For the second time in three years top class broodmare Carlas Pixel is on the market. By Courage Under Fire out of Pixie Perfect, the now 11-year-old mare is up for sale on gavelhouse.com. The auction closes tomorrow with current bidding at $30,000. As a racing proposition the royally-bred Carlas Pixel won 19 races and nearly $500,000 in stakes, with a lifetime best of 1:49.5. Her first foal sold for $270,000. She is currently in foal to Captaintreacherous. In 2023 she was offered up on gavelhouse.com and bought by John…
Month: September 2025
Plans firm for Leap To Fame’s NZ Cup campaign
By Adam Hamilton Leap To Fame will launch his campaign aimed at the $1m IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup with an Albion Park trial on Thursday. In an exciting twist, trainer-driver Grant Dixon is seriously considering heading across the Tasman earlier than expected. “There’s a good chance we’ll fly to NZ straight out of Melbourne, rather than go back home and then get a flight to Auckland from Sydney,” Dixon said. “If we can go straight from Melbourne, it would make sense and save us a lot of other travel.”…
Crocetti returns in fine fettle ahead of spring campaign
Multile group one winner Crocetti has done all that was asked in his trial return on Tuesday morning. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Group One-winning sprinter Crocetti made his first public appearance of the season when winning his 1100m trial at Te Rapa on Tuesday. The Danny Walker and Arron Tata-trained gelding jumped away well to sit outside leader Boss ‘N’ Highheels. He found the lead comfortably under his own steam when entering the straight and ran out an effortless two-length victor over Lachie. Walker was pleased with what he…
Lydiard Park primed to break maiden at Cambridge
The Robert Wellwood and Roger James-trained gallaper Lydiard Park is ready to break his maiden status. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Regally bred colt Lydiard Park will have conditions more in his favour on Wednesday to add performance to his pedigree. The son of Wootton Bassett will make his second appearance when he steps out in the TCL Earthworks Maiden (1500m) on the synthetic track at Cambridge. Trained by Roger James and Robert Wellwood, the three-year-old finished fifth on debut earlier this month at Ruakaka where he raced greenly and…
Crocetti pleases in Te Rapa hit-out
Group One-winning sprinter Crocetti (NZ) (Zacinto) made his first public appearance of the season when winning his 1100m trial at Te Rapa on Tuesday. The Danny Walker and Arron Tata-trained gelding jumped away well to sit outside leader Boss ‘N’ Highheels. He found the lead comfortably under his own steam when entering the straight and ran out an effortless two-length victor over Lachie. Walker was pleased with what he saw ahead of his spring preparation. “He had a nice gallop,” he said. “He is looking good, he is good in…
Guerin Report – S2 Ep.4 Jumps Review
Michael was at Te Aroha for the last day of the jumps season to chat with various stakeholders about the discipline, less than a year after it was in serious doubt. Plus the first Mickey G update for season two and a look ahead to the week’s racing. Guerin Report – S2 Ep.4 Jumps Review
Pitman Cup Week hopefuls head to Timaru
Riccarton trainers Michael and Matthew Pitman will head to Phar Lap Raceway with a strong team on Wednesday, including a trio who have some feature New Zealand Cup Week targets on the line. Ocean Light (NZ) (Ocean Park) holds a nomination for the Gr.3 New Zealand Cup (3200m) and will take his first step towards the two-mile feature in the Hospitality NZ – SC Branch 1600. The five-year-old gelding will be fresh-up after a six-week break and his trainers are hoping he can continue his good run of form, having…
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Big bangers return to action at Addington this Friday
By Michael Guerin The boys are back in town on Friday night but they had better feel like a fight. Because both Marketplace and Republican Party face mammoth tasks in their Addington comeback races. The two sons of Bettor’s Delight are both special in their own way: Republican Party the equine little engine who could while Marketplace might be pacing’s next big thing. To deserve that title he is going to need to clean up most of the elite three-year-old races in the second half of the season, which is…
NZ Racing and Breeding News – 22 September 2025
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