Coventina Bay

Bankers Choice makes light of tough Trentham task

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[...]

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[...]

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

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

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