Andrew Calder

Calder counting himself lucky after fall

Posted on June 15, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A battered and bruised Andrew Calder remains in good spirits after suffering multiple injuries, but with no long-lasting damage, in a nasty fall at Ruakaka on Saturday. The New Zealand jockey was airlifted to Whangarei Hospital after he had parted company with his mount Lady Deb in Saturday's two-year-old contest. “I've got some stable fractures[...]

Posted on April 1, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Clinton Isdale's time with Big Story will be short and he is hoping to make an early impact with the youngster before he heads offshore. The Cambridge trainer has a healthy opinion of the juvenile, who will make his first appearance in the Auckland Alarms 2YO (1300m) at Avondale on Saturday. Big Story was bred[...]

Posted on March 27, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Underrated galloper Gino Severini provided a fitting tribute to his part-owner, the late Ray Wallace, when he produced a fighting performance to take out the Group 2 Ultimate Mazda Japan Trophy (1600m) at Tauranga on Saturday. One of the most familiar names in the New Zealand training ranks for over forty years, Wallace passed away[...]

Posted on November 12, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Local trainer Richard Collett was delighted to be back trackside for the first time in several months at Pukekohe Park on Thursday. It was the first race meeting held in the Auckland region since the COVID-19 enforced lockdown in August and Collett said the meeting was a tonic for many industry participants in the region.[...]

Posted on September 1, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

This week's Waikato race meetings look likely to go ahead without leading New Zealand jockey Opie Bosson after changes to the Auckland-Waikato border area have locked him in. Bosson was set to have an outstanding book of rides at Saturday's Te Rapa raceday, among them multiple Group One winner Avantage in the Group 2 Valachi[...]

Posted on June 14, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer Nick Bishara took two horses to Te Rapa on Saturday and returned home a happy man after securing a winning double. Bishara started his winning run when maiden three-year-old Rubyshowoff secured her first victory when defeating her age-group rivals over 1400m while two races later progressive mare Cherry Lane backed up a[...]

Posted on June 10, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Nick Bishara didn't want to race his in-form mare Cherry Lane this weekend, but she's doing so well that he feels he has to. The South Auckland horseman had hoped Cherry Lane's last-start victory at Ellerslie on May 29 would be enough of a lead-in to her next winter target, the Listed Tauranga Classic (1400m)[...]

Posted on May 31, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

For someone who steadfastly maintains he likes to keep a low profile with his training activity, you can imagine that New Zealand trainer Carl Henderson has a good deal of trepidation about describing his work with exciting two-year-old galloper Atullibigeal. Henderson produced the son of Street Boss to run away from his opposition in Saturday's[...]

Posted on May 30, 2021
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Strapping two-year-old Atullibigeal gained revenge on his last start conqueror when he strode clear in the closing stages to take out the Listed Mainland Auckland Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie. The Carl Henderson-trained son of Street Boss had been narrowly defeated by talented filly Lady Maroal when the pair clashed in the Listed Champagne Stakes[...]

Posted on May 1, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Exciting New Zealand three-year-old No Filter will have his first crack at stakes level when he contests the Group 3 Inglis Sales Cambridge Breeders' Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa on the North island on Saturday. The son of Toronado has won three of his seven starts, placing in two others, and trainer Richard Collett said[...]

Posted on April 4, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Although he playfully describes the talented two-year-old with the hard to pronounce name as “a bit of a clown”, trainer Carl Henderson knows he has some serious horsepower on his hands with impressive Ellerslie winner, Atullibigeal. The rangy son of Street Boss provided a glimpse of the sort of motor he has when defeating well[...]

Posted on March 26, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

South Auckland jockey Andrew Calder landed a winning double at Tauranga last Saturday and will be hoping for more of the same when he returns to the Bay of Plenty course tomorrow. The 38-year-old rider has gradually re-established relationships since returning from a seven-year stint in Macau in 2018 with wife Natasha and their young[...]

Posted on March 22, 2021
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A decisive victory at Tauranga could have promising three-year-old No Filter on a path towards a start in the Group 3 Cambridge Breeders' Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa in May. The Richard Collett-trained son of Toronado did all that was asked of him in accounting for his age-group rivals over 1200m on Saturday with Collett[...]

Posted on February 26, 2021
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Pukekohe trainer Richard Collett marked a century of wins on his home track when promising three-year-old Captain Tom saluted in the Mount Shop 1200 maiden under jockey Andrew Calder on Thursday. The son of Showcasing had previously been first past the post at Te Rapa earlier in the month but was relegated from first to[...]

Posted on February 14, 2021
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Consistent performer Tokorangi finally got the luck she needed when she stormed to victory in the Group 2 Legacy Lodge Waikato Guineas (2000m) at Te Rapa. The Mike Moroney and Pam Gerard-trained three-year-old had had to settle for minor placings in several stakes races prior to Saturday's effort, having placed third in the Group 3[...]

Posted on January 17, 2021
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Six decades on from the heyday of the legendary sprinter Yahabeebe, the same colours have played a starring role at Trentham. Super Strike stepped up to stakes level for the first time and triumphed in Saturday's Group 3 Wellington Seamarket Anniversary Handicap (1600m). It was the fifth win of a nine-start career for the rising[...]

Posted on December 26, 2020
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Pukekohe trainer Richard Collett had initially planned to head straight to the Group 2 Rich Hill Mile (1600m) at Ellerslie on New Year's Day with talented gelding Super Strike, but he has elected to head to the Auckland track a little sooner with his charge. Super Strike will contest the Stella Artois 1500 Championship Final[...]

Calder counting himself lucky after fall

Isdale hoping Big Story lives up to his name

Memories of training legend to the fore at Tauranga

Collett delighted to be back trackside

Bosson stranded by Auckland barrier

Bishara doubles up at Te Rapa

Te Rapa test for in-form mare

Atullibigeal thrusts understated Henderson into spotlight

Atullibigeal gains measure of revenge in Futurity Stakes

First stakes test for New Zealand three-year-old No Filter

Henderson has high hopes for Atullibigeal

Calder in search of more Tauranga success

Stakes assignment on the horizon for No Filter

Captain Tom provides Collett with milestone

Tokorangi gets deserved stakes victory in Waikato Guineas

Famous colours to the fore in Anniversary

In-form galloper set to strike at Ellerslie

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