International News

REIGNING New Zealand Horse of the Year, Ultimate Sniper, has been purchased by Alabar and Nevele R studs. He has been retired and will commence stud duties in the new season. The recurrence of filling in the site of his leg injury meant that future options had to be evaluated

HANDY youngster Filly Speaks was all out to do it, but she captured her second consecutive series win — and fourth overall — in last night’s Ruby Cook Memorial Pace at The Meadows. Peep N Weep took a similar narrow victory in the other $12,500 second-leg division of the event

HELD out of racing at two so he could mature, Whiskey Blu has launched his sophomore campaign with a flourish. The trotter has won all seven of his starts by a combined 25 lengths and banked more than $36,000 begging the question…Just how good is the gelding? That’

HANDY trotter Crossfit Mouse pocketed Mind Yown Business at the quarter, then dug in to hold him off late to capture last night’s feature at The Meadows. Even when Crossfit Mouse threw down a 27.4-second third quarter, he couldn’t shake Mind Yown Business, which moved outside for

THREE charges have been issued against New Zealand horseman Jesse Alford in relation to administering a substance to horses just hours before they were due to race. Stewards immediately scratched the horses from their Addington engagements. Automatically suspended after Racing Integrity Unit investigators allegedly witnessed him injecting two horses last

VETERAN Ned Hodkinson didn’t need to be asked twice if he wanted to buy an interest in Our Majordan. Hodkinson was familiar with the pacer from watching races from Australia, and had a horse he once owned, My Alpha Rock, compete against him. “I made my mind up in