Coventina Bay

Back home, Collett turns focus to riding domestic winners

Posted on July 17, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Samantha Collett is back with her feet on New Zealand soil, keen to further the experiences she has had riding abroad. Collett, who flew back home on Thursday night, will be straight back into action with seven rides at Ruakaka on Saturday, having ridden out of Queensland since the beginning of June. One of the[...]

Posted on July 14, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand horseman Robbie Patterson was pleased with the run of stable star Coventina Bay in Sunday’s Listed Glasshouse Handicap (1400m) at the Sunshine Coast, despite the five-year-old mare not getting the rub of the green. Shuffled back to near last, the daughter of Shamexpress made a wide looping run to be beaten just over[...]

Posted on July 6, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand mare Coventina Bay was meant to be enjoying a well-deserved spell in the Queensland sun at the moment, however, the weather in the Sunshine State had other plans over the weekend. The Robbie Patterson-trained mare was set to have her final start of the season in the Listed Glasshouse Handicap (1400m) at the[...]

Posted on June 23, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The curtain will come down this weekend on what has been a long but fruitful season for Coventina Bay. New Zealand trainer Robbie Patterson has lined her up nine times this season, for three wins, including victories in the Group 3 Cuddle Stakes (1600m) and Group 3 J Swap Sprint (1400m). The daughter of Shamexpress[...]

Posted on June 16, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

New Zealand mare Coventina Bay will attempt to ascend the Queensland throne when she lines-up in the Group 1 Tattersall’s Tiara (1400m) at Eagle Farm next week. After pleasing with a trial win at the Sunshine Coast earlier this month, she finished seventh in the Group 2 Dane Ripper Stakes (1300m) at Eagle Farm last[...]

Posted on June 10, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Robbie Patterson is loving it so much in Queensland he might not come home. The New Zealand horseman has enjoyed trading the cold winter under Mount Taranaki for the warmer climes of Brisbane over the last few weeks, but on Saturday things will start to heat up for his Australian raiders Coventina Bay and Puntura.[...]

Posted on June 3, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand Group One performer Coventina Bay made the best possible start to her Queensland campaign on Tuesday. Under regular rider Samantha Collett, she won her 1200m trial at the Sunshine Coast by 3.5 lengths. Trainer Robbie Patterson was pleased with her hit-out ahead of her Group targets in the coming month. “She trialled nicely,”[...]

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

The Collett-McKay household will be a bit empty over the coming month. While Shaun McKay will be plying his trade in Melbourne over winter, his partner and fellow jockey Samantha Collett will head to the warmer climate of Queensland to partner a couple of familiar mounts. “I am fortunate enough that (New Zealand trainer) Robbie[...]

Posted on May 3, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Promising New Zealand three-year-old Puntura confirmed his place in a squad bound for Brisbane later this month when he stormed home from near last at Te Rapa on Saturday to record his fourth successive victory. The Robbie Patterson-trained son of Group One winning two-year-old Vespa will join stablemates Coventina Bay and an unnamed Shamexpress two-year-old[...]

Posted on April 17, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A lot can change in a week and the misfortune of the races being abandoned mid program at Te Aroha has resulted in leading jockey Danielle Johnson picking up the plumb ride on Avantage in Saturday’s rescheduled Group 1 Fiber Fresh New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Te Rapa. Opie Bosson was originally engaged[...]

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

The abandonment of Te Aroha’s Group One meeting last Saturday could be a blessing in disguise for Coventina Bay. The Taranaki mare was set to contest the Group 1 Fiber Fresh NZ Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m), but will now repeat the float trip a week later to race in the postponed feature now being run[...]

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

What initially proved to be a massive headache for Robbie Patterson has proven to be one of the highlights of his training career. Exciting mare Coventina Bay came into the Taranaki conditioner’s care with a few quirky traits, but she has matured with time and is now giving him the ride of his life. Not[...]

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

It was an agonising decision for jockey Samantha Collett in selecting her mount for the Group 1 Fiber Fresh NZ Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Te Aroha on Saturday, and she is hoping she has chosen wisely. Collett had the choice of Group One winner Travelling Light, last start Group Three winner Coventina Bay, and[...]

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

Trainer Mike Breslin believes honest mare Jessiegee is more than deserving of a slice of big race luck after the plucky seven-year-old went within a neck of causing an upset in Saturday’s Group 3 Wentwood Grange Cuddle Stakes (1600m) at Trentham. It was the fifth time that the daughter of Alamosa has finished in the[...]

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

Progressive galloper Coventina Bay delighted her army of fans when taking out the Group 3 Wentwood Grange Cuddle Stakes (1600m) on Saturday, but it was a close-run thing in the Trentham feature for the fillies and mares. Sent out a favourite for the contest, the Robbie Patterson-trained mare was shooting for back-to-back victories after scoring[...]

Posted on March 17, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Plymouth trainer Robbie Patterson hopes Coventina Bay will make Sam Collett think twice about riding boom mare Levante in Group One company next month. Coventina Bay heads to Trentham on Saturday for the Group 3 Cuddle Stakes (1600m) fresh from a stunning victory in the Lisa Chittick Plate (1400m) at Matamata on February 27,[...]

Posted on March 1, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Taranaki trainer Robbie Patterson took time out on Sunday morning for a spot of fishing with a group of mates, safe in the knowledge he has progressive galloper Coventina Bay right where he wants her as a Group One target looms. The Shamexpress five-year-old gave punters a sparkling display of her raw speed when she[...]

Back home, Collett turns focus to riding domestic winners

Patterson returning from Queensland expedition

Queensland campaign extended for Coventina Bay

Season finale for Coventina Bay

Coventina Bay in search of crowning glory

Business time for Patterson’s Queensland raiders

New Zealand mare Coventina Bay basking in the Sunshine State

Queensland sojourn for New Zealand jockey Samantha Collett

Puntura books trip to Australia with Te Rapa victory

Johnson delighted with Group One pick-up ride

Venue change ideal for Coventina Bay

Potential wet conditions a concern for exciting mare

Collett elects for Levante in Group One

Jessiegee due elusive stakes success

Coventina Bay takes Cuddle Stakes victory after tough battle

Big decision ahead for Collett

All roads lead to Te Aroha for Coventina Bay

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