Byerley Park trainers Peter and Dawn Williams are looking forward to a productive spring with a promising group of young horses.

Central Districts trainer Chrissy Bambry believes there will be a surplus of horses ready to go in the lower North Island when racing resumes in the coming weeks.

Group One-winning jockey Chad Ormsby is making a comeback to the saddle, some eight years after he last rode on raceday.

The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Sky Horse will be looking to bag her first stakes victory when she contests the Gr.2 The Roses (1800m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Progressive three-year-old Stockman has earned a well-deserved break after stringing together three successive victories.

Potential West Australian star Showmanship indicated he was heading right to the top with another comprehensive victory on the weekend.

Eternal Harvest’s victory in the Class 3 Durham Handicap (1000m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night kept Ricky Yiu ticking along at the top of the standings and maintained his five-win lead over next-best Francis Lui, who was also on the mark.

Joao Moreira got the fillip he’d been looking for at Happy Valley on Wednesday night teaming up with Caspar ‘King of the Valley’ Fownes to nail a much-needed double

The Hong Kong Jockey Club announced on Thursday two wagering-related initiatives for the 2020/21 racing season. The Club will relaunch the Forecast betting pool and merge it with Trio, forming the “Forecast & Trio Merged Pool”. It will also increase the rebates for losing bets placed on Quinella and Quinella Place.

Four-year-old Gran Alegria ran a strong and convincing race to win this year’s Grade 1 Yasuda Kinen (1600m) at Tokyo on Sunday while holding off a group of dominating rivals which included not only 10 G1 winners,

Overport Lodge trainer Mark Jones was saddened by the passing of former Balcairn trainer Maurice Bailey at Burwood Hospital, Christchurch, recently.

It’s the annual Tokoroa GRC hosted TAB meeting at the Cambridge Raceway on Sunday afternoon with the $7,000 South Waikato Cup (race 10) over 457m being the feature event.