26 runners targeting for the highly anticipated NZB Insurance Triple Crown Series.

The future breeding value of two mares increased significantly with their victories at Pukekohe on Saturday.

One of the best of last season’s three-year-old crop showed he was back in no uncertain terms with a dashing victory in the Listed Haunui Farm Counties Bowl (1100m) at Pukekohe.

One of last season’s best three-year-olds showed he has come back from a winter break in fine fettle with a dashing performance at the Cambridge trials last Thursday.

Tony Pike tightened his grip on the Gr.2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) when he produced Haussmann for an emphatic lead-up victory at Hastings on Saturday.