‘Rocky Rose’ Sweet Dolly stuns in Calaway Gal
The $1,500 weanling purchase stars on a day when two-year-olds shot to attention Yesterday’s two-year-old features provided a timely reminder that a good horse can come from anywhere this sales season as juveniles from a variety of backgrounds added black type to their pedigree page in key lead-ups to the Magic Millions 2YO Classic (RL,... Read More
Diplomat McGauran excited by his Calaway Gal contender Rhapsody Rose
Long-time federal MP’s Star Witness filly out to clinch a start in Magic Millions 2YO Classic Former Australian government minister Peter McGauran’s first foray into racehorse ownership could deliver him a maiden stakes win and send the value of his filly Rhapsody Rose (Star Witness) soaring if she can win today’s $125,000 Boomer Bloodstock Calaway... Read More
Kneebone to undertake quarantine in time to pick up the gavel at Karaka
Agents forced to choose Australia or New Zealand sales without travel bubble in place Mike Kneebone missed his first New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale for more than two decades but he is preparing to undertake two weeks of hotel quarantine to ensure that he is behind the rostrum at Karaka in January for... Read More
Soumillon ruled out of HKIR over Covid testing irregularities
Christophe Soumillon will miss his rides in Sunday’s valuable Hong Kong International Races after it emerged the star rider needs to undergo further Covid-19 testing before being cleared to leave quarantine. Unlike the European jockeys who are in a ‘racing bubble’ having competed in Wednesday night’s International Jockeys’ Championship at Happy Valley, Soumillon, who has... Read More
Amarelinha (NZ)
Amarelinha (NZ) 3 f Savabeel – Hopscotch by O’Reilly O: Te Akau Hopskip’n’jump Syndicate (Mgr: Karyn Fenton-Ellis Mnzm) B: Waikato Stud T: Jamie Richards S: 2019 NZB Karaka Yearling Sale Book 1 V: Waikato Stud P: David Ellis, NZD$300,000 W: JP & Associates Maiden, 1300m, December 5, Ellerslie Te Akau Racing-owned filly Amarelinha made a... Read More