#John Bary

Hastings trainer Guy Lowry's deliberate plan to keep a low profile with his team of horses during the unseasonal wet spring and early summer is now starting to pay dividends. Lowry, who has more than 25 horses in work, went several weeks without having a runner in the early spring as he did not want to put pressure on his team in testing track…

A determined Lilly Laguna, ridden by Sarah O'Malley, gets her neck in front of La Flora Belle to win last Sunday's Waipukurau Cup. Photo / Supplied The connections of Hastings-trained Lilly Laguna were as shocked as the punters were when the mare took out last Sunday's $22000 Affco NZ Waipukurau Cup at odds of 40 to one. The Rios five-year-old went…

Jack Fitzpatrick, punters.com.au from News.com.au The final field has been declared and barriers drawn for the $5m Cox Plate, with star import Zaaki set to jump from barrier six in the field of 10. Punters.com.au reports the two-time Group One winner was an odds-on chance in some futures markets before suffering a shock defeat as a $1.28F in the…

Rarely has a trainer taken an in-form horse to a Group 1 with as much reason to be peeved as John Bary has heading to Matamata on Saturday. But while Spring Tide's chances in the $300000 Plate may be fading with every track update, the Hawke's Bay trainer thinks Best Seller can give him Group 2 consolation in the Hawke's Bay Guineas. The Plate and…

Callsign Mav (yellow colours) drives between I Am Superman (left) and Tuvalu to take out the Group 1 A$1 million Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield last Saturday. Photo / Supplied By John Jenkins Hastings trainer John Bary had a windfall of about A$50000 when Callsign Mav, a horse he formerly prepared, took out the Group 1 A$1 million Sir Rupert…

An emerging horse racing hero will headline the field for the $300000 first race of Hawke's Bay Racing's Spring Racing Carnival triple crown in Hastings on Saturday. The warm favourite for the $300000, 1499-metres TarzinoTrophy race, the feature of the Daffodil Raceday, is Imperatriz, a four-year-old mare boasting nine wins in 12 starts dating back…