Dynastic

Walker looking for fairy tale start

Posted on April 2, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

It is a case of back to the future as Mark Walker assumes control of Te Akau Racing’s Matamata stable with the ushering in of April and the champion horseman will have a strong hand to play at Saturday’s Group One meeting at Awapuni. Walker spent 11 years in Singapore at the helm of Te[...]

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

Quality two-year-old filly Lickety Split refused to yield to a sustained challenge when narrowly taking out the Group 1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie on Sunday. The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained daughter of Turn Me Loose had scored impressively at the Auckland course on debut last month but was the most inexperienced runner in[...]

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

Te Akau has been the all-conquering force in New Zealand juvenile racing for some time and they have another Group One two-year-old title firmly in their sights at Ellerslie this weekend. The Matamata operation has claimed the last six editions of the Karaka Million 2YO and sent out the last four winners of the Group[...]

Posted on March 5, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer Raymond Connors has posted the not for sale sign on promising juvenile Trav after the son of Almanzor closed too well for his rivals to score by a neck from Havarti in the Milton Park Stables 2YO (1200m) at Awapuni on Friday. The Connors family bred and own the smart debut winner,[...]

Posted on February 1, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Leading New Zealand rider Opie Bosson is putting in the hard yards as he gets set to ride Group 1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) candidate The Perfect Pink in the Group 2 Legacy Lodge Waikato Guineas (2000m) at Te Rapa on Wednesday. The Perfect Pink will carry just 54.5kgs in the race, with Bosson[...]

Posted on January 25, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A purchase made while on a stint working overseas over twenty-five years ago paid off in spades for Windsor Park Stud’s Rodney Schick, when stylish colt Dynastic took out the NZD$1 million Doubletree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday night. The Jamie Richards-trained son of Cambridge Stud stallion Almanzor is out[...]

Posted on January 24, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

On a night he has made somewhat his own in recent years, trainer Jamie Richards scooped a second NZD$1million prize at Ellerslie on Saturday when Pin Me Up scored an upset victory in the Karaka Million 3YO (1600m). After snaring a sixth consecutive Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) with Dynastic just two races earlier, Richards was[...]

Posted on January 24, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The more things change, the more they stay the same was the feeling after the running of the Doubletree By Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. On a night that generates enormous interest throughout New Zealand it was the familiar tangerine and blue racing colours of Te Akau Racing carried by the[...]

Posted on January 24, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Talented three-year-old colt Sword Of State shrugged off an indifferent Australian spring campaign to display his true class when he dominated his rivals in the Group 3 Cambridge Stud Almanzor Trophy (1200m) at Ellerslie. Wearing the colours of Brendan and Jo Lindsay, who co-own the colt and sponsored the race, the son of Snitzel sat[...]

Posted on January 21, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Stephen Autridge has twice celebrated victories in New Zealand’s richest juvenile event and will on Saturday be bidding to halt the run of his former employer in the Ellerslie feature. During his successful stint with Te Akau, Autridge prepared the subsequent multiple Group One winners Melody Belle and Avantage to claim successive Karaka Million 2YO[...]

Posted on January 18, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

It’s a bittersweet week for trainer Jamie Richards as he gets ready for his final tilt at the Karaka Million at the helm of Te Akau Racing’s Matamata stable. In May, Richards will depart New Zealand shores for his new home of Hong Kong where he has accepted an invitation from the Hong Kong Jockey[...]

Posted on January 11, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A determined winning effort at Ellerslie on Sunday by promising juvenile Fellini has seen the two-year-old son of Belardo shorten into equal second favourite in the Doubletree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at the same venue on January 22. Expectations had been high around Time Flies, the Jamie Richards-trained stablemate to Fellini, with punters[...]

Posted on January 8, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Jamie Richards’ attack on the Karaka Million 2YO (Listed, 1200m) currently rests with a quartet of youngsters, but the chances of a fifth member of the stable chasing the NZD $1 million pot of gold is looking highly likely. Te Akau Racing’s head trainer has Grace ‘N’ Grey, Lord Cosmos, Fellini and Dynastic all guaranteed[...]

Posted on December 26, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A year on from their five-win bonanza on Boxing Day at Ellerslie last year, Te Akau Racing and trainer Jamie Richards got the 2021 edition of the famous fixture off to an eerily similar start. Two-year-old Palamos kicked off the big haul 12 months ago, followed by star three-year-old filly Amarelinha in the Group 2[...]

Posted on December 25, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Consistent performer Prise De Fer has multiple top-flight placings to his credit and the Jamie Richards-trained representative is in top order for Ellerslie where he will attempt to breakthrough at the highest level on Boxing Day. The genuine son of Savabeel will take aim at the Group 1 Cambridge Stud Zabeel Classic (2000m), in which[...]

Walker looking for fairy tale start

Lickety Split scores gutsy Group One triumph

Te Akau’s youthful juggernaut rolls on to Sistema Stakes

Impressive son of Almanzor not for sale

Bosson hoping for perfect Derby trial at Te Rapa

Breeders celebrate Karaka Million 2YO victory

Richards collects another Karaka Million feature

Bosson and Te Akau Racing take Karaka Million 2YO

Sword Of State back with a vengeance at Ellerslie

Autridge in search of more Karaka Gold

Richards set for final Karaka Million

Fellini enhances Karaka Million claim

Richards hoping to add to Million line-up

Early feature double sets up another big Boxing Day for Te Akau

Richards can’t fault Group One hope Prise De Fer

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