Wild Night

Wild Night poised for Aoteoroa Classic tilt

Posted on December 27, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson have been playing the catch-up game with Wild Night for next month's $1 million Aoteoroa Classic (1600m), and they seem to be winning. The talented four-year-old placed first-up at Otaki last month over 1200m before trialling at Matamata over 1000m last week to ready him to tackle the Barfoot[...]

Posted on February 10, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer Mark Walker is looking forward to Saturday's bumper meeting at Te Rapa where he has strong chances in both Group One races – the BCD Group Sprint (1400m) and the Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m). Both races have attracted an all-star cast, but the nation's leading trainer is well represented with Imperatriz and Maven Belle[...]

Posted on January 31, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Group One winner Prise De Fer will venture south this weekend to contest the Group 3 White Robe Lodge (1600m) at Wingatui. The Mark Walker-trained seven-year-old is the clear top-rater in the weight-for-age feature which shapes as a nice target after missing last week's Group 1 Thorndon Mile (1600m) due to a foot issue. “He[...]

Posted on January 19, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The Karaka Million twilight meeting at Pukekohe on Saturday is gearing up to being a potentially lucrative night for Windsor Park Stud, with the Cambridge thoroughbred nursery well-represented in the meeting's two feature races. Unbeaten juvenile Trobriand was bred by the farm and heads the Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) market, while fellow graduates Wild Night,[...]

Posted on December 27, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Barely thirty minutes after unbeaten three-year-old filly Legarto put her hand up to start favourite in the Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m) next month with victory in the Group 2 Eight Carat Classic (1600m), her main rival issued an emphatic statement that he won't be going down without a titanic struggle. The Mark Walker-trained Wild[...]

Posted on December 13, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Te Akau Racing's three winners from the weekend could all be competing in feature events at the Auckland Thoroughbred Racing meetings over the Christmas-New Year period. Impressive three-year-old Wild Night is likely to contest the Listed Uncle Remus Stakes (1400m) at Pukekohe on Boxing Day, while the unbeaten two-year-old Trobriand will seek his third consecutive[...]

Posted on October 10, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Saturday was a day of undoubted highlights for New Zealand trainer Mark Walker, with a winning treble that encompassed a trifecta and a first-four, but one that saw him licking a few wounds as well. Walker began Group 1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) day at Matamata with a flurry of wins, producing Romancing The Moon,[...]

Posted on September 22, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Te Akau once again enjoyed a bumper day at their home track on Wednesday, winning five races on the eight-race card at Matamata. The result comes just weeks after New Zealand's leading stable posted six victories at Taupo and trainer Mark Walker said it has been a boost for his staff exiting a long winter.[...]

Wild Night poised for Aoteoroa Classic tilt

Imperatriz thriving ahead of BCD Group Sprint

Te Akau team Dunedin-bound

Windsor Park well-represented in Karaka Million

Wild Night declares game on for Karaka 3YO Classic

Christmas carnival targets for Walker winners

Rollercoaster day for Te Akau Racing

Te Akau continue home ground dominance

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