Auckland Cup

Platinum Invador upsets in Auckland Cup

Posted on March 11, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

It was the case of third time lucky for the Lisa Latta-trained stayer Platinum Invador, who upset calculations in Saturday's Group 2 Auckland Cup (3200m) to register a deserved big race success. The seven-year-old son of Redwood had previously placed fourth in the race in 2021 behind Oceana Billy after filling third place behind Saturday's[...]

Posted on March 10, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Michael Moroney believes he has Nerve Not Verve spot on for Saturday's Group 2 Auckland Cup (3200m). The seven-year-old mare has crossed the Tasman from Moroney's Flemington base for a hit-and-run mission at the $500,000 staying feature at Pukekohe and he has received positive reports from his New Zealand training partner Pam Gerard in the[...]

Posted on March 10, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer Lance Noble is in for a busy 24-hours this weekend. The Karaka horseman will saddle his two stable stars on either side of the Tasman as he looks to embellish their already strong black-type records. The private trainer for Brendan and Jo Lindsay of Cambridge Stud, Noble is currently in Sydney with quality three-year-old[...]

Posted on March 7, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The dream of winning the Group 2 Auckland Cup (3200m) is back on with Southland stayer Dunhill. Originally entered for Saturday's $500,000 staying feature at Pukekohe, the son of Pins hit a rough patch with a few ailments which resulted in co-trainer and part-owner Kelvin Tyler withdrawing the five-year-old gelding from the race. However, Dunhill[...]

Posted on February 20, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Dual Group One straight course winner Roch ‘N' Horse is a possible starter in Saturday's Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) at Sandown after missing the Lightning Stakes (1000m) with a minor leg injury. Trainer Mike Moroney said he would enter last year's Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) and Group 1 Champions Sprint (1200m) winner for[...]

Posted on February 20, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

In-form staying mare Aquacade declared she is the horse to beat in the Group 2 Auckland Cup (3200m) with an emphatic statement as she powered home to take out the Group 2 Avondale Cup (2400m) at Pukekohe. The Lance Noble-trained four-year-old started a warm favourite () in the race off the back of victories in[...]

Posted on February 16, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Stephen Marsh will work through his future options with the in-form Zee Falls after she runs at Pukekohe on Saturday with handicap and weight-for-age avenues to consider. The Cambridge trainer is expecting another top performance from the mare in the Group 2 Avondale Cup (2400m) and has also tipped a bold showing from stablemate and[...]

Posted on February 15, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Smart stayer Ladies Man will back up in consecutive weeks in his attempt to win the Group 2 Auckland Cup (3200m) at Ellerslie on March 11. Ladies Man started a hot favourite for the Group 3 Wellington Cup (3200m) last month after winning the Group 3 Trentham Stakes (2100m) a fortnight beforehand. He wasn't ideally[...]

Posted on January 3, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A win in the Dunstan Feeds Stayers Championship Final (2400m) at Te Rapa on New Year's Day could provide the key to a tilt at the Group 2 Auckland Cup (3200m) for progressive staying mare Aquacade. The Lance Noble-trained four-year-old provided her trainer and owners Brendan and Jo Lindsay with the first leg of a[...]

Posted on December 20, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The Group 2 Wellington Guineas (1400m) is the likely target for The Racketeer after his gutsy victory at Te Rapa on Saturday. The Racketeer, one of two winners for the day for the Cambridge partnership of Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray, led most of the way for in-form apprentice Kelsey Hannan to hold off a[...]

Posted on December 20, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Prestige winner Hinepara delivered exactly the Te Rapa performance trainer Josh Shaw was hoping for and an effort that has fuelled further feature staying race ambitions. The reigning Group 2 Avondale Cup (2400m) champion made her first appearance for six weeks in Saturday's open 1600m event and the Darci Brahma mare was doing her best[...]

Posted on October 17, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Veteran New Zealand stayer Roger That took out the Listed Staphanos Classic (1950m) at Rotorua on Sunday under a perfect ride by Lynsey Satherley. The ten-year-old son of Shinko King was an impressive winner of the Group 1 Auckland Cup (3200m) in 2020 for Tauranga trainer Antony Fuller, with Sunday's success the second stakes victory[...]

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

Six weeks of farm work has Group 1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) winner Sherwood Forest in good fettle for a spring preparation, according to his new trainer Bill Thurlow. Sherwood Forest, who won the 2020 edition of the Classic at Ellerslie for Cambridge trainer Tony Pike, begins a new preparation for Waverley's Thurlow in Saturday's[...]

Posted on June 30, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

For all of New Zealand trainer Allan Sharrock's three runners at Hastings on Saturday, potential black-type targets are looming large on the horizon – including a shot at the season-opening Group One feature that holds a special place in Sharrock's heart. From 2014 to 2016, the New Plymouth trainer celebrated three consecutive victories in the[...]

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

Champion jockey Opie Bosson completed a full house of Group One wins in New Zealand when Imperatriz cruised to victory in the Group 1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (1600m) at Te Rapa on Saturday. New Zealand hosts 20 Group One races annually and the fillies and mares feature was the one domestic Group One[...]

Posted on April 17, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A decision to bypass a start in an open 2100m event at Te Rapa on Saturday with enigmatic New Zealand stayer Swords Drawn paid a handsome dividend when the six-year-old stormed home from near last to capture the Listed Power Farming Hawke's Bay Cup (2200m) at Hastings. The Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray-trained son of[...]

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

A link to one of New Zealand's major training centres of last century has been lost with the recent death of former successful trainer Ray Wallace at age 92. Wallace grew up in Takanini, where his father Jack trained successfully for many years at the Auckland Racing Club's South Auckland training facility. Ray became his[...]

Platinum Invador upsets in Auckland Cup

Nerve Not Verve thriving ahead of Auckland Cup

Noble steeds set to shine

Auckland Cup dream back on with Dunhill

Oakleigh Plate option for Roch ‘N’ Horse

Aquacade issues powerful Cup statement at Pukekohe

Marsh pondering Group One target for mare

Sharrock tries different Cup approach for Ladies Man

Auckland Cup tilt for Aquacade

Wellington Guineas on the cards for The Racketeer

Hinepara’s effort augurs well for future

Roger That lands Staphanos Classic

Farm labour has Derby winner primed for new campaign

Bigger things in store for Sharrock’s Hastings trio

Bosson has sights set on next Group One milestone

Swords Drawn takes out Hawke’s Bay Cup

Link to Takanini lost with death of Ray Wallace

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