Business

The Castlepoint Beach races are an iconic event on the racing calendar and are set to make their return this Saturday after they were cancelled last year due to weather conditions.

Cambridge couple Maxim and Samantha van Lierde celebrated a successful cross-code weekend, with victories in both the show jumping arena and the racetrack.

Former Kiwi galloper Pendragon got his Australian campaign off to the best possible start at Werribee on Monday, comfortably winning his 1100m jumpout for trainer Michael Moroney.

Memories of the mighty mare Ethereal continue to be rekindled and most recently by the emergence of her gifted grandson Pericles.

Simon and Katrina Alexander are hopeful the best of La Crique’s season is yet to come, with the Group Oner winner heading south on Saturday to tackle the Gr.1 Trackside Otaki-Maori WFA Classic (1600m) at Otaki.

Sailor Jack changed stables with a view to a jumping career, but now looms as a first black-type runner for a tyro training partnership.

Go Racing’s Albert Bosma is resigned to the fact that Skyman is out of the chase for the lion’s share of the $650,000 summer series bonus, but he is hoping they can get their hands on some of the minor bonus cash up for grabs.

Trainer Sam Mynott and owner Ben Kwok are forming quite the formidable partnership.

Local trainer Lisa Vaughan added to her proud record in a hometown feature when lightweight runner Lochnaberry scored a runaway victory in Saturday’s $60,000 Baillie & Lewis Pharmacy Invercargill Gold Cup (2600m).

Ellerslie’s new StrathAyr track has certainly got the tick of approval from Daniel Nakhle and Barneswood Farm’s Sarah Green and Ger Beemsterboer, with their silks to the fore once more at the Auckland venue on Saturday.