A relentlessly wet spring has provided a frustrating start to the season for David Greene, but things might be turning the corner as the Te Rapa trainer prepares to unleash his emerging star First ...

Bosson, who temporarily retired from race riding last season, has made an impressive return to the saddle this spring. He sits in second on the New Zealand premiership with 28 wins from 134 rides, ...

After recording her 1,000 th win in the saddle in September, veteran jockey Kylie Williams had just one final goal she wanted to achieve before hanging up her riding boots – ride against her son, ...

Genuine filly Miss Ziggy ticked a significant box for trainer Andrew Carston during her trouble-free build-up to Saturday’s Gr.1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton. The ...

The public will be given a backstage pass to New Zealand’s horse racing industry this month, with the inaugural National Thoroughbred Week taking place from 20th to the 24th of November.

First Chorus was bred by Dean Lawrence with his mother-in-law, Diana Duff-Staniland and Paul Duffus. First Chorus is a full sister to seven-time winner Bellini Miss, with the pair out of the winning O ...

Promising filly Sweet Talkin Gal got Hollie Wynyard’s week off on the right foot as she readies proven mare Archaic Smile for a stakes assignment at Riccarton on Saturday.

Expat Kiwi jockey James McDonald will once again represent his homeland in next month’s LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC), which will take place at Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong ...

HI-VIZ VESTS: All riders are required to wear Hi-Viz Vests or jackets when riding trackwork at Riccarton Park. Everyone must wear a Hi-Viz if wanting to go inside the Course Proper running rail at ...

Riccarton Park will come to life over the next week, with three electric days of thoroughbred racing action in the New Zealand Cup Carnival.

Darryn Weatherley is feeling the pride of a father as he gets set to line-up the horse he co-bred, co-owns and co-trains on one of Australia’s biggest days of racing. Pier carri ...

Matamata trainer Graham Richardson views Saturday’s Gr.1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) as a wide-open contest and is hoping Lollapalooza can be right in the t ...