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Orchestral heads to paddock after stellar campaign

Posted on April 15, 2024
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Orchestral has returned to New Zealand after a sensational campaign, which culminated in a bold effort for third in last Saturday's Group 1 Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick. The highly-talented daughter of Savabeel took the three-year-old ranks by storm through the summer period, with a stunning winning performance in the $1.5 million Karaka Millions 3YO[...]

Posted on April 13, 2024
in Australian Horse Racing News

Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman have claimed their second win in three races at Randwick on the second day of The Championships, with Autumn Angel () getting the better of the two favourites, Zardozi () and Orchestral (), in the concluding stages of the Group 1 Australian Oaks. After going down in the Group 3[...]

Posted on April 12, 2024
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Orchestral will aim to follow in the footsteps of some of New Zealand's greatest fillies when she contests Saturday's A$1 million Group 1 Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick. Kiwi-bred fillies have a rich history in the time-honoured classic, boasting seven wins since 2009, including 11-time Group 1 winning heroine Verry Elleegant (2019), and two-time New[...]

Posted on April 11, 2024
in Australian Horse Racing News

Te Akau Racing will continue their raid on The Championships in Sydney with a pair of in-form chances at Randwick this weekend, including quality filly Quintessa in the Group 1 Australian Oaks (2400m). The daughter of Shamus Award has been a revelation for trainer Mark Walker this season, winning three and placing in three of[...]

Posted on April 6, 2024
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jamie Kah and Mark Zahra have battled it out down the length of the Randwick straight in the Group 3 Adrian Knox Stakes, with Kah getting the better of her Victorian counterpart as Good Banter () edged out Autumn Angel () in the final strides of the 2000m contest. As the Adrian Knox Stakes is[...]

Posted on March 30, 2024
in Australian Horse Racing News

The journey across the Tasman has paid immediate dividends for the Roger James & Robert Wellwood barn, with New Zealand raider Orchestral () justifying the short quote in the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill on Saturday. James McDonald partnered the daughter of Savabeel three starts back at Ellerslie in the Listed Karaka[...]

Posted on March 21, 2024
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Glamour filly Orchestral will defend an elite level title won by a former star stablemate when she makes her Australian debut later this month. The Roger James and Robert Wellwood-prepared three-year-old will take aim at the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m), claimed last year by the now retired Prowess, at Rosehill on Saturday week.[...]

Posted on December 23, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A year is a long time in racing and in 2023 the connections of Pennyweka experienced it all. The daughter of Satono Aladdin took her seventy-strong The Galloping Wekas Jazweka Syndicate on a whirlwind ride in autumn, winning the Group 1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham before crossing the Tasman to claim the Group[...]

Posted on April 8, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Having brained her rivals in the Group 1 New Zealand Oaks, the Jim Wallace-trained Pennyweka destroyed her rivals in the Group 1 Australian Oaks. The three-year-old Kiwi filly was forced to travel three wide the trip, but the fact she had cover throughout proved beneficial late on. Damian Lane was sitting like a statue on[...]

Posted on April 6, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Polygon has exceeded expectations this season and there is confidence in the camp that she can go to another level at Randwick on Saturday. A multiple stakes winner at home, the filly will strip in prime order for the Group 1 Australian Oaks (2400m) after two lead-up runs to fit her for the test and[...]

Posted on April 4, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The autumn emergence of gifted staying filly Pennyweka has presented Jim Wallace with an opportunity to return to the main stage in Australia. The Masterton trainer will be chasing a Classic double with the daughter of Satono Aladdin, who will bid to add Saturday's Group 1 Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick to her clear-cut victory[...]

Posted on April 2, 2023
in Australian Horse Racing News

Edward Cummings has continued the Cummings family dominance in the Adrian Knox Stakes, as he wins the race for the second time in three years with Arts, and makes it four straight wins for the family, with his brother James winning the other two. The race favourite and James Cummings-trained Sequestered looked to have the[...]

Posted on March 27, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Just seven days after outstanding three-year-old stayer Pennyweka captured the Group 1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) for her seventy strong syndicate of owners known as the Galloping Wekas Jazweka Syndicate, another branch of the successful syndication platform picked up their own triumph with Maryweka at Riccarton on Saturday. The Galloping Wekas Maryweka Syndicate race 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 February 14, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Increased opportunities for Polygon to add to her stakes record have encouraged her connections to lock in an autumn campaign in Australia. The Cambridge Stud-bred and raced filly has been in grand form this preparation and bypassing the Group 2 Waikato Guineas (2000m) due to a heavy track earlier this month was another factor in[...]

Posted on April 9, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

El Patroness has proven to be the elite three-year-old staying filly, recording a dominant victory in the Group 1 ATC Australian Oaks (2400m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. The Danny O'Brien-trained daughter of Shamus Award had been knocking on the door in Melbourne, running some solid races, but she was missed by the market, starting[...]

Posted on April 9, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

The secret to Gypsy Goddess’ rapid rise and equal favouritism for Saturday’s The Star Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick on Saturday is simple – she just keeps winning. That is the opinion of her trainer David Vandyke regarding the $4.20 starter with Hinged and Honeycreeper as equal favourite.

Orchestral heads to paddock after stellar campaign

Autumn Angel victorious in Group 1 Australian Oaks

Orchestral seeks to claim back-to-back Australian Group 1 features

Te Akau duo out to cause Sydney Group 1 upsets

Good Banter outstays rivals in Adrian Knox Stakes

Orchestral shows all her class in Rosehill Group 1 victory

Orchestral to follow similar path to ex-stablemate

Pennyweka retired

Pennyweka completes New Zealand Oaks / Australian Oaks double

Improved Polygon ready for Oaks

Oaks contender puts Wallace back in the game

Arts causes major boil over in Group 2 Adrian Knox Stakes win

Where there is a will there is a Weka

Noble steeds set to shine

Polygon to take on Australia’s best fillies

El Patroness causes boilover in the Australian Oaks

Gypsy Goddess ready for Heavy 10 challenge in the Australian Oaks

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