The reputation of New Zealand’s South Island is for breeding stout stayers more attuned to Derbies and cups, but tomorrow’s Karaka 2YO Million (RL, 1200m) can prove that’s not the case. South Island breeder Gus Wigley has two runners in the NZ$1 million two-year-old feature at Ellerslie’s twilight card – a meeting already sold out... Read More

Veight (Moonee Valley Race 9 #8) TRAINER: Tony and Calvin McEvoy RACE: Australia Stakes (Group 2, 1200m) One of the boom youngsters of the spring, the Tony and Calvin McEvoy–trained three-year-old Veight (Grunt) will attract plenty of attention at Moonee Valley. He hasn’t been seen since his respectable fifth in the Coolmore Stud Stakes (Gr... Read More

Fully Lit (AUS) 2 c Hellbent – Sunlit by Snitzel O: Mrs T Rook, Slice Syndicate, Beau River Racing, Redfox Racing Hellbent Sunlit, Redfox Racing, Mrs R Pajor, Mrs S Vousty, Mrs K-A Crameri, N J Weir, Mrs E K Weir, M L Carrington, Mrs D M Perri, D Perri, Mrs T S Smith, Mrs... Read More

There’s plenty of optimism in the Kiwi racing industry, buoyed by this week’s injection of new money, via the NZ$4.5 million The NZB Kiwi (1500m) and a reshaped summer-autumn carnival, but New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing chief executive Bruce Sharrock isn’t resting on his laurels. Among the 2018-tabled Messara Report’s recommendations was the outsourcing of the... Read More

Jamie Richards erased the frustrations of a challenging opening to the season with a double at Sha Tin with Magniac (Lucky Street) and G Liner (Siyouni) on Wednesday night, as the New Zealander continued to build telling momentum. Gathering impetus with four wins from his past 13 starters, Richards notched his first Sha Tin double... Read More

There have been a few false dawns along the way, but out of the some dark times the landscape for Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott’s latest juvenile winner looks exactly as it sounds: Fully Lit. RedFox Thoroughbreds’ son of Hellbent (I Am Invincible) produced a sparkling debut to win by almost three lengths in Saturday’s... Read More