Two horses bought by North Canterbury owner-trainer John Aarts on the same day will line up in the same race on day one of the Kaikoura meeting on Sunday. Deltoro (Crystal Hackett) and Roussos (Robbie ...

The 2026 1Equine Australasian Young Drivers Championships will be held around the country from November 4-10. It features 10 of the best drivers from both sides of the Tasman including Kiwis Crystal ...

Although she is trying standing-start racing for the first time on Monday, Captains Mistress did win a standing start trial at Menangle with race driver Cam Hart aboard back on May 13. She started ...

There's been a late change to the driver line-up for November's 1Equine Australasian Young Drivers Championship (AYDC) to be held around the country. It's been confirmed that Jason Kittel will ...

The New Zealand Standardbred Breeders’ Association has released the Spring 2026 edition of Breeding Matters, a 108 page issue available to read online now. The cover story goes inside Woodlands Stud, ...

Trainer Daniel Reardon isn’t nearly in the same kind of rush his brilliant debut winner Spy Major is. The three-year-old reeled off sizzling closing sectionals as he sped to a decisive victory for ...

The Kaikoura Cup will only have eight starters, with one of them being Captains Mistress stablemate Minos, while drawn inside them will be reigning Horse of the Year Republican Party whose team have ...

A "great friend of racing" remembered, the retirement of the ever consistent Midnight Dash, record times on both sides of the Tasman and the Brooke and Robbie Close fund-raiser all feature in this ...

The following horses have trialled pleasingly in recent weeks and now (29/10/26) they head back to the racetrack. Promising maiden placed in two of her three career starts to date who was a workout ...

Wild Willow and trainer Warren Stapleton combined for a third Cups win in Sunday's $20,000 Waimate Cup at Phar Lap Raceway. The six-year-old Art Major gelding had been footing it with New Zealand Cup ...

The Aussie team of raiders for Go Media New Zealand Trotting Cup Week just got a bit stronger. Prominent Victorian trainer Chris Svanosio confirmed his Brisbane Inter Dominion trotting final runner-up ...