Retired superstar jumper The Cossack is enjoying the next phase of his career as a sporthorse, fittingly with former co-trainer Corrina McDougal.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ann Browne, widely known as Mrs Browne, is a trailblazer and heroine in New Zealand racing, and would be the first to share her passion for jumpers.

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.

Harvey Wilson has been successful in a number of New Zealand’s major jumping races, but before he was training racehorses, he scaled even greater heights in the show jumping arena.

Jo Rathbone has spent most of her life immersed in the world of jumps racing, with a celebrated riding career, a couple of champion horses, and a rising profile in the training ranks already to her name.

As the jumps racing season starts to ramp up, Jess de Lautour catches up with Brian Anderton, a doyen of the sport, about his past success and the legacy he has left on Australasian jumps racing, not only as a trainer, but an owner, breeder, jockey and educator.