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Levante pressing on to Breeders’ Stakes

Posted on March 31, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Levante's domestic racing season isn't over just yet with confirmation the high-class mare will be given the opportunity next month to add to her record at the elite level. Trainer Ken Kelso, who prepares the five-year-old with wife Bev, is keen on a crack at the Group 1 Fiber Fresh New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes[...]

Posted on March 29, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The ever-reliable Vernanme has gone close to a Group One prize on multiple occasions this preparation and will chase a degree of compensation this weekend in a race that ideally fits his profile. There's been honour in defeat at the highest level for the dependable six-year-old, who drops back a peg on Saturday when he[...]

Posted on March 29, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Champion jockey Hugh Bowman has praised the courage and tenacity of Fangirl after she hung on to win by just under half a length in the $500,000 Vinery Stud Stakes (1850m) at Newcastle (New South Wales, Australia). Fourth at the 800m mark, Bowman – now with a staggering 102 Group 1 victories – knew his[...]

Posted on March 26, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman will have runners on both sides of the Tasman this weekend, with the common denominator being heavy tracks at both Tauranga and Rosehill. The training duo will send Saint Bathans and True Enough to Tauranga, while smart stayers The Chosen One and Marroni will be joined by[...]

Posted on March 26, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Multiple Group One winner Callsign Mav is enjoying an easy time at the beach before a decision is made on his immediate future. The son of Atlante was successful three-times at the highest level for Hastings horseman and part-owner John Bary and remained in Australia after he ran seventh in last year's Group 1 Cox[...]

Posted on March 25, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Hanging on to promising two-year-olds Defiant and Kikimora might be half the battle for New Zealand trainers Shane Kennedy and Anna Furlong as they prepare the duo for Saturday's Petersens Jewellers Ladies Bracelet (1000m) on their home track of Riccarton. The stable has already seen the unbeaten Listed Welcome Stakes (1000m) winner Grace's Secret moved[...]

Posted on March 24, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The prospect of a heavily rain affected track at Tauranga this Saturday may see the connections of New Zealand Group One performer Mali Ston firming up plans for an Australian campaign. The talented gelding is an acceptor in the Group 2 Ultimate Mazda Japan Trophy (1600m), but trainer Darryn Weatherley has cast serious doubt on[...]

Posted on March 23, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer Graham Richardson is looking at a Queensland winter campaign to get some compensation for the bad luck that Aspen Colorado suffered at Trentham on Saturday. Aspen Colorado was a fast-finishing third in the Group 1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m), only getting clear in the final 150m. Richardson, who trains in partnership with[...]

Posted on March 22, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A determined win in the opening event at Trentham on Saturday may have secured promising New Zealand two-year-old Slipper Island a berth in the team that trainer Tony Pike plans to take to the Queensland Winter Carnival this year. The son of No Nay Never showed plenty of heart to fight back in the hands[...]

Posted on March 22, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

An attack on the riches of the New South Wales autumn carnival by New Zealand trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman gathered momentum when stablemates The Chosen One, Regal Lion, White Noise and Marroni flew to Sydney on Saturday. The well performed quartet will all be in action this coming weekend as they prepare to[...]

Posted on March 19, 2022
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Riding in peak form and chasing a third BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m), Joao Moreira predicts this weekend's Classic will be a slowly-run contest before evolving into a true staying test at Sha Tin on Sunday (20 March). Hoping Senor Toba can emulate the deeds of Rapper Dragon (2017) and Sky Darci (2021), Moreira believes[...]

Posted on March 19, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Kelvin Tyler is preparing to escape New Zealand's Southland cold this winter for the warmer climes of Queensland. The Riverton trainer said a lack of racing opportunities over winter in the south has forced his hand and he will head across the Tasman for at least three months with a small team. “We are going[...]

Posted on March 19, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Darlington County has got Waverley trainer Bill Thurlow daring to dream of another Auckland Cup triumph. Thurlow produced Glory Days to win the Group 1 Auckland Cup (3200m) at Ellerslie in 2019 before she went on to place in the Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m) at Randwick at her next start. So You Think four-year-old[...]

Posted on March 18, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Last Sunday's Group 2 Auckland Cup (3200m) marked the final public outings for high-class gallopers Concert Hall and Sound, who signed off by finishing second and third respectively behind Central Districts visitor Uareastar. Retirement had been earmarked for both seven-year-old mare Concert Hall and nine-year-old entire Sound, and stud careers beckon the pair who ran[...]

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

New Zealand trainers Ken and Bev Kelso and the connections of top mare Levante can look forward to the Melbourne spring carnival with confidence following her bold showing in her Australian debut. They were on a fact-finding mission with the daughter of Proisir and she responded positively to finish fourth down the Flemington straight in[...]

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

Classy mare Coventina Bay was up to all of her cantankerous tricks in the pre-race buildup to Sunday's Group 1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie, but when it came time for business she was at her professional best as she claimed her second Group One victory. The Robbie Patterson-trained six-year-old had threatened to[...]

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

Kiwi raider Roch 'N' Horse made a mockery of those who dismissed the form of New Zealand sprinters, getting under punters guards in her stunning victory in the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday. Sporting the colours of Little Avondale Stud, the lightly-raced daughter of Per Incanto had raced without luck in[...]

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Levante pressing on to Breeders’ Stakes

Genuine Vernanme deserves winning trick

Fangirl wins Australian Vinery Stud Stakes

Trans Tasman targets for Baker-Forsman team

Callsign Mav taking time out at beach

Talented Kennedy-Furlong fillies attracting interest

Weatherley has an eye on Sydney with Mali Ston

Queensland beckoning Aspen Colorado

Promising juvenile could join Pike team in Queensland

Quartet jet to Sydney as Baker-Forsman eye Australian riches

Joao Moreira is confident Senor Toba can salute in Hong Kong Derby

Kelvin Tyler gearing up for Queensland sojourn

Staying mare sparks Glory Days comparisons

Auckland Cup placegetters bow out

Australian mission accomplished with Levante

Coventina Bay in Ellerslie first for Patterson

Roch ’N’ Horse stuns in Newmarket triumph

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