Month: December 2025

Stephen Marsh has his sights set on further feature-race success, with his proven performer Provence (NZ) (Savabeel) confirmed for Saturday’s Gr.1 TAB Mufhasa Classic (1600m) at Trentham. The Cambridge trainer took his black-type tally for the first four months of the season to seven when Ammirati (NZ) (Savabeel) claimed a bizarre win in Sunday’s Gr.3 Jennian Homes Wellington Stakes (1600m) at Otaki. In a dramatic final 50 metres, fellow Cambridge-trained three-year-old Road To Paris (NZ) (Circus Maximus) shied at the winning post with victory in sight, dropping rider Masa Hashizume…

New stakes winners for resident stallions Redwood and Tarzino were celebrated by Westbury Stud at the weekend. The former’s homebred daughter Pulsatilla (NZ) (Redwood) produced a dominant performance to land the Listed Trevor & Corallie Eagle Memorial 3YO (1500m) at Ellerslie while Tarzino’s strapping son Tshiebwe (NZ) romped home in the Listed Wanganui Cup (2040m). The Shaun and Emma Clotworthy-trained Pulsatilla is also owned by stud principal Gerry Harvey and will follow a path toward the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m). “She was always a nice filly and is out…

A sparkling gallop between races at Ellerslie on Saturday has completed Crocetti’s preparation for another round of major summer sprints. The speedy five-year-old cruised through his 1000m exhibition to the satisfaction of trainers Danny Walker and Arron Tata and regular rider Warren Kennedy. “They timed him to run 58 seconds and change, which I find hard to believe, but the main thing is the way he did it,” Walker said. “Warren was very happy with him. “He’s all set for the Concorde (Gr.3, 1200m) at Pukekohe on Saturday, and the…