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Te Akau stars return

Posted on June 19, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The 2020/2021 season will live long in the memory of Jamie Richards. The Matamata trainer, who heads Te Akau’s racing operation, sits atop the New Zealand Trainers’ Premiership with 157 wins and nearly NZ$6 million to his credit this term. While dominant in New Zealand, Richards also experienced success across the Tasman, posting four wins,[...]

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

No three-year-old in New Zealand this season has enjoyed as much black-type success as the prolific winner Need I Say More, who added Saturday’s Group 2 Fusion Electrical Wellington Guineas (1400m) at Trentham to his near-faultless formline. The winner of the Group 3 Waikato Stud Slipper (1200m) as a juvenile, the classy chestnut has added[...]

Posted on March 19, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Opie Bosson will chase a fifth win in Saturday’s Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m), a race he has only ridden in sporadically in recent years. The Waikato jockey has won the Trentham three-year-old fillies Classic on She’s Country (in 2000), Bramble Rose (2003), Princess Coup (2007) and Keep The Peace[...]

Posted on February 16, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

On a day that promised much, Te Akau Racing trainer Jamie Richards was left wondering what might have been when racing concluded on Saturday evening. The Te Akau stable had been firing on all cylinders midway through the action at Te Rapa with successive feature races wins with Avantage in the Group 1 BCD Group[...]

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

Quality galloper Probabeel will kick off her summer campaign in Melbourne this Saturday when she contests the Group 3 Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield. The four-year-old Savabeel mare travelled to Australia last week in preparation for a three-race assignment culminating in the A$5m All Star Mile (1600m) at Moonee Valley on March 13. Trainer[...]

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

He’s got the movie star looks and now exciting Savabeel colt Brando will be out to showcase his talents on the international stage. Trainer Jamie Richards is keen to test the lightly tried galloper against the best of his generation across the Tasman following his runner-up finish in Saturday’s Group 1 Levin Classic (1600). A[...]

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

Leading rider Danielle Johnson streaked to a century of wins for the season when she took out the Listed IRT No.1 Wellesley Stakes (1000m) on Quattro Quinta at Trentham on Saturday, but in typical fashion is hungry for plenty more winners in the coming months. Not content with bagging just the one stakes success on[...]

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

It was a big day for trainer Jamie Richards and his team at the Matamata trials on Tuesday, with 32 runners, including star mares Melody Belle and Probabeel. Eleven-time Group 1 winner Melody Belle headed into her 1200m heat with plenty of condition, but pleased Richards with her runner-up effort ahead of her Group 1[...]

Posted on December 28, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A quick glance at the results from day one of the Ellerslie Christmas carnival reveals the remarkable fact that if your surname wasn’t Richards, Bosson or Johnson you struggled to make much of an impact on one of the biggest days on the New Zealand racing calendar. Matamata’s Jamie Richards dominated the training ranks as[...]

Posted on December 27, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The all-conquering Te Akau team is sticking to a proven Group 1 formula with rising star three-year-old Brando. The striking son of Savabeel scored a dominant victory in Saturday’s Listed Shaw’s Wire Ropes Uncle Remus Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie, which will be used as a springboard into the Group 1 Levin Classic (1600m) at Trentham[...]

Posted on December 24, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Last start Group 3 Counties Cup (2100m) winner In A Twinkling will be vying for Group 1 glory at Ellerslie on Boxing Day when he lines-up in the Cambridge Stud Zabeel Classic (2000m). The Jamie Richards-trained gelding finished runner-up in the Group 1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) behind Crown Prosecutor last year, and he has[...]

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

Matamata trainer Jamie Richards was delighted to secure a winning treble at Te Rapa on Saturday but was also left rueing the fact the day could have been even better with a little more luck. Richards unleashed another potential juvenile star in Sword Of State, who made a stunning debut as he demolished his rivals[...]

Posted on October 12, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Lightly raced three-year-old Tinker Mcphee dented a number of reputations at Matamata on Saturday when she sprinted clear of her rivals in the closing stages of her maiden 1200m contest to register a four-length victory. Punters had expected Savabeel colt Brando to dominate his rivals off the back of four consecutive trial victories but the[...]

Posted on October 9, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Champion jockey Opie Bosson is confident his season can kick into gear when he takes seven rides at Matamata on Saturday. The star hoop has taken longer than he would like to shed the last few kilos to get him back to racing trim following a winter break. But after 19 rides for three winners[...]

Posted on July 23, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Owner and breeder Neville Bell is hoping his gelding Brando can take a major step at Doomben towards replacing the recently retired Tarzan as his best horse. The winner of 16 races, Tarzan had a cult following thanks to his well-known name and prowess on the track. Trainer Stuart Kendrick announced that Tarzan has run[...]

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

Trainer Jamie Richards is enjoying being back in a familiar routine as the Te Akau Racing operation gears up for a return to the racetrack in the coming months. Richards, who sits atop the national trainers’ premiership with an unassailable twenty-seven win lead over his nearest rival, has plenty on his plate as he readies[...]

Te Akau stars return

Need I Say More secures sixth stakes success in Guineas

Bosson eyes fifth win in New Zealand Oaks with Amarelinha

Richards experiences racings highs and lows

Probabeel set for Melbourne campaign opener

Australian campaign for Brando

Ton up but Johnson looking for more

Te Akau to the fore at home trials

Leading riders to the fore on Boxing Day

Exciting colt on proven Levin Classic path

In A Twinkling out for Group 1 glory

Features focus for Te Akau team

Exciting times ahead for impressive Matamata winner

Bosson excited by Matamata prospects

Brando Ready For Starring Role At Doomben

Business as usual as Richards gets ready for new season

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