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 ...

Rival trainer Bob Butt admits Marketplace may be the best pacer in today’s NZB Airfreight Flying Stakes at Ashburton but that doesn’t mean he is ready to concede defeat with The Lazarus Effect. So ...

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 ...

Three of Australia’s biggest stars capped their preparations for Go Media New Zealand Trotting Cup Week with wins across two meetings last night. Leap To Fame and Gus battled torrential rain at Albion ...

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 Tuapeka faithful had to wait but Ideal Crown made it worthwhile when she dashed to victory in the finale on Tuapeka Lodge Cup Day. The three-year-old showed a brilliant turn of foot as she ...

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 ...

From Kintail in 1914 to Merlin last year - a new book detailing a Century of Kaikoura Cups has been produced in time for the 101st running of the great race at South Bay next Monday (November 2).

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 ...