The Hottie produced an ideal prelude to next Saturday’s Listed Great Easter Stakes (1400m) with a dominant display down the chute at Riccarton Park on Saturday.

With the curtain coming down on the racing career of Te Akau Racing’s 10-time Group One winner Imperatriz yesterday, they are now looking forward to unveiling their next future star, which could very well come at Riccarton on Saturday.

Wexford Stables have the future in the forefront of their minds with a couple of juvenile debutants at Te Rapa on Sunday.

Orchestral will aim to follow in the footsteps of some of New Zealand’s greatest fillies when she contests Saturday’s A$1 million Gr.1 Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick.

Consecutive victories have propelled Chattahoochee toward his first crack at a black-type feature.

Consecutive victories have propelled Chattahoochee toward his first crack at a black-type feature.

Manawatu horsewoman Gail Temperton has experienced a stellar month, which got even better on Saturday when her homebred mare Royal Flower attained black-type when placing in the Gr.3 Martin Collins New Zealand Manawatu Breeders’ Stakes (2100m) at Trentham.

The rise of promising sprinter Platinum Attack continued at Trentham on Saturday, claiming his fourth win on the bounce in The Oaks Stud Premier (1200m).

Te Akau Racing produced the goods once again in a major two-year-old event when the highly touted Move To Strike came with a powerful late burst to capture the Gr.1 Courtesy Ford Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Trentham.

Fresh from an incredible interstate double in Australia last weekend with Orchestral and Mark Twain, the Roger James and Robert Wellwood stable picked up another black-type feature in New Zealand this time when race favourite Apostrophe ($3.50) claimed victory in the Gr.3 Martin Collins New Zealand Manawatu Breeders’ Stakes (2100m) at Trentham.

There’s a consensus between trainer Mark Walker and jockey Opie Bosson as to why star mare Imperatriz has been able to climb to the top of the sprinting ranks in the past 12 months.

Town Cryer has enjoyed a standout season for trainer Roydon Bergeron and is now enjoying some well-deserved time in the paddock ahead of what could be a lucrative spring campaign.

Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh is giving two sets of connections the opportunity to claim a lucrative payday in Saturday’s Entain-NZB Insurance Pearl Series Final (1400m) at Ellerslie.

Punters to see an obvious change as Legarto heads in the right direction at Flemington.