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Tavi Mac steps into Seabiscuit role

Posted on January 15, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Taranaki trainer Allan Sharrock is hoping his diminutive sprinter Tavi Mac can provide the movie fairytale finish to Saturday's Group 1 JR & N Berkett Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham. “It's the old battler's tale. The little horse from humble beginnings up against the expensive Fastnet Rock mare, and she'll take some beating too,” Sharrock said[...]

Posted on January 2, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The Group 1 Sistema Railway (1200m) was the pinnacle event on a day awash with black type features at Ellerslie on Friday and it more than lived up to its billing as the heavyweights of New Zealand sprinting took their shot at Group 1 glory. When the dust settled it was the red-hot team of[...]

Posted on December 31, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer Jamie Richards finished 2020 with a bang, posting an historic six wins at Ellerslie on Boxing Day, and winning his last start of the year courtesy of Zouluminous at Taupo on Wednesday. While pleased with his team's efforts, his attention has swiftly turned back to Ellerslie where he will have a number of strong[...]

Posted on December 21, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Busy putting in the hard yards conducting his pre-Christmas inspections for the annual NZB National Yearling Sale at Karaka next month, Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis CNZM took time out to reflect on the stables' achievements in 2020. It has been a bumper year for Te Akau Racing with horses the ilk of Avantage,[...]

Posted on October 18, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Superstar race-mare Melody Belle celebrated being named New Zealand Horse of the Year last Sunday evening when she stormed home to take out her twelfth individual Group 1 title at Hastings on Saturday. The Jamie Richards-trained six-year-old was in a class of her own as she took out her second Group 1 Livamol Classic (2040m)[...]

Posted on October 14, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Star mare Melody Belle, who was named New Zealand Horse of the Year for the second year in succession on Sunday night, will be out to land her 12th Group 1 victory when she contests the Livamol Classic (2040m) at Hastings on Saturday. Connections have paid a late-entry to supplement the Jamie Richards-trained mare for[...]

Posted on October 5, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The final field for the last Group 1 event of the Hastings spring carnival, the Group 1 Livamol Classic (2040m) is likely to have a markedly different look to it than the one that lined up in Saturday's Group 1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m). While the three Jamie Richards-trained runners, Melody Belle, Avantage and Prise[...]

Posted on October 4, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

In a thrilling finish to the Group 1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m) at Hastings it was the Jamie Richards-trained pair of Melody Belle and Avantage who produced a one-two result for their Matamata mentor. Punters had found it hard to split the two high class mares leading into the race and so it proved on[...]

Posted on October 3, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jamie Richards has celebrated one of his best days as a trainer winning Group One races in Australia and New Zealand with star mares Probabeel and Melody Belle.

Posted on September 30, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Champion trainer Jamie Richards is hoping for another fruitful day on both sides of the Tasman on Saturday despite the stars not aligning for star mare Probabeel in the Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m). The Cambridge Stud-owned mare drew barrier 18 for the A$1 million feature and as a result of the wide draw drifted[...]

Posted on September 21, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The Group 1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m) at Hastings in a fortnight is shaping as another standout contest based on the comments from connections of the horses who finished in behind Saturday's upset winner of the Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m), Callsign Mav. Form analysts will be casting their eyes over video replays of the[...]

Posted on September 20, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Hastings trainer John Bary has saddled plenty of big-race winners on home soil, but none with the shock factor of Callsign Mav's boilover in Saturday's Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m). Bary had previously won the season-opening Group 1 feature in 2013 with Survived, who also won the Group 3 Hawke's Bay Gold Cup (2200m), while[...]

Posted on September 16, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Matamata trainer Peter McKay recites the old adage that it's tough at the top as he prepares Group 1 winner The Mitigator for Saturday's Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings. But he's well aware that his Group 1 Thorndon Mile (1600m) winner is himself a tough customer well capable of making his presence felt[...]

Posted on September 15, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Plymouth trainer Allan Sharrock had a golden run in the Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) a few years ago, winning three on-end, and he is hoping he can add a fourth to his mantlepiece after Saturday. Sharrock's first victory in the race came in 2014 with I Do and he followed that with victories[...]

Posted on September 15, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Opie Bosson's loss is Danielle Johnson's gain. With Bosson unable to make the 56.5kg weight to ride the Jamie Richards-trained Avantage in Saturday's Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings, Johnson will be the beneficiary. Johnson partnered the mare into an impressive first-up win in the Group 2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m) earlier this month and[...]

Posted on September 8, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer Alan Sharrock had a smile on his face a mile wide despite being beaten in Saturday's feature event at Te Rapa, the Group 2 Valachi Downs Foxbridge Plate (1200m). Sharrock had just seen his underrated galloper Tavi Mac push quality mare Avantage all the way down the Te Rapa straight before going under by[...]

Posted on September 6, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Quality galloper Avantage showed she is the horse to beat in the upcoming Hawke's Bay triple crown when she produced a strong fresh-up effort to take out the Group 2 Valachi Downs Foxbridge Plate (1200m) at Te Rapa. The Fastnet Rock mare had closed out her four-year-old campaign with three Group 1 victories in the[...]

Tavi Mac steps into Seabiscuit role

Avantage all class in Railway victory

Richards hoping to start the year with a bang

Ellis reflects on momentous year for Te Akau Racing

Melody Belle reigns supreme at Hastings

Belle a late entry for Livamol Classic

Different complexion for Livamol Classic

Group 1 quinella for Richards in Hawke’s Bay feature

Mcevoy, Richards Enjoy A Day To Remember

Epsom draw a blow for meticulous Richards

Beaten brigade set their sights on Windsor Park Plate

Locals land massive upset in Tarzino

The Mitigator chasing further Group 1 success

Tavi Mac primed for Tarzino tilt

Johnson to ride Avantage in Tarzino

All roads lead to Hastings after Foxbridge Plate wash up

Te Akau Racing claim Te Rapa features

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