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21 first-crop Proisir weanlings carded for Karaka May Sale
Posted On: Thursday, 30 March 2017
Rich Hill's exciting young sire Proisir (pictured) will be well represented at the upcoming NZB Karaka May Sale, 21 of his colts and filly's entered in the catalogue released this week.
Local......
Shocking's Pure Pride pressing on to Coolmore Legacy
Posted On: Wednesday, 29 March 2017
She's fit, in-form and trialled impressively on Tuesday but trainer Murray Johnson's efforts with Pure Pride could be in vain if the talented mare fails to gain a start in the Group 1 Coolmore L......
Shocking's Antonio Giuseppe part of four-pronged Doncaster attack for Waller
Posted On: Tuesday, 28 March 2017
He's had better-credentialed contenders, but when you've won the past four Doncaster Handicaps and taken six of the past nine, it's fair to say champion trainer Chris Waller's is still the key s......
The Easter Stakes is the next black-type target for Counties Cup winner Chocante
Posted On: Monday, 27 March 2017
Stephen Marsh believes Chocante is capable of adding a feature mile to his burgeoning record.
The Cambridge trainer has already bagged the Gr. 3 Counties Cup over 2100 metres with the lightly ......
Well-bred 2YO triumphs on debut
Posted On: Friday, 24 March 2017
Tony Pike unveiled a promising two-year-old by Jimmy Choux at Avondale this afternoon.
The well-related
Bostonian followed up a trial win with a perfect race day debut.
He crossed from the ......
Season over for Cobblertothestars
Posted On: Friday, 24 March 2017
Promising South Island three-year-old
Cobblertothestars will not be seen in action again until next season.
The lightly raced son of Jimmy Choux had shown trainer Les Didham enough to encourag......
Proisir's half-sister highlight's Middlebrook Valley Easter Draft
Posted On: Friday, 24 March 2017
Verna and David Metcalfe and their team at Middlebrook Valley Lodge have a first rate reputation for producing quality athletes such as Caulfield Guineas winner Divine Prophet, whose half-sister......
Waller's Antonio Giuseppe switch
Posted On: Wednesday, 22 March 2017
Chris Waller has advised that Antonio Giuseppe will not head toward the Sydney Cup (3200m), the talented stayer to instead take his place in the Doncaster Handicap (1600m) on April 1.
Waller ex......
Jimmy Choux's talented half-sister Miss Wilson scores first black-type win in Cuddle Stakes
Posted On: Saturday, 18 March 2017
Miss Wilson (pictured) followed in the footsteps of her famous half-brother when she scored her first black-type win at Trentham this afternoon.
The Stratum mare is a younger sibling to the mi......
Dominant Auckland Cup Victory for Chenille
Posted On: Friday, 17 March 2017
Quality mare Chenille (NZ) (Pentire), who was purchased at the 2013 Premier Sale for $55,000, won a race worth almost 10 times that amount when she scored a dominant victory in Thursday's $500......
Pentire's 15th Group 1 winner Chenille delivers the perfect get well message
Posted On: Thursday, 16 March 2017
Tony Pike delivered the perfect get well message to his hospitalised father Wayne when he saddled up Chenille to win the country's premier staying race, the $500,000 Barfoot & Thompson Auc......
Weather Gives Chenille New Cup Hope
Posted On: Sunday, 12 March 2017
Trainer Tony Pike was ready to scratch
Chenille (Pentire) from the Auckland Cup yesterday so he was relieved when the meeting was called off due to heavy rain. He is now hoping the weather ca......
Antonio Giuseppe (Shocking) ramps up Sydney Cup campaign
Posted On: Friday, 10 March 2017
Sydney Cup favourite Antonio Giuseppe continues his build-up for that Group One challenge at Randwick as the heavily-backed runner in the Gr. 3 Sky High Stakes at Rosehill tomorrow.
The Chris Wa......
Allpress hopeful despite likely track conditions for Penthathlon in tomorrow's Auckland Cup
Posted On: Friday, 10 March 2017
John Wheeler won't be at Ellerslie when his talented pair of
Pentathlon and Irish Flame shoot for a Group 1 double on Saturday - but he has a fair excuse.
Wheeler and his wife Linda are playi......
Circuit Hassler (Shocking) in, Dee Dee D'Or out while John Moore has six runners as Hong Kong Derby field revealed
Posted On: Friday, 10 March 2017
New Zealand Group Two winner Circuit Hassler gets into the Derby field on March 19 as the 'big three' stables dominate with 12 of the 14 runners between themThere were no surprises when the BMW ......
Pike On Weather Watch
Posted On: Wednesday, 8 March 2017
Cambridge trainer Tony Pike will monitor the weather forecasts in the coming days ahead of Chenille's (Pentire) tilt at the Auckland Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) at Ellerslie.
The stakes-winning mare ......
VADAMOS rated CHAMPION OLDER HORSE in France for 2016
Posted On: Tuesday, 7 March 2017
Vadamos, the winner of the
Group 1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp at Chantilly in September 2016, was named as the
Champion Older Horse in France in the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankin......
Pentire's Mr Spielberg back in action in Merlion
Posted On: Tuesday, 7 March 2017
Trainer Laurie Laxon is back feeling reinvigorated from his annual New Zealand holidays - and hoping his horses will feel the same way this weekend, especially the resuming Mr Spielberg.
The st......
Jimmy Choux's sibling set for Cuddle Stakes
Posted On: Monday, 6 March 2017
The well-related
Miss Wilson will be presented with an opportunity next time out to boost her future value.
The half-sister by Stratum to the multiple Group One winner Jimmy Choux is in career......
Chenille lays down the challenge to Auckland Cup rivals
Posted On: Sunday, 5 March 2017
Chenille looked every bit an Auckland Cup winner when she dominated her Nathans Memorial opposition in the final lead-up to next week's Ellerslie two-miler.
Lining up with blinkers back on aft......
Divine Prophet to start second favourite in tomorrow's Group 1 $750,000 Australian Guineas at Flemington
Posted On: Thursday, 2 March 2017
Proisir's full brother
Divine Prophet will look to boost his own impressive stud credentials by adding the Australian Guineas to his race record.
The Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes-traine......
Pike in familiar territory with Sacred Rhythm (Pentire)
Posted On: Thursday, 2 March 2017
Cambridge trainer Tony Pike is hoping history will repeat in Saturday's $70,000 Gr.3 McKee Family Sunline Vase at Ellerslie.
Pike has trained two recent winners of the 2100-metre fillies' featu......
