Etah James

New Zealand-bred jumpers raise the bar at Ballarat

Posted on August 31, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Australian Grand National Steeplechase day at Ballarat on Sunday got off to the perfect start for supporters of the Kiwi-bred jumping contenders with sons of White Robe Lodge stallion Raise The Flag winning the first two races. Useful flat galloper Raise You Ten led all-the-way in a maiden 3250m hurdle contest, while one race later[...]

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

Group Two winning Savabeel mare Yearn has been retired and is likely to be sold as a broodmare prospect in the coming months. Prepared by Karen Fursdon for the majority of her career, Yearn's biggest win came when landing the Group 2 Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (1400m) in late 2019, while she also boasts a[...]

Posted on December 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Matt Cumani has decided to change things around with his durable stayer Creedence in a bid to win the Pakenham Cup.

Posted on November 10, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Ciaron Maher and David Eustace dominated the staying races at Sandown last year and they are hoping they can again with Lord Belvedere and Etah James.

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

Rich Hill Stud's John Thompson knows what it takes to breed a Melbourne Cup winner. In 2015, the Walton nursery, near Matamata, was represented by outsider Prince Of Penzance, who famously combined with Michelle Payne to triumph in the great race. On Tuesday, the stud will be represented by another feel-good Cup runner in Surprise[...]

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

At this time of the year the name Lupton takes on a special meaning at Flemington through the deeds of the legendary Waverley wonder Kiwi and his win in the 1983 Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m). On Tuesday, another branch of the Lupton family will try to write their own chapter into Cup folklore when[...]

Posted on October 3, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Persan's campaign started in March and he underlined his toughness and class with a win in The Bart Cummings, securing a golden ticket into the Melbourne Cup.

Posted on September 1, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Semi-retired horseman Mark Lupton is encouraged by reports on his top-class staying mare Etah James, as the eight-year-old daughter of Raise The Flag gets ready for a spring campaign. The winner of the Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m) in autumn, Etah James has remained in the care of Ciaron Maher and David Eustace at their[...]

Posted on May 6, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The progeny of regally-bred stallion Raise The Flag continue to make an impact on staying and jumping features in Australia. The White Robe Lodge stallion is the sire of Tuesday's dominant Warrnambool Grand Annual Steeplechase (5500m) winner Ablaze. The win comes less than a month after Raise The Flag's daughter Etah James took out the[...]

Posted on April 11, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Glen Boss considered her his best long-shot ride in a Group One race and Etah James has proven him right, upsetting her more fancied rivals to win the Sydney Cup at Randwick. Making her debut for co-trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, the well-travelled mare has spent most of her career in Victoria with Matt[...]

Posted on April 9, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

There will be a hint of sibling rivalry in the Sydney Cup with English brothers David and Harry Eustace both having chances to win the time-honoured Group One race at Randwick. David Eustace trains in partnership with Ciaron Maher in Australia and they operate one of the largest stables in the country with bases in[...]

Posted on April 8, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Kiwi mare Etah James is in fine fettle heading into Saturday's Group 1 Sydney Cup (3200m) and has thrived since joining the Sydney stable of Ciaron Maher and David Eustace according to the seven-year-old mare's former trainer and part-owner Mark Lupton. The Matamata horseman receives regular updates from Annabel Neasham, the Warwick Farm stable foreperson[...]

Posted on March 11, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Group 3 winning mare Etah James will join the stable of Ciaron Maher and David Eustace after a brave performance when fourth in last Saturday's Group 1 Auckland Cup (3200m) behind Roger That. The seven-year-old mare is in the twilight of her career and will be set for a tilt at the Group 1 Sydney[...]

Posted on March 4, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Graham Richardson experienced one of his biggest moments in racing when Tiptronic won the Group 1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa last month and the Matamata trainer is hoping for a repeat performance at Ellerslie on Saturday. “It was awesome, it was a well-deserved win by him, especially since he ran second in[...]

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

Mark Lupton's New Zealand training career could end in a blaze of glory at Ellerslie on Saturday. The Matamata-based horseman will saddle up Etah James, a Raise The Flag seven-year-old mare he co-bred and part-owns, in the Group 1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m), hoping for his first stakes win as a trainer to[...]

Posted on February 4, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Handy staying mare Etah James has returned to New Zealand and will be set for a tilt at the Group 1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m) at Ellerslie on March 7. The seven-year-old has re-joined Matamata horseman Mark Lupton, who part-owns the mare with his wife Cath and fellow breeders Terry Reid and Gary[...]

Posted on December 10, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Matamata owners Mark and Cath Lupton are hoping their dream run will continue in Saturday's Group 2 Cal Isuzu Stakes (1600m) at Te Rapa. The Luptons' quality mare Yearn will chase back-to-back stakes wins in the fillies and mares' feature, having claimed a career-best victory in the Group 2 Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes (1400m) at[...]

New Zealand-bred jumpers raise the bar at Ballarat

Top mares retired, stud beckons

Williams Reunites With Creedence In Cup

Lord Belvedere To Bounce Back At Sandown

Second Cup win for breeder would be nice surprise

Famous name back at Flemington for shot at Cup glory

Persan Grabs Melbourne Cup Berth With Win

Melbourne Cup an option for Kiwi mare Etah James

Hot streak continues for Raise The Flag

Etah James Scores Upset Group 1 Sydney Cup Win

Brothers In Opposing Sydney Cup Corners

Etah James thriving ahead of Sydney Cup

Etah James transferred to Australian base

Queensland a likely target for Tiptronic

Lupton’s last hurrah in Auckland Cup

Auckland Cup target for Etah James

Luptons savour stakes successes

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