Timaru trainer Stephanie Faulkner admitted to doubting Richard Stomper’s (NZ) (El Roca) prospects before and during the LOVERACING.NZ Remembering Grey Way (1600m) on Sunday, but the talented six-year-old kicked off his new campaign with a tenacious front-running victory on his home track. It was the first raceday appearance since the beginning of March for the El Roca gelding, who was a last-start fifth behind Our Echo, Perfect Scenario, Matscot and He’s A Doozy in the Gr.3 White Robe Lodge WFA (1600m) at Wingatui. Richard Stomper was a well-supported $4.40 chance…
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Jakama Krystal lands another Woodville prize
The 370km journey from Matamata to Woodville has proven to be a worthwhile commute for Jakama Krystal (NZ) (Jakkalberry), who collected her third jumps success at the course in Sunday’s $50,000 Jude Challies Property Brokers Woodville Tararua Steeplechase (4800m). The Jakkalberry mare is now the winner of eight races overall from a 70-start career, including two wins over hurdles and four steeplechase successes. She has contested eight jumps races at Woodville for three wins – a maiden hurdle over 3000m in June of 2023, a nine-length romp in a 4000m…
Weigh In, 7 September
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La Crique breaks record with seventh Group One second
Ultra-consistent mare La Crique (NZ) (Vadamos) earned a unique place in New Zealand racing history at Ellerslie on Saturday with her seventh runner-up finish in a Group One race. The Vadamos mare produced another top-drawer performance in the Gr.1 Proisir Plate (1400m). Almost half of the 16-horse field lined up across the track and went to war down the Ellerslie straight, and La Crique dug deep and held them all out before being bombed by Quintessa’s last-to-first surge down the outside. La Crique now holds the record for second placings…
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Moonshiner and John Hay spring back into action at Methven today
By Mike Love Ashburton trainer-driver John Hay returns from winter hibernation to line up his well-thought-of gelding Moonshiner on the grass at Methven today. In what could be the omen bet considering the full moon this weekend, Moonshiner is a $3.50 favourite in Race 7, the Peter Lagan Standardbreds Pace over 2400m at 2.49pm. “I haven’t raced anything over the past few winters. I went on holiday for a month, so he (Moonshiner) had five weeks off. “I’m working eight at the moment. All just young ones and qualifiers. He’s…
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Lightning strikes at The Valley
Former Kiwi galloper Desert Lightning (NZ) (Pride Of Dubai) landed a deserved victory in the So You Think Stakes (1500m) at The Valley on Saturday for trainers Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman, digging deep to stave off the challenge of high-class Canadian mare Moira (Ghostzapper). The six-year-old gelding has been unfortunate not to greet the judge first since winning the Gr.3 Sandown Stakes (1500m) nearly 12 months ago but has hardly gone a bad race in that time. A Group One winner for now retired trainers Peter and Dawn Williams…
Sha Tin Sunday races preview & best bets | September 7, 2025
What Sha Tin Races Where Sha Tin Racecourse – Tai Po Rd, Sha Tin District, Hong Kong When Sunday, September 7, 2025 First Race 1pm HKT (3pm AEST) Visit Dabble The 2025/26 Hong Kong racing season gets underway at Sha Tin this Sunday afternoon, with a competitive 10-race program set to commence at 1pm local time. All eyes will be on Ka Ying Rising as he kicks off his 2025 Everest journey in the Class 1 HK Chief Executive’s Cup (1200m). The rail is in the A course, and with…
Resurgent Quintessa reigns in Proisir Plate
The early spring has tended to bring the very best out of Quintessa, and that trend continued at Ellerslie on Saturday with a spectacular last-to-first performance at $36 odds in the Gr.1 Proisir Plate. The $400,000 weight-for-age triumph came almost exactly a year after the Te Akau Racing mare’s last win, which was a first-up victory in the Gr.3 Cockram Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on August 31 last year. Another 12 months before that, she kicked her three-year-old season off with back-to-back successes at Taupo and in the Gr.3 Gold…