Millionaire status beckons top mare

24 December 2015

Durable mare Soriano will join an elite club if she can win the Gr.1 Zabeel Classic for a second time.

The six-year-old will take her stake earnings beyond $1 million if she successfully defends her title in the Ellerslie feature on Boxing Day.

Soriano is in the twilight of her career – she is in foal to Pins – with upcoming starts in the Gr.1 Thorndon Mile at Trentham and the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes at Te Rapa to complete her racing days.

OP’s Oceana Dream makes winning Australian debut

More than a year after his most recent raceday appearance in the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m), Oceana Dream kicked off his Australian career on a winning note in the A$130,000 Ern Jensen Funerals – …

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Ocean Park filly Ohope Wins joins elite Oaks club

Ohope Wins became just the fourth filly to complete the New Zealand Oaks-Australian Oaks double, giving Ocean Park another elite-level success and rewarding the patience of breeders Gartshore Bloodstock.