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Rae holds strong hand at home meeting

Posted on July 1, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Promising New Zealand two-year-olds Dream Queen and Follow Your Dreams will meet for the first and potentially the last time at Ruakaka on Saturday. The Ken Rae and Krystal Williams-Tuhoro-trained pair will contest the 21 August Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders' Stakes (1100m) before heading in opposite directions. Dream Queen is currently under offer but if[...]

Posted on June 17, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

A lot of people dread winter, but not Kenny Rae. The Ruakaka trainer gets to enjoy the warmer climate of the winterless north of New Zealand, but it is also a time when a lot of young untried horses enter his barn. He enjoys campaigning the older warhorses in his barn like Major Tom and[...]

Posted on October 29, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Only a matter of days ago, trainer Kenny Rae had resigned himself to missing the Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) with Zoltan at Riccarton on Saturday week. On Thursday at Ashburton, Rae will saddle the talented three-year-old in the Thank You Barneswood Farm 1200, the Iffraaj gelding on trial[...]

Posted on August 31, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Visiting northern trainer Ken Rae kicked off his day at Riccarton in the best possible style when promising galloper Eva James cruised to a comfortable victory. The Super Easy filly went south off the back of two impressive performances at Te Rapa in July behind the highly-regarded De La Terre and looked to have a[...]

Posted on October 1, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Ruakaka trainers Ken Rae and Krystal Williams-Tuhoro will have a strong representation in the Tee Café Functions At Ruakaka Racecourse (900m) at their home track on Wednesday. Their runners will make up half of the six horse field in the set weights and penalties two- year-old race and Rae is hoping one of them will[...]

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