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gee, that ozzy fella???? who works at the pickle factory would have got excited with that result! I recall he was big of nz sires and their ability to throw some nice jumpers!

You prove yourself right, stop saying things and assuming its correct. You provide some backing to the generalisations you spray all over the forum.

Now you're just lying , you have Tangerine blinker on permanently.  There is no need to , you never post anything of substance you just disagree with the poster and pretend you know everything. I'm still waiting for you to fulfil your potential and get on a committee you can tell them everything you know and make it alright , @Chief Stipe you're all hat and no cattle!

Docklands is “very happy” to be back in Hong Kong as he looks to cause a stir in Sunday’s Group One Hong Kong Mile for British trainer Harry Eustace. The globetrotter has raced in five different countries, including Hong Kong last year when he finished down the field in the Hong Kong Mile. This year has seen him hit some career-best form, however, including a win by the barest of margins in the Group One Queen Anne Stakes (1,600m) at Royal Ascot under Mark Zahra. Most recently, he made the trip...View the full article

Zac Purton believes Ka Ying Rising (NZ) (Shamexpress) has taken another crucial step forward on Tuesday in his preparation for Sunday’s HK$28 million Gr.1 Longines Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin. Successful in his past 15 races, Ka Ying Rising is aiming to join Golden Sixty by securing a 16th consecutive win, one shy of Silent Witness’ all-time Hong Kong record of 17. Emerging at sunrise, Ka Ying Rising – under the hands of Purton – trotted a few laps in the sand ring before making his way to the main dirt course. In front of a scrum of local and international media huddled at the trainers’ stand, Ka Ying Rising was his usual unproblematic self, untested by Purton; he coasted along in a manner that highlighted the 2024/25 Hong Kong Horse of the Year’s readiness.  “He was a lot more relaxed this morning. He came out into the trotting ring and, for once in a long time, he actually did trot around there. Normally, you can’t get him to trot, he wants to hack around and play up a little bit, but he went around there nicely and did the same thing on the track,” Purton said. “He was a little bit aggressive in his grass gallop the other week, but now that he’s had the blow-out, he’s chilled and he’s a different horse this week, which is good.” The Shamexpress gelding, who also captured last season’s three-race HK$5 million Hong Kong Speed Series bonus as part of his undefeated campaign, clocked 23.2s for 400m.  Australian Racing Hall of Famer Purton has the most wins for a jockey in Hong Kong racing history (1,923), and the 42-year-old has been associated with some of its greatest champions before Ka Ying Rising, including juggernaut miler Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road To Rock). “I’ve been very lucky and to think that the best one (Ka Ying Rising) of the lot has come along now. I certainly appreciate it, and he’s such a lovely horse to work with as well, which makes it even more enjoyable. You’ve got to pinch yourself, really,” Purton said. “Beauty Generation was hard to handle. He knew he was big; he knew he was strong, and he was aggressive. He injured his mafoos, I think that tells you what type of horse he was, but he put that aggression into his racing, which is what I liked about him.” The bull-headed Beauty Generation regularly took swipes at his mafoo and work rider, who were on guard at all times, as opposed to Ka Ying Rising, who has sometimes been nervous pre-race, but generally holds his composure until it’s time for competition. Purton said: “He’s just a gem, this guy. It’s just another race and we’re trying to win it, whatever happens beyond that happens. He’s built up a good record and hopefully we can keep it that way.” Ka Ying Rising broke from barrier 11 in last year’s Longines Hong Kong Sprint, while recently he stepped from gate 10 when winning the HK$5.35 million Gr.2 Private Banking Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) on 23 November by close to three lengths. “It depends what the other speed horses around me draw. I’d like to draw lower than higher. He hasn’t had the best run with barriers in some of these races, so he’s due to get a nice good one,” Purton said. View the full article

Cranbourne trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young have swooped on a pair of progressive three-year-olds from their native New Zealand. Two-win filly Rising Star and last-start Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) third-placegetter Shoma are welcome additions to the stable. The Tim and Margaret Carter-trained Rising Star (NZ) (Complacent) was an impressive winner at Tauranga in mid-November and will sport the colours of Seymour Bloodstock, with the filly’s original trainers also remaining in the ownership. “I thought she had a really nice turn of foot,” Busuttin said. Morgan Carter alluded to the fact she could possibly be bought. I know Tim and Margaret from when we trained out of Cambridge. “She was very impressive at Tauranga and she put them away very quickly in that race.” Rising Star defeated Yamato Satona, who was a solid sixth in the Gr.3 Bonecrusher Stakes (1400m) last weekend and looks a Classic prospect. “Rising Star is a three-year-old, so there are plenty of options for her,” Busutiin said of the daughter of Complacent. “She is in the stable now so we will spend a couple of weeks getting to know her. We might even give her a little freshen up and look towards a nice Adelaide three-year-old fillies race. “As a two-win horse, she can go through the grades and obviously when you buy a filly you are hoping she turns into a black-type horse. “She has been bought for Seymour Bloodstock and Darren Thomas and Mark Pilkington have been big supporters of us since we arrived in Melbourne. They buy a lot of horses out of New Zealand and they have had a lot of success, so hopefully this can be another one.” Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas placegetter Shoma Photo: Trish Dunell Also en route is Shoma (NZ) (Complacent), a son of Contributer, who filled the minor placing behind Romanoff and Affirmative Action in the New Zealand 2000 Guineas, which was run on a Heavy track after a freak hail storm on the day. Despite being a ten-start maiden, Shoma had previously caught the eye when placed behind impressive winner Quantum Legend at Te Rapa, with that horse subsequently exported to Hong Kong. “He’s run third in a Group One and while he is still a maiden, he’s got reasonable form and any Group One form is good form,” Busuttin said. “He raced on a very wet track and we certainly have plenty of wet tracks in Melbourne over the winter and he wasn’t a super expensive horse. “He’s a horse that could progress through the grades and if there are some wet tracks in some of the three-year-old races later in autumn or winter that could suit him. “Obviously the New Zealand bred horses continue to bat well above their average percentage wise, so it made sense, he was a nice horse on the market.” New Zealand bred horses have won seven of the 33 Group One races run in Australia this season, or 21 percent, yet account for just 7.9 percent of runners. View the full article

It’s part two of Michael’s chat with Zac Purton. They chat racing in Hong Kong, Zac’s thoughts and approach to the craft, the planning that goes into each week, his future, and his bests. Plus, Michael has some news for punters and pays tribute to the retiring Orchestral. Guerin Report – S2 Ep.14 Ft. Zac Purton Pt.2 View the full article

While everyone is sinking the boot in on NZ racing forums (is the weather Cold there or something? ) one good thing to remember is this never before achieved achievement by a great stable to Trifecta one of the major races on the Annual Calender. This goes down to All his great staff too. The love and dedication to get these majestic horses over the jumps is a true credit to them . And Te Akau this year . here's an article on it >    Te Akau trainer Mark Walker made history at Ballarat on Sunday with an unprecedented trifecta in the A$400,000 Ecycle Solutions Grand National Steeplechase (4500m). Walker saddled Leaderboard (Street Cry) for a 25-length win in the showpiece steeplechase, with The Mighty Spar (NZ) (Savabeel) second and Prismatic (NZ) (Savabeel) third. It capped an enormously special Sunday for Walker and the Te Akau Racing team, who also took three runners to Taupo and came away with three winners – Carsolio, To Bravery Born and In Haste. Former Gr.3 Wellington Cup (3200m) and Listed New Zealand St Leger (2600m) winner Leaderboard settled in second spot on Sunday for jockey Will Gordon before taking command when topweight Stern Idol began to tire. Leaderboard and the favourite Noonday Gun seemed set to fight out a tight battle to the finish, but Noonday Gun fell at the final fence and left Leaderboard to cruise to a runaway win. “I can’t really believe it,” Gordon said. “I went out there without any pressure, just riding my race, riding the horse. Going down the back the last time, I thought, ‘I’ve still got a bit of horse here and might be in the finish.’ “He’s a legend of a horse. Everyone that rides him, or has anything to do with him, just loves and adores him.

Set to be crowned the Longines World’s Best Jockey for the third time in four years, James McDonald is keen to add a breakthrough success in the International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) to his glittering CV at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. The Kiwi superstar will receive the World’s Best Jockey award at Friday night’s Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) gala dinner after claiming 12 of the world’s top 100 Group Ones in 2025. But first his focus is on the IJC, which has so far proven...View the full article