Graeme Rogerson

Perfect Derby draw for Sharp ‘N’ Smart

Posted on March 2, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

It’s hard to dismiss the similarities between Sharp ‘N’ Smart and Savabeel. Both horses were victorious in the Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) before placing in the Group 1 VRC Derby (2500m) as spring three-year-olds for trainer Graeme Rogerson. Savabeel was also victorious in the Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) a week prior to[...]

Posted on January 25, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Graeme Rogerson believes his talented three-year-old Sharp ‘N’ Smart can give his older opposition a fright in his return to racing at Trentham on Saturday. The Tuhikaramea trainer and wife Debbie have set their son of Redwood a stern first-up task in the Group 1 Thorndon Mile (1600m), but all signs are pointing toward a[...]

Posted on January 13, 2023
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Smart three-year-old Sharp ‘N’ Smart is out of Saturday’s Group 2 Wellington Guineas (1400m) at Trentham with a stone bruise. “I couldn’t have been happier with his gallop yesterday morning, but before the truck left this morning he had a bit of heat in one foot,” said Graeme Rogerson, who trains in partnership with his[...]

Posted on December 22, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Sharp ‘N’ Smart will mark the start of the new year by making his first public appearance since finishing runner-up in the Group 1 VRC Derby (2500m). The Graeme and Debbie Rogerson-trained gelding will have an exhibition gallop between races at Te Rapa on New Year’s Day as he builds towards another Australian campaign. “He[...]

Posted on October 27, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame trainer Graeme Rogerson has won the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) once and three times run second, and hopes to bolster that record on Saturday. With the zest of a teenager, the 75-year-old horseman is showing no signs of slowing down as he attempts to add to his Group[...]

Posted on October 22, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

Graeme Rogerson has returned to his old stomping ground to take out the Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) at Royal Randwick with Sharp ‘N’ Smart, whom he trains in partnership with wife Debbie, giving the Rogerson’s their first Australian Group 1 since Shootoff captured the 2011 Queensland Derby. Rogerson closed his Randwick stables back in 2013[...]

Posted on October 18, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand trainer Graeme Rogerson is setting Sharp ‘N’ Smart the task of joining an exclusive four-horse club. Since the inaugural Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) in 1978, only four horses have completed the Spring Champion Stakes-VRC (Victoria) Derby double: Stylish Century (1989), Nothin’ Leica Dane (1995), Monaco Consul (2009), and Ace High (2017).[...]

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

Graeme Rogerson has lavished praise on the Te Awamutu track and thrown his support behind the rejuvenation of the Waikato venue. The Tuhikaramea horseman, who trains with wife Debbie, was well-represented at a set of jump-outs there on Thursday morning with his Australian-bound Group One contender Sharp ‘N’ Smart among those to stretch their legs.[...]

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

A variety of Australian features remain in the mix for highly regarded three-year-old Sharp ‘N’ Smart, who has already made an impact across the Tasman. The son of Redwood performed with merit during last season’s Queensland winter carnival and co-trainer Graeme Rogerson has yet to lock in a spring program to take care of unfinished[...]

Posted on June 29, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Two-time New Zealand premiership-winning trainer Keith Hawtin bowed out a winner at Cambridge on Wednesday. Hawtin produced Heart Of Gold to win the Waipa Earthworks 1550 under jockey Lynsey Satherley then confirmed the Pam Brindley-bred and raced gelding would be his final starter. “That was my last runner. He’s the only one I’ve got still[...]

Posted on April 30, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Training racehorses was never in the plan for New Zealand’s Paul Pertab but on Friday he recorded his first win courtesy of Exzello in the Campbell Infrastructure Rotorua Cup 14th May (1400m) at Arawa Park. It was only the fourth time Pertab had saddled one of his horses on raceday and Exzello brought up his[...]

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

Two-year-old galloper Sharp ‘N’ Smart put his best foot forward at Pukekohe when he dashed home late in the piece to capture the Listed Staphanos By Deep Impact Champagne Stakes (1600m). The Team Rogerson-trained son of Redwood had thrown away a likely victory on debut at Ruakaka with some erratic tendencies in the final 150m[...]

Posted on March 7, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Last start Group 1 El Cheapo Cars WFA Classic (1600m) winner Mascarpone has had his latest campaign halted after suffering a suspensory injury during an exhibition gallop at Ellerslie on Saturday. The Team Rogerson-trained five-year-old was preparing for a possible tilt at the Group 1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m) at the venue next Sunday[...]

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

With 51 Group One wins to his credit, nine of them with wife Debbie, evergreen New Zealand trainer Graeme Rogerson has no intention of settling for an easier life. The Tuhikaramea-based horseman has enjoyed a colourful and hugely successful career and collected his latest top-flight tile with Mascarpone in the Group 1 Otaki WFA Classic[...]

Posted on February 27, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand apprentice jockey Wiremu Pinn was back at work on Sunday in his boss Daniel Miller’s Matamata stable less than 24 hours after securing his biggest success in the saddle aboard Mascarpone in the Group 1 El Cheapo Cars WFA Classic (1600m) at Otaki. The 23-year-old Pinn provided a glimpse of his prodigious talent[...]

Posted on February 26, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Consistent performer Mascarpone capped a frustrating run of five consecutive placings to claim his first victory at the highest level when he took out the Group 1 El Cheapo Cars WFA Classic (1600m) at Otaki. The Team Rogerson-trained five-year-old son of Shooting To Win is more commonly known as a high-class sprinting commodity having claimed[...]

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

A return to his favourite track, a proven ability to mix it at the top level and an impressive lead-up trial all point to another bold showing from quality sprinter Mascarpone on Saturday. The Team Rogerson-trained five-year-old will step out in the Group 1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m) to head the stable’s black-type assault at[...]

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