Jonny Turner

Longtime owners and an emerging trainer combined to score their biggest wins when Oamaru trotter Rydgemont Son rocked New Zealand Cup day punters on Tuesday.

Longtime friends Daniel Miller and Mick Dee reunited to score New Zealand Cup carnival success in the Stewards Handicap at Riccarton yesterday.

Cheers of ''Aussie, Aussie, Aussie'' rang out from the Addington birdcage after New Zealand's leading horsepeople combined with Australian-owned pacer Cruz Bromac to win the New Zealand Cup yesterday.

Owners and racegoers looked on in disbelief as Ultimate Sniper produced a jaw-dropping performance to win the Junior Free-for-all on New Zealand Cup day.

A perfect preparation means horse of the year Spankem is ready to tackle a distance far from perfect for him in today's New Zealand Trotting Cup at Addington.

The lure of the New Zealand Cup Carnival has led Victorian trainer Andy Gath to chase group 1 riches with Dunedin-bred trotter McLovin at Addington today.

A scintillating burst of speed helped exciting galloper Catalyst confirm his star status by winning the Two Thousand Guineas at Riccarton on Saturday.

Champion trainer Chris Waller revealed Royal Ascot was on star sprinter Nature Strip's agenda after he blitzed his rivals in Saturday's VRC Sprint at Flemington.

Portobello trainer Steve Ashton's racing-keen grandson helped him get back in the winner's circle at Wyndham yesterday.

 South Island trainers held their own on the first day of the New Zealand Cup Carnival by winning seven of its 10 races.

Tomorrow's Wyndham meeting is set to host clashes between smart 3yr-olds across its 10-race card.

Riccarton Park racegoers are set to see a striking type but are unlikely to strike it rich when Catalyst starts a hot favourite in the New Zealand 2000 Guineas tomorrow.

Cromwell racing enthusiast and rugby administrator Peter Kean will give Otago a link to one of the Melbourne Cup carnival's most exciting races when Nature Strip starts in the VRC Sprint at...

Two of the greatest weeks a southern thoroughbred enthusiast could ask for effectively overlap on Saturday as the last day of the Melbourne Cup carnival coincides with the first day of the New...

Two factors are set to make the start of the New Zealand Cup more crucial to its running than usual.

Wingatui galloper Outram looks to be in for a big season, going by his impressive win at the Otago Racing Club's meeting yesterday.

Wingatui trainers made sure the riches from the Otago Racing Club's Melbourne Cup day meeting stayed close to home, dominating yesterday's nine-race card.

Melbourne Cup-winning rider Kerrin McEvoy will team with champion New Zealand-born trainer Chris Waller today to try to beat the horse he rode to win Australasia's greatest race last year.

Trainer Terry Kennedy and rider Chris Johnson are a combination to follow at today's Melbourne Cup day meeting at Wingatui.