A year after taking on Ka Ying Rising in the Gr.1 The Everest (1200m), the connections of War Machine were happy to be a big fish in a smaller pond on Saturday.
Melbourne Cup-winning hoop Mark Zahra will make his New Zealand riding debut when joining a starry line-up of Australian jockeys attending the TAB Karaka Millions meeting on Saturday at Ellerslie.
Smart two-year-old Le Zebra will be considered for a tilt at the Gr.1 JJ Atkins (1600m) at Eagle Farm on June 10 after another strong on-speed metropolitan victory when scoring over 1400m at Flemington on Saturday.
Trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr celebrated a race-to-race double with New Zealand-breds at Sandown on Saturday afternoon, headed by the unbeaten Globe in the A$150,000 King’s Coronation Cup (1800m).
Expat New Zealand trainers Emma-Lee and David Browne are dipping their toes into breeding with the purchase of a familiar broodmare on gavelhouse.com last month, and their investment quickly paid off with a win at Sandown on Saturday.
