Chipping Norton Stakes

Bosson bags back-to-back Group 1 doubles

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

Star jockey Opie Bosson has had a week to remember, riding another two Group 1 winners at Ellerslie on Saturday to go with his brace in Sydney seven days earlier. Within the space of just over a week, Bosson has won the Group 1 Surround Stakes (1400m) on Probabeel, Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m)[...]

Posted on February 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer Jamie Richards describes himself as a small fish in a big pond but he has left Randwick with the catch of the day, clean sweeping the two Group One races. Forty minutes after claiming the Surround Stakes (1400m) with Probabeel, Richards has produced budding superstar Te Akau Shark for a scintillating triumph[...]

Posted on February 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Te Akau Shark has given New Zealand trainer Jamie Richards a Group One double at Randwick, winning the Chipping Norton Stakes. Opie Bosson rode Te Akau Shark and Probabeel, who won the Surround Stakes earlier on Saturday's program. Te Akau Shark closed strongly at the end of the 1600m to beat Verry Elleegant and Fierce[...]

Posted on February 28, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

CHIPPING NORTON STAKES 1600m, $600,000, weight-for-age HISTORY * First run in 1925 when won by Wallace Mortlake NOTABLE WINNERS * Phar Lap (1930), Bernborough (1946), Comic Court (1951), Delta (1952), Sky High (1962), Rain Lover (1969), Gay Icarus (1971), Emancipation (1984), Our Waverley Star (1987), Octagonal (1997), Lonhro (2003), Tuesday Joy (2009), Winx (2016-19). *[...]

Posted on February 28, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Hugh Bowman has been dynamic for Godolphin and the combination is set for more carnival glory with two live Group One chances at Randwick. Bowman links with proven weight-for-age campaigner Avilius in Saturday's Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m) and top filly Flit in the Surround Stakes (1400m). Two weeks ago Bowman and James Cummings teamed up[...]

Posted on February 28, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Melbourne jockey Ben Melham knows the strengths and weaknesses of Homesman who makes his return in the Chipping Norton Stakes at Randwick. Owned by a consortium including Lloyd and Nick Williams, Homesman runs for the first time in Saturday's 1600m-Group One race for Anthony Freedman. Now trained at Pinecliff on the Mornington Peninsula, Homesman was[...]

Posted on February 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Having adopted the philosophy that winning races starts in the sales ring, Te Akau Racing will again be out to make its mark in Australia, led by its latest Group One winner Te Akau Shark. Principal David Ellis is a renowned judge of horses and has enjoyed success and longevity through the likes of Darci[...]

Posted on February 26, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Having already won the Group One George Main Stakes this season, Godolphin star Avilius gets the chance to add another feature weight-for-age mile at Randwick in the Chipping Norton Stakes. The James Cummings-trained Avilius is one of 10 individual Group One winners among the field of 14 for Saturday's Group One race (1600m), which includes[...]

Posted on February 25, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Popular gelding Happy Clapper shares top weight with Godolphin's Avilius for the Doncaster Mile with both given 58kg for the $3 million handicap. Happy Clapper won the race two years ago carrying 57kg and is unlikely to run in the race with the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) on April 11, a week after the Doncaster[...]

Posted on February 24, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sydney's first top tier weight-for-age race of the year will define the rest of dual Group One winner Fierce Impact's campaign. The winner of the Toorak Handicap and Cantala Stakes in Melbourne in the spring, Fierce Impact made an impressive return when second in the C F Orr Stakes to three-year-old Alabama Express. Trainer Matthew[...]

Posted on February 24, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Te Akau Shark has opened favourite for the Chipping Norton Stakes as he attempts to record his second Group One win in two summer starts. Runner-up in the Epsom Handicap and third in the Cox Plate, Te Akau Shark claimed a first Group One win in the BCD Sprint at Te Rapa on February 8.[...]

Posted on February 18, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Santa Ana Lane has taken another step towards defending his TJ Smith title with a third-placed finish in a barrier trial at Werribee. The Anthony Freedman-trained sprinter won last year's TJ Smith and his autumn campaign has been geared towards that race again. He is expected to return in the Group Two Challenge Stakes (1000m)[...]

Posted on February 16, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A crucial track gallop at Warwick Farm will determine immediate plans for Fierce Impact as trainer Matt Smith weighs up Group One options in Sydney and Melbourne. The horse resumed with a slashing second to three-year-old Alabamba Express in the Group One C F Orr Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on February 8, signalling he was[...]

Posted on February 11, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

The big wet in Sydney is certainly not dampening the spirits of the Kiwi connections of Group 1 mare Verry Elleegant, who will resume in Saturday's Group 2 Apollo Stakes (1400m) at Randwick. The daughter of Zed has proved adept in wet footing, relishing the conditions last autumn in her first campaign for Sydney trainer[...]

Posted on February 5, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

The one thing missing from Te Akau Shark's resume is a Group One win and the star New Zealander gets the chance to put that right at Te Rapa. Placed in the Epsom Handicap and Cox Plate in the spring, Te Akau Shark runs in Saturday's BCD Group Sprint (1400m) ahead of a return to[...]

Posted on January 26, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Less than 24 hours after producing the headline acts on Karaka Million night at Ellerslie, the Te Akau Racing team were back in the thick of the action at the annual National Yearling Sales on Sunday. Although delighted with the success the stable achieved through wins by Cool Aza Beel in the Karaka Million 2YO[...]

Posted on January 23, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Triple Group One winner Happy Clapper has had a pipe-opener in a Randwick barrier trial when fourth in a heat won by the John Thompson-trained Sweet Deal. Happy Clapper worked to the line in the 900m-heat on the course proper on Thursday, pleasing trainer Pat Webster with his effort and his recovery. The Thompson-trained multiple[...]

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