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Waikato Stud Win G2 Matriarch With Savabeel Mare
Saturday 7 November will be a date that lives in the memory of the Chittick family and everyone involved in their Waikato Stud breeding operation as they produced a winning double on the last day of the 2026 Melbourne Cup Carnival with longshot prospect Sun Gift (NZ) (Savabeel) winning the Gr 2. Matriarch Stakes (2000m) and talented Super Seth mare Superfabulistic saluted in a Benchmark event.
Point Barrow Shock G1 Victory in Champions Sprint – Graveyard Carnival Continues
It’s been a graveyard carnival for short priced favourites and they lay buried in feature races left right and centre this spring and while Tempted was doing the deed in the G1 Everest when de-throning the world’s best sprinter Ka Ying Rising, she was on the receiving end at Flemington on Saturday.
Hot Form Continues As Lazzura Takes Home Eighth Black Type Victory
Coming off a pair of G2 victories, the Chris Waller trained Snitzel mare Lazzura added a third G2 in as many starts as the 5yo toughed it out right to the line to win the $500,000 G2 ATC Hot Danish Stakes (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday.
Racing Industry Mourns Much Loved Izzy Neale
The thoroughbred racing industry is devastated tonight following news that apprentice jockey Izzy Neale, aged 22, has tragically died as the result of a race fall at Warren on Sunday.
Unraced First Season Sires Trial Report
It’s been a pretty steady start to spring in terms of 2YO races and we are still waiting to see a first season sire post a winner, but there has been action aplenty at the trials which would indicate the pre-Christmas period is set to ignite.
Deep Field Mare wins G3 Canterbury Breeders Stakes
Former Auckland mare Moving Melody made victory in the Gr.3 Windsor Park Stud Canterbury Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) look like a walk in the park when she dictated affairs from in front to capture her first stakes victory.