The New Zealand TAB has paid out on champion Melody Belle to win the Hastings Group One triple crown before the final leg has been run. Melody Belle is the short-priced favourite to add Saturday’s Livamol Classic (2040m) to her wins in the Tarzino Trophy and Windsor Park Plate. If… Read More »
New Zealand champion Melody Belle has defended her Group One title in the Tarzino Trophy at Hastings with a sustained display of strength. After missing the start slightly, Melody Belle was back in the field against pre-race plans but built momentum under Michael McNab to pass Wyndspelle and win by… Read More »
We take a look at the feature race meeting at Hastings this weekend where the Group One Tarzino Trophy headlines the card. View our tips and bets for a quality New Zealand meeting to kick off a cracking day of racing around Australia. Race One: 14 Seductress Race Two: 1… Read More »
Connections will resist the temptation to try to win New Zealand’s Group One spring weight-for-age triple crown with Melody Belle. The mare has won the first two legs, the Tarzino Trophy (1400m) and Saturday’s Windsor Park Plate (1600m) but trainer Jamie Richards says she will not step up to 2040m… Read More »
New Zealand mare Bonneval has tuned up for a return to Australia with a fourth in a barrier trial at Taupo. The heat was won by Team Rogerson’s Gift Of Power from Bonneval’s stablemate Jon Snow who heads to the Group One Tarzino Trophy next week. “She blew out late…. Read More »
Caulfield Cup contender Gingernuts will begins his campaign in the Group One Tarzino Trophy at Hastings but connections aren’t expecting too much first-up. The New Zealand Derby and Rosehill Guineas winner is expected to have two starts at home before travelling to Australia. “The 1400 metres will be too short… Read More »
New Zealand trainer John Bary could be in Australia sooner rather than later with spring hopeful Miss Wilson, a sibling to his former star Jimmy Choux. Bary is keen to aim Miss Wilson at the Group One Tarzino Trophy in New Zealand but has a Melbourne contingency plan if she… Read More »
