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Racing
30 July 2026
Allpress back on the stakes-winning bus
Lisa Allpress is back in the stakes-winning groove, steering the Tony Pike-trained Back Of The Bus to victory in Thursday's Listed Ryder Stakes (1200m) at Otaki, less than three weeks after returning from an 18-month injury-enforced absence.
Racing
20 June 2026
Back Of The Bus finishes head of the queue at Ellerslie
Cambridge trainer Tony Pike will be enjoying a mid-winter holiday even more after promising juvenile Back Of The Bus showed plenty of courage to head off a swarm of challengers in The Lawn Shed Winter Series – 2YO Final (1200m) on Saturday.
Racing
19 May 2026
Highly-rated Agera readies for winter campaign
Agera will have a weighty task on his hands this winter as the Group Two winner returns as a highly-rated galloper this campaign.
Racing
14 May 2026
Surprise packet eyes stakes victory
Physique and pedigree didn’t point to Grocer’s Girl emerging as a two-year-old black-type prospect, but stakes success now beckons in her final appearance of the season.
Racing
15 November 2025
Agera’s astonishing rise continues in Tauranga Stakes
Three months after starting the season as a two-win horse with a rating of 70, Agera stepped on to the big stage at Tauranga on Saturday and became a weight-for-age winner in the Gr.2 Gartshore Construction Tauranga Stakes (1530m).
Racing
01 November 2025
High-flying Agera delivers milestone for Pike
A rare visit to the Wairarapa on Saturday produced a milestone for Tony Pike, who brought up his 800th winner in New Zealand.
Racing
29 October 2025
I’munstoppable primed for Legacy Lodge Sprint
“We wanted to trial her without any ears on today and Masa (Hashizume, jockey) said she was very tractable."
Racing
26 October 2025
Cream rises to the top at Trentham
“She was strong through the line and was again today, so I don’t think the mile will hold any worries for her down at Riccarton.”
Racing
17 October 2025
Agera flies to Matamata Cup success
Agera’s coming-of-age campaign has carried him all the way up to black-type level, flying home to score a last-gasp victory in Friday’s Listed Team Wealleans Matamata Cup (1600m).