The world’s premier sprinter Ka Ying Rising (NZ) (Shamexpress) has turned in possibly his greatest performance to date when he smashed the Sha Tin 1200-metre course record on Sunday by almost a full second to record his 21st consecutive victory. Ka Ying Rising easily beat his own track record when he ran a head-shaking 1.06.11s to destroy his previous mark of 1.07.12s in the Group 3 Chief Executive’s Cup. Jockey Zac Purton gave an ominous warning to those with hopes of beating Ka Ying Rising in The Everest in six…
Day: 6 September 2026
Unbeaten Well Written Crowned New Zealand Horse of the Year
An unbeaten season, six consecutive victories and a string of outstanding performances have seen Well Written (Written Tycoon) crowned New Zealand’s Horse of the Year for 2025–26. The Cambridge mare claimed the sport’s highest honour at the New Zealand Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Awards on Sunday night, capping a flawless three-year-old campaign that established her as one of the country’s most accomplished performers in recent times. Well Written was also named Champion Three-Year-Old, after a season that saw her win all six of her starts, including a stunning six-length…
Platinum Emperor rules NZB Open Championship
Months of hard work and perseverance to get Platinum Emperor (NZ) (Sweynesse) in top shape again paid off for trainer Ricky Choi when the Sweynesse galloper overcame a wide passage early to win the RM300,000 NZB Open Championship (1400m) at Selangor racecourse in Malaysia on Saturday. Platinum Emperor was bred by the late Kevin Hickman and sold from the draft of CH Bloodstock at the 2021 Karaka Yearling Sale to Hamish Auret who trained him to win a barrier trial before being sold to Macau. In Macau he notched eight…
Thrilling finish to Taranaki staying feature
Cambridge visitor In A Pickle (NZ) (Preferment) booked a possible trip to Warrnambool later in the season when he prevailed in the first of two Jericho Cup (4600m) qualifying contests after a thrilling home straight struggle at New Plymouth on Saturday. The NZB Airfreight Road To The Jericho (3210m) provides the winner with automatic entry into the A$304,000 Victorian contest, which is open to Australian and New Zealand-bred horses and commemorates the light horse involvement in World War I. It is run on the fourth Sunday after the Gr.1 Melbourne…
Ross Cameron with four chances at Methven
By Mike Love Coes Ford trainer Ross Cameron expects good things from his team of four engaged at the first grass track meeting of this side of the season to be held at Methven on Sunday. Race 3, the Dubliner Mobile Pace over 2300 (12.47pm), Cameron drives the first of his chances Harry’s Gold. The three-year-old Gold Ace gelding has placed once in eight attempts. Despite Cameron’s concerns of missing a workout, he is happy that Harry’s Gold can be competitive. “He seems back to his old self and prefers…