Sam Bergerson has capped a stellar season with the supreme Entain Excellence Award, recognised at a gala evening at Ellerslie on Sunday. The 31-year-old, who co-trains with Mark Walker at Te Akau Racing, has steered the powerhouse stable to another runaway New Zealand Trainers’ Premiership victory and shattered the stakes earnings record with over $9... Read More

Perseverance coupled with patience were the two qualities which could be found when Manzoice (Almanzor) cleared out to land the Tattersalls Cup (Gr 3, 2400m), one of six stakes on the Eagle Farm card last Saturday. In a long and winding road, which started in July of 2022, Manzoice’s sole run at two was very... Read More

Lightning can’t possibly strike twice to the same extent, but if Mister Bianco (Zousain) can triumph in Saturday’s Winx Guineas (Gr 3, 1600m) on the Sunshine Coast, it will be a spine-tingling day for his owners Peter and Patty Tighe. The Paul Shailer-trained gelding is among the market fancies as he seeks a fourth successive... Read More

Winx’s (Street Cry) part-owner Debbie Kepitis said she won’t pitch up again to buy the mare’s Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice) colt, after it was confirmed on Sunday that the youngster will head to next year’s Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.  Fellow owner Peter Tighe, however, hasn’t ruled out that he might make a bid, but concedes... Read More

With only 50 races remaining in the 2024/25 season, Zac Purton has secured an eighth Hong Kong jockeys’ championship with a treble at Sha Tin on Saturday (28 June) to hold an unassailable 59-win lead over nearest rival Hugh Bowman. Purton, 42, struck aboard Gentlemen Legacy (Showtime), Copartner Fleet (Nicconi) and Fashion Legend (Deep Field)... Read More

Whirl (3 f ex Salsa by Galileo) made up for her desperately close runner-up finish in the Epsom Oaks (Gr 1, 1m 4f) when she put in a brave display to win the Pretty Polly Stakes (Gr 1, 1m 2f), becoming the 15th individual Group 1 winner for Coolmore’s star shuttler Wootton Bassett (Ifrraaj) in... Read More