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Zac Purton optimistic over Michael Chang’s Amigos Giggle

Posted on June 30, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Zac Purton hopes Amigos Giggle can validate encouraging trial form and reward Michael Chang's patience when the Australian-bred first-starter contests the first section of the Class 4 Continuous Development 1200m Handicap at Sha Tin on Thursday (1 July). Purton has been aboard in three of the Snitzel gelding's four trials and believes the three-year-old has[...]

Posted on June 30, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand's Wexford Stables will head to Hastings on Saturday with a handful of in-form runners, several of which are in line for bigger targets in the coming month. Divine Duke will be shooting for his third consecutive win in the Birchleigh Polo Club 2100 after winning over the same distance at Ellerslie earlier this[...]

Posted on June 30, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The prospect of decent footing has multi-talented Cambridge horseman Shaun Phelan excited heading into Hawke's Bay's showcase jumps racing day at Hastings on Saturday. Phelan has a realistic chance of completing the prestige jumps races double as he partners The Cossack in the Te Whangai Romneys Hawke's Bay Hurdles (3100m) and It's A Wonder in[...]

Posted on June 30, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer Tony Pike is confident he can figure in the thick end of the prizemoney in a Queensland stakes race for the second weekend in succession. The stable was represented by dominant Listed Tattersall's Life Member Stakes (1830m) winner Tutukaka at Eagle Farm last Saturday, and Pike is expecting a good showing from[...]

Posted on June 30, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The talented New Zealand horse with the quirky name is back in work and looking to accomplish some big things over spring. The David and Emma-Lee Browne-trained Elephant is pleasing in the early stages of his preparation and will be out to extend his unbeaten record next season. The rising five-year-old gelding has won all[...]

Posted on June 29, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Australian trainer Nick Ryan will head to Flemington on Saturday afternoon with the aim of defending the Listed Winter Championship Series Final (1600m).

Posted on June 28, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Patience is paying off for veteran New Zealand horseman Jim Pender after Gospodin reeled off his second consecutive victory when winning the Aquaholics Plumbing 3YO (1300m) on his home track of Tauranga on Saturday. Pender has always had a high opinion of the three-year-old despite the son of Proisir not filling a placing in his[...]

Posted on June 28, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Despite COVID-19 restrictions creating ongoing logistical headaches and isolating him from his family and friends in New Zealand, trans-Tasman trainer Michael Moroney has taken special satisfaction from the last couple of weeks. Moroney watched on from his Melbourne base as his high-class Kiwi-bred mare Tofane became just the third mare in history to complete Brisbane's[...]

Posted on June 28, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A long-range plan set in place for royally bred Savabeel mare Zayydani came to fruition at Eagle Farm on Saturday when she strode to a comprehensive victory in the Listed Tattersall's Gold Crown (2137m). Bred and raced by New Zealand's Trelawney Stud couple Brent and Cherry Taylor, Zayydani is the daughter of Van Nistelrooy mare[...]

Posted on June 28, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A stunning seven length win in the last race on the card at Tauranga on Saturday by the Stephen Marsh-trained Bankers Choice capped a stellar week for New Zealand owners Ross and Corrine Kearney and their broodmare Signorina. The three-year-old son of Mongolian Khan simply destroyed his rating 65 rivals over 1400m in the hands[...]

Posted on June 28, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A win in the opening event at Riccarton on Saturday with Russian Fable brought up a special milestone for popular local trainer Kevin Hughes. The win represented Hughes 500th career training victory with the majority of those achieved in partnership with wife Pam. For the 81-year-old Hughes, the victory was a special moment for a[...]

Posted on June 27, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Joao Moreira is poised to surge over the 150-win milestone for the third time in Hong Kong after the Brazilian's relentless drive for a fourth jockeys' championship delivered a treble at Sha Tin on Saturday (26 June). Moreira extended the gap separating him from reigning champion Zac Purton to 28 victories with only five meetings[...]

Posted on June 26, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The Tony Pike-trained two-year-old gelding Tutukaka ticked the first box as he makes a long-range bid for the Group 1 VRC Derby (2500m) with a dominant victory in the Listed Tattersall's Life Member Stakes (1830m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Ridden by Michael Cahill, the half-brother to Melody Belle always looked in control when sitting[...]

Posted on June 26, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A gun front-running ride by Jonathan Riddell and the pugnacious nature of Popstar Princess combined to provide the pair with a memorable victory in the feature race at Tauranga, New Zealand, on Saturday, the Listed Team Wealleans Tauranga Classic (1400m). The Fred and Lindsay Cornege-trained Makfi mare was back to her brilliant best as she[...]

Posted on June 26, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Capable New Zealand winter stayer Divine Duke has once again put a potential jumping career on hold with a powerful performance to take out Saturday's Seeka Kiwifruit Cup (2100m) at Tauranga. The rising nine-year-old made it back-to-back victories after a similar performance at Ellerslie over 2200m at his previous start. Carrying just 52kgs courtesy of[...]

Posted on June 26, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer Sally McKay made the long trip north from her Invercargill base to Riccarton with butterflies in her stomach and a host of doubts as to whether she had done the right thing with her stable runner Palmetto, who was making his raceday debut on Saturday. The two-year-old son of Ghibellines hadn't sighted[...]

Posted on June 26, 2021
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Conceding the 2020/21 Hong Kong trainers' championship is clearly Caspar Fownes' to lose, John Size is optimistic Drops Of God and Blaze Warrior can preserve flickering hopes of a 12th championship when the emerging pair spearheads the trainer's quality entry at Sha Tin on Saturday (26 June). Trailing Fownes by seven winners (68-75) with six[...]

Horse Racing News

Zac Purton optimistic over Michael Chang’s Amigos Giggle

Wexford runners in Divine form ahead of Hastings

Hastings triple threat for Phelan

Pike plumps for Sunshine Coast option

Australian campaign in the offing for Browne pair

Ryan banking on Dice Roll in Winter Final at Flemington

Gospodin an exciting prospect for Tauranga trainer

Moroney savours Tofane’s special double

Mission accomplished for blueblood mare

Bankers Choice caps top week for Waikato couple

New Zealand trainer Hughes reaches special milestone

Joao Moreira continues remarkable season with Sha Tin treble

Tutukaka Derby bound

Popstar Princess too tough for her rivals in Tauranga Classic

Divine Duke puts jumping career on hold again

Plan comes together for McKay two-year-old

John Size upbeat over Drops Of God, Blaze Warrior as championship hopes flicker

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