New to jumps racing, or ever watched the races and felt like it was a foreign language? Jumps racing has its own unique lingo, filled with phrases and terms that can be tricky to understand at first. We're here to help!
Jumps racing often gives thoroughbreds a second career on the track, and for Lucy de Lautour, it serves as a perfect transition into life on the hunt field.
Whether you’re headed to a major jumps meeting or supporting your local club, here’s how to bring style, warmth, and a touch of polish to the winter racing season.
If you’ve never been to a jumps raceday, you’re missing out on one of New Zealand’s most unique and exhilarating sporting experiences. Here’s why you should get involved in jumps racing and get along to a raceday this season.
Since his early twenties Raymond Connors has balanced farm life with training a team of racehorses, and his record in major races indicates the latter is far from a second pursuit.
Woodville will wind back the clock when staging this year’s running of the Glenanthony Simmentals Stud Hawke’s Bay Steeplechase and Te Whāngai Romney’s Hawke’s Bay Hurdles, with a number of retired jumping stars joining the festivities.
Paul Nelson is one of the most respected identities in New Zealand jumps racing, and it wasn’t all that long ago that he was a polo player who simply decided he might like to have a racehorse.
Tommy Hazlett was destined for a life in the racing industry, and the popular figure has seen it all, and won most, when it comes to riding over fences.
