Cambridge Stud’s shuttle stallion Almanzor (Wootton Bassett) was handed his 12th individual stakes winner, and fourth in New Zealand, when Sudbina produced a strong finishing effort to land yesterday’s Desert Stakes (Gr 3, 1600m) at Trentham. The three-year-old filly was racing for the just the third time at Group level, having run a commendable sixth... Read More

A game effort from Mary Louise (The Bold One) in yesterday’s Wellington Cup (Gr 3, 3200m) had trainer Robbie Patterson and jockey Craig Grylls on ‘cloud nine’ as she stayed on best of all to land yesterday’s feature for stayers. Coming just half-an-hour after the trainer/jockey partnership had revelled in Thorndon Mile glory with Puntura,... Read More

Patterson and Grylls combine for feature-race double at Trentham headed by Puntura’s win in the Thorndon Mile There were joyous scenes at Trentham yesterday for trainer Robbie Patterson and jockey Craig Grylls as they enjoyed a stakes double when they saddled the winners of both the Thorndon Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) and Wellington Cup (Gr... Read More

Bumbasina to go under the hammer carrying a sibling to Group 1-winning star As racing fans keenly await today’s debut of the $900,000 half-brother to Amelia’s Jewel (Siyouni), the star mare’s owner has dropped news to set pulses in the breeding world running considerably faster: the sale of her dam in foal with her sibling.... Read More

Go Racing to have pair of contenders in Thorndon Mile before exciting Velocious goes gunning for Million glory Tomorrow’s Trentham meeting could prove to be a red-letter day for Albert Bosma and his Auckland-based syndicate Go Racing when they send out a pair of contenders in the feature Thorndon Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) on the... Read More