Apprentice jockey Racha Cuneen booted home 45-1 longshot Signify (NZ) to with by the smallest of margins over last out G1 Sistema Railway winner Start Wondering (NZ) in the NZ$250,000 G1 Telegraph H. at Trentham Saturday. It was the apprentice's second top flight victory after booting home La Diosa (NZ) (So You Think {NZ}) in [...]

The top three finishers of the Jan. 1 G1 Sistema Railway S. return in the NZ$250,000 JR & N Berkett Telegraph at Trentham Saturday. Start Wondering (NZ) (Eighth Wonder {NZ}), who came out on top from Saturday's favorite Perfect Fit (NZ) (Elusive City) and third-place finisher GSW Reilly Lincoln (NZ) (Pins {Aus}) in that 1200-metre [...]

EL AREEB (c, Exchange Rate—Feathered Diamond, by A.P. Indy) 'TDN Rising Star' O-M M G Stables, LLC. B-Dixiana Farms, LLC (KY). T-Cathal A. Lynch. Sales History: $100,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP; $340,000 2yo '16 OBSMAR. Lifetime Record: MGSW, 7-4-1-1, $364,200. Mar. 14 TDN Top 12 Rank: N/A Last Start: 3rd, GIII Gotham S., AQU, Mar. 4 [...]

PRACTICAL JOKE (c, Into Mischief—Halo Humor, by Distorted Humor) O-Klaravich Stables, Inc. & William H. Lawrence. B-Whispering Oaks (KY). T-Chad C. Brown. Sales History: $135,000 Ylg '15 KEEJAN; $240,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: MGISW, 6-3-2-0, $1,015,800. Last Start: 2nd, GII Toyota Blue Grass S., KEE, Apr. 8 Accomplishments Include: 1st, GI Hopeful S., SAR, [...]

MCCRAKEN (c, Ghostzapper—Ivory Empress, by Seeking the Gold) 'TDN Rising Star' O/B-Whitham Thoroughbreds, LLC (KY). T-Ian R. Wilkes. Lifetime Record: MGSW, 5-4-0-1, $410,848. Last Start: 3rd, GII Toyota Blue Grass S., KEE, Apr. 8 Accomplishments Include: 1st, GIII Sam F. Davis S., TAM, Feb. 11, 1st, GII Kentucky Jockey Club S., CD, Nov. 26, 1st, [...]

CLASSIC EMPIRE (c, Pioneerof the Nile—Sambuca Classica, by Cat Thief) O-John C. Oxley. B-Steven & Brandi Nicholson (KY). T-Mark E. Casse. Sales History: $475,000 Ylg '15 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: Ch. 2yo Colt, MGISW, 7-5-0-1, $2,120,220. Last Start: 1st, GI Arkansas Derby, OP, Apr. 15 Accomplishments Include: 1st, GI Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Juvenile, SA, Nov. [...]

Start Wondering (NZ) earned his first Group 1 triumph in the 1200-meter NZ$200,000 G1 Sistema Railway, giving trainers Evan and his daughter JJ Rayner, their first win at the highest level on New Year's Day. Originally trained by JJ's cousin Paul Belsham, before a stint with Chris Waller across the Tasman, Start Wondering returned to [...]

Since taking the 2015 edition of the 1200-metre NZ$200,000 G1 Sistema Railway S. with Natuzzi (NZ) (Coats Choice {Aus}) third, Ryan Mark (NZ) (Thorn Park {Aus}) has yet to return to the winner's enclosure in six subsequent appearances and is looking for redemption on New Year's Day. The 6-year-old gelding trailed in seventh after an [...]

What's the Story, New Zealand Derby I stumbled across a video of What's the Story (NZ) (Savabeel {Aus})'s Feb. 20 2100-metre Benchmark 65 victory at Ellerslie and was immediately hooked on the horse, especially when connections said the strapping brown colt would be pointing toward the G1 New Zealand Derby stepped up 300 metres Mar. [...]

Undefeated filly Volpe Veloce (Aus) (Foxwedge {Aus}) made it six straight wins, with a tally in the 1600-metre G2 Cambridge Stud Eight Carat Classic S. at Ellerslie Monday (Video). Tucked neatly back against the rail until halfway, the dark bay cruised off the fence turning for home, and came charging five wide to get up [...]

Sent off at 41-1, Consensus finally landed her first top-drawer victory in Monday's NZ$200,000 G1 Zabeel Classic at Ellerslie over 7-5 favorite Volkstok'n'barrell, getting up by a head in the dying strides. She survived a protest involving the runner-up and the fourth-place horse Saint Emilion (NZ) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) and fortunately was able to keep her [...]

For the third consecutive Sunday this December, Hajime Satomi's colours were carried to victory in a Group 1 race in Asia. A crowd of 98,626 turned out to witness the Japanese 2016 G1 Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Leger) hero and 8-5 chalk Satono Diamond (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) prove a neck too good for MG1SW [...]