Posts Tagged 'New Zealand'

Horse racing suspended in New Zealand after snap COVID lockdown

August 18, 2021·Comments closed

Resumption planned at weekend after prime minister Jacinda Ardern imposes nationwide Level 4 restrictions.

March 13, 2021·Comments closed

Champion racemare set new national record for G1 wins as she stormed home in the New Zealand Stakes at Ellerslie.

March 11, 2021·Comments closed

Trainer sends star mares into battle against each other in New Zealand Stakes at Ellerslie.

February 4, 2021·Comments closed

Double blow for NZ racing as the sport loses a pair of popular high-profile retired racehorses.

January 30, 2021·Comments closed

A spectator stood on the track as a field of 18 horses rushed towards him during Trentham’s Wellington Cup day.

January 11, 2021·Comments closed

G1-winning jockey breaks leg in bull-riding contest at a rodeo in New Zealand.

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January 5, 2021·Comments closed

Lisa Allpress, four-time champion jockey, has been recognised for outstanding service to horse racing in New Zealand.

$Five spinal injuries, 13 rib fractures – but now jockey Maija Vance is riding work again$

December 30, 2020·Comments closed

Maija Vance was left with no feeling below the waist when suffering 13 rib fractures and breaking her back in five places in a fall.