Zed) will return to the flat at New Plymouth on Saturday in the NZB Airfreight Road To Jericho (3210m). The JJ Rayner-trained gelding has been the standout jumper over winter, posting four successive
It is often said that a picture paints a thousand words, and one in particular has been speaking volumes to Ruakaka trainer Michelle Bradley as she prepares She’s No Saint (Prague) for the Gr.3 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Sunline Vase (1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. “I took a
Expat Australian jockey Matt Cartwright is living the dream in New Zealand as he gets set to partner two favourites on Proisir Plate Day at Ellerslie on Saturday. The Cambridge-based hoop will reunite with New Zealand’s darling of the turf, Well Written (Written Tycoon), in the Gr.1
The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable has high hopes for Zambardo (NZ) (Belardo) but also concede the galloper needs to again rise to a new level. Entered for both the Cox Plate and Caulfield Cup, Zambardo makes his return in the So You Think Stakes (1500m) at Sandown