Horse Racing: Breeders' Stakes

Malt Time has gone close this preparation to major success and she will head south later this week in a bid to tick that box. The under-rated mare will run in Saturday's Gr.1 TAB Classic (1600m), formerly the Captain Cook Stakes, at Trentham and trainers Shaun and Emma Clotworthy are more than happy with their daughter of Cox Plate winning sire…

Lightly raced but full of heart, Touch'n Ride (Candy Ride {Arg}) would not let the filly go in the final yards and bravely got by Elysian Fields (Hard Spun) to prevail by the slimmest of margins, determined by a photo. Last seen finishing fifth in the Kings Plate S. won by familiar face Paramount Prince (Society's Chairman)-where the runner-up here…

Touch'n Ride needed the length of the stretch to win the $400000 Breeders' Stakes. He also needed to show a little toughness. The three-year-old colt was carried to the outer half of Woodbine's turf track in the stretch by Elysian Field late in the 1 1/2-mile final leg of the Canadian triple crown. But he still had enough to prevail by a short head…

Mark Walker would love nothing more than to see the jockey statue in the Matamata racecourse birdcage painted in the colours of a Te Akau Racing-trained winner. That's one of the spinoffs for connections of the winner of Saturday's Group 2 Matamata Breeders' Stakes (1200m), providing the winning trainer a bit of one upmanship on his colleagues. "Te…

Postman Pat is the short-priced favourite in the Group 1 Active Electrical Christchurch New Zealand St Leger. Photo / Dave Robbie The Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club's Thursday meeting focuses firmly on New Zealand-bred greyhounds, with two 520m Group 1 finals to be decided, plus the feature 732m and 295m events being set aside for locally-bred…

Bonny Lass is the favourite for the Counties Bowl but there are questions. Photo / Race Images The last few days have dampened trainer Graham Richardson's enthusiasm about the prospects of Bonny Lass in tomorrow's Group 3 Counties Bowl (1100m) at Pukekohe. Richardson and his training partner Rogan Norvall mapped out a three-race spring campaign for…

TORONTO, Ont.- It was sweet redemption for the connections of Sir for Sure, who closed the curtain on this year's OLG Canadian Triple Crown with a command performance in the $400400 Breeders' Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. After a forgettable experience in the Prince of Wales, second jewel in the Canadian Triple Crown, where Declan Carroll fell off…