Australian Grand National Hurdle

Tallyho Twinkletoe Jumps To National Glory

Posted on August 25, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

New Zealand jumper Tallyho Twinkletoe has equalled the feats of a champion jumper of yesteryear with his dominant victory in the Grand National Steeplechase at Ballarat. Tallyho Twinkletoe became the first horse since Mosstrooper in 1930 to complete the Grand National Hurdle/Steeplechase double in the same year. Patrick Payne calls himself the “puppet trainer”, having[...]

Posted on August 8, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Mathew Gillies has gained a doctor's clearance to ride Gagarin in Saturday's Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge 145th Grand National Steeplechase (NZ) (5600m) at Riccarton. The jumps jockey was concussed in a fall at Riccarton last Saturday, an injury that led to him missing the winning ride on Tallyho Twinkletoe in last Sunday's Grand National[...]

Posted on August 4, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Patrick Payne is fast becoming a master trainer of jumpers. But while he will go into the record books as the winning trainer of Tallyho Twinkletoe in Sunday's Grand National Hurdle at Sandown, Payne prefers to deflect all the credit to New Zealand conditioner Kevin “Dummy” Myers. This season has Payne has collected feature jumps[...]

Posted on August 2, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Emily Farr could be in for one of her biggest days in racing on Sunday when she partners in-form jumper Gobstopper in the Grand National Hurdle (4200m) at Sandown. It has been a rapid rise for the 2017 Group 3 New Zealand Cup (3200m) winner, who is undefeated in his two starts over hurdles, including[...]

Posted on August 1, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Champion jumper Wells headlines a field of nine for the Crisp Steeplechase at Sandown while a field of 11 has been declared for the Grand National Hurdle. Sunday's meeting at Sandown is highlighted by the two jumps features, with 12-year-old Wells striving to win the Crisp (4200m) for a second time. He won in 2017[...]

Posted on July 22, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

The Kiwis got the cash in Sunday's Brendan Drechsler Hurdle (3500m) at Racing.com Park as trainer Andrew Campbell's Gobstopper led all the way to take out the A$100,000 feature. The six-year-old son of Tavistock, a younger brother of dual Hong Kong Horse of the year Werther, looked under siege when Euroman and former Kiwi Killarney[...]

Posted on July 2, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Gobstopper made an impressive start to his jumping career, winning his maiden hurdle at Te Aroha by 13 lengths last month, and his connections have elected to test his talents across the Tasman. A proven galloper on the flat, Gobstopper won the Group 3 New Zealand Cup (3200m) in 2017, and trainer Andrew Campbell was[...]

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