Camino Rocoso

Camino Rocoso on track for second Kumara Gold Nuggets

Posted on January 5, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

First and second in his previous two starts in the Greymouth Cup, Camino Rocoso's win set up a title defence of Saturday's Kumara Gold Nuggets.

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

North Canterbury trainers John and Karen Parsons would get no greater satisfaction than seeing veteran stayer Camino Rocoso win the Cromwell Cup (2030m) for a third time on Sunday. The husband and wife trainers produced the nine-year-old gelding for Cromwell Cup wins in 2019 and 2020, though he blotted his copybook with a ninth placing[...]

Posted on January 9, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Enigmatic performer Camino Rocoso shrugged off a narrow defeat in the Greymouth Cup (2000m) on Monday to turn the tables on his conqueror that day in Bully Boy, as he took out the Vernon & Vazey Truck Parts Kumara Gold Nuggets (1810m) on Saturday. The John & Karen Parsons-trained son of Shocking, who started his[...]

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

Hastings visitor Hunta Pence overcame his apparent dislike of the Awapuni track to register his biggest career victory when he took out the Group 3 Bramco Granite and Marble Manawatu Cup (2300m) in a desperate finish on Saturday. The Patrick Campbell-trained eight-year-old had failed to finish in a dividend bearing placing in ten previous trips[...]

Posted on December 17, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

There aren't many prouder of Chris Johnson then North Canterbury trainers John and Karen Parsons. As Johnson guided the Ellis Winsloe-trained Point Score to success in Invercargill last Saturday to level up to David Walsh's record of 2451 New Zealand wins, the Parsons were overcome with emotion. “It was incredible,” Karen Parsons said. “We didn't[...]

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

A huge crowd at Cromwell on Sunday were treated to an extended glimpse of the silky skills of Chris Johnson as the rider they call the magic man guided enigmatic galloper Camino Rocoso to victory in the Loveracing.nz Cromwell Cup (2030m). The John and Karen Parsons-trained seven-year-old was up for the challenge of defending his[...]

Posted on November 11, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Six-year-old mare Kiwi Ida will start favourite in Wednesday's Group 3 Valachi Downs Canterbury Breeders' Stakes (1400m) on the back of an eye-catching performance when second to Wekaforce in the Listed Pegasus Stakes (1000m) last Saturday. The John and Karen Parsons-trained mare is rated 18 points superior to her nearest rival in the fillies and[...]

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

Group 1 performer Kiwi Ida is set to fly the South Island flag in the Group 2 Valachi Downs Foxbridge Plate (1200m) at Te Rapa on September 5. Owned and trained by John and Karen Parsons, the high-class mare has been off the scene since February, but she warmed up for her return with impressive[...]

Posted on May 7, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Balcairn trainers John and Karen Parsons were in a more fortunate position than most throughout New Zealand's month-long lockdown, with the husband and wife training combination able to utilise their private training set-up to lightly exercise some of their younger stock. The South Island conditioners have enjoyed another strong season and were fifth on the[...]

Posted on February 7, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Dreams are free! That's Karen Parson's response to any suggestion she could land a Group 1 double with Kiwi Ida and Camino Rocoso at Te Rapa on Saturday. “It's more likely we'll head home with our tail between our legs,” the North Canterbury trainer quipped. Whatever happens at Te Rapa, Parsons can return home with[...]

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

Balcairn trainers John and Karen Parsons are hoping their North Island luck holds two-fold at the Te Rapa premier meeting on Saturday week. The North Canterbury couple have struck three times on end on their latest northern raid on features, with Kiwi Ida winning the Group 2 Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m) at Awapuni on December[...]

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

John and Karen Parsons are becoming accustomed to plundering northern spoils of late and the Balcairn trainers will attempt to do the same at Ellerslie on Saturday. The Canterbury conditioners won the Group 3 Trentham Stakes (2100m) with Camino Rocoso a fortnight ago and the Group 2 Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m) with Kiwi Ida last[...]

Posted on January 11, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Free-going southern galloper Camino Rocoso led his rivals a merry chase when he dominated proceedings from the front to take out the first of the Trentham features on Saturday, the Group 3 Barneswood Farm Trentham Stakes (2100m). Rider Chris Johnson was struggling to keep his mount in check in the initial stages of the contest[...]

Posted on December 31, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The decision to bypass Waikouaiti on New Year's Day with Dee And Gee to concentrate on the Wellington Cup Carnival has improved the prospects for Balcairn trainers John and Karen Parsons. Dee And Gee's defection from the Dunedin Casino Waikouaiti Cup (1975m) has reduced the field to seven with the Parsons-trained stablemates Camino Rocoso and[...]

Posted on December 2, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Enigmatic former North Island galloper Camino Rocoso put his best foot forward on Sunday when he gave a dashing display of front-running to take out the feature event at Cromwell, the No Limits Interiors Cromwell Cup (2030m). The annual Cromwell Christmas meeting attracts huge crowds each year and there was a noticeable cacophony of noise[...]

Camino Rocoso on track for second Kumara Gold Nuggets

Camino Rocoso shoots for third Cromwell Cup win

Camino Rocoso strikes gold at Kumara

Thrilling finish to Manawatu Cup

Proud-as-punch Parsons would love to provide record-breaker

The magic man thrills huge Cromwell crowd

Parsons mare ideally placed

Kiwi Ida on target for Foxbridge

Refreshed Parsons ready for racing return

Parsons shoot for Group 1 double at Te Rapa

Group 1 Te Rapa missions for in-form stablemates

Southern raiders set to plunder more northern spoils

Headstrong southerner too swift in Trentham Stakes

Parsons’ Waikouaiti prospects boosted by Dee And Gee decision

Camino Rocoso leads all the way in Cromwell Cup

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