Coventina Bay

Puntura books trip to Australia with Te Rapa victory

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[...]

Posted on December 13, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Promising mare Coventina Bay added valuable black type to her burgeoning race record when she prevailed in a desperate finish to the Group 3 J Swap Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa. The Robbie Patterson-trained five-year-old had gone close at stakes level at her last start when finishing second to race rival Mascarpone in the Listed[...]

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

Coventina Bay’s picket fence form line may have been disrupted with a first-up fourth-placing at Te Rapa earlier this month, but trainer Robbie Patterson believes she can return to her winning ways at the Hamilton track this weekend. The five-year-old mare will contest the Beefeater Garden Bar 12/12 1400 and Patterson said she will appreciate[...]

Posted on May 2, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Despite the season being prematurely cut short as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, trainer Robbie Patterson still has plenty of fond memories to reflect back on. The Taranaki conditioner has accrued 19 wins so far this term, just one win shy of his 2013/14 season tally, which he hopes to eclipse in July. “It[...]

Posted on February 3, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Back-to-back wins at his home track on Saturday continued a remarkable season for New Plymouth trainer Robbie Patterson. The first leg of the double came from Aridity, who scored the sixth win of her 24-start career in the Thrifty Car Rental 1600. It was her fourth win from just eight appearances this season. Just 35[...]

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

Coventina Bay gets first stakes success at Te Rapa

Group 2 target for Coventina Bay

Patterson beaming about standout season

New Plymouth double continues Patterson’s big season

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