Te Awamutu trainer Debbie Sweeney has been impressed with MacFire’s run of form of late and she is hoping that continues at Te Rapa on Saturday where he will contest the Property Brokers Taumarunui 3YO (1400m).
New Zealand’s richest raceday will be further enhanced in 2024 with stakes increases and the launch of a new partnership announced for New Zealand Bloodstock’s iconic Karaka Millions Twilight Meeting.
Mark Walker is in rarefied air after becoming the first New Zealand trainer to record 200 domestic wins in a season at Awapuni on Thursday.
Any thoughts Riccarton trainer Ryan Thistoll might have had that Strike Force would become easier to deal with as he got older have long since dissipated.
The New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders Association has announced that Nick Johnson will take up the position of Chief Executive Officer in early October.
Corrina McDougal has enjoyed another successful racing season in partnership with Paul Nelson, and the Hastings trainers hope to top it off in style with last-start winners Taika and Raucous at Te Rapa on Saturday.
uglas’ dream start to her training career continued at Oamaru on Wednesday when Shejengar scored her first win in the Stephen Heffernan Property Brokers (1200m).
Shaun Clotworthy didn’t foresee Quirky Habits contending for black-type honours as a two-year-old, but has been more than happy to be proved wrong by the youngster.
A trip to Karaka five years ago is well and truly paying off for southern trainer Stephen Blair-Edie.
Cambridge trainer Andrew Forsman celebrated a comfortable victory at Cambridge on Wednesday with Medina in the Martin Collins New Zealand MAAT 1550.
