Australian Oaks

Richards shakes off frustrating day at Royal Randwick

Posted on April 18, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer Jamie Richards was taking a philosophical approach to his day at Royal Randwick on Saturday after watching three of his stable stars perform with credit but fail to put a win on the board. Group 1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) winner Amarelinha got the ball rolling with a brave effort to finish fourth in[...]

Posted on April 18, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Chris Waller has described Hungry Heart as a special filly after she outclassed her opponents to give Kerrin McEvoy his first Group 1 Australian Oaks victory at Randwick. Her triumph was another masterful feat by Sydney’s dominant trainer, who prepared her for a Golden Slipper campaign as a juvenile and nursed back her confidence after[...]

Posted on April 16, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer David Payne is keeping faith in Montefilia’s staying credentials, despite the filly’s two defeats over classic distances. And he is adamant she will bounce back in Saturday’s Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick. The dual Group One winner finished third as an odds-on favourite in the VRC Oaks (2500m) last spring when she was ridden[...]

Posted on April 13, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Leading New Zealand trainer Jamie Richards has experienced plenty of success in Australia over the last 12 months, he just hasn’t been able to be there to witness it. That will all change this weekend, with the trans-Tasman travel bubble opening up next Monday, allowing him to fly to Sydney to watch three of his[...]

Posted on April 11, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Edward Cummings will decide early this week whether Adrian Knox Stakes winner Duais will take her place in the Group 1 Australian Oaks. The filly gave the young horseman his first stakes success as a trainer in his own right when she raced away with Saturday’s Group 3 feature at Randwick on Saturday. Hailing from[...]

Posted on April 8, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jamie Kah and Rachel King have become household names in racing and trainer John Sargent is predicting a similarly bright future for Alysha Collett. Melbourne jockeys’ premiership leader Kah and King have six Group 1 rides between them at Randwick on Saturday, while Collett gets a black-type opportunity aboard Land Ahoy in the Group 3[...]

Posted on April 7, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Star filly Amarelinha has given champion jockey Opie Bosson just the confidence boost he was looking for ahead of a trip to Sydney to partner her in Saturday week’s A$1 million Group 1 Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick. Bosson rode Amarelinha in a 1200m open trial at Ellerslie on Tuesday and was delighted with the[...]

Posted on April 1, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

There are no aspirations for Miravalle to have a career as a hurdler but the decision to add some jumping to her training regime has put her back on a path towards the Australian Oaks. The Arrowfield Stud-owned filly showed promise as a spring three-year-old when her efforts included a closing fourth in the Wakeful[...]

Posted on March 22, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

It’s a case of business as usual for Te Akau Racing trainer Jamie Richards despite the postponement of the Golden Slipper racemeeting at Rosehill due to heavy rain on Saturday, and over the days preceding. Officials elected to push the card back by a full week, with the knock-on effect that all of the feature[...]

Posted on March 20, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer John Sargent is hoping the decision to postpone the Golden Slipper meeting by seven days is an omen for third favourite Four Moves Ahead. Racing officials made the call to shift the entire Sydney autumn carnival back a week when heavy rain washed out Saturday’s nine-race Slipper program. The last time a feature autumn[...]

Posted on March 20, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Stakes-winning filly Zee Falls could be in line for a trip to Sydney if she performs well in the Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham on Saturday. With Sydney currently under a deluge of rain, trainer Stephen Marsh said she will thrive in those conditions, with her victory in[...]

Posted on March 16, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Victoria Oaks winner Personal will be the headline act for Lindsay Park at the Sydney Autumn Carnival as she looks to add a couple more Group 1’s to her resume. The Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill on March 27 is next on the agenda for the daughter of Fastnet Rock before she heads to[...]

Posted on March 13, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Apprentice Tom Sherry has celebrated a milestone win at Kembla Grange, scoring his first black-type success aboard Miravalle for his boss Mark Newnham. The Irish-born hoop was thrilled to land the breakthrough victory in Friday’s Group Three Kembla Grange Classic (1600m), particularly for prominent owners Arrowfield Stud. “It was a goal I set out for[...]

Posted on March 5, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Lindsay Park co-trainer Ben Hayes is hoping that the class of Personal will see her rise to the top in the Group 2 TAB Kewney Stakes and in turn set her up for a Sydney campaign. After a first-up second in The Vanity (1400m) at Flemington on February 13, Personal heads back to Flemington for[...]

Posted on February 25, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Rising star Amarelinha will not be a late entrant for the Group 1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m). Te Akau principal David Ellis has confirmed the three-year-old filly will be aimed at the Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham on March 20, with the Group 3 McKee Family Sunline[...]

Posted on February 24, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Montefilia will be one of the headline acts when she kicks off her Australian Oaks campaign in the Surround Stakes at Randwick.

Posted on November 11, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

David Payne claimed two Group One wins during the Sydney spring with Montefilia and he will look to another filly to add to his stakes-race haul at Newcastle.

Richards shakes off frustrating day at Royal Randwick

Hungry Heart triumphant in Oaks

Montefilia drawn to stay the distance in Oaks

Richards excited to dust off passport

Cummings considers Oaks start for Duais

Sargent filly out to Land Oaks berth

Sydney sojourn for Bosson

Newnham fillies primed for Group 1 Vinery

Sydney Carnival delays a positive for Te Akau raiders

Sargent Banks On Slipper Delay Proving A Lucky Move

Zee Falls on trial for Australian campaign

Albury Gallop To Sharpen Personal For Sydney Trip

Sherry the toast of Kembla after first stakes win

Personal tunes up for Sydney in Kewney Stakes

Oaks path for Amarelinha

Star Filly Putting Payne Back Up In Lights

Payne’s Filly Has A Spring In Her Step

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