International News
McCarthy heading north with a star team
Former champion on target to regain title
FORMER champion Spankem proved he is on target to regain his Miracle Mile title with a stylish victory in Addington yesterday.
Runner-up in the famed New Zealand Cup over 3200 metres three days earlier, Spankem outclassed his rivals in the New Zealand Free-For-All.
Driven by co-trainer Natalie Rasmussen, the son
Kiwi in search of more Aussie majors
CLASSY New Zealand filly Mexicana will return to the scene of her biggest win in search of more Group One glory today.
Winner of the famed Redwood Classic in Maryborough during her Australian debut a fortnight ago, Mexicana is heading back to the provincial circuit to contest a Breeders’ Crown
New Zealand Cup winner out of Free-For-All
A QUICK trip to the stables to check on his latest New Zealand Cup winner yesterday afternoon was enough to convince Mark Purdon to scratch Self Assured from Friday’s $180,000 NZ Free-For-All.
The Cup hero didn’t eat up as well as usual on Tuesday night or Wednesday
Outrage over 'shambolic' start to New Zealand Cup
HORSEMEN and punters are demanding that New Zealand’s standing start procedures must change after another shambolic start to this year’s New Zealand Trotting Cup.
In one of the worst starts to the country’s richest race, the horses drawn on the outside got a flyer, eventual winner Self
John Tapp goes head-to-head with Jack Trainor
JACK Trainor didn’t expect to have two runners in the same race just five weeks into his professional training career.
Even more bizarre was the fact that he has only four horses in work at his Menangle base.
Makoa and Shelby Bromac were both drawn in an early race