Coventina Bay

Grylls adds another Brisbane trip to busy schedule

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

Leading New Zealand jockey Craig Grylls has been collecting plenty of frequent-flyer points over the last few weeks, and he will return to Brisbane again on Saturday to ride two key Kiwi runners at Eagle Farm. Grylls, who rode at Matamata on Wednesday and sits in fourth place on the New Zealand premiership with 84[...]

Posted on April 20, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer Robbie Patterson is thrilled with how his star mare Coventina Bay has come through her effort to finish runner-up behind Imperatriz in Saturday’s Group 1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) and is itching to get her on a plane to Queensland. The six-year-old daughter of Shamexpress tried her heart out at[...]

Posted on April 13, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Robbie Patterson has sounded an ominous warning to rival connections ahead of Saturday’s Group 1 Fiber Fresh New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m). The New Plymouth trainer can’t fault his stable star Coventina Bay, who will be chasing a hat-trick of top-flight victories when she steps out in the fillies and mares’ feature at Te[...]

Posted on March 15, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Classy mare Coventina Bay was up to all of her cantankerous tricks in the pre-race buildup to Sunday’s Group 1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie, but when it came time for business she was at her professional best as she claimed her second Group One victory. The Robbie Patterson-trained six-year-old had threatened to[...]

Posted on March 12, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Trainer Robbie Patterson couldn’t be any happier with Coventina Bay ahead of the Group 1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie on Sunday. The six-year-old mare was successful over the same distance in the Group 1 Herbie Dyke Stakes at Te Rapa last month and Patterson said she has been working a treat since[...]

Posted on February 15, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Four-time New Zealand Jockeys’ Premiership winner Lisa Allpress is poised to return to the saddle this week following an enforced spell on the side-line. Allpress has been out of action since she suffered multiple injuries in an accident at the Hawera jump-outs in mid-January and has tagged Friday’s meeting at New Plymouth to launch her[...]

Posted on February 13, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The long trip home to New Plymouth from Hamilton on Saturday evening flew by for trainer Robbie Patterson as he reflected on what had happened just a few hours earlier at Te Rapa. Relishing the damp underfoot conditions, classy mare Coventina Bay out-finished Vernanme to take out the Group 1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) to[...]

Posted on February 13, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

An emotional Robbie Patterson was holding back the tears as he reflected on one of the biggest thrills of his life that had occurred just minutes earlier at Te Rapa, New Zealand. Patterson prepares talented mare Coventina Bay, the pint-sized daughter of Shamexpress who has provided him with some of his greatest highlights in a[...]

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

A late nomination to contest the Group One feature at Trentham on Saturday paid dividends for the connections of quality performer The Chosen One as the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained runner scored a stunning victory in the Group 1 Harcourts Thorndon Mile (1600m). Having his first start since running a gallant fifth in the[...]

Posted on January 17, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Exciting galloper Bankers Choice showed he is well on his way to becoming a star of New Zealand racing with a last to first performance to take out the Group 3 Dixon & Dunlop Anniversary Handicap (1600m) at Trentham on Saturday. Trainer Stephen Marsh had been in two minds about where to start the talented[...]

Posted on January 15, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Robbie Patterson will head to Trentham buoyed by a winning midweek double and even a hefty impost for his star performer Coventina Bay on Saturday hasn’t dimmed his confidence in the mare’s prospects. The New Plymouth trainer was successful with Bold Bette and Eddie Wood at Otaki on Thursday and runner-up finishes from Barney Rubble[...]

Posted on December 19, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Visiting Matamata rider Craig Grylls had a day to remember on Saturday when he took out the two feature races on the card at Awapuni, albeit in contrasting fashion. Successful aboard the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained Oneroa by just a nose in a desperate finish to a rating 74 1200m contest earlier in the[...]

Posted on December 19, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Taranaki mare Coventina Bay reminded racegoers of her undoubted class when she came from last at the turn to down a small but quality field in the Group 2 Carters Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m) at Awapuni. Unsighted since completing a somewhat disappointing three-race campaign during the Queensland Winter carnival back in June, trainer Robbie Patterson[...]

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

Taranaki mare Coventina Bay will make her New Zealand return at Awapuni on Saturday where she will line-up in the Group 2 Carters Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m). The daughter of Shamexpress had three unplaced runs in Queensland following her runner-up result behind Avantage in the Group 1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) in April.[...]

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[...]

Grylls adds another Brisbane trip to busy schedule

Coventina Bay on target for Queensland campaign

Top mare’s trainer oozing with confidence

Coventina Bay in Ellerslie first for Patterson

Coventina Bay on song for Bonecrusher

Allpress closing in on return to race riding

Patterson relishes Group One victory

Coventina Bay gets deserved Group One victory

The Chosen One sparkles in Thorndon Mile

Bankers Choice makes light of tough Trentham task

Patterson’s in-form stable set to star again

Grylls provides Baker with notable milestone at Awapuni

Coventina Bay brilliant in fresh-up victory

New Zealand return for Coventina Bay

Back home, Collett turns focus to riding domestic winners

Patterson returning from Queensland expedition

Queensland campaign extended for Coventina Bay

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