Counties Bowl

Collett delighted to be back trackside

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

Local trainer Richard Collett was delighted to be back trackside for the first time in several months at Pukekohe Park on Thursday. It was the first race meeting held in the Auckland region since the COVID-19 enforced lockdown in August and Collett said the meeting was a tonic for many industry participants in the region.[...]

Posted on November 8, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Class mare Levante didn't surprise anyone by winning a 1000m trial at Matamata last week, but the manner in which she won it suggests she'll be an even tougher horse to beat this season. Group Two winner Levante has won seven of her 11 career starts and is known for her get-back run-on style, often[...]

Posted on November 7, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Speedy mare Babylon Berlin got her spring campaign off to the best possible start when she proved too slick for her rivals in the Listed Donaldson Brown Pegasus Stakes (1000m) at Riccarton. The Ben Foote-trained daughter of All Too Hard had shown she has a touch a class about her during a three-year-old campaign where[...]

Posted on November 23, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Sam Collett has designs of a great summer aboard the exciting mare Levante after her stunning return to racing in the Listed Counties Bowl (1100m) at Pukekohe on Saturday. Riding the Ken and Bev Kelso-trained mare for the first time on raceday, Collett and Levante swooped from last on the turn on a day when[...]

Posted on November 23, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Ancroft Stud owner Philip Brown is keeping his feet on the ground as excitement mounts all around him over the potential of four-year-old galloper Levante. Brown and his wife Catherine share in the ownership of the Proisir mare with long-time friend Tony Enting and his wife Mary, former touring golf professional Mark Tapper and several[...]

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

Cambridge trainer Alex Oliveira is expecting more of the same from Only In Jakarta when she contests the Listed Haunui Farm Counties Bowl (1100m) at Pukekohe on Saturday. The five-year-old mare kept her undefeated record intact when winning at Te Rapa last month and has continued to impress Oliveira. The first emergency for the race,[...]

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

Nigel Tiley will take aim at three separate feature-race targets on his home track on Saturday. The Pukekohe trainer will produce Le Castile in the Group 2 Dunstan Feeds Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (1400m), Melt in the Listed Haunui Farm Counties Bowl (1100m) and Cool Change on debut in the Listed Fasttrack Insurance 2YO Stakes[...]

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

Cambridge trainer Robert Wellwood is one of the bright young stars of the New Zealand training ranks and the hands-on horseman has already proved adept at a number of roles in the thoroughbred industry. But on Monday Wellwood ticked another industry box, filling the void as the commentator at the Taupo trials, after a rostering[...]

Posted on November 21, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Talented South Auckland gallopers Marzemino and Media Sensation are set for a collision course after Saturday's meeting at Pukekohe. The Peter and Dawn Williams-trained mares are warm favourites in their respective stakes assignments this weekend, but it may be the last time they avoid each other for some time. Group 1 winner Media Sensation takes[...]

Collett delighted to be back trackside

Levante on-target for fruitful campaign

Babylon Berlin too quick in Riccarton dash

Collett celebrates birthday in style

Syndicate taking success in their stride with Levante

First stakes tilt for talented mare

Tiley trio chase stakes success

Versatile Wellwood answers the call

Williams mares fancied at Pukekohe

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