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Auckland Cup: Stars given second life
Thanks to people like Gina Schick, visions of former champion horses being trucked off to pet food factories are proving false.
Thanks to people like Gina Schick, visions of former champion horses being trucked off to pet food factories are proving false.
Australian options are being considered for 3-year-old Volkstok'n'barrell, who was a gallant runner-up in the New Zealand Derby.
One of New Zealand pacing's great careers hangs in the balance, with Terror To Love a chance of being retired even before Friday's Auckland Trotting Cup.
Peter Hollinshead has an outstanding yardstick to gauge Pondarosa Miss' staying ability and he's confident she can star at the ultimate flat distance.
Kiwi pacing heroine Adore Me will return for Friday night's Auckland Cup the best pacing mare in the world after a mind-blowing performance at Menangle yesterday.
The most emotional moment in Saturday's $750,000 TV3 Derby came when Mongolian Khan's winning rider Opie Bosson embraced co-trainer of runner-up Volkstok'n'barrell Donna Logan in the birdcage after....
Durham Town has spent most of his career battling the country's top sprinters and he continues to prove more than a match for most of them.
Mongolian Khan proved the country's premier staying 3-year-old at Ellerslie when he added a coveted feature to Murray Baker's classic set.
Legendary racehorse Bonecrusher is celebrating 30 years since winning the New Zealand Derby.
Matt Cameron hasn't been eating much in the past couple of days.
The TAB quickly turned the Volkstok'n'barrell vs Mongolian Khan odds around after yesterday's barrier draw for Saturday's $750,000 TV3 Derby.
Prima is likely to be given the opportunity to shed his title as the country's top maiden galloper in Saturday's New Zealand Derby.
Trainer Cran Dalgety is hoping a trial today can put Christen Me's Auckland Cup campaign back on track after complications robbed him of three race opportunities this weekend.
Peter McKay is calling for racing clubs to face heavy fines if they make serious errors in presenting suitable racetracks.
The standardbred yearling sales finally grew up at Karaka yesterday.
The shock scratching of Christen Me from the series coupled with a bullying performance on Saturday night have left Beautide with the Inter Dominion at his mercy.
James McDonald jumped off Rising Romance after a beaten run in the group one Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington on Derby Day and told co-trainer Donna Logan: "She's not a weight-for-age horse yet,....
Wow, what a race the $750,000 TV3 New Zealand Derby is going to be.
One of the world's greatest harness drivers will make his New Zealand debut at Alexandra Park tomorrow night.
A trip across the Tasman will be Puccini's reward if the dual group one winner races up to expectations at his next appearance.
Just when Cran Dalgety thought he had escaped the Hunter Cup frying pan last week, he's back into the fire with a wide barrier draw at Menangle this Saturday.
Trainer Graham Court has three tasks with embattled pacing star Terror To Love this week, but the most important one concerns driver Ricky May.
In the pressure cooker of group one racing when things go wrong they can go all-the-way wrong.