Grand National Steeplechase (NZ)

West Coast the one to beat in Grand National Steeplechase

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

Athleticism may be West Coast's edge heading into Saturday's Grand National Steeplechase (5600m) at Riccarton, according to his Awapuni trainer Mark Oulaghan. West Coast claimed last Saturday's Koral Steeplechase (4250m) at Riccarton to give Oulaghan a record seventh win in that race and the astute trainer will match that tally of wins in the Grand[...]

Posted on August 6, 2022
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Promising steeplechaser West Coast looks to have attained the favourite's tag for next Saturday's Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge 147th Grand National Steeplechase (5600m) with a dashing display to take out the traditional lead-up event at Riccarton on Saturday. Facing just three rivals in the Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge Koral Steeplechase (4250m), the Mark[...]

Posted on August 16, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Jo Rathbone will spend the next few days discussing the immediate plans for Saturday's Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge Grand National Steeplechase (NZ) (5600m) winner Tallyho Twinkletoe with her co-owners, including the possibility of a lightning raid across the Tasman to contest the Australian Grand National Steeplechase (4500m) on August 29. Rathbone had plenty to[...]

Posted on August 15, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

An excited flourish of the whip by Shaun Phelan as he crossed the finish line said it all as champion jumper Tallyho Twinkletoe wrote his name into Australasian jumping folklore as he took out the Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge Grand National Steeplechase (NZ) (5600m) at Riccarton. The Kevin Myers-trained eleven-year-old became the first horse[...]

Posted on August 8, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Mathew Gillies has gained a doctor's clearance to ride Gagarin in Saturday's Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge 145th Grand National Steeplechase (NZ) (5600m) at Riccarton. The jumps jockey was concussed in a fall at Riccarton last Saturday, an injury that led to him missing the winning ride on Tallyho Twinkletoe in last Sunday's Grand National[...]

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