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Coleman makes it a feature double with Joe’s Legacy

Posted on February 22, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Fresh from taking out a Group 2 feature barely thirty minutes earlier local rider Michael Coleman was back in the winner’s enclosure one race later when he guided Joe’s Legacy to a comprehensive victory in the Listed Matamata Veterinary Services Kaimai Stakes (2000m). Matamata resident Coleman captured his fourth Group 2 J Swap Contractors Ltd[...]

Posted on February 22, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Race favourite Vernazza overcame a wide run and a dogged local challenge to take out the feature event at Matamata on Saturday, the Group 2 J Swap Contractors Ltd Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (1200m). Carrying the colours of Cambridge Stud couple Brendan and Jo Lindsay, the More Than Ready filly had impressed many with her maiden[...]

Posted on February 22, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Promising galloper Need I Say More showed he will be a force to be reckoned with in the autumn juvenile classics when he dashed away with the Group 3 Waikato Stud Slipper (1200m) at Matamata. The Jamie Richards-trained runner was having just his second start after an impressive debut performance on the same track earlier[...]

Posted on February 22, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Te Akau Racing has produced a one-two finish in the Group One Hanui Farm Classic at Otaki with Avantage beating Prise De Fer. The quinella came shortly before stable star Melody Belle ran third in the Group One Futurity at Caulfield in Melbourne. The Jamie Richards-trained Avantage and Prise De Fer fought it out down[...]

Posted on February 22, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Beautiful weather, great hospitality, and being able to go fishing in-between race meetings, it’s no wonder Shaun Phelan loves East Coast racing. Phelan, who trains at Cambridge in partnership with his father Craig, has taken three horses to Wairoa’s two day meeting and enjoyed success on Thursday with Big Mike in the Wairoa Cup Trial[...]

Posted on February 20, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Ken and Bev Kelso have opted for the safe option with their star mare Supera. The Matamata trainers had originally targeted Saturday’s Group 1 Haunui Farm WFA Group 1 Classic (1600m) at Otaki with the five-year-old Savabeel mare but the prospect of an unsuitable wet track prompted a change of plans on Wednesday. Supera will[...]

Posted on February 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Having stakes contenders on both sides of the Tasman is becoming a common occurrence for Te Akau trainer Jamie Richards. The 30-year-old horseman was kept busy in the spring with a large racing team at home, while Melody Belle and Te Akau Shark performed at the highest level in Australia. It will be the same[...]

Posted on February 19, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

High-class mare Yearn will contest Saturday’s Lisa Chittick Plate (1400m) at Matamata and trainer Karen Fursdon is confident of another bold performance. The last-start Group 1 Thorndon Mile (1600m) placegetter is in career best form, having won the Group 2 Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) in late November and finished within a length of the[...]

Posted on February 19, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Peter McKay will be keeping close tabs on the weather forecast ahead of the Group 1 Haunui Farm WFA Group 1 Classic (1600m) at Otaki on Saturday. The Matamata trainer is hoping to secure another Group 1 mile victory with The Mitigator after his Thorndon Mile (1600m) heroics at Trentham last month, but he said[...]

Posted on February 18, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

There would be few horses in the country more consistent than Rock On Wood and trainer Leanne Elliot is hoping the reliable gelding can turn that form into Group 1 glory next month. The Horowhenua galloper is earmarked to head north to Ellerslie on March 7 where he will compete in the Group 1 Bonecrusher[...]

Posted on February 18, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

There will be a touch of New Zealand flavour in Saudi Arabia ahead of next month’s US$20million Saudi Cup, the world’s newly established richest horse race. Last season’s New Zealand Premiership-winning jockey Lisa Allpress has been invited to compete in the inaugural Kingdom Day Jockey Challenge. While she is looking forward to the new experience,[...]

Posted on February 18, 2020
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Promising miler Germanicus will be tested at elite-level for the first time on Saturday when he lines-up in the Haunui Farm WFA Group 1 Classic (1600m) at Otaki. The Danica Guy-trained four-year-old has won three of his seven starts at the distance, including a last start triumph in the Group 3 Anniversary Handicap (1600m) at[...]

Posted on February 17, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Letzbeglam could this weekend kick off a successful four-week Group 1 attack by Cambridge Stud owners Brendan and Jo Lindsay. On Saturday when Vernazza, another Lindsay-owned filly, will spearhead the homefront team with a tilt at the Group 2 J. Swap Contractors Matamata Breeders Stakes (1200m), the Lindsays will be in Melbourne cheering on Letzbeglam[...]

Posted on February 17, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

High-class three-year-old Probabeel has settled into life in Sydney well and was put through her paces when finishing fifth in a 1000m trial at Randwick on Monday morning on a track rated a Soft6. The Jamie Richards-trained daughter of Savabeel closed well late in the hands of Glen Boss to finish 2.6 lengths from the[...]

Posted on February 17, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Vinnie Colgan is happy not to have to make the call between the rides on Two Illicit and Dragon Leap going into the Group 1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) at Ellerslie on Saturday week. Colgan, the most successful rider in New Zealand Derby history, will continue his association with Two Illicit, but he got[...]

Posted on February 16, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Twenty-six years on from her famous Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) victory with Solvit, Moira Murdoch’s beach training regime is continuing to pay dividends. Now training in partnership with her daughter Kieran, Murdoch sprung a $32 upset with Polzeath in Saturday’s Group 2 Joe McDonald Avondale Cup (2400m) at Ellerslie. “It was very exciting and[...]

Posted on February 16, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A comprehensive victory against the older horses at Ellerslie on Saturday is likely to result in three-year-old Vladivostok taking his place in the Group 1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) in a fortnight. If confirmed, it would see trainer Andrew Campbell and the colt’s ownership group, headed by breeder Tommy Heptinstall, with three distinct chances[...]

Coleman makes it a feature double with Joe’s Legacy

Favourite takes Matamata Breeders’ Stakes

Need I Say More leaves no room for excuses

Avantage Wins Group One Classic At Otaki

Phelan loves East Coast racing

Supera stays home for Lisa Chittick Plate

Trans-Tasman assault for Te Akau

Yearn thriving ahead of local assignment

McKay on weather watch

Consistent galloper set for Group 1 glory

Saudi challenge for Allpress

First Group 1 tilt for Germanicus

Lindsays ready to glam it up in Melbourne

Probabeel on target for Surround

Colgan full of praise for leading Derby hopes

Murdoch’s name in lights again with Polzeath

Campbell to provide triple threat in Derby

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