Category: Australian Gallops

Joshua Brown faces a stern test in the Matamata Cup on Saturday. He is pictured winning last year at Te Arapa. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Lance Gussey is hoping to put a last-start disappointment behind him when Joshua Brown lines up in the Listed Team Wealleans Matamata Cup (1600m) on Saturday. Gussey trains and part-owns the Dalghar gelding, whose rise through the ranks during the winter months culminated in an impressive victory in the Listed Opunake Cup (1400m) at New Plymouth in July. That performance earned Joshua Brown a…

Trav winning Saturday’s Group 2 Auckland Cup (3200m) at Ellerslie. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Kiwi jockey Masa Hashizume will step onto the Flemington turf for the first time this weekend when he attempts to qualify Bulls gelding Trav for next month’s Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m). The 29-year-old hoop partnered the Raymond Connors-trained six-year-old to a memorable victory in the Group 2 Auckland Cup (3200m) at Ellerslie in March, and the Manawatu horseman has stuck with Hashizume ever since. The pair have recorded two fourth placings in their two…

Rosetown Princess will contest the Russell & Yvonne Green Memorial (2000m) at Matamata on Saturday. Photo: Race Images Darrell Hollinshead has two strong chances at Matamata to continue the good run of recent form of his boutique stable. The Te Awamutu trainer produced Bak Da Angel to score last weekend at Te Rapa where stablemate Digger also placed and Rosetown Princess and Ramblin’ Rose will represent the team on Saturday. Russell & Yvonne Green Memorial (2000m) contender Rosetown Princess has been in good touch this preparation and was an open…

Melody Belle was a classy type that had success in group races. Picture: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) It will be a full-circle moment for Te Akau Racing at The Valley on Friday night when Lyrics ‘N’ Song, a daughter of their former multiple Group One winner Melody Belle, makes her debut. Raced by New Zealand syndicator Fortuna, Melody Belle won 19 races for former Te Akau trainers Stephen Autridge and Jamie Richards, including 14 at Group One level. She accrued more than $4 million in prize-money and was…

What Turnbull Stakes Day 2025 Where Flemington Racecourse – 448 Epsom Rd, Flemington VIC 3031 When Saturday, October 4, 2025 First Race 12:25pm AEST Visit Dabble Group 1 racing returns to Flemington on Saturday afternoon with the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) the headline event on the day. Known as “Moving Day”, there should be no excuses for fancied runners throughout the program, with the rail out 9m the entire circuit and the track expected to remain a Good 4 all day. The first event is set to jump at…

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Reckoning winning at Tauranga on Wednesday.(Photo: Kenton Wright/Race Images) Te Aroha horsewoman Emma Faber crossed over the Kaimai range to record her first training win at Tauranga on Wednesday, courtesy of Reckoning. It was the second start for the Echoes Of Heaven four-year-old, having run seventh on debut over 1200m at Ellerslie last month, and Faber was confident of an improved performance. The gelding had shown plenty of promise at home and at the trials, winning his 1100m heat at Avondale prior to his debut, and Faber was thrilled he…

Group Two performer Saint Bathans. (Photo: Kenton Wright/Race Images) A Group 3 test is in the offing for Group Two performer Saint Bathans, who has transferred south to the care of Ascot Park trainer Robert Dennis. Previously trained by Andrew Forsman out of his Cambridge and Flemington bases, the son of Maurice won five races on both sides of the Tasman, with his career highlight being a runner-up performance behind Habana in last year’s Group 2 Rich Hill Mile (1600m). The seven-year-old gelding has been leased to a group of…

Transcend carrying the TAB Racing Club silks to victory at Te Rapa last Saturday. Photo: (Kenton Wright/Race Images) The TAB Racing Club is set to wind down, with the business case for the experience-based programme no longer stacking up for operator Entain Australia & New Zealand. Modelled off sister company Ladbrokes’ popular Racing Club, the TAB Racing Club was launched last year and gives members the chance to experience the thrill of racehorse ownership without the cost. It has been well patronised, with around 18,000 New Zealand TAB customers joining…

Sulek ridden by Billy Egan wins at Sandown Hillside Racecourse. (Photo: Pat Scala/Racing Photos) Progressive three-year-old Sulek notched his first victory when victorious at Sandown on Wednesday for trainer Dominic Sutton. The gelded son of Super Seth was having just his second start and after racing a little keenly early, settled midfield under jockey Billy Egan before comfortably reeling in the leaders as a $3 chance with horse racing bookmakers and staving off the late challenge of runner-up Snitz Sonic. “He is still doing a little bit wrong. You could…