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Group One double a special result for Richards

Posted on March 22, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Jamie Richards made the penultimate weekend of his current training stint in New Zealand a memorable one when he produced a Group One winning double at Trentham on Saturday. Richards, who will enter the next stage of his career when he makes the move to Hong Kong in May, will prepare his last runners in[...]

Posted on February 26, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Classy juvenile filly Maven Belle made it three wins from three starts when she swept to a clearcut victory in the feature race at Matamata on Saturday, the Group 2 J Swap Contractors Ltd Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (1200m). The Jamie Richards-trained daughter of Burgundy had looked to have a touch of class when she won[...]

Posted on February 23, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer Jamie Richards will be attacking this weekend’s main events in equal measures of quality and quantity with a trio chasing top-flight honours at Otaki and three youngsters lined up for the Matamata conditioner’s home track juvenile feature. Te Akau’s head trainer will be represented by Amarelinha, Brando and Markus Aurelius in Saturday’s[...]

Posted on January 31, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Talented galloper Brando was back in the winner’s circle at Ellerslie on Sunday, taking out the HR Fiskens & Sons Ltd 1400 at his first start since being gelded. The four-year-old son of Savabeel finished runner-up in last season’s Group 1 Levin Classic (1600m) but outside of a fresh-up victory at Te Rapa last October,[...]

Posted on November 12, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Champion trainer Jamie Richards has weight of numbers on his side with a team of five fillies contesting Saturday’s Group 1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton. Richards needs just one win to bring up 50 Group One victories in a career barely six years in the making. But even with the[...]

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

Talented galloper Brando could get to walk in the shoes of one of Matamata trainer Jamie Richards’ best horses with a bold run in Saturday’s Group 3 Red Badge Spring Sprint (1400m) at Hastings. A winner of four of his eight starts, Brando goes into the Hastings sprint feature as the TAB’s final field favourite[...]

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

New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale graduate Brando resumed in the best possible way when winning the Phill Cataldo Bloodstock 1200m at Te Rapa on Friday. Signalling his readiness when coasting home for fifth at the trials on 21 September at Cambridge, and smooth in the prelim, Brando confronted a well-rounded field and rose[...]

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[...]

Group One double a special result for Richards

Maven Belle remains unbeaten after stylish Breeders’ Stakes victory

Richards a force to be reckoned with in features

Gelded Brando back in business

Richards bears down on 50th Group One win

Brando ready for starring role

First-up win for Brando

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

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